“Lucas Gray!” Roman gritted his teeth and stared at Lucas. “You bastard! What are you trying to do? Why did you look for me?!”

Lucas sighed and said helplessly, “Hey, I’m serious about helping you. Why do you keep thinking I have ulterior motives?

“I just said that it’s because that fool Jace made me displeased. So I want to rob him of what he cares about the most, the position of the Huttons’ successor, to take revenge on him. Isn’t this a good reason?

But Roman didn’t believe what Lucas said at all. “Hmph, in that case, if you really can snatch the position of successor, you can do it on your own. Why did you come to me? Are you trying to drag me down and make me work for you?”

At the end of the day, Roman didn’t believe that Lucas had that kind of power, nor did he believe that Lucas would help him become the successor of the Huttons.

In fact, when they had a good relationship with each other, it was over two decades ago.

The two of them had grown and experienced so much in the last two decades. The close relationship they had when they were kids had long grown distant, so how much trust could they have between them now?

Lucas looked at Roman and said seriously, “Do you still remember how my mother and I were driven out of the family and DC by the Huttons? From that day on, I swore in my heart that in this life, I would never forgive the Huttons and that I’d definitely get back everything that they owe us!”

Roman frowned. Although he didn’t see Lucas and his mother getting kicked out, the matter had blown up and caused a stir in DC. Moreover, Roman had a similar life experience as him, so he naturally knew about it.

Lucas said earnestly, “I can honestly tell you that it’d be a piece of cake for me to get the Huttons now. Even if I want to destroy the Huttons, I can do it!

“But before my mother passed away from a severe illness more than six years ago, she made me swear not to destroy the Huttons. If not for my mother’s compassion toward them, I would have long gotten rid of them!

“Although I can spare the Huttons and allow them to continue existing, I don’t want to see that despicable villain Jace Hutton continue being the successor. I won’t return to the Huttons either. That’s why I want to give you this position.”

Roman had grown up in all sorts of situations, and he had enough experience to tell that Lucas was indeed speaking the truth.

But believing Lucas’s intentions and goals didn’t mean that he believed Lucas’s abilities too.

In fact, Lucas had previously guessed correctly. Roman had indeed already sent someone to find out about Lucas’s situation when he first returned to Orange County.

But very few people in Orange County knew about Lucas’s true power, let alone Roman who was far away in DC.

According to the intelligence report that Roman had received about Lucas, Lucas wasn’t powerful enough to annihilate the Huttons. Thus, Roman couldn’t trust Lucas or agree to his requests.

“Lucas, I understand your thoughts. But likewise, I hope you can understand me. It has been very difficult for me to get to where I am now with the Huttons watching me. But if I compete for the position of the Huttons’ successor now, I have no chance of winning at all. I will only end up dying miserably!

“Given how close we were when we were kids, I doubt you’d want to see me end up like that either, right? Instead of helping me, you’re harming me. Do you know that?

“I don’t want to care about what kind of hatred there is between you and Jace. You two can fight all you want, but I hope that you won’t drag me in. I don’t want to die yet.

“So, I can only apologize and turn down your plan.”

Roman was very realistic, so he didn’t hesitate to reject Lucas in order not to get implicated.

Lucas said seriously, “You don’t have to worry about if I have any ulterior motives toward you or if I want to use you. I came to you because I have the ability and also because you happen to have the ambition. Our goals just happen to be the same. That’s all.”

Roman smiled wryly. “Lucas, do you really want me to make things clear? If you really have the ability to overthrow the Huttons or take over the position of helmsman, prove it to me. Or at least, you have to let me know exactly what kind of power you have in DC.

“Otherwise, I will be putting my life on the line for an uncertain gamble. I won’t step into this!”

Lucas understood that Roman was unsure of how much power he had, so he didn’t dare to agree easily.

But it was actually very simple to prove his power.

“Okay, wait.” Then Lucas grabbed his phone, made a call, and put it on speakerphone.

Soon, a vigorous voice came from the other end. “Mr. Gray, is something wrong? It’s already so late.”

Lucas said straight away, “Mr. Smith, I’d like to create some trouble for the Huttons, and I need your cooperation.”

Tyson was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, “Okay, Mr. Gray, no problem! Since the Smiths have submitted to you, we will naturally follow your orders! Please tell me when and how much trouble you want to cause them. We will definitely follow your instructions!”

Tyson sounded extremely respectful.

Ever since Lucas dealt with Thomas and Vince, Tyson’s two greatest troubles, Tyson had completely unified the entire family.

Afterward, Lucas even released Charlie, the steward Tyson relied on, and asked Maddy to treat his son.

Tyson was now convinced and completely deferential to Lucas, so he naturally obeyed all his commands.

“Okay, I’ll tell you the exact time and scale of the operation later. Start preparing now,” Lucas ordered indifferently.

“Yes, Mr. Gray! I’ll have the steward make the arrangements immediately!” Tyson instantly agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Lucas looked at Roman, who was extremely shocked. He smiled and asked, “Can you tell who this man is?”

“Tyson Smith, the helmsman of the Smiths!” Roman blurted.

Tyson was the head of the Smiths, one of the eight top families in DC. How could Roman not recognize his voice?

But because he heard Tyson’s voice and the entire conversation between the two, Roman found it even more unbelievable.

When they were on the phone just now, Tyson actually said that the Smiths were now loyal to Lucas and would follow his orders at any time. Tyson’s tone was extremely respectful and obedient. It was hard to imagine!

I-Is this the power Lucas currently possesses?