“Carter Gray, you lose.”

Those four words gently drifted into Carter’s ears. Madeline’s voice, so pleasant to the ear, sounded extremely piercing to Carter right now.

An icy glint flashed across his cold eyes, but Madeline looked into his eyes fearlessly.

“Carter, you didn’t expect this, did you? My hypnosis was broken again. Everyone says that you’re the master of hypnosis and that you have amazing hypnosis skills, but this shows that you’re not that great after all.”

Madeline parted her lips and continued with a slightly sarcastic tone.

“But perhaps it was because you had kept fighting for the royal succession, so your skills have deteriorated.”

“...”

Madeline’s words made Carter furrow his brows slowly.

At that moment, he did not know how to retort Madeline, yet he did not allow himself to stay silent for long.

A few seconds later, Carter chuckled lowly.

“Eveline, are you still mad at me? There are so many guests, and grandpa is also here. Stop making a fuss.”

Carter was