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nAfter a fierce inner conflict, Tristan finally decided to swallow his pride and apologize to Lucas.

n“Lucas, I shouldn’t have misunderstood you and spoke rudely to you. I hope you can forgive me for my imprudent mistake!” Tristan said through clenched teeth, feeling as though a sharp dagger was stabbing his heart. He felt miserable and humiliated! I swear I’ll hire some experts and take revenge on this bastard after today. I must make his life a living hell!

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nSeeing Tristan lower himself and apologize, Elijah thought of the punishment he might face from his family later and had no choice but to apologize to Lucas reluctantly.

nHe actually had the same thoughts as Tristan. I have no choice but to bow down to Lucas Gray today due to the compelling circumstances. After today, we’ll definitely take revenge!

nSeeing that all eight of them had already apologized to him, Lucas didn’t waste his breath on irrelevant things and simply said, “Since you’ve apologized, I’ll let you off.”

nEveryone heaved a sigh of relief, feeling as if a giant rock was lifted off their chests, and they hurriedly thanked him, “Thank you, Mr. Gray! Thank you!”

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nTristan and Elijah seemed to be overjoyed. But they looked at each other and saw the resentment and disdain they felt toward Lucas in each other’s eyes. Hmph, so what if he has a Black Diamond Card? He still has to obediently forgive us out of fear of offending us scions of top families.

nBut Lucas suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Tristan and Elijah. “I won’t forgive these two.”

nElijah’s and Tristan’s expressions immediately stiffened.

nAfter realizing what Lucas meant, Tristan flew into a rage and hollered furiously, “Lucas Gray, what the hell do you mean by that? Are you deliberately picking on us?”

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nElijah rolled up his sleeves angrily and snapped at Lucas, his and Tristan’s common enemy, “Lucas Gray, we apologized to you only for the sake of Mr. Duncan. Don’t be shameless and take things too far!”

n“Shut up!” Callum, at the side, yelled and slapped Elijah hard on his face. “Do not be rude to Mr. Gray again! If you dare to speak so brashly again, I’ll make sure you scram back home and get grounded!”

nElijah placed a hand on his burning cheek while feeling an urge to argue and defend himself after being slapped twice in front of so many people. But when he saw the fury in his brother’s eyes, he didn’t dare to say anything else.

nAfter all, Callum was his brother and the successor of his family’s empire, who had considerable authority in the family. Elijah dared not disobey him.

nAfter Callum stopped his brother from continuing with his foolish behavior, he walked up to Lucas, lowered his head, and bowed to him in apology. “I’m sorry, Mr. Gray. I failed to discipline my brother and allowed him to offend you. Please rest assured. When we get home, I will definitely teach him a good lesson so that he’ll never make such a mistake again!”

nWith that, Callum nodded at Russell and the members of other wealthy families, then dragged the sulky Elijah out from the auction hall.

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nThey had already embarrassed themselves greatly tonight, and Lucas had already explicitly said that he wouldn’t forgive them. So instead of shamelessly insisting on staying before eventually getting thrown out, they might as well leave on their own. By doing so, they might get to save themselves from some embarrassment.

nIt was no wonder that the Owens made Callum the next successor. He was indeed smarter than his younger brother.

nSeeing that the Owen brothers had left, Tristan thought that there was no point in staying and continuing to let himself be humiliated further. He stared at Lucas sullenly before turning around to leave as well.

nAfter they left, everyone in the hall looked at Lucas in a different light.

nHe owned a rare and precious Black Diamond Card, managed to earn the respectful treatment of the person the Kingstons had specifically appointed to take charge of the auction, and even kicked two core members of top families out of the auction mercilessly. What exactly is the origin of this young man? they wondered.

nBut regardless of what they thought, no one in the hall dared to say anything disrespectful to Lucas now after what happened to Tristan.

n“Mr. Gray, are you satisfied with the way we handled things?” Russell asked with a smile.

nLucas nodded and smiled at him too. “Thank you, Mr. Duncan.”

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nRussell took a look at the time and scanned his surroundings in the hall. “The auction tonight is about to begin soon. Dear guests, please return to your seats and get ready. I hope you will all have a great time and successfully acquire the items you take a liking to.”

nThen he turned around to leave and returned backstage.

nJust as Lucas sat down, Jordan appeared silently beside him and reported very softly, “Lucas, I found Miss Keller, but she’s locked up with many women, and there’s no way to rescue her without alerting others. But I have confirmed that Miss Keller was abducted by the Wallaces and taken here by force. They’re going to auction her off as a finale item!”

nLucas’s eyes were instantly brimming with murderous intent.

nHe had actually mentally prepared himself for the possibility that Grace might be sold as an auction item. But he was absolutely disgusted by the fact that the Wallaces were trafficking living humans and selling them like they were objects.

n“Lucas, do you want me to…” Jordan slid his hand across his neck. Having worked for Lucas for so many years, he was naturally familiar with Lucas’s preferences and habits. Besides, the Wallaces’ unscrupulous practice was not only challenging the bottom line of morality, but it was also against the law.

n“No, go back. I’ll take care of the rest,” Lucas said indifferently with a wave of his hand.

nJordan sighed regretfully. “Okay then. I’ll wait for you outside Club Splendor.”

nThen he soon vanished from the auction hall.

nSitting near Lucas, Lena had been watching them quietly. After Jordan left, she finally turned her head over slightly and seemed to be deep in thought.

nAlthough it was the first time Lena saw Jordan, she could tell from Jordan’s agile movements and light footsteps, as well as his subconscious straightening of his back and the intimidating aura that he was trying to restrain but was still hair-raising, that he was definitely not an ordinary person either. She knew so because she had learned psychology and micro-expressions when pursuing her education abroad.

nBesides, it was obvious that he was subordinate to Lucas.

nLena felt that Lucas was like a treasure. The closer she got to him, and the more she learned about him, the more she could feel how impressive and terrifying he was. But at the same time, he was just as attractive! Lucas Gray, what kind of a person are you exactly?

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nAt this moment, Elijah was right outside Club Splendor. Feeling extremely frustrated, he kicked a trash can at the entrance with so much force that it flew away.

n“Callum, are you sure you can tolerate this and let that punk humiliate us like that?” Elijah barked furiously and got increasingly enraged as he thought about it.

nCallum sneered sinisterly, a stark contrast from the image of a noble gentleman he portrayed in the auction hall just now. “Hah, how can I let him off so easily? No matter who he is, I won’t let him off for embarrassing us and humiliating our family in public!”

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