1247 Intention to Recruit
Jensen’s voice was extremely loud, so when he suddenly spoke in the incredibly quiet private room, it was thunderous.
The sudden noise startled all the helmsmen, and Anton and Jim shuddered as they were almost out of their element. Ethan was so shocked that he turned pale and subconsciously took a step back.
Bruce and Edmund also received a great shock. But fortunately, under Lucas’s influence, they weren’t scared of the Hamiltons, so they recovered quickly and calmed down.
But the two of them felt rather uncomfortable because Jensen was obviously trying to establish dominance by doing that on purpose.
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Besides, he had only asked them to come along out of convenience. The one Jensen really wanted to deal with was Lucas.
Despite facing Jensen’s sudden shout, Lucas remained calm and composed without the slightest change in his gaze.
He walked forward, pulled out a chair himself, sat down calmly opposite Jensen, and answered lightly, “Yes, I’m Lucas Gray.”
Jensen truly appreciated his demeanor and bearing.
The young man in front of him was indeed quite outstanding. Even he had to admit that in the Hamilton family, no young man possessed the same aura as Lucas. Even his son Brett couldn’t match up.
Jensen turned his gaze to the helmsmen of the five top families in California. “Since all the helmsmen are here, there’s no need to be restrained. Please sit down.”
They came over and took their seats one after another.
“Mr. Hamilton, may I know why you asked us to come here?” Edmund said after taking a seat.
Although everyone had already guessed what was going on, they still wanted to hear what the Hamiltons had to say.
Jensen didn’t answer straightaway. Instead, he smiled and said, “It’s my first time here, and I’d like to get to know everyone. Of course, it’s not just a simple meeting. Let’s have dinner first, and we will talk after eating.”
Then he said to the waiter at the door, “Serve the dishes.”
Soon, there was a spread of delectable dishes on the round table in the room.
The others were worried and nervous, so they were restrained and weren’t in the mood to eat.
Only Lucas maintained his composure and picked up his cutlery to eat calmly, as if he was really here just to eat.
Seeing his behavior, Bruce, Edmund, and Ethan were fine since they were familiar with Lucas, but Anton and Jim were obviously shocked and frequently looked over at Lucas.
Even Brett looked at Lucas with a complicated gaze. Lucas Gray is a few years younger than me, but he really seems to be fearless of the Hamiltons. He’s acting like there’s no one else around.
As a five-star hotel, the Grandeur Hotel served a sumptuous and delectable spread, with a large plethora of offerings, especially since the host today was the esteemed Jensen Hamilton.
But apart from Lucas, none of the others present were in the mood to eat. It was a huge waste of food.
Halfway through the meal, Jensen suddenly asked, “Lucas, I heard you used to be part of the military and that you’re related to the four territories, but which one are you from? Is it the western territory near California or the northern territory?”
Lucas smiled, knowing that Jensen was trying to find out his origin.
He smiled calmly and said, “Why can’t it be the eastern territory or the southern territory?”
Jensen’s pupils immediately constricted. Could he really be from the eastern territory or the southern territory ?
“Oh? In that case, are you from the eastern territory or the southern territory?” Jensen asked.
Not interested in listening to Jensen’s questions, Lucas raised his head slightly and said confidently, “It doesn’t matter where I’m from, Mr. Hamilton. You just need to know that everything I have now, I earned myself. I don’t have to rely on anyone else. That’s all.”
Jensen was extremely shocked.
Lucas should be from the armies at the eastern border or southern border. Moreover, given how confident he seemed, he should still have quite a lot of authority even though he had already left the military.
Him saying that he didn’t need to rely on anyone was enough to show his confidence.
It was different from what Jensen previously thought.
But it also seemed to mean that Lucas could no longer use his former status and a.s.sociation with a supreme commander to pressure anyone.
This was actually better for the Hamiltons.
While thinking about it, Brett belittled Lucas even more.
But Jensen thought otherwise.
Although he felt that Lucas sounded too overconfident and even conceited, he didn’t think that Lucas was the type to blow his trumpet and think that he was more powerful than he really was.
This meant that Lucas was probably more capable than he thought.
Jensen suddenly chuckled, raised his wine gla.s.s, and smiled. “Haha, Lucas, you’re indeed different from ordinary people. I truly admire you. Here, let me toast you!”
His smile made everyone else at the table heave a sigh of relief.
Lucas didn’t reject Jensen’s toast, but he picked up his gla.s.s of water instead. He raised the gla.s.s and said, “You flatter me, Mr. Hamilton. But pardon me, I don’t drink.”
He wasn’t deliberately trying to make Jensen look bad.
Rather, he rarely drank in the first place, and he usually drank water during such occasions.
Especially after he got drunk and almost made a mistake with Lena the other day, Lucas warned himself never to drink again.
Jensen was stunned.
He seldom toasted others, especially not juniors, yet Lucas actually used water instead of wine to respond to his toast. It was a first for Jensen.
But he didn’t feel any anger.
Lucas was different from other young people, so being a little arrogant wasn’t unacceptable.
After all, in this world, only the strong had the right to be arrogant.
He downed the gla.s.s of wine and felt an urge to win over Lucas.