1145 A Gla.s.s of Juice
Lucas naturally wouldn’t bother with people like Roger, so he merely said indifferently, “I run a small business.”
He had numerous companies of various sizes under his name, so it wasn’t wrong of him to say that he ran a small business. But Roger really thought that Lucas was just a small business owner.
Samuel rolled his eyes. “Mr. Dunne, his business probably isn’t small. He drives a modified Range Rover that costs around two million dollars!”
Roger showed some surprise and looked at Lucas again. “I couldn’t tell that you’re so low-key, Lucas. You’re dressed so ordinary, but you can afford to drive a two-million-dollar car. Aren’t you being too humble by calling it a small business?”
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“But running a business in DC isn’t simple, and there are many big shots who can’t be provoked everywhere. In case you offend someone one day, your business might be wiped out overnight, and you could lose millions or even billions overnight. Don’t you agree, Lucas?”
Roger spoke with ambiguity while staring at Lucas. Clearly, he was threatening Lucas.
Hayden quickly chimed in, “Yeah, DC is full of powerful and talented people. There was someone who came here to develop before, but he offended Mr. Dunne because of his ignorance. Later on, he suffered terribly and scrambled out of DC heavily in debt!”
Hayden almost said directly that those who offended Roger would end up terribly and lose all their a.s.sets, regardless of how much they had.
Enjoying Hayden’s flattery, Roger was in a good mood and guffawed out loud. “Haha, I’ve suddenly remembered it now that you’ve mentioned it. There was indeed an ignorant dimwit who provoked one of my buddies and s.n.a.t.c.hed his woman just because he was somewhat rich. At that time, I just said a few words and immediately made that idiot’s family go bankrupt and fall into debt. They had no choice but to leave DC in tears.”
While speaking, Roger smiled smugly at Lucas without hiding his provocation.
Everleigh seized the opportunity of Roger’s good mood, quickly raised the wine gla.s.s in her hand, inched closer to him, and said coquettishly, “You’re really impressive, Mr. Dunne. A few words from you destroyed a whole family. How amazing!
“Mr. Dunne, will you allow me the honor to toast to you?”
Everleigh was pretty in the first place, and now that she was trying her best to suck up to Roger, it naturally worked.
Roger often indulged in alcohol and l.u.s.t. Seeing a beautiful girl like Everleigh throwing herself at him, smelling her pleasant fragrance, and hearing her coquettish voice, he felt extremely pleased.
He raised the wine gla.s.s in front of him, clinked it with Everleigh’s, and laughed out loud. “Indeed, you have a very glib tongue. You really know the right things to say. Haha!”
Receiving a compliment from Roger and clinking gla.s.ses with him, Everleigh was extremely excited, and she said coquettishly, “Mr. Dunne, I… I was just telling the truth. I don’t have a glib tongue!”
Seeing Roger praise Everleigh, Samuel hurriedly joined in and brought his girlfriend, Alyssa, over to toast Roger. “Mr. Dunne, here’s a toast from us!”
Seeing this, Hayden couldn’t fall behind and quickly toasted Roger together with Bethany. “Mr. Dunne, we also offer you a toast!”
After they toasted Roger and showered him with endless compliments, he burst into laughter and drank several gla.s.ses of wine in one go.
Lucas and Leila were the only ones who didn’t toast Roger and remained sitting in their seats.
Samuel looked at the two of them and deliberately mocked, “Ah, why do some people lack self-awareness? Mr. Dunne is treating us to dinner today, and since someone is here for a free meal, he shouldn’t be so ignorant that he doesn’t even know to toast the host out of basic courtesy, right?”
Hayden sneered. “He drove a two-million-dollar car here. Of course, he’s different from us, but he’d better not think that he can take Mr. Dunne lightly just because he has an expensive car. Mr. Dunne has numerous million-dollar cars at home!”
Alyssa and Bethany glanced at Lucas and rolled their eyes in disdain. “Maybe someone thinks they are a big shot on the same level as Mr. Dunne just because he drives an expensive car! Haha, it’s hilarious!”
They not only mocked Lucas, they even involved Leila.
After all, they were the only two who hadn’t toasted Roger.
Everleigh came over to Leila and whispered in concern, “Leila, don’t just sit here. Hurry up and bring your boyfriend over to toast Mr. Dunne! Why don’t you two have the basic awareness to do this? Quickly, don’t anger Mr. Dunne.”
Roger didn’t say anything at all, but these people were already helping him chide the two ignorant people who didn’t toast him. He leaned back against his seat and smiled. I’ll just stay sitting here. That punk Lucas will have to toast me eventually.
These were the rights that those superior enjoyed.
After hearing their comments, Leila couldn’t help being hesitant.
She really didn’t want to toast Roger or even speak a single word with him. She had agreed to attend today’s dinner party with the sole purpose of showing him her ‘boyfriend’ so that he would give up the idea of pursuing her and stop pestering her.
But now, everyone was targeting Lucas. Lucas didn’t know the rest present, so there was no reason for him to toast.
In case Roger really blamed Lucas for this, he might take revenge on Lucas and destroy his company.
Leila remembered clearly what Hayden and Samuel had just deliberately said, and she was really afraid that Lucas would end up bankrupt because of her.
When Leila was hesitating about whether to put down her pride and toast Roger, Lucas smiled and poured some fruit juice into his gla.s.s.
Samuel immediately pointed at Lucas’s gla.s.s and accused sternly, “Lucas, don’t you understand basic courtesy? How dare you think of toasting Mr. Dunne with juice instead of wine? Do you call yourself a man?!”
Hayden sneered. “Hah, I’ve really gotten an eye-opener. Mr. Dunne is drinking wine, and we all toasted him with wine, yet you poured a gla.s.s of fruit juice. Do you really think you’re some big shot?”
Alyssa, Bethany, and the others even rolled their eyes at Lucas.
They didn’t mock Lucas directly but instead said to Leila, “Leila, look at the boyfriend you found. He’s putting on airs. He isn’t even toasting Mr. Dunne with wine but poured a gla.s.s of juice! How could he offend Mr. Dunne like that?! You’ll suffer by dating him!”
But at this moment, Lucas raised the gla.s.s of juice and took a light sip.
The other people in the room were stunned. Lucas didn’t toast with the juice but drank it on his own. He ignored all of them!