The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Greg rolled his eyes as he responded to Kelissa Kylton’s inauthentic hospitality, “Like I had a choice.”

“Good that you know who’s in-charge here.” Kelissa smirked bumptiously,

“No, I don’t. I just know that it’s not me.” Greg lied with ease. This was going to be easier than he thought. Whoever was harming Lucianne already assumed that Greg had voluntarily surrendered superiority the moment he made the call and cited the code. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Greg Claw was inferior to no one. No one! …Alright, fine. No one, except Lucianne. 3

Kelissa scoffed darkly at Greg’s response and asked, “So, are you saying that I don’t look like someone who’s capable of leading this work?”

“No. All I’m saying is that until I meet the full team, I cannot gauge who’s leading it.”

“What if I tell you that there’s a consensus that I’m the one who calls the shots, and the rest are nothing more than mere advisers?”

“I stand by what I said, Kylton. Until I meet the whole team, I won’t know who’s really in-charge. If I learned anything, it’s that the official leader isn’t always the leader. Some ‘advisers’ can be so influential that the official leaders are just mindless puppets.”

“Are you trying to agitate me, your Grace?” Kelissa was getting impatient. If Greg were being honest, yes, he’d very much like to agitate and tear up anyone involved with hurting Lucianne.

Still, the Duke kept his thoughts to himself and chose to say, “Do you want me to give you my honest opinions, or did you recruit me to sugarcoat everything, Kylton?”

That made Kelissa pause for a brief moment. “Hm. Well, I suppose I would have to respect your perspectives and judgments, seeing that you’ve been in this line of work long enough.”

Greg muttered monotonously, “Wow, I’m flattered.”

“And don’t think of mind-linking anyone, by the way. The device on your wrist would know.” Kelissa warned, and lifted up her phone as she continued, “And I’ll know, too.”

“Yeah, I figured. Would’ve done the same thing if it were me.” Greg said, unperturbed.

A smile graced the heiress’s features. “Thank you for approving.”

Greg retorted flatly, “I’m not. I just agree that this is a good precaution to take.”

Her smile faltered as she noted, “You really don’t make it easy for people to work with you, do you, your Grace?”

“Why do you think I work alone?” Greg needed to annoy Kelissa until she was angered. He needed to act as if he was reluctant to join them, and how he was now taking out on those who threatened him.

There should be a gradual willingness on his part to work with them, not a total change of heart overnight. Only then will it be believable that he had actually switched sides, from protecting Lucianne to harming her. In truth, Greg knew that nothing can ever tempt him to hurt the Queen.

After a moment of silence, Kelissa decided to change the subject to keep her cool, “It wasn’t me who was supposed to come. It was…”

“Livia?”

“For once, can you just not imitate me when I’m trying to be nice?!”

Score! Greg’s animal celebrated the heiress’s erupted temper. “Apologies, heiress. Please, continue.”

Kelissa took a deep breath to calm her nerves. Her onyx eyes regained some lilac shades before she continued, “No one was supposed to come. It was just the chauffeur. But I came because I wanted to personally tell you about the rewards you’d reap from working with us.”

“Didn’t you already send someone with that information to my casino last night?”

“Livia didn’t set out the full extent of your rewards last night.”

This caught his attention, and his eyes fixed on hers as he said, “I’m listening.”

“Livia only told you that you’d be second-in-command. She didn’t mention another gift I have in mind for you because I didn’t tell her this.”