Levant simply grinned. “Apologies, Dad. I came here as soon as I finished what I needed to do.”

He nodded at Nicole after that. “Are you full, Nicole? How’s the food?”

“I’m full. The food was great,” she answered.

Levant smiled and glanced at Evan, and the tension in the air mounted almost immediately.

Levant decided to stop beating around the bush. “Dad, I heard that rumors going around of you passing the title of Duke to Nicole instead of me. Is that true?”

Nicole was mildly surprised at his statement.

Me? A duke?

Since when could women become Dukes?

It’ll be the end of the world if he made me the new Duke!

She opened her mouth to protest, but Stephen beat her to it. “It doesn’t matter. Just do what you need to do, Levant.”

“Dad! You have to put a stop to those rumors! No one’s going to trust me if you don’t do anything about them!” Levant said desperately.

at him

fight for the title

at

Duke to Nicole, but he had been reluctant to do so

made Stephen lose

but I’ve never fulfilled my duty as a father. I’ll be bestowing the title of Duke upon her to

gaze turned colder than ice as he clenched

her mother? What kind

your son for twenty years and done all I could

are you taking everything from me? I have absolutely nothing left to call my own! Aren’t

his father.

got up to leave after that with a strained grin on

That’s it? He’s leaving?

was not going to let go of this

has a few

something was amiss as well. “It’s fine, Sir Musgrave. I don’t want to become the Duke

daughter, so you’re the best candidate! The family will be in

this just to

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