Chapter 134

Thinking back carefully, Tessa never admitted she was the younger heiress of the Walton family that day. He’d been too impulsive. Now that he was forced to face the reality, Joseph reluctantly looked at Tessa and muttered an apology. “Apologies, Miss Walton. I mistook you for someone else that day.”

Joseph ignored the voices around him.

But Julian had no intention of letting him off so easily. “So what? You got the wrong person, and a simple apology makes it all okay?”

“What do you want, then?” Joseph turned to face Julian’s icy expression, completely at a loss as to what this man was after. He had only heard bits and pieces about Julian–knew his family background was decent–but as for the man himself, Joseph thought he was just a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Julian curved his lips into a faint smile. “I don’t want anything. Just saying–if you are so blind to your surroundings, you really shouldn’t show your face around us. I don’t have the patience for clowns.”

Joseph understood the mockery in Julian’s words, but with so many eyes watching, he didn’t want to escalate the situation. “Fine. I’ll make sure to remember Miss Tessa’s face clearly next time. I won’t mistake her for someone else again.”

Julian let out a cold snort, glancing at the two fist marks on Joseph’s face. In the end, he didn’t press any further. Among prominent families, nothing mattered more than reputation and appearances. Everything else could be negotiated.

“Since it was a misunderstanding, I hope you’ll be more careful in the future, Mr. Hunt,” Tessa said with a polite smile. She couldn’t afford to make an enemy out of Joseph now. There was no telling when he might prove useful.

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