Chapter 145: The Hales’ Banquet
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Hearing what Jordan said, Seth shivered violently, as if he had heard a call from hell.
His phone had been knocked away when he got kicked just now, so even if he wanted to find someone to save him now, it was too late.
Seth heard the members of smaller families speaking up for him just now, but he didn’t expect that Jordan and Lucas wouldn’t buy it at all!
All of a sudden, Seth was alone and powerless!
His heart was awash with despair and fear! At this juncture, Seth felt extremely regretful about his decision to stop Lucas and force him to choose between those two options!
Unfortunately, there is no cure for regret in this world!
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Seeing Jordan raise his foot again and about to stomp on his leg, Seth couldn’t care less about his image and simply shrieked loudly. He then got up and crawled toward Lucas.
Since he had already knelt down, the process after that was much simpler. He went all out and raised his hand to slap himself twice on the face. “I’m sorry… Mr. Gray, I’m sorry for offending you. Please let me go on account of the Millers!”
Seth’s heart was full of grief and humiliation. Kneeling down in front of Lucas and slapping himself in public was the worst humiliation he had ever suffered in his so many years of life!
Seth’s apology was indeed insincere, and he even brought up the Miller. Moreover, the two slaps he gave himself were also light, and he didn’t kowtow either.
Jordan was incredibly displeased. He frowned and was about to ask Seth to apologize properly, but Lucas suddenly said, “Enough. You’re in this state today, not because I’m humiliating you but because you brought it upon yourself. You’re reaping what you sow! Also, don’t think about threatening me with the Millers. I actually do want to meet them. You have half an hour to get your father to show up in front of me. Otherwise, I don’t mind tearing your family apart!”
With that, Lucas walked straight to the gate of the Hale residence while Jordan followed closely behind. The two of them soon vanished in the light.
The people outside looked at each other in dismay, frightened by Lucas and Jordan so much so that they were utterly silent.
Meanwhile, his face full of resentment and menace, Seth was propping himself up against the ground and getting up on his feet with a shaky gait. “Lucas Gray, I won’t let you off!”
In the villa cluster of the Hale family, the lights were on, and the place was decorated lavishly. Even though it was just a baby shower, the villa was full of opulence, truly exhibiting the wealth and splendor of a top family of Orange County.
The spacious banquet hall covered a floor area of thousands of square feet, and dozens of large luxurious round tables were placed inside, enough to accommodate thousands of guests. On each luxurious round table, there were various delicacies and drinks. Everyone was just waiting for the host to announce the start of the banquet.
Lucas and Jordan sat at a less crowded table. Everyone at that table looked at them with some surprise.
The two were fresh faces they didn’t know. But there were many guests invited to the Hales’ baby shower, so it wasn’t strange for a small family like theirs not to know every single person.
Someone at a table not too far from Lucas’s table suddenly asked, “W-why is he here?”
The person who spoke was a fat woman and also someone Lucas knew. She was James Wilson’s wife, Sharon Hart, who had once gotten into a conflict with Karen over a bracelet.
At this moment, Sharon Hart’s mouth was wide open, and she was pointing her finger at Lucas in disbelief.
The people around couldn’t help but look over in the direction her finger was pointing.
“Shut up!” Wilson smacked Sharon’s chubby arm and glowered at her.
“Hubby, I’m just curious. This is the Hales’ baby shower, and that Lucas is just a useless live-in son-in-law who got chased out by the Carters. What right does he have to be here?” Sharon said indignantly.
Wilson stared at her sullenly and warned. “Sharon Hart, I told you a long time ago to stop messing with him! Are you turning a deaf ear to my admonishment? If you keep babbling nonsense and creating trouble for me, get lost immediately!”
He sounded extremely hostile, and he didn’t cut her any slack at all.
Sharon was ashamed and furious to be reprimanded by her husband in front of so many people, but she dared not talk back to him at all.
Her family was rather well-to-do when she was younger, which was also why she could marry Wilson. However, her family’s businesses had suffered huge losses and were no longer doing as well as they used to. Besides, since she gave birth to her child, her body size had ballooned, and Wilson no longer found her attractive. Furthermore, she lost the support of her family and often behaved foolishly, so she couldn’t hold her head up high in front of Wilson at all.
Wilson didn’t have time to care about his disgraceful wife now, and instead, he looked at Lucas. Only when he realized that Lucas wasn’t looking his way did he put his mind at ease.
Actually, Wilson and Lucas had been in several conflicts before, but he only came to a sudden realization when Lucas and Jordan crippled more than ten of his underlings after Karen and Sharon got into a scuffle at the hotel previously. He instantly labeled Lucas as a dangerous person who was not to be provoked.
He would rather not have any encounter with Lucas than risk offending him. This was what Wilson had learned!
Apart from Sharon and Wilson, Dominic and Bryce Carter had also noticed that Lucas had entered the banquet hall.
The Carters were a third-rate family in Orange County, especially after the changes some time ago and the loss of the Brilliance Corporation. At the same time, they suffered a financial crisis and plunged all the way to a fourth or fifth-rate family.
In fact, they managed to get an invitation to the baby shower only after racking their brains and pulling some connections. Their agenda was to take this opportunity to express their friendliness to the Hales and establish relations with major families, which was something that all families with lower statuses would vie to do during such events.
But when Bryce saw Lucas, a former live-in son-in-law of the Carters, sauntering into the banquet hall, he was immediately displeased.
“Grandpa, why is that garbage Lucas Gray allowed in here?” Bryce stared at Lucas, his arm still aching from when Lucas broke it previously.
In fact, Bryce was definitely the person who had suffered the most losses because of Lucas. At the same time, he was also among the top few people who hated Lucas the most.
Of course, he wasn’t brainless either.
Just as Bryce stood up and wanted to go to create trouble for Lucas, he suddenly realized that someone had beat him to it and sat down beside Lucas.