Kingsley scratched the back of his head, prevaricating, “Uh, well, he’s a brother of my comrade’s, and he was just going along with my act.”

His sisters knew that he had been a soldier in the army before this, and in times like these when lying was a necessity, he credited his imaginary comrades for his behavior.

“A brother of your comrade’s?” Serena frowned as she eyed him skeptically. “And what about the thirty belts you just splurged on? Pretty sure you just racked up a two-million-something credit card bill back there.”

He blinked and stammered, “Oh, um, he… he might be a luxury boutique manager, but he secretly sells counterfeit goods on the side. The belts I bought are all fake, and they’re not worth more than eight hundred.”

“Fake?!” Serena’s eyes widened. “Are you seriously asking me to hand out these counterfeits to my friends from the dōjō? These are people who have been all over the world, and believe me when I say they can spot a counterfeit from a mile away!”

“Don’t worry about it, Serena. We’re talking about high-quality counterfeits here, and I promise you, they won’t be able to tell it apart from the real stuff!” He changed the topic before she could argue with him any further on this. “Anyway, would you have killed Noah if I hadn’t held you back just now?”

A cheeky smile tugged on her lips. “Nah, I don’t go around killing people for free, you know.” She had let the matter drop after Kingsley interjected.

It wasn’t so much that she let the matter drop as it was that she chose to believe Kingsley like how Reene had. She was sure that he would never lie, and that even if he did, it was with good intentions.

“Hey, Kingsley, why don’t you come as my plus-one to the reunion? I figured you haven’t eaten yet,” Serena offered.

He hummed in response as he considered the fact that he truly hadn’t eaten and that he didn’t want Noah to stir up trouble for his sister, then nodded and he said, “Okay.”

Mall was close by the Bayou, which

and women were gathered around a long banquet table

my, Nancy, aren’t you just gorgeous?” Emory said to a woman who looked ordinary at best. “I haven’t seen you in years and

“It’s all thanks to the expensive

man next to her, then asked, “And this handsome

man’s embrace and announced happily, “Tyler and I are getting

couple did not waste time in offering

“Congratulations!”

both of you are a match made

of more than ten million. If they could be so lucky as to get acquainted with him, then

twinkled as he attempted to curry favor with the man. “So, Mr. Jovovich, the economy has taken quite the downturn these days, and

the door to the private dining room

warm round of applause!” someone

a star back at the dōjō. Now

Emory’s eyes. He had been so close to making Tyler’s acquaintance, which would be of great help to his intelligence-gathering endeavors, but Serena just had to come in and ruin things for him. The golden opportunity had slipped right through his

smiled as she greeted, “Hey, guys. Gosh, I

the center of attention the moment she walked in. Even Tyler was staring at her with

snorted and drawled sarcastically, “Last I heard, you went into some nondescript company after you left the dōjō. Are you even getting paid well?” She couldn’t hope to compete with Serena when it came to beauty and charm, so her wealth was the only

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