Chapter 32 Only Generous to His Mistress

Before the Marquette family's decline, they had tried several times to collaborate with the Backshaws, but they had never succeeded. The Backshaws had always declined ruthlessly. Tyren had only been away for three years, but he had somehow managed to become friends with Jaron, who was a Whitlocke. Alden must have mistaken Jaron for Darius, as he had just called him "Mr. Backshaw". Thalia was about to ask Tyren about it when she heard Alden calling out to her. She turned at once and smiled at Jaron, who raised an eyebrow. He was about to give Thalia a flirty look, but then he saw the dangerous glint in Tyren's eyes and coughed hastily. "Mrs. Crestfall is an exquisite beauty. You're very lucky, Mr. Crestfall." Kiera was annoyed at being ignored, and when she heard Thalia being complimented, she bit her lip in anger. She kept making sly moves on Alden, but the latter was focused on trying to curry favor with Jaron. He got impatient and said something to her in a low voice to pla