The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 238

"Mom, what the hell's going on?”

Sophia asked, her voice shaky as she looked at Florence with wide incertain

eyes.

Florence edged closer and perched on the bed, fixing Sophia with awary gaze.

"Listen, Sophia. Bella Kane attacked you, remember? Then the Kares sent their goons to tear down our companies. Charles promised to help us out this mess, but only if I agreed to let him marry you."

"Mom-"Sophia began.

"Sophia, hush,” Florence said with a pointed smile.

"We're talking about Charles Kingston here, the top dog in Vancouver, practically royalty. You couldn't snag a better husband if you tried. You're divorced now, and sooner or later, you'll have to marry again. I want grandkids, and I want them from the best stock."

"Mom..." Sophia tried to speak, but Florence cut her off.

"I already gave Charles my word. Your uncles are all in on it. Every single one of them wants you to marry Charles to cement an alliance between the Lancaster and Kingston families."

"The Lancaster Group board approved it-Megan says the shareholders are salivating over a Lancaster-Kingston merger. The stock will explode the moment you put on his ring."

A sharp headache throbbed through Sophia's skull.

She couldn't recall the moment everything got this complicated.

"Sophia, you don't have to agree," Alex said flatly. "Charles didn't solve anything with the Kanes."

"Oh, Alex," Jay snapped, stepping in front of him.

"If Charles didn't do it, who else could? Don't forget, you owe him a damn apology on your knees. You started this chaos by beating people up, and Charles saved your skin. You'd be a corpse by now if not for him."

"That's right,” Florence chimed in. "You'd have been six feet under a hundred times over if Charles hadn't stepped in."

Charles way too much credit," Alex replied with an icy stare. "He's

astonished him how they twisted the facts to paint Charles as some kind of hero, propping him up without the slightest clue of what really happened—and Charles just stood

wanted to lay claim to

to let

You think you're more capable than Charles?"

see the loser staring back

disaster,

so

miserable hide, and this is how you

hurled insults at Alex, convinced he was the worst

say thank you?" Sophia snapped, her voice sharp with

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her, a little gratitude was the least someone could offer after having their

Alex? Still clinging to that brittle pride of his, as if dignity mattered more than survival. Foolish pride-empty, fragile, and

him if he'd actually done something,"

to help, he's the

brow furrowed. "What

targeted you because she was jealous-thought you were fooling around with Charles behind her back. That's what

Florence shot up from the

malign Charles! He's a decent man, nothing like what you're

"You must be seething with jealousy. Probably doctored all kinds of evidence to tear him down since

Lancasters chorused with

knew you'd stoop

do you always have to stir up trouble?" Sophia

adult for once? Is it really that hard to just say

wasn't the problem-but

mean accepting Sophia had

"Never," he whispered.

it looked like classic Alex-his jealousy twisting into yet another act of reckless

don't believe me, ask Clara,” Alex said, jerking his

reason