Chapter 1169

Lacey was about to refuse when Daniel hurriedly jumped in. “We’ll go with Lacey to visit your home then, Mr. Thisleton.”

At the end of the day, the blood running through Lacey’s veins belonged to that of a Thisleton. So it was only right for her to go and pay respects to her elders. It wouldn’t be right if she continued to refuse.

“Alright then!” Ares nodded before turning to leave.

“Wait!” Zeke called out.

“No one can leave yet. We still have a score to settle. Who was the one who said that they would lick my shoes if I weren’t on my knees begging for my life?”

An alarm went off in Top Dog’s head. He immediately crawled over to Zeke and started lapping hungrily at his shoes like a dog.

Zeke then glanced over to Killian, the one who said that he would eat poop if Ares didn’t pummel him to death.

However, with the state that Killian was in — broken ribs and all — it was likely he was too crippled to do much else.

Thus, Zeke decided to ignore him. Instead, he turned to ask Ares, “Is this your nephew, Ares? Is this how you teach your youngsters?”

Ares’ face contorted in disdain. “Rubbish! Who told you that this useless piece of trash was my nephew?”

“He said so himself,” answered Zeke.

Ares exploded with anger. “What? How dare you use my name in vain! I’m going to kill you!”

“No! No, I didn’t!” trembled Top Dog. “I’ve said nothing but the truth! Uncle Killian is my uncle. And since he’s a brother to you, aren’t you technically my uncle too?”

Ares shot daggers at Killian. “A puny guard dares claim to be a brother to his boss and master? Take him home! We’ll deal with him according to our house rules.”

Killian broke down and wailed. “Sir, I’ve only been telling the truth too. You were the one who said that we were brothers. We even made a blood oath! Have you forgotten?”

Ares froze for a little, then a light bulb went off in his head.

Clearly, it had been when Bloodsworth was pretending to be him. Killian had made a pact with the fake Ares, who presumably needed Killian to do something unspeakable.

Otherwise, there was no other explanation as to why he would pay any attention to a small fry like Killian.

More often than not, insignificant characters like Killian had the ability to do big things. And also cause tremendous damage.

Ares decided to bring Killian back with him for further interrogation. He wanted to see if the latter was colluding with the fake Ares.

Ares gathered all the men and departed the building.

After he left, Lacey sought solace in Zeke’s embrace. One of her arms was placed protectively in front of her tummy.

“Zeke, promise me that no matter what happens, you’ll all stay with me.”

“Of course,” Zeke assured as he stroked her hair.

Later, when the mother and daughter were by themselves, Hannah leaned in to whisper to Lacey.

“Lacey, I’ve noticed that you’ve been protective of your belly. Tell me, do you have a mini-Zeke in the oven?”

Lacey’s face blushed pink as she nodded shyly.

A big grin broke across Hannah’s face. “Silly girl. This is great news! Why didn’t you tell us earlier?

Zeke too! It’s one thing for you to be irresponsible, but how can he not tell us either?”

Lacey hurriedly interjected. “Mom, you can’t blame Zeke. He doesn’t know either.”

What?

Hannah was rendered speechless! “You... I can’t believe you! How can you not tell the father himself?”

“I’m embarrassed to tell him,” pouted Lacey.

“Forget it. Leave it to me. I’ll tell him myself,” said Hannah.

Hannah immediately went and sought Zeke out.

“Zeke, are you busy? If you’re not, go and buy two trays of eggs. From tomorrow onwards, boil two eggs for Lacey every breakfast. In addition, you should quit smoking immediately. It’s bad for the child.”