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 in

he trying to fight for the title of

at

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

Levant’s jealousy had made Stephen lose hope in

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

gaze turned colder than ice as he

Honoring her mother? What kind of

son for twenty years and done all I could to become the next

left to call

glared at his father. “That’s

got up to leave after that with a strained

That’s it? He’s leaving?

tell that Levant was not going to

has a few tricks up

that something was amiss as well. “It’s fine, Sir Musgrave. I

you’re the best candidate! The family will be in big trouble if I

doing this just to protect the

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