Chapter 169
Greg surveyed the mansion on his first day when the head servant gave him a tour to make sure he
knew his way around. In secret, he took mental notes on the locations he could use to ce the hidden
recording devices that he hid in his slightly oversized shoes when he left his apartment.
So, thanks to the device near the firece, the Duke heard the whole conversation between the mother
and daughter. His animal growled at the mention of demolishing Blue Crescent as the Kylton’s
‘contingency n’, and Greg thanked Goddess that he was alone in his dark room pretending to be
asleep when he eavesdropped.
But he had a goodugh with his animal when Kelissa said that she wasn’t stupid. She couldn’t even
keep him under her reins. Her chauffeur didn’t even check his shoes for the recording devices he
brought with him.
There wasn’t even a single camera or recording device in the guest room they gave him. Not one. He
checked. Six times. 1
He still checked for them if he had been away from his room. If Kelissa Kylton wasn’t stupid, then she
had to be as dim as a fused lightbulb covered in a thickyer of dust that repelled anyone allergic to her
foolishness. 1
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And then there was what Kelissa said about what he and his cousins see in Lucianne…seriously? She
needed an exnation for that? The way they smiled itself were at opposite ends of the spectrum…if
Kelissa were even worthy to share the same spectrum as Lucianne at all!
Lucianne radiated a contagious warmth, raw beauty, inspirational intellect, killer sarcasm and noble
ferocity. The heiress, on the other hand…Oh, Goddess, where should Greg even begin? Kelissa exuded
only a shuddering presence, and the makeup she wore inn o way covered up the sinister, conceited and
selfish persona many people knew her by.
Her intellect? Greg and his animal concluded that the heiress should count herself lucky that her family’s
money and reputation had always gotten her through without beingughed at or stepped on for herck
ofmon sense and understanding of simple concepts. Of course she was impressed with his
contribution at the brainstorming session! She knew so little! And for someone who was dead certain that
she was ‘the rightful Queen’, she exemplified ZERO nobility. 1
Greg suddenly found himself muttering, “If Kylton became Queen, Goddess help this Kingdom.”
When he was done judging, he prayed that Billy, Lance and the rest of his underground people were
doing fine without him. After that, he fell into a deep slumber.
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Greg joined the other pathetic advisors and snobbish Kyltons for breakfast like he did everyday since he
arrived. For some reason, i t was always the seat next to Livia that was empty. He tried toe down a
little earlier to get a seat other than that but to no avail.
His animal and human parts both dreaded having to sit beside that perfume-pungent b*tch who sent the
Kyltons to hurt Lucianne. But they both knew that they had to put up with the nonsense for a little while
longer. Greg was envious of his own animal when it could growl and groan in annoyance to its
satisfaction in his head but the human part of him had to stay silent, behave and put on a n unperturbed
face in front of these losers.
Livia was cold and distant on the first day, ying hard to get, much to Greg’s relief. The second day,
however, she tried to get him t o open up and speak to her. ‘Just kill me’, Greg thought every time he’d
have to respond to her empty questions to hold a dull conversation
He wondered why she didn’t just continue ying hard to get to make his life easier. He only tolerated
her because one of the terms he agreed privately with Kelissa Kylton was that he must make Livia think
she had a chance with him. But the heiress affirmed that his ultimate prize was Lucianne. The stupid
b*tch actually believed that he would hurt Lucianne just to im her.
“Excuse me, your Grace.” Livia leaned over to get the butter, and her thin, white camisole made the red
push-up bra underneath too obvious to miss. Livia felt Greg’s eyes on her when she reached for the
butter, and her animal was squealing in delight while her human was trying her best to not make eye
contact with the sexy bad boy just yet. 3
The Duke was indeed looking at her, and he wanted nothing more than to hold her by her neck, fracture
it, throw her against the ss cabs before breaking her bones slowly, one at a time as he indulged in
her screams.
When Greg felt the simmering anger, his eyes lowered to the food on his te to hide the onyx shade as
he chanted Lucianne’s name with his animal to calm himself. He would go so far as to recall her smile,
herugh and those little moments when she was appearance-conscious for no apparent reason.
‘Beautiful’, he thought to himself as his eyes regained their lc shade. 1
Lord Kylton held a fake grin when he began conversing with the Duke, “I hope our humble abode is to
your liking, your Grace.”
Greg returned the insincere smile and said, “It is, Lord Kylton. Thank you. I’m especially impressed with
that lovely firece you have in the living room.” Because that was where he got exclusive information
from the two women the night before.
“Ah, that.” Lady Kylton joined the conversation with an enthusiastic, sinister smile that was clearly
passed down to her daughter. “I t was designed by one of the best. We paid good money for it.”
“I can tell.” Greg noted tly, and took a sip from his ss to drown down the sarcasm threatening to spill
from his mouth. Lord Kylton chuckled before he said, “Well, you contributed to it, your Grace. So, it’s
fitting that we thank you for the design that you’re impressed with now.”
Greg ced his ss back on the table and asked, “What do you mean?”
The husband and wife nced at each other triumphantly before Lord Kylton thrusted out his hand to
Greg and exined, “It’s a pleasure to finally meet you in this capacity, your Grace. You’ve been a great
customer to one of our family’s most sessfulpanies, Wu Bi Corporation.”