Ruthless and Snobbish

However, Peter didn't regard what Ashley said as simply a joke.

He looked at Ashley with a solemn expression.

Peter had managed to go from being an ordinary person with a poor family background to his current high status by first getting together with Ashley, the heiress of the Steeles at the time, and making her fall in love with him. Later, he married Vanessa, the only heiress of the Williams, and got her to become devoted to him. He had even convinced the Williams to accept him. All of this was naturally not because of his looks but his wits.

The others in the room were clueless, but Peter was well aware that Lucas wasn't a penniless loser. He was someone who could afford a highly-modified Range Rