The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 34

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.

smiled and said, "I'm sure Trevor wasn't scared of me directly. It's likely my family's connections at play. don't want to take undue

Chris, don't be so modest!" Lyra

soaking up the

a presence at the casino. We've got

believe you can't thank you enough," Jack said

braggart almost tried to claim credit

should be ashamed," Lyra sneered,

felt utterly humiliated being tied to

vanish and

all so ignorant and blind, yet so confident. It's exactly what

"Alex, enough!"

to tolerate his attitude

Chris, we'd all be ruined. Why

in Sophia's

nothing but helpful, and all you do is embarrass

down,"

right," Jack chimed in,

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

just leave the family. No

stepped in, though,

trying

break,"

smirk.

"The bumpkin still

still has a

that Sophia would soon be eager to divorce someone like

what he was

Chris," Sophia said, her gratitude

grateful for your

shook his head

they finally see through

were beaming at

Lancaster remarked, casting a disdainful look at

true gentleman," Mr. Lancaster

he would never extort our

their comments, but he

one would believe

then, Alex's

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