Chapter 142: The Hales’ Banquet
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Lucas saw Cheyenne’s face, he knew that she must have misunderstood sothing.
But if he wanted to explain, he would inevitably have to expose the fact that Alia had been abducted. Once he said that, Cheyenne would definitely be worried and scared. In the future, she might even be unable to sleep well because of how worried she was, so he didn’t intend to tell her about it.
While Lucas was feeling troubled, Karen suddenly appeared at the side and yelled at him, “Great! You good-for-nothing, you’re lucky that Cheyenne was willing to marry you! How dare you have the guts to get involved with so other woman called Grace out there! Lucas Gray, you’re such scum! Since you have an affair, you should divorce Cheyenne and get out of this house!”
Karen had been hoping that her daughter would divorce this loser Lucas and then marry a rich young man. Now that she heard that Lucas had been fooling around outside, she imdiately wished that they would hurry up and get divorced.
Charlotte looked at her mother, feeling utterly speechless. She knew what happened and was naturally aware of why Lucas had brought Alia ho so late. She knew that the Aunt Grace whom Alia ntioned must be the person Logan Hale put in charge of taking care of Alia.
Although Charlotte didn’t know how well Grace treated Alia, she was certain that Lucas definitely didn’t betray Cheyenne and had nothing to do with that woman!
Seeing Karen cursing incessantly and wishing that she could co in between them, Charlotte hurriedly spoke up to stop her. “Mom, you don’t know anything, so don’t spout nonsense, okay?”
Then Charlotte hurriedly said to Cheyenne, “That Aunt Grace Alia ntioned is actually a friend of mine. You had to work overti today, and Lucas happened to be busy at that ti too, so he asked to go pick up Alia. But sothing urgent cropped up for , so I asked my friend to look after Alia for a while. That’s what happened. Cheyenne, don’t get the wrong idea!”
Without saying a single word, Cheyenne glanced at Charlotte and then at Lucas apprehensively.
Karen laughed in a high-pitched tone. “Charlotte, don’t cover up for this good-for-nothing. Since when do you have a good friend called Grace? Why don’t your sister and I know? You’re still young. You don’t know how nasty these n are! This good-for-nothing can fool you today and take Alia to see that shaless woman, so who knows what else he can do next?!”
Then Karen raised her hand and poked Alia’s head. “And you, little one, you don’t know any better. You start singing praises about her just because she gave you so sweets and played with you. You’ll know it when she becos your stepmother one day!”
Her words made Alia pout unhappily, and Cheyenne’s face turned sullen as well.
Alia was as precious as Cheyenne’s life, but Lucas took her to et another woman who managed to get into Alia’s good books within just a few short hours. Alia even sang praises about her. Clearly, that woman wasn’t an ordinary person either.
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At the thought of the possibility Karen just ntioned, Cheyenne felt as if her heart had been stabbed by a knife. Staring at Lucas, she said, “You must give a detailed explanation for what happened today. Don’t think of finding a random excuse to fool .”
Lucas didn’t expect Cheyenne to really suspect him after Karen fanned the flas. He couldn’t help smiling bitterly.
However, he couldn’t reveal the truth now, and he didn’t want to give a random excuse either. Although he was smart, he was clueless about what to say now.
Seeing how speechless he was, Cheyenne humphed coldly, picked Alia up in her arms, and turned around to leave. She headed upstairs without even turning back.
Standing at the side, Charlotte panicked and hurriedly urged Lucas, “Oh no, Cheyenne is angry! Hurry up and explain to her!”
Lucas thought about it and was just about to go upstairs to explain things to Cheyenne, but his phone suddenly rang. It was a ssage from Jordan.
He stopped in his tracks and shook his head at Charlotte. “The matter hasn’t been settled yet. I’ll go handle it and explain to Cheyenne when I’m back.”
With that, Lucas turned around and left.
The matter remaining unsettled was naturally referring to Logan Hale and his family.
Jordan ntioned an important piece of information in his text.
The baby of Connor Hale, Logan’s older brother, had just been born, and the baby shower happened to be today. The entire Hale family was in high spirits and had sent out various invitations.
The Hales were one of the four top families in Orange County, and they were on par with the Sawyers.
Thus, the invitations sent by the Hales were extrely valuable, and various families were all scrambling to congratulate them in a bid to get closer to the Hales.
Flynn Davis had ntioned it to Lucas once before. But at that ti, Logan had already tried to drug Charlotte, which made Lucas incredibly displeased with the Hales. So he naturally didn’t consider accepting the invitation to go to the Hales’ celebration.
But Lucas was now driving to the cluster of villas where the Hales resided.
However, he wasn’t going there to congratulate them.
At this mont, the Hale residence was decorated lavishly, and there was a large crowd, as well as nurous luxurious cars at the entrance.
Although the baby shower began in the afternoon, the formal celebration banquet didn’t start until evening.
Logan had long disliked his elder brother, Connor Hale, who was very likely to clinch the position of the head of the family. He was disdainful toward Connor’s baby shower and had been still loitering in his bar in the afternoon with Scarlet, which resulted in the matters earlier.
The black Jaguar pulled over in the parking lot in front of the Hale residence, and Lucas led Jordan out of the car. Looking at the lively scene in front of him, he smiled coldly. “It just so happens that all the people of the Hale family are present today. How wonderful!”
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