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.

wasn't scared of me directly. It's likely my family's connections at play.

don't be so modest!"

nonchalantly, soaking

a presence at the casino.

Jack said sincerely, glaring at

almost tried to claim credit for your

ashamed," Lyra sneered, her eyes

being tied to

just vanish and

blind, yet so confident. It's exactly

"Alex, enough!"

tolerate his

ruined.

welled up in Sophia's

and all you do

let me down," she added,

Jack chimed

you tried to do something useful for once, you wouldn't need to steal credit," Jack

can't, just leave the

in, though,

just trying to impress Sophia and

him a break,"

smirk.

"The bumpkin still

has a lot

Chris was confident that Sophia would soon be

exactly what he was hoping

Sophia said,

are truly grateful for your help

his

they finally

were beaming at

so respectable," Mrs. Lancaster remarked,

a true gentleman," Mr.

extort

at their comments, but he didn't bother to defend himself

pointless-no one would believe

Alex's

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