His Lordship Alexander Kane

Chapter 196

Chapter 0196

Drake stared at the call from Acela, not picking up right away, lost in thought.

His bond with ‘Acela’ was tangled and tough.

Back in his heyday, he had carved out a name for himself in Woolpackton, eventually rising to the top

of the underworld’s heavyweight division. After years of spilling blood and making enemies, he had too

many scores

to settle.

His wife was murdered by his adversaries 20 years ago. He sent his only daughter overseas with a

web of fake IDs, all to keep her safe from the life she led.

In Province Town, only Ghost Sword, close as a brother, knew the truth about Acela.

It was a bitter pill to swallow, but as his daughter grew up, she came to despise everything about him.

She

saw Drake as the worst kind of criminal, and she even blamed him for her mother’s death. Then, Drake

and

Acela were practically strangers, their father-daughter bond all but broken.

“Why on earth is Acela calling me out of the blue?”

Drake cradled his phone, lost in thought for a moment before he exhaled and picked up the call.

In Ol’ Mare, just a stone’s throw from Belmont Hills, at Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander was holding Acela’s

phone, a dial tone humming in his ear. A slight smirk played on his lips as he whispered, “Is this Mister

Hardy from

Woolpackton?”

The question hit Drake like a thunderclap in the quiet of his bamboo garden. His voice turned frigid.

“You have Acela’s phone? Who are you, and what’s your connection to her?”

“We just met by chance.”

bar tonight, unwinding

had a bit too much to drink, but she’s okay. If you’re

you could come

her. The address

off the hotel’s location, then added with a hint of a smile, “Oh, and by the way, the

Alexander.

Alexander?!

a split second, his gaze flicking to Harry and the others nearby. He

a gravity

often the bravest, Alex. I’ve heard your name’s been on everyone’s

had a hunch you’d be keen to catch

Friends?

Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it

“Sure!”

at Yaser and said with a grin, “Yaser, kick back and relax here.

safely.”

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behind, he helped the still-groggy Acela out of the

and tore

by, and the

lady back

bamboo grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted Acela to her

on a stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with a soft command,

as Ghost Sword strode from behind Alexander

Mister Hardy, you can breathe easy.

softening. “Thanks for bringing my girl home, Alex. Come on,

seat.”

his feet. He stood

With a slight arch of his brow, he

you mentioned? Sorry, they

on his heel and strode away, not bothering

“How dare you!”

Sword’ grew tense as he shifted his

heartbeat, he was

pressed

of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his face betraying

chance-put the sword away, or it’ll

Hm?

with intrigue. Harry,

the Ghost Sword, a man whose power was

whose skills were a mystery even to the underworld

all remembered the

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