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.”

at a bar tonight,

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

you could come

her. The

location, then added with a hint of a smile,

Alexander.

Alexander?!

split second, his gaze flicking to Harry and

spoke with a

often the bravest, Alex. I’ve heard your

were hanging around, and I had a hunch you’d be keen to catch up

Friends?

the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it over briefly before flashing

“Sure!”

“Yaser, kick back and relax here. I’ll get Miss Hardy

safely.”

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he helped the still-groggy Acela out of the

tore off toward

ticked by, and the clock

back to

bamboo grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted Acela to

a stone bench among the bamboo,

known as Ghost Sword strode from behind Alexander

breathe easy.

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

seat.”

his feet. He stood before the

the bamboo. With a slight arch of his brow, he

you mentioned? Sorry, they don’t pique

spun on his heel and strode

“How dare you!”

around ‘Ghost Sword’ grew tense as he shifted his stance, a subtle dance of feet that

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

pressed

remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his face betraying

the sword away, or it’ll be the

Hm?

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

Alexander was actually challenging the Ghost Sword,

ocean, and whose skills were a mystery

all remembered the

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