Chapter 702 - The Watsons Retaliate

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Amid the tense atmosphere, Lucas remained sitting in his seat and even sipped tea very leisurely, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

But there was a trace of mockery in his lowered eyes.

The Kingstons thought that they were chosen by the Smiths to be their representatives, so they had been taking the lead everywhere.

But the Walkers suddenly appeared at this juncture. Lucas didn’t believe that the Smiths hadn’t instructed them to do so.

Everything Lance hoped and expected would probably end in vain, and he would have paved the way for others.

Herman looked at the Coles, the Parkers, and the Hales with a contemptuous smile on his face. “Mr. Cole, I’m asking you one last time. Are you really going to go to war with us for the sake of the Hales and the Parkers?”

Edmund said impatiently, “I’ve said it several times now. Do you take my words as nonsense? If you want to fight, just do it. Cut the crap!”

“Haha, Edmund Cole, you’re really conceited!” Herman laughed loudly and then suddenly raised his voice to say to the people in the conference hall, “Everyone, Mr. Cole is stubborn and insists on going to war to break the peace in California. Do you want to see this situation?”

“No! The Morrisons object!”

“The Crawfords oppose too!”

“The Dawns are against it as well!”

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As soon as Herman finished speaking, more than ten helmsmen of various families immediately stood up and responded to Herman in unison.

When Lance saw this scene, his face darkened.

Now, he finally realized what was amiss and the reason for his vague ominous feeling earlier!

The helmsmen who stood up to respond to Herman were exactly the ones who had been solicited by Lance and agreed to support the Kingstons at the exchange!

But they didn’t even look at him now and were all on Herman’s side!

Lance knew better than anyone else what this meant.

His heart sank to rock bottom!

At the same time, Wendy, sitting beside Vince, had a trace of shock on her face.

She originally thought that her cousin Vince had also chosen the Kingstons as the Smiths’ future representative in California. But only at this moment did she realize that the Walkers were the ones Vince had chosen!

Vince didn’t ask her for her opinion before deciding on this matter or even informed her about it!

Does this mean that Vince no longer trusts me??Wendy thought anxiously.

At this moment, Edmund’s face also turned slightly pale.

He didn’t expect that the Walkers had already won over so many families either.

Besides, the Walkers’ appearance was beyond his expectations in the first place.

Edmund originally thought that the Kingstons would be the ones causing trouble at the exchange since they were Smiths’ lackeys. But it had only been a short while since the exchange started, yet they had surprisingly been replaced by another family.

“See, Mr. Cole? This is everyone’s unanimous consensus. Do you really want to become enemies of all the other families in California?” Herman smiled confidently, assured he would win.

Edmund clenched his fists tightly, and the veins at the corners of his forehead twitched.

From his standpoint, he indeed wouldn’t be afraid of going to war with the Kingstons and the Walkers. Even if it caused the Coles to suffer major losses, everyone would only end up in a lose-lose situation.

But now that nearly half of the families and forces were on Herman’s side, the situation was absolutely not in their favor.

The combined strength of nearly thirty first-class families wasn’t something that one or two top families could rival!

Even though Edmund was usually fearless, he clenched his fists and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, an incomparably angry voice sounded. “Herman Walker, do you like poking your nose into other people’s business that much? Why don’t you settle the score with the Watsons first?!”

The person who spoke was none other than Reynold, the head of the Watsons!

Another uproar immediately broke out.

No one expected that the Watsons would suddenly jump out at this time and target the Walkers, one of the top three families!

The people present were all the heads of the first-tier families. Many of them knew that the Watsons of San Jose had actually relied on the Walkers’ support to develop so quickly to a first-class family today in just a few years.

It could be said that the Watsons had always been as obedient as dogs in front of the Walkers, always doing whatever they were told.

Even Reynold’s precious son, Dallas, was known to be the most loyal lackey of the Walkers’ scion, Nate Walker, among the upper-class circle of California.

Reynold Watson actually has the guts to settle scores with the Walkers?

Wh-what exactly is going on here??

Herman, who had a calm smile on his face just now, became a little gloomy.

He didn’t know that Dallas had died yesterday and his corpse had been in Nate’s car.

In Herman’s opinion, the Watsons had always been obedient, yet they were now trying to beat the hand that fed them, making him extremely displeased.

Herman narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly with an aura of oppression, “Reynold, why don’t I know what there is to settle between our families?”

“Hah, you’ll have to ask your grandson what he’s done!” Reynold stared at Nate, who was standing behind Herman. His gaze was like that of a venomous snake.

Nate subconsciously shuddered.

From the moment Reynold suddenly came forward to speak, Nate had had an ominous premonition. His heart was pounding, making him feel as if there was an unknown force overwhelming him.

Just last night, Dallas’s corpse had suddenly appeared in the trunk of Nate’s car. Out of fear of causing a misunderstanding with the Watsons, he had arranged for his assistant to destroy Dallas’s corpse. But the assistant had vanished without a trace and hadn’t been found yet.

Nate was extremely tense to begin with, afraid that Reynold would suddenly mention Dallas.

But things didn’t go according to plan. The more he dreaded it, the more likely it would happen.

After coming into contact with Reynold’s bloodthirsty gaze, Nate screamed in his heart,?Everything I dread has happened. How can I explain it clearly now?

Herman glanced at Nate with a frown and then turned to look at Reynold. He said with annoyance, “What exactly do you want to say? Just say it!”

His eyes were already full of a murderous aura.

The Watsons were just his dogs in the beginning. But now that they were biting the hand that fed them and disrespecting him in front of everyone, Herman was furious.

Reynold had to avenge his son. So facing Herman’s threatening gaze, he gritted his teeth and said word by word, “Okay, then I’ll make it clear what happened! Yesterday, my son, Dallas, was mercilessly killed by your grandson, Nate Walker!”