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Chapter 1405

Author: Marina Vittori
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"What? She's yours?" Both Cody and Harper exchanged puzzled glances when they heard that. They began to wonder if they had heard him wrongly.

Natasha was, after all, a siren who ranked third in the Beauty Ranking. Besides, she was also the Duke of Lachshire's granddaughter.

She was basically the dream of countless young men! How dare a poor loser like Dustin so shamelessly claim that she was his? Had he lost his mind?

"Dustin. Are you … serious?" Cody probed.

"Of course," Dustin answered confidently.

"Pfft!" Cody burst out laughing as though he'd just heard the greatest joke of the century.

"Oh, Dustin! Do you even hear yourself? Did you just say that Ms. Harmon is yours? Hahaha!" Cody clutched his belly as he laughed with an exaggerated expression.

"Hmph! How shameless!" Harper folded her arms in front of her chest as she huffed. "Don't you have any self-awareness?

"Don't go around thinking that your identity has changed just because you put on new clothes. A loser will alw
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