Chapter 1114

Ethan was seething inside after Lucy’s brazen comment, chewing over the rumor about him and Lysander as if it were a piece of juicy gossip.

She had some nerve, spouting off like that in front of him.

As his expression changed, Thalassa spoke up.

With a smirk that didn’t quite reach his eyes, Ethan retorted, “Someone who can never speak kind thought, well, sounds more like a barking dog to me.”

Lucy’s face flushed with embarrassment, her intent to lash out at Thalassa thwarted. Thalassa hadn’t called her a dog outright; it was Ethan who had uttered the word.

Without any real grounds for a comeback, she forced a laugh, then turned to Ethan with a sycophantic smile. “Mr. Ethan, I apologize for the spectacle. To be frank with you, Thalassa is the result of my husband’s indiscretion. I just worry she might follow in her mother’s footsteps- shameless and fickle, always have one eye on what they already have and the other on what they don’t. I wouldn’t want you to be misled.”

Ethan was about to respond when a chilling, commanding voice cut through the air.

“My business is not up for public debate. Speaking ill of someone under my wing-looking for trouble, are we?”

carried an intimidating force that demanded

saw Lysander striding in, flanked by his bodyguards. His

at the sight of him; his

thin air. She stood up,

eyeing

chuckled and stood to greet Lysander. “Lysander, fancy seeing you here! I

to take

deference, seated himself

a glass of juice but then hesitated, remembering, it was

Ethan called. “Bring us your finest

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waiter scurried off to fulfill the

her. ‘Ms. Everhart, please, take a seat. Lysander’s here now, no

to sit, but Ethan’s encouraging look made it clear she should join them Reluctantly,

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