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.”

when I beat you up for

Lucianne who would ultimately give in. Christian betted on his cousin to cave in and put Lucianne down, whereas Annie betted on Lucianne

cute when

and asked in suspicion, “Are you trying to make me give

working?” Xandar asked with twinkling

held her even tighter and buried his head in her neck before whispering

her head to smell her hair, she leaned into his chest and indulged in the comforting rhythm of his heartbeat. As Xandar

Come on, my love. Pay up.”

out his wallet in dissatisfaction as he locked eyes with the confused Lucianne and grumbled, “My Queen, I rooted for you. How could you just let Xandar win like that? You could very well beat him up! Did you know I was so

the Duke handing a few dollar notes to his Duchess, who seemed happier with winning the bet than with getting her husband’s money.

to return to the courtroom. The cousins groaned in annoyance while the two ladies exchanged cheeky smirks

about a man amongst the cafeteria crowd watching them. As usual, the man scribbled

one good eye, and who’s bad eye was masked by contact

recess, prior to my reaching of a verdict, the accused persons, Patrick Dupont and Pierre Whitlaw have pleaded guilty to the offenses

the accused persons according to our laws if it is beyond reasonable doubt that they committed

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 said Duke received some form of payment, though this

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