Chapter 3000 - 190: Childish Father and Son

Chapter 3000: Chapter 190: Childish Father and Son

Back then, Ben Lucas had already told Harrison Lucas in private that from now on she should call Lily "mother." As for Abraham Redington, Lulu, and Yana, if they liked using the full name then use the full name, if they liked using the nickname then use the nickname—whatever they wanted.

The only exception was Aidan Lucas—no need to change how she addressed him, just ignore him altogether.

At that time Ben Lucas had said this to Harrison Lucas in private, so Harrison just thought their young master was willful and held grudges.

But she never imagined that, on her very first visit today, Ben Lucas would actually bring it up right in front of Mr. Lucas.

Seeing the face of the man holding Lily Redington suddenly turn as dark as water, Harrison Lucas felt her little heart shrink up.

Harrison Lucas gently tugged on Ben Lucas’s aleeve, wanting to remind him not to go too far.

Who knew she hadn’t even had time to organize her words and say a few soothing lines when Aidan Lucas’s low, cold voice slowly came over: "Since Harrison Lucas refuses to change how she addresses people, then she doesn’t count as a daughter-in-law of the Lucas family. That’s fine too—Benjamin Lucas IX just told me not long ago that he’s worried about Harrison’s marriage and wants me to pick out a suitable wife candidate for her.

I think there are plenty of girls of marriageable age here in A City. I’ll arrange for Harrison to meet them tomorrow."

Harrison isn’t just someone from the military; before she became a soldier, she was also a child of the Lucas family.

All members of the Lucas family branches are supposed to obey the head of the family; this is loyalty etched into the bones of the Lucas family.

All these years, although the branches are close with some and distant with others, not necessarily of one mind, Benjamin Lucas IX’s household is one of the branch families closest to the main family.

If Aidan Lucas really appoints someone for a marriage alliance for Harrison, she truly won’t be able to escape.

"Debby is mine. She will never be with anyone else." Ben Lucas’s face was dark and cold; let alone that he knew Harrison’s secret and wouldn’t treat a woman as a love rival.

In Ben Lucas’s eyes, anyone who wants to form a marriage alliance with Harrison or date her—no matter their gender—is a love rival.

Aidan Lucas’s gaze was icy: "Whether she will or not isn’t up to you. As long as Harrison Lucas is named Lucas for one day, she has to follow my arrangements. Anyway... she’s not my daughter-in-law, so why should I care about her?"

Ben Lucas’s face turned gloomy: "..."

Father and son, one stubborn with his words, the other utterly refusing to back down; clearly it was just a trivial matter, yet they had to childishly deadlock over it.

Stuck in the middle, Harrison Lucas watched Ben Lucas’s and Aidan Lucas’s gazes grow increasingly vicious and cold, feeling flustered and uneasy.

God, can’t she just change how she addresses him? Can Mr. Lucas please not show such a terrifying expression?

But Ben Lucas was gripping her hand in a death hold; every time she wanted to speak, the man would squeeze her hand hard.

Harrison Lucas couldn’t bring herself to change how she addressed him, yet also couldn’t bring herself not to; she almost wanted to burst into tears at Ben Lucas right then and there.

In the end, it was Lily who couldn’t stand watching these two childish men any longer. She took Aidan Lucas’s arm and said, "Husband, stop deliberately making things hard for Debby. He’s about to be scared to tears by you."

In the entire Lucas family, there really aren’t many people who aren’t afraid of Aidan Lucas.

After she finished speaking, she turned to Ben Lucas again: "Ben, you too—even if you want to butt heads with your Daddy, you still have to think about Debby. Today is Debby’s first visit; if you two act like this, what if you scare her?"

At last, these words reminded Ben Lucas, and the coldness on his face eased a little.

Seizing the chance, Lily also revealed Aidan Lucas’s intentions to Ben Lucas: "And don’t blame your Daddy for what he did to you last time."

What Lily meant by "what he did" naturally referred to him whipping Ben Lucas, forcing him to separate from Harrison, and even saying he would sever their father–son relationship.

Lily said, "I resented him at the time too, and I even came back over this to sulk at him for a while. But later, after I returned to the Lucas family, I realized how painstaking your Daddy’s intentions were..."

[Update for January 4th complete, see you tomorrow night~]