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.

stared at

he trying to fight for

glanced at

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

had made Stephen lose hope in

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

His gaze turned

time? Honoring her mother? What

twenty years and done all I could to become

left to call my own! Aren’t you

glared at his father. “That’s an amazing

to leave after that with a strained

That’s it? He’s leaving?

could tell that Levant was not going to let go

definitely has a few tricks up

as well. “It’s fine, Sir

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

doing this just to

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