The Mightiness of Deterrence

Elijah said while crying, "The hitman you… you met last night on Caldo Mountain was hired by Tristan and me. Callum said that you'd definitely find out that it was us and that you'd definitely take revenge on us. So he said we might as well kill you first!"

At this point, Joseph's expression was already extremely ugly.

He never thought that his grandchildren, who seemed to be quite sensible, would do such a thing in private!

"In that case, were you the ones behind Lena's repeated assassinations?" Lucas asked again.

Elijah hurriedly nodded. "That was my brother's doing! He said that if the Parkers and the Sawyers united in a marriage alliance, they would surpass us sooner or later! Lena wasn't the only one. He even hired people to assassinate Tristan several times, but he happened to escape."

Elijah was so intimidated by Lucas that he almost revealed everything.