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.”

calmly added, “I was out at a bar tonight, unwinding with some friends, and

a bit too much to drink, but she’s okay. If you’re not too busy, Mister

you could come

The

off the hotel’s location, then added with a hint of a smile,

Alexander.

Alexander?!

his gaze flicking

and spoke with a gravity that matched his words,

heard your name’s been on

a hunch

Friends?

the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled

“Sure!”

Yaser and said with a grin, “Yaser, kick back and relax here. I’ll get Miss

safely.”

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the still-groggy Acela out of the hotel, hopped into his

tore off toward

ticked by, and the clock struck

back

bamboo grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted

among the bamboo, beckoned

Sword strode from behind Alexander to Drake’s

you can breathe easy. Miss Acela

for bringing my girl

seat.”

his feet. He stood before the pavilion and eyed Harry.

at the fringe of the bamboo. With a slight arch of his brow,

mentioned? Sorry, they don’t pique my

his heel and strode away, not

“How dare you!”

as he shifted his stance,

In a heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his sword gleaming like a

pressed against

locking eyes with his opponent, his face

sword away, or it’ll be the

Hm?

short distance away, Drake’s eyes sparkled with

actually challenging the Ghost Sword, a man whose

were a mystery even

all remembered

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