Chapter 127

At breakfast the next day, Christian was still pissed. The only consolation he got was that Annie didn’t believe he did any of those things alleged by the so-called ‘victims’. Yarrington and Weaver assured the Duke that they were looking into the complaints made against him first, and asked for an alibi for the dates and times mentioned in the ten complaints.

He and Annie went through their photographs in their iCloud Drive, and managed to negate the validity of two complaints. Then, they got out their photo albums, where Annie had a habit of writing the dates on the back of every photograph. Christian began regretting not making time to upload every photograph they took together on the Drive.

They scoured through the thousands of pictures they took over the years, praying that there would be a date and time which would match up with the ones in the allegations. After four hours, they managed to negate another three complaints.

Xandar and Lucianne cross-checked the dates and times with government meetings recorded on Xandar’s laptop, and managed to negate the credibility of another three complaints. That left two more complaints standing against the Duke.

What made the Duke’s temperament worse was that the anonymous informant’s number that the journalists and reporters gave him tumed out to be unreachable. Chief Dalloway and his people tracked the phone to a dumpster, and retrieved it before sending it to the lab for a fingerprint scan. Alas, the scan tumed out to be fruitless because no registered citizen’s fingerprints matched the ones found on the burner phone.

“I honestly can’t see how my wife is so calm about this. I can kill, and I mean literally kill right now, cuz, you know what I mean?” Christian said after swallowing his food.

Xandar gave his cousin an encouraging pat on his shoulder before he said, “They’re looking into it. Yarrington and Weaver have always been efficient. They’ll crack this case soon, Christian.”

only thing I’m going to crack is the complainants’ heads over these fake complaints.

you out if you do it.” Lucianne offered.

little. He managed a small smile as he bowed slightly in her way when he said,

Queen, that is no way to treat a murderer. And do you

she said, “No. But there’s

response. Lucianne felt bad for Christian when he had to go through the frustration of being blamed for something he would not even think of doing, so she was glad that she could lighten his mood, even if it was just

Annie before breakfast, and the Duchess was more worried about her mate losing his temper in public

any worse, Chief Dalloway and two policemen stood at the entrance of the dining hall. Lucianne was the first to notice their presence. The Chief then

nodded his way before walking towards

After exchanging bows with the event manageress, she

exhausted and fearful. Lucianne

left their unfinished food on the table and left the hall, turning a deaf ear to all the whispers, and turning a blind

before he said, “Your Highnesses, your Grace. There is no easy way of saying this. I am sorry to report that Sasha Cummings was

what?” Lucianne asked

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