Dallas’s face repeatedly changed between red and pale. “Hah, so what if his gift is more expensive? It’s just 1.4 million dollars. Who can’t afford that? What’s there to show off?”
Connor sneered. “Who’s showing off? Weren’t you the ones who kept making trouble for Mr. Gray by wanting him to take out his gift for Alexis? You were also the one who proposed the shoe-licking bet? Now that you’ve lost, do you want to go back on your word?”
“You!” Dallas was ashamed and furious. He roared at Lucas, “I’m not going to fulfill the bet, so what? Can you kill me?”
Lucas looked at him coldly and pursed his lips in disdain. “Even if you want to lick my shoes, I’d find it dirty! But you should be glad that it’s Alexis’s birthday today, so I don’t want there to be any bloodshed. Otherwise… Heh.”
He sneered with a sharp gaze in his eyes, piercing into Dallas’s eyes like a sharp dagger.
“You… you…” Dallas was so frightened that he took two steps back. He originally wanted to issue some threats, but the murderous gaze in Lucas’s eyes really intimidated him so much that he didn’t dare to act rashly or even say anything.
Why does this damn Lucas Gray have such a terrifying gaze?
Alexis had been watching the farce from the side, and at this point, she could no longer tolerate it. “Dallas Watson, Nate Walker, I’ve had enough of you two!
“You two have ruined my birthday party! I don’t want to see you again! Please get lost immediately!
“If you still insist on making a scene at my birthday party, it will be a provocation to the Coles! If you can afford to bear the consequences, go ahead and continue making a scene!”
Alexis was still young and usually seemed lively and bubbly, which made her seem non-threatening.
But once she really lost her temper, she would be as domineering and intimidating as her grandfather Edmund.
Dallas felt like it was his first time knowing Alexis, and he was frightened by her aura.
It was only now that he finally remembered he was at Alexis’s birthday party, so he was simply courting death by going against her boyfriend!
He had always been Nate’s lackey, and he had gotten used to leveraging Nate’s power to throw his weight around and provoke others everywhere. But he had forgotten that the Coles were a top-tier family in the state, and Alexis, the Coles’ only heiress, had a status far higher than that of Nate, who had been marginalized by the Walkers!
After Dallas thought about this, his back broke out into cold sweat from fear.
The Coles wouldn’t attack the Walkers easily, but it would be a piece of cake for them to target the Watsons or even kill Dallas!
“I’m sorry, Miss Cole! I… I lost my mind for a moment. I didn’t mean to create trouble. Please forgive me! I-I’ll get lost right now. I won’t annoy you!” Dallas almost crawled out of the hall as he fled.
“What about you? Aren’t you going to scram?” Alexis looked at Nate again.
Nate had made a fool out of himself today and even got chased out by Alexis. In just one day, he felt humiliation that he had never suffered before in his life!
Looking at Alexis’s cold and disgusted gaze, the contemptuous smile on Lucas’s lips, and the peculiar looks being cast on him by the people around them, Nate felt extremely embarrassed and enraged.
“Okay, just you wait and see!” In the end, Nate could only say these words before leaving Alexis’s birthday party in disgrace.
But before he left, Nate glowered at Lucas with a resentful and threatening gaze.
He blamed Lucas for all the humiliation he suffered today.
Lucas narrowed his eyes.
He didn’t have anything to do with the Walkers currently, but if Nate insisted on courting death and creating trouble for him, he wouldn’t be kind to them.
After the annoying Nate and Dallas both left, Alexis sighed in relief and then puffed her cheeks at Lucas. She said apologetically, “I’m really sorry for causing you trouble today, Lucas.”
The reason she had asked Lucas to be her shield was that she had gotten sick of Nate pestering her. So in a moment of anger, she had blurted out that she had a crush on someone. Furthermore, the only male present she had a good impression of was Lucas, so she had asked him to be her shield.
But Alexis hadn’t expected things to turn out this way.
Alexis felt extremely apologetic at the thought that she had inadvertently made Nate hold a grudge against Lucas.
Lucas simply smiled without taking it seriously. “It’s alright. Don’t worry. The Walkers can’t do anything to me.”
Seeing how confident and imposing Lucas was, Alexis suddenly felt her heart racing as an unprecedented feeling surged within her chest.
If… Lucas were really my boyfriend…
No! No!
Alexis immediately raised her hand and pressed it on her chest to force herself to curb these dangerous thoughts.
Lucas is already married and has a child. How can I think that way?
I definitely can’t do such a thing!
Lena, next to Alexis, felt her heart sink when she saw the way Alexis looked at Lucas and the way she frantically lowered her head with her hand covering her chest, as well as the faint rosiness on her face.
Could… Alexis have really fallen in love with Lucas?
At the thought that she was already having a hard time courting Lucas, but now she suddenly had a young and beautiful ‘love rival’, she felt even more uncomfortable.
The party soon resumed.
Meanwhile, outside the Coles’ manor…
Nate stormed out of the Coles’ manor furiously and saw his lapdog Dallas waiting for him outside.
As soon as he saw Dallas’s face, Nate felt a strong urge to slap him.
If not because of this idiot, he wouldn’t have embarrassed himself so terribly in front of everyone nor get kicked out by Alexis.
He had a gloomy look and was about to lose his temper when he suddenly heard Dallas say, “Nate, I’ve just investigated and found out the true identity of Lucas Gray!”
