The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 35

"Now that's a true gentleman!" Mrs. Lancaster exclaimed.

"Oh, I'm just doing what I can to help," Chris responded humbly, though inside, his pride swelled at the praise.

Meanwhile, Alex couldn't suppress a sneer.

He turned to Chris.

"Do you even know what's going on? Or are you once again claiming credit for something you had no hand in?"

Jack shot back at Alex.

"You almost got us into more trouble with your reckless miquth Chris was the one

who scared off Trevor, so what are you even talking about?"

Chris's eyes widened at the mention of Trevor,

Trevor?!

They were talking about *that* Trevor, the feared underworld boss?

No wonder the man had looked so menacing!

Relief washed over Chris-he was glad he had shown up late and hadn't made any bold moves.

Phew!

Still, he couldn't help but wonder when he'd gained such influence over someone like Trevor.

Maybe his father's influence was far greater than he had ever imagined.

He looked around, realizing no one held more power than him.

Who else could it have been?

The bumpkin?

Chris chuckled to himself, brushing off Alex without a second thought.

Yeah. It had to be his family's reputation that had worked the magic.

"I'm sure Trevor wasn't scared of me directly. It's likely my family's connections at play.

don't be so modest!" Lyra

nonchalantly, soaking up the

has quite a presence at the casino.

you can't thank you enough," Jack said sincerely, glaring at Alex with

tried to

Lyra sneered, her eyes narrowing

humiliated being tied to Alex as

vanish and stop causing

so confident. It's exactly what I

"Alex, enough!"

to tolerate

weren't for Chris, we'd all be ruined. Why are you still trying to steal his

Sophia's eyes,

helpful, and all you do is

me down,"

right," Jack chimed in, siding

useful for once, you

the family.

stepped in, though,

was just trying to impress Sophia and got carried

a break," he

smirk.

"The bumpkin still

still has

that Sophia would soon be eager to

that was exactly what he

Sophia said,

are truly grateful for your help

his

would they finally see

Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster were beaming at

Lancaster remarked,

a true gentleman," Mr. Lancaster

would never extort our

but he didn't

pointless-no one

then, Alex's