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.”

tonight, unwinding with some friends, and I

a bit too much to drink, but she’s okay.

you could come

The

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

Alexander.

Alexander?!

for a split second, his gaze flicking to Harry and

with a gravity that matched his words, “They say

Alex. I’ve heard your name’s been on

I had a hunch you’d be

Friends?

lounge of the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled

“Sure!”

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

safely.”

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Acela out of the hotel, hopped into

tore

ticked by, and the clock

lady back to

Mall, maids escorted Acela to her

the bamboo, beckoned

known as Ghost Sword strode from behind Alexander to

can breathe easy.

relaxed, his eyes softening. “Thanks for bringing my

seat.”

his feet. He stood

fringe of the bamboo. With a slight arch of

Sorry,

heel and strode away, not

“How dare you!”

‘Ghost Sword’ grew tense as he shifted his stance,

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

pressed against Alexander’s

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

the sword away, or it’ll be the

Hm?

sparkled with intrigue. Harry, Tommy, Mark, Raine, and

challenging the Ghost Sword,

skills were a mystery even to the underworld

remembered the

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