The Established Siblings Of The Pack
Chapter 95

The Established Siblings Of The Pack Chapter 95

Chapter 95

Kingsley scratched the back of his head, prevaricating, “Uh, well, he’s a brother of my comrade’s, andhe was just going along with my act.”His sisters knew that he had been a soldier in the army beforethis, and in times like these when lying was a necessity, he credited his imaginary comrades for hisbehavior.“A brother of your comrade’s?” Serena frowned as she eyed him skeptically. “And what aboutthe thirty belts you just splurged on? Pretty sure you just racked up a two-million-something credit cardbill back there.”He blinked and stammered, “Oh, um, he… he might be a luxury boutique manager, buthe secretly sells counterfeit goods on the side. The belts I bought are all fake, and they’re not worthmore than eight hundred.”“Fake?!” Serena’s eyes widened. “Are you seriously asking me to hand outthese counterfeits to my friends from the dōjō? These are people who have been all over the world,and believe me when I say they can spot a counterfeit from a mile away!”“Don’t worry about it, Serena.We’re talking about high-quality counterfeits here, and I promise you, they won’t be able to tell it apartfrom the real stuff!” He changed the topic before she could argue with him any further on this. “Anyway,would you have killed Noah if I hadn’t held you back just now?”A cheeky smile tugged on her lips.“Nah, I don’t go around killing people for free, you know.” She had let the matter drop after Kingsleyinterjected.It wasn’t so much that she let the matter drop as it was that she chose to believe Kingsleylike how Reene had. She was sure that he would never lie, and that even if he did, it was with goodintentions.“Hey, Kingsley, why don’t you come as my plus-one to the reunion? I figured you haven’teaten yet,” Serena offered.He hummed in response as he considered the fact that he truly hadn’t eatenand that he didn’t want Noah to stir up trouble for his sister, then nodded and he said, “Okay.”TheParadise Mall was close by the Bayou, which was merely a ten-minute walk away.Presently, in CarolinaCourt, about twenty young men and women were gathered around a long banquet table as theychattered among themselves.“My, my, Nancy, aren’t you just gorgeous?” Emory said to a woman wholooked ordinary at best. “I haven’t seen you in years and you show up looking even more stunning thanthe Two Muses had ever looked!”Nancy Stewart clapped her hand over her mouth and giggledabashedly as she said, “It’s all thanks to the expensive beauty treatments I get every now and then.

Looking young sure comes with a price, right?”Emory chuckled awkwardly at this and his eyes swiveledto the man next to her, then asked, “And this handsome gentleman over here must be your fiancé, am Iright?”“Why, yes.” Nancy leaned into the man’s embrace and announced happily, “Tyler and I aregetting married next month!”Upon hearing this, those around the couple did not waste time in offeringtheir blessings.“Congratulations!”“The both of you are a match made in heaven!”Everyone was wellaware of the fact that Tyler was the heir to Spearhead Group and that he had a net worth of more thanten million. If they could be so lucky as to get acquainted with him, then they were set for the highlife.Emory’s eyes practically twinkled as he attempted to curry favor with the man. “So, Mr. Jovovich,the economy has taken quite the downturn these days, and I just don’t think my current job is payingwell enough. Do you think you could—”He broke off when the door to the private dining room swungopen, and in walked Serena and Kingsley. “One of the Two Muses has made it here! Everyone, pleasegive a warm round of applause!” someone cheered, and the guests in the room clapped their hands ingood spirit.Serena had always been beautiful, and though she had no pedigree like the others here,she was still treated like a star back at the dōjō. Now that she was here at the reunion, the men whohad not seen for years were looking at her with interest.However, malice flashed in Emory’s eyes. Hehad been so close to making Tyler’s acquaintance, which would be of great help to his intelligence-gathering endeavors, but Serena just had to come in and ruin things for him. The golden opportunityhad slipped right through his fingers!Serena led Kingsley to their seats and smiled as she greeted,“Hey, guys. Gosh, I haven’t seen all of you in ages.”She had become the center of attention themoment she walked in. Even Tyler was staring at her with his mouth slightly open, dazed by herbeauty.Next to him, Nancy was seething with rage. She snorted and drawled sarcastically, “Last Iheard, you went into some nondescript company after you left the dōjō. Are you even getting paidwell?” She couldn’t hope to compete with Serena when it came to beauty and charm, so her wealthwas the only thing she could lord over the latter’s head right now.Serena merely smirked as sheanswered, “We work on commission at Orion Tech; there’s no fixed remuneration there.”There wasnothing wrong with the way she said it, at least not on the surface, but Kingsley understood what shewas implying. Orion Tech was probably just a cover for the Mercenary Commission she worked for, and

the ‘commission’ she was talking about was the bounty that came with every assassination she carriedout.Nancy scoffed and rolled her eyes, then pointed out disdainfully, “I don’t know what company thatis, but it sounds downright crappy.”She had never liked Serena, not since their childhood days. Shehated how Serena had managed to win over every boy just because of her pretty face even though shewas just a lowly orphan. Whenever Serena was around, Nancy would always be invisible and castaway to the sidelines.She was insanely jealous of Serena, and she wanted to crush the girl by walkingall over her. She wanted to tell everyone that she was better.When Emory saw how stormy Nancylooked, Emory quickly interjected, “Yeah, Serena, what kind of a crap company doesn’t even have anestablished portfolio of its own? I can’t believe you’d bring it up without dying of embarrassment!”Muchlike Nancy, the other women at the table were rather hostile toward Serena and her pretty face, either.When they heard the taunts and mockery thrown her way, they couldn’t help snickering, too.Meanwhile,the men, though enamored with Serena’s beauty, were so afraid of getting on Nancy and Tyler’s badside that they decided to join in the mocking as well.“You know, maybe Serena is just a pretty face. Shecertainly isn’t as capable as Nancy.”“Tell me about it. It’s bad enough that she has a flimsy background,but she just has to ride around on her high horse, too. At this rate, she’ll be stuck as a bottom-feeder.”Nancy was ecstatic to hear everyone standing on her side. She narrowed her eyes at Serenaimperiously, as though she was looking at some pest, and pointed out venomously, “You might as wellbecome a call girl or something if you’re going to spend your life making pittance at some run-downcompany. Why waste that pretty face of yours when you can get paid well for it, right? At least you’ll getto go home and put dinner on the table for your family.” Then, she pretended to be apologetic as shegasped and put a hand over her mouth. “Oh, I’m sorry. I forgot that you’re an orphan and that you haveno family to feed. Guess there’s no need for you to moonlight as a prostitute, then!” Triumphant gigglesfollowed this scathing insult.