2024-08-21 09:43:59"Old man, how can you marry off Sophia, our greatest beauty, to that poor man? Is your brain rotten or what?"
Her anger grew.
"My beautiful granddaughter can never marry a lowlife. She will marry Chris Roland! He’s wealthy and powerful, and can secure our family's future."
"Chris Roland?" Abraham frowned.
That hypocritical playboy?
"Don’t you know Jerry Roland?" Lady Lancaster snapped.
"He works for Alfred Kingston, who practically owns Vancouver. Chris is his only son. Marrying him ties our family to the Kingstons!"
Sophia’s parents also looked at Alex, and a dissatisfied frown crept onto their faces.
Alex wore a simple shirt typically seen on people of the lower-middle class, cheap and old shoes sold on the street, nothing about him screamed wealth.
If Chris Roland was the young rich man with a company, this man was probably Chris’s cleaning service, paid with the lowest salary.
Thinking their daughter would marry this loser already made their anger rise to the peak.
“No way,” Florence Lancaster, Sophia's mother, whispered. “I will never agree. What will my friends say about my son-in-law? This man will drag my name into the mud!"
"Father," Justin Lancaster, Sophia's father, spoke. "Mother is right; how about we let Sophia decide her own future?"
"Grandfather, I don’t want to marry yet," Sophia hurriedly added.
Abraham shook his head.
"I’m not dead yet—so what is decided is decide."
"Abraham!"
Lady Lancaster's desperation turned to anger.
"Imagine the Lancaster family with Kingston ties! Even after you’re gone, our family would thrive! Don’t you care about your descendants? How can you ruin the Lancaster name for that loser!"
“Sophia will never marry him!" Lady Lancaster insisted. "This is all for Lancaster's future!"
"You know nothing, Amelia!"
Abraham looked at his wife and everyone, “Alex is the man I chose, you better keep your mouth shut and your comments to yourself until you know him.”
“I don’t agree!” Amelia yelled out her decision.
There was Chris Roland, a wealthy and promising young man, who could bring the Lancaster Family unimaginable glory and endless fortune ...
...
yet her husband ignored Chris and chose to treat a piece of junk like a treasure!He must be too old and out of his mind!
“Amelia, do you want me to sign divorce papers for you at our old age?”
Lady Lancaster's face turned pale.
“All of you, I am still the head of Lancaster,” Abraham commanded.
“Sophia, you will marry Alex today. You’ll be grateful for my decision one day!”
From his tone, all of them knew there was no point in arguing anymore.
Even Sophia accepted her fate and sighed.
They all knew Abraham Lancaster could sometimes be harsh and would not tolerate any disrespect.
In about an hour and a half, in a very awkward situation, Sophia and Alex successfully signed all the paperwork and obtained their marriage certificates from the government marriage agency.
Only Abraham showed a big smile when looking at the certificate.
The great Alexander Leonhart finally became his grandson.
He would brag to the Kingswell’ people he knew, sure that many would be green with envy.
Meanwhile, Sophia was still disappointed as she married a worthless man.
‘He can have the marriage certificate but not me!’ Sophia inwardly screamed.
But thinking that loser already got his body, Sophia quickly added, ‘He will never get my heart and my money.’
“Sophia,” Abraham turned to her. “Help him blend in with Vancouver life, show him the many places you used to hang out with your friends.”
The first thing on Sophia's mind when making the marriage certificate was to keep everything secret, yet her grandfather wanted her to show him off?
A mischievous
plan suddenly formed in her mind.“Yes, Grandfather. I will HELP HIM BLEND IN.”
She would let Alex see how he was not worthy of her and let go of her.
Alex sighed.
He didn’t like to force anyone, but somehow his mother's fate was likely in this woman's hands, so he had to follow through.
"Cheer up a bit, will ya? It’s not the end of the world!"
Sophia scowled at him, "Marrying you, the biggest braggart in the world, is already the end of the world for me!"
"Honestly, I am not a bragg—"
"Yes, you are! And you are a loser, jobless and worthless!"
