Chapter 182: Regret

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

To Dominic’s immense disbelief, the senior executives of the Hale enterprises, including the general managers, looked at one another again after drawing a line with the Carters. Then they walked up to Lucas and bowed to him, seemingly already having made up their minds.

“Mr. Gray, I am Anthony Holmes, the general manager of the Fly Corporation under the Hales. I’m willing to plead allegiance to you!”

“Mr. Gray, I’m Chester Cohen of Joy Co. that belongs to the Hale family. I’m also willing to submit to you!”

“I’m Fred Crawford of Feather Co., and I’m willing to submit to you too!”

“I’m Jim Sullivan of Dragon Co., and I’d also like to plead allegiance to you!”

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These elites clad in suits all bowed down to Lucas and pledged allegiance to him. It was extremely spectacular!

Dumbfounded, all the Carters were at a loss for words. Is Lucas Gray… really the loser live-in son-in-law we kicked out of the family?

Meanwhile, Dominic was sitting on the ground, his face as pale as a sheet. He grabbed the broken stone fragments on the ground, and a sharp edge stabbed him, causing him excruciating pain. Only then did he snap out of his trance and realize that everything happening wasn’t a dream but reality that he couldn’t accept.

This scene in front of Dominic told him that Lucas was definitely not a loser like what he had thought!

Now, Dominic finally stopped being prejudiced and began to think about everything that Lucas had shown previously. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that Lucas had displayed his abnormality long ago. But unfortunately, Dominic chose to ignore it time and time again.

It started from when the Carters got the Stardust Corporation’s intent of cooperation and signed the contract. At that time, he let Bryce take on the role of general manager of the Brilliance Corporation, which he had promised to give to Cheyenne, and ended up receiving a breach of contract notice from the Stardust Corporation in the afternoon even though they had signed the contract in the morning. In the end, the Carters even lost the entire Brilliance Corporation.

Later on, Cheyenne became the general manager of the Brilliance Corporation.

There was the time when they received an invitation from the Stardust Corporation and thought it was a great honor. But to their surprise, they were arranged to sit near the entrance and ended up being mocked and humiliated. In hindsight, he realized that the Stardust Corporation had done that all for the sake of standing up for Cheyenne!

Later on, Ethan Sawyer, the wealthiest man in Orange County, said that the gifts he instructed his subordinates to deliver to the Carters were meant for Lucas and not betrothal gifts for Charlotte.

There was also that time when Chris Douglas and Gordon Douglas showed up at the Carters to beg Lucas for forgiveness.

Lucas had given them numerous warnings. But they continuously ignored them and kept on bullying Cheyenne and her family, only to face numerous crises afterward, such as the closure of their factories, the bank’s demand for loan repayment, the termination of cooperation by many companies, and so on.

Countless memories of the previous events surfaced in Dominic’s mind. Before, he thought that there had been mistakes or that they were purely coincidences. But it turned out that he had actually kept consciously or unconsciously ignoring the possibility that Lucas might really be powerful.

But today, Dominic finally confirmed that Lucas was the one who did all of these things!

Dominic’s heart was struck by a wave of chilliness and regret.

Lucas was closely associated with the Stardust Corporation and the richest family in Orange County, the Sawyers. He also had the terrifying ability to cause the Hales to collapse overnight and make the senior executives of the Hale companies pledge allegiance!

Yet this powerful figure turned out to be the former son-in-law of the Carters!

If they had treated Lucas and Cheyenne’s family a little better and stopped trying to kick them out, the Carters would have already developed extremely well just with Lucas’s help!

Dominic felt like his heart was about to bleed. For the sake of the development of the Carters, he had completely exhausted himself and racked his brains to think of all suitable solutions. He even lowered his pride to curry favor with those executives younger than him and accepted their mockery.

The Carters could have had a brilliant future, but unfortunately, they ruined it for themselves!

Sitting on the ground, Dominic looked absolutely crestfallen, and his face was deathly pale. It was as if he had aged a few years in an instant.

He smiled bitterly and glanced at Lucas. But he was well aware that at this point, it would be a far-fetched idea to think that he could try to get Lucas and Cheyenne to reconcile with the Carters. They had already completely fallen out, and their relationship was strained beyond salvation.

Having figured this out, Dominic stood up while swaying from side to side. He straightened his back and looked at Lucas. “Lucas, I have to admit that I did belittle you in the past. I always thought that you were a good-for-nothing. But now…”

He coughed twice, but the corners of his mouth curled up into a bizarre smile. “But if you think that I will apologize to you, bow down to you, and beg you to spare the Carters, you’re wrong! Even if I die, I will never succumb to you!”

Dominic sounded firm and decisive, seemingly having a strong backbone.

Lucas sneered. To him, regardless of whether Dominic apologized or not, it didn’t matter at all.

The fact that the Carters did those horrible things to Cheyenne and his family had already made him decide that he would never let the Carters off and would definitely destroy them.

Since that was the case, Lucas couldn’t care less about what Dominic’s attitude was.

After hearing what Dominic said, Holmes frowned, walked over, and shouted, “Dominic Carter! Watch your attitude when you’re talking to Mr. Gray!”

Dominic said indifferently, “The Carters no longer need the help of the Hales. What does my attitude have to do with you? Get lost! Get out of my home!”

Holmes didn’t expect Dominic, who had always been subservient toward him, to suddenly become austere and hostile toward him. Infuriated by Dominic and eager to please Lucas, he raised his arm and slapped Dominic on the face. “Old fogy! How dare you talk to Mr. Gray and me like that? You must be tired of living…”

Before Holmes could finish speaking, a hand suddenly appeared and gripped his wrist tightly, preventing his slap from landing on Dominic’s face.

“Enough! You’re in no place to interfere with the affairs of the Carters!” Lucas glared at Holmes coldly and threw his hand away.