Chapter 167
Christian complained, “With that whole line of bullsh*t answers and he needs to wait until after lunch to reach a verdict? I bet Russell could decide faster.”
Annie glared at her husband and said in a stem, hushed tone, “Tone down, Christian.”
The Duke’s temperament cooled to a point where a small smile graced his features as he lifted one of Annie’s hands to plant a kiss on it. Then, he whispered, “As you wish, my Duchess.”
Lucianne’s eyes shone when she whispered to Xandar like an excited child, “Look at them, they’re so cute. It’s like getting a front row seat to a romantic movie.”
Her body subconsciously leaned into her mate’s, and her adorable demeanor was so irresistible that it made Xandar crave to hold her in his arms. So, he lifted her off her seat, and Lucianne gasped in shock. Xandar then placed her sideways on his lap before guiding her body to lean against his chest. 1
Instead of leaning in, Lucianne parted their bodies with a hand on his chest, over his beating heart. His feisty little freesia then looked at him with stem eyes as she demanded in a low voice, “Put me down, my King.”
Xandar pouted, “But why? I like you here.”
“I like being here, too. But this is not the place, Xandar. Put me down.” She hissed. Her peripheral vision noticed the stares from everyone around them. Some were hiding smiles; some were leaning towards their own partner at the sight; some were rolling their eyes, and others were purely jealous. But everyone wondered whether they were allowed to take a picture.
Xandar didn’t seem bothered by Lucianne’s demand. If anything, she only looked more adorable with those flustered cheeks that gave away her embarrassment. His smile was broad and radiant when he nuzzled her nose before pecking a light kiss on her forehead and said, “You’re so cute when you’re shy.”
very cute when I beat you up for holding
to see whether it would be Xandar or Lucianne who would ultimately give in. Christian betted on his cousin to cave in and put Lucianne down, whereas Annie betted on Lucianne to surrender
with his nose as he uttered, “You’re right, you don’t look cute when you beat me.” He locked eyes with her and declared, “When you beat me up, you look flawlessly astounding and perfectly amazing,
narrowed her eyes and asked in suspicion, “Are you trying to make me give in by saying
working?” Xandar asked with
his head in her neck before whispering into her ear, “Just let me, baby?
left her neck, moving to the top of her head to smell her hair, she leaned into his chest and indulged in the comforting rhythm of his heartbeat. As Xandar held her in his arms, he became blind to
my
let Xandar win like that? You could very well beat him up! Did you
to his Duchess, who seemed happier with winning the bet than with getting her husband’s
the table beeped, everyone saw the reminder to return to the courtroom. The cousins groaned in
together, and didn’t know about a man amongst the cafeteria crowd watching them. As usual, the man scribbled
knowing that another man disguised as a janitor with only one good eye,
of a verdict, the accused persons, Patrick Dupont and Pierre Whitlaw have pleaded guilty to the offenses charged. Alfred Cummings submitted the same plea after I’ve reached the verdict, hence, on legal
only sentence the accused persons according to our laws if it is beyond reasonable doubt that they committed the crimes alleged with the intention to commit it. In other words, the commission must be by their own free
been ‘coerced by the Duke, Greg Claw to illegally transfer funds to their personal bank accounts, with a small percentage being sent to Wu Bi Corporation, whose owner remains unknown due to lack of evidence. Even so, there is evidence stating that the
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