"No, I am not," Alex corrected her.
“I do have a job, I am a doctor, with the title of God’s Hand.”
"Oh, keep bragging! You really have no shame." Sophia scolded.
"Listen, I am doing my grandfather’s wish to take you around, but that’s all. This marriage will not work out even in a thousand years. So, stop daydreaming!”
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Chapter 519
Ragnar was shaking with rage when he realized Phantom was winning.That single fact crushed everything.It meant he had failed his father’s command. It meant he had disgraced the Eisenwall name.And worse—it meant he would never be chosen as the heir of House Eisenwall.“Fucking hell,” Ragnar snarled. “This is all because of that bastard Tobias.”He stormed out of the private reunion lounge, his steps heavy, his chest burning with humiliation and fury.Outside, several others were pouring out of nearby rooms as well. Faces twisted. Voices raised. Everyone had lost their bets.The air was thick with bitterness, anger, and despair. No one here was in a good mood.Ragnar slammed straight into two men.“Watch where you’re going!” one of them snapped.Ragnar turned slowly.Without a single word, he threw his fist.The punch landed hard.He was the future duke—a direct descendant of Duke Eisenwall’s blood.In a world steeped in noble arrogance, Prussian law granted high nobles the right to
Chapter 518
“No—no!” the commentator screamed. His voice cracked over the broadcast. “Please, don’t shoot Alpha! I put my family’s emergency savings on this bet. Please—don’t do it!”Across the stadium, and across Prussia, people were drenched in sweat.“Please don’t shoot Alpha.”“Please let Alpha win.”“Please…”For a single, desperate heartbeat, the entire nation prayed for a miracle.Then Phantom pulled the trigger.The weapon flashed.Alpha’s mobile suit vanished in a violent burst of light and twisted steel.What remained crashed to the arena floor, burning and broken, while the pilot was sealed inside the emergency escape system and violently ejected clear of the wreckage.In that instant, all of Prussia understood the truth—miracles were not coming for them.Phantom released the weapon. It clattered uselessly onto the arena floor.Without haste, without pride, Phantom turned and walked back the way it had entered—slow, calm, untouched by the chaos behind it.It was as if he had stepped in
Chapter 517
Minutes before the third round began, the Reunion Class hall vibrated with tension.Tobias stood his ground as Belinda stormed toward him.She slammed a finger into his chest, hard enough to jolt him back.“Tobias, you useless piece of shit,” she screamed, fury cutting every word. “Listen carefully. You will make damn sure your Phantom does not win this round. Do you understand me?”“The Phantom has to win the final round,” Tobias said fearlessly.Her hand cracked across his face.“How dare you disobey me?” Belinda snapped. “I am your fiancée. Don’t forget—I lent you fifty thousand dollars when you were drowning in debt. My father will never forgive this. You will regret crossing me, so shut up and do exactly what I say.”Tobias said nothing.A man like him had learned long ago that arguing only made things worse. He stood there in silence, as he always did, letting others speak over him.Belinda circled him like a queen inspecting a prisoner. “Do you know how powerful my family is?”
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Marlena’s eyes widened slightly. “We spent five hundred million dollars on advertising alone,” she said.“But the return was massive. With almost all of Prussia participating, we made no less than twenty billion this round.”Alex smiled faintly. “So after subtracting advertising costs and the Bluthelm acquisition, we’re still deep in profit.”“Exactly,” Marlena confirmed. “What about the third competition? If we open betting again with Phantom, we could earn several more billion.”Alex shook his head. “Phantom doesn’t have a driver.”“But you do, sir,” Marlena said carefully. “If you pilot it yourself, that would be a guaranteed win.”Alex chuckled. “Tempting. But no. It stops here.”He straightened, his tone turning cold and final. “We don’t need trouble with Eisenwall. That’s bad for business. Let Phantom lose. Bluthelm and Eden Group need to lie low for a while. That fits us perfectly.”“As you wish, sir,” Marlena said, bowing her head as Alex turned and walked out.When Alex retu
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