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.

of me directly. It's likely my family's

don't be so modest!"

nodded nonchalantly, soaking

it. My family has quite a presence at the casino. We've got connections everywhere-both

Jack said

braggart almost tried to claim credit for

should be ashamed," Lyra sneered, her eyes narrowing at

utterly humiliated being tied to

just vanish and stop

so ignorant and blind, yet so confident. It's exactly what I expected,”

"Alex, enough!"

tolerate his

be ruined. Why are you still trying to

in Sophia's

and all you do

really let me down," she added,

right," Jack chimed in,

useful for once, you wouldn't

can't, just leave the family. No one

in,

he was just trying to impress Sophia

a break," he said

smirk.

"The bumpkin still

has a lot

Sophia would soon be eager to divorce

what

Sophia

are truly grateful for

his head

would they finally see through Chris's

were

so respectable," Mrs. Lancaster remarked, casting

true gentleman,"

he would never extort our daughter like

but he didn't bother to defend

one would believe

Alex's phone

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