Lucas found Daniel's arrogance and foolishness absolutely ridiculous, so he smirked derisively.

"Hmph, what are you laughing at?" Daniel was enraged, but he soon thought of something else and raised his head proudly. "Hah, I almost forgot. You're just a penniless lowlife. I'm afraid you don't know how powerful the Feather Corporation is, do you? Let me tell you, the Feather Corporation belongs to the Hales, one of the four most powerful families in Orange County. You will never climb high enough to reach their level!

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"Now that you've offended me, it is tantamount to offending the Feather Corporation. I heard that the Carters are on the verge of bankruptcy. If you don't kneel down immediately, apologize to me, and beg me for forgiveness, I'll make a phone call now, and the Carters will be driven out of Orange County! Do you understand?"

Daniel's expression was extremely haughty and condescending, as though he was the person with the highest authority in the Hales' business. He seemed to be saying, 'Let those who comply with me thrive and those who resist me perish'.

Lucas looked at Daniel like he was a fool and simply called someone, as he no longer wanted to waste any time with such a stupid person.

The call was soon answered.

"Good evening, Mr. Gray! How may I help you?" Bruce Hale asked respectfully.

Lucas said, "Please check if there's a business department manager named Daniel Devine in the Feather Corporation."

Bruce Hale was stunned for a moment, but he quickly agreed, "Yes, I'll have someone check it out right now. I'll give you an answer within three minutes!"

Lucas expressed assent and was about to hang up the phone when Bruce suddenly asked, "Mr. Gray, did Daniel Devine offend you?"

Bruce was extremely cautious when asking this question. Being an intelligent and experienced businessman already in his seventies, he could hear the slight trace of displeasure in Lucas's voice just now.

Lucas sneered. "It's just a trivial matter. This person has been throwing his weight around and kicking up a fuss in the Zegna menswear store in the downtown area. He even wanted me to kneel down and apologize to him, threatening that he would get the Hales to destroy the Carters if I didn't comply. Mr. Hale, I didn't know that there was such a person who commands high authority under your family."

"Bastard! Who does he think he is? How dare he go around threatening others in our name?!" Bruce flew into a rage immediately, and his mustache even curled up because of how furious he was. He hurriedly promised Lucas, "Mr. Gray, I guarantee that I'll fire him, along with anyone related to him, if we find out later that he indeed works for the Feather Corporation!"

"Okay." Lucas acknowledged casually and hung up.

Daniel was standing near Lucas, so he naturally heard what he said, especially the words 'the Hales' and 'Mr. Hale', which made it look like he was communicating directly with the helmsman of the Hales.

But Daniel was not scared at all because he didn't think that Lucas had the ability to communicate directly with the helmsman of the Hales. Even he wasn't fit enough to speak to the successor of the Hales, let alone Lucas, whom he thought was a good-for-nothing.

"Oh, I couldn't tell that you're such a good actor! Hah, after hearing me mention that the Feather Corporation belongs to the Hales, you pretended to speak to the helmsman of the Hale family. You're just trying to scare me, aren't you? I'm afraid you don't even know what the helmsman of the Hale family looks like!"

Daniel began mocking Lucas while his fiancée Rachelle, who had gotten up from the ground long ago, stood beside him and chimed in.

"Cheyenne Carter, I think your husband might as well be an actor since he's so good at acting. Well, at least he can make a decent living off his acting chops! He makes it seem so realistic, but I bet the helmsman of the Hale family doesn't even know who he is!"

Cheyenne ignored both of them and simply glanced at them coldly.

She knew that Lucas had always hidden his identity and kept a low profile. He would never put on an act to make himself seem superior. Since he mentioned the Hales, she knew that he must have called Bruce Hale.

But Cheyenne was also a bit curious about the relationship between Lucas and Bruce.

The reason being was that Lucas sounded like he was giving Bruce an order instead of requesting his help in checking the information about Daniel. It was as though Lucas was Bruce's superior.

The Zegna store manager turned around and looked at Lucas. He certainly wouldn't be as stupid as Daniel and think that Lucas was just putting on an act.

After all, there were not many people who could possess a Black Diamond Card. At the very least, even the helmsman of the Hales wouldn't be qualified to own one.

This just meant that Lucas's status was far superior, and the person who picked up just now was Bruce Hale!

After figuring this out, the store manager stopped feeling worried and was much more relieved.

He believed that as long as the Hales knew about this and were aware that Daniel had offended Lucas, there was no way Daniel could use the power of the Hales to make them move the store away from this street.

Daniel began to get annoyed. He was initially expecting to see Lucas kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy. But to his surprise, Lucas merely stood still in a relaxed manner without saying anything after making that call. He didn't take him seriously at all!

"Scoundrel, what are you pretending for? I don't have the time to play such tricks with you! I've already said, just kneel down now and apologize to me and my fiancée. I will then spare you. Otherwise, just get ready to see the Carters get destroyed!

"No one in Orange County can get away with offending the Hales!" Daniel said arrogantly.

All of a sudden, someone at the side said furiously, "Bastard! Who gave you the audacity to throw your weight around here in the name of the Hales? How dare you offend Mr. Gray?"

This voice sounded somewhat familiar to Daniel. He turned around with a frown, only to meet a pair of angry eyes!

Daniel was no stranger to the owner of these eyes. The instant that he saw him, Daniel got the chills and immediately had a look of horror on his face!

Daniel's jaw dropped, and countless drops of sweat immediately seeped out of his forehead. He stammered, "M-Mr. Hale! W-why are you… suddenly here?"

The person who arrived was none other than Connor, the only successor of the Hale family!