Dumping The Ice King His Mini-Tyrant novel Chapter 399

Clarissa let out a derisive laugh. “Someone like Selene? Does she really deserve to set foot in the Vaughn family’s circles?” Her voice was cold and cutting, almost shrill.

“She just drags down my standards!”

The whole point of luxury is to separate those who can afford it from those who can’t. If everyone could walk into a boutique and walk out with a Louis Vuitton or a Hermès, how would the wealthy ever stand apart?

Ever since Selene married into the Vaughn family, Clarissa had felt her own status drop a notch. Now that Selene was finally out of the picture, she had no intention of letting her claw her way back into high society again.

Quentin leaned in, lowering his voice. “Say a few good words for me in the family, would you? Maybe then I could become Altair’s tutor.”

Dames might have resumed his elite courses at home, but Altair was still in his class—and Altair’s grades were miles ahead of Dames’s.

Quentin had a strong hunch: the Vaughn family would soon start grooming Altair in earnest.

Altair might not be Leo’s biological son, but Leo had no children of his own. Sooner or later, Altair would be his only heir.

If the Vaughns decided Dames wasn’t up to the task, the family legacy might very well be handed over to Altair.

Naturally, Quentin wanted to get closer to the boy.

Clarissa shook her head. “As if I could help with that.”

Quentin had just handed her a problem she couldn’t solve. She and Leo were about the same age, but she’d always been intimidated by him. Like a small fish in a pond, shrinking away from a giant shadow she couldn’t even see the shape of, Clarissa barely dared breathe in Leo’s presence.

Quentin wasn’t so easily discouraged. “Just try, will you? If Altair really becomes the Vaughn heir and I’m his tutor, we’ll finally have a foothold in the heart of the family.”

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