Chapter 454
Lucas, who was initially sitting down, immediately jerked to his feet to stop Cynthia, but Leigh was
faster. She grabbed Cynthia''s wrist and twisted it harshly.
Cynthia wailed in pain as Leigh twisted her arm behind her back, forcing her to fall to one knee.
Leigh twisted her arm with one hand and patted her face patronizingly with the other. "Miss Griffin, let
me teach you another lesson. When you''re weaker than your opponent, don''t ever p her, or you''re
only giving them another reason to beat you up!"
When that was said and done, she kicked Cynthia in the back of her knee, forcing her into kneeling.
Then, she turned to Lucas and beamed. "I''m just doing this out of self-defense. Young Master Lucas,
please don''t think of me as vicious."
"You''re insane! Let go of me!" Cynthia struggled against her. "How dare you p me! I''m calling the
police to arrest you!"
"Wonderful. Let''s call the police then!" Leigh giggled as she mused, "When you call the police, I''ll make
a call to Mario. I''ll tell him I was having a nice dinner with Young Master Lucas when you ridiculed us
out of the blue. I''ll ask him how he could fail so terribly as a father that you ended up being such a rude
woman! Don''t forget that you started the fight. So, he''s in the wrong for raising such an impolite little
b*tch, no? I''ll ensure that he understands that you need a firmer hand to guide you in the future. Aren''t
you going to thank me?"
Cynthia''s face turned red with rage, and she pped her lips but couldn''t say a word in response. She
didn''t want Mario to know that she mocked Lucas, but she despised that she was being humiliated by
this nobody!
Mario didn''t like her and her sisters; Lucas was his favorite. If he discovered that she had started a fight
by insulting Lucas, he would definitely punish her.
Her grandfather was even worse. He adored Lucas even more so than Mario. He had a serious
preference for a male heir. In his opinion, he did not even consider the five sisters a part of the Griffin
Family. To him, it didn''t matter how Lucas was conceived, and he was a shoo-in as an heir to the Griffin
Family.
If her grandfather knew that she deliberately provoked Lucas, he would punish her far more severely
than Mario. Her grandfather held a superior status in the family. Suffice to say, her grandfather
seeded in putting the fear of God within her just by mere presence alone, and she did not dare to
test his boundaries.
In the past, Lucas never onceined to her grandfather and Mario about his treatment at home,
which was why she dared to taunt him when she bumped into him today. Moreover, he would only
dismiss them whenever they bullied him and walked away. He had never retaliated.
Yet today, some lunatic decided to be Lucas'' knight in shining armor by helping him.
She had tormented Lucas so many times, but this was the first time that she had a taste of her own
medicine. The more she thought about it, the more resentful she became. Finally, she snarled and spat
viciously, "This is between Lucas and me. It''s none of your business. Release me this instant!"
She dared not mention anything close to calling the police or security. Even if the police arrived, Leigh
would only be fined or given a warning, but if Mario and her grandfather found out what she had done
to Lucas… She couldn''t imagine what gnarly fate would await her.
"Lucas is my friend, so his business is my business." Leigh snorted, "Do you want me to let you go?
Sure, but you have to swear that you will leave Lucas alone and walk the other way when you see him,
or—you''ll be an ugly witch, and no one will ever love you."
Cynthia was so furious that she butted against Legh''s hold. "Are you insane?! Why do you want to be
friends with a b*stard?! Don''t you know that he''s a b*stard? In Dusktown, a b*stard is the symbol of
shame. There are so many good men in the world. So why do you have to be friends with an
illegitimate child?!"
"Watch your tongue, youngdy!" Leigh exerted some force. Cynthia immediately felt a sharp pain, and
she cried in agony. "Yes, he is an illegitimate son, but that''s because that trashy dad of yours scammed
his mom! His mom thought she was officially married to your worthless father, but he was so malicious
that he cheated her with a fake marriage certificate. In his mom''s heart, he is a legitimate son! But, on
the other hand, your dad tricked a woman with a fake marriage certificate! He is despicable,
shameless, and unworthy of the title ''Father''!"
At this point, Leigh pressed closer to Cynthia and grinned. "This is your family''s secret, isn''t it? Your
family is prestigious in the city, so I bet everyone in your family doesn''t want this secret to leak out. It''s
just a shame you bullied Lucas in public and forced my hand. Why don''t you tell me what would
happen to you if your grandpa and dad found out that I exposed your family''s dirtyundry because you
mocked Lucas? How would they punish you?"
As Cynthia listened to Leigh''s remarks, her face, which was initially red with rage, gradually turned
stark white.
She was right. Her family had been trying to sweep this matter under the rug, and no one would reveal
anything to the public. They were currently in a public ce.
Although there were screens between seats in this high-end restaurant, the nearby diners could
undoubtedly hear her as she spilled the beans with her strong voice. Some might spread her words,
and Cynthia did not dare to think about how her grandfather would punish her if he discovered that she
was to me for this entire farce.
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She genuinely regretted her actions, perhaps not for the right reasons, but she was sorry she even
taunted Lucas. She shouldn''t have swanned to his table just to mock him. It was just that she blew a
fuse the minute she saw him and wanted him to die right there and then.
Although the five Griffin sisters were the legitimate children of the Griffin Family, and Lucas was an
illegitimate son, her grandfather, and fatherpletely ignored tradition and insisted on wanting Lucas
to be a part of their family. It was like they were hypnotized!
They wanted to announce to the public that he was the legitimate son of the family. It was just that
before his mother passed away, she entrusted him to the Hart Family, and they brought him back when
he became an adult so that he could take over the family. It was utterly unprecedented in Dusktown,
where an illegitimate child could inherit the family fortune.
She knew that it was because Lucas became the adopted son of the Harts. Therefore, her father and
grandfather thought that he was different from other illegitimate children, which was why they insisted
on bringing Lucas back home and even allowing him to take over the family''s inheritance.
Cynthia, her sisters, and her mother would not let this happen! Her mother was Mario''s officially
wedded wife, and the five sisters were the legitimate daughter of the Griffins. Everything in the Griffins
should be theirs. Lucas was just an illegitimate son and did not deserve to take a dime from them!
Whenever she saw Lucas, she thought of her father and grandfather, who wanted to ept Lucas and
rece the sisters as the family''s heirs. Whenever she thought of her father and grandfather''s
outrageous actions, she couldn''t help but torment Lucas to vent her frustrations at the unfairness of it
all.
She had never failed to browbeat him in the past, but today, Lucas was with a woman she had never
seen before, and she tasted failure for the first time.
Lucas never fought back whenever he was treated terribly. On the contrary, he hated having any
involvement with the Griffins and would not mention a word about the family. Nheless, today, the
woman apanying him exposed the family secret without batting an eye.
If the people here spread the news, and her grandfather and father discovered that she was the source
of this incident, her life would be ruined! There would be no hope for her to even inherit a single cent!
The longer she contemted her actions, the more she regretted them. She couldn''t even describe
how terrified she was of the fallout.
Cynthia desperately wanted to flee from this establishment and this crazy woman. Hence, she could
only force herself to admit defeat with a lowered head as she stammered, "O-Okay! I-I swear that from
now on, I will leave Lucas alone. If I bully him again, I''ll turn so ugly that no one will ever love me!"