The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Charismatic Lucas Gray

as giving her a compliment in front of Lucas, Lena somehow blushed coyly for a moment before answering with a smile, “My father has gone on a business trip abroad and couldn’t make it back in time.
So he asked me to attend the function today on his behalf, and at the same time, get an eye-opener for myself too.”

In fact, Lena had interacted with very few people of this circle because of how overprotective Ethan had been of her.
She had lived a carefree life overseas as well.

But since the last time Lena and Ethan had a tiff over the matter of her marriage to Tristan, Ethan reflected for a long time and then decided that he should let Lena socialize more often and brush up on her interpersonal social skills.
He wanted her to understand that the lives of wealthy families were not always as glamorous as they seemed to be on the surface and that the heirs and heiresses of such families did not enjoy absolute freedom to do whatever they wanted.

While they were chatting, they unknowingly became the focus of attention of many people in the auction hall.

On the one hand, it was because Lena was a stunning beauty bound to steal the limelight wherever she went.
On the other hand, it was naturally because of Bruce, the head of one of the four top families of Orange County.

Most people didn’t know who Lucas was, and there were also many who were curious as to why Lucas could stand next to Bruce.
So there were many curious gazes cast on Lucas.

But Tristan, Callum, and Elijah, who came in before them, were not one of those staring at Lucas with harmless curiosity.

Tristan was standing near them and glaring daggers at Lucas and Lena.
In particular, when he saw Lena, who had always been harsh to him, beaming with joy and smiling at Lucas, his expression was terrifyingly sinister and gloomy.

“How did that punk get in?” Callum was sullen too.
He had previously instructed the security guards at the entrance not to let Lucas in, but now that Lucas was there, it was a clear insult to Callum because his instructions had been defied.

“Hmph, that bitch must have brought him in! Atrocious!” Tristan gnashed his teeth.

Ever since the previous incident at The Loft where Lena had mercilessly said several times in front of so many people that she wasn’t interested in him and didn’t want to marry him but then went on to stand on Lucas’s side and go against him by calling her bodyguards over to stop him, Tristan had developed a strong resentment and hatred toward Lena as well.

“Bitch? Do you mean Lena, the daughter of the richest man in Orange County, Ethan Sawyer? She’s the one who’s engaged to you but has been refusing to come back from abroad, right? Is she the one in the red gown over there?” Elijah asked in a gossipy manner.

Tristan nodded sullenly.
“Yes, it’s her! She’s clearly engaged to me since a long time ago, but she’s been avoiding me like the plague and refusing to see me! Yet she’s so nice to that live-in son-in-law of the Carters, and she even scolded me for him! They’re a pair of adulterers!”

Tristan spat on the ground, and his face, which was usually handsome, twisted into a grimace.

Elijah patted Tristan on his shoulder with some empathy and sympathy.
No man would be able to tolerate such a thing.

“Rest assured.
I’ll go deal with that punk and stand up for you now!” he said as though they shared a common enemy.

Then Elijah walked toward Lucas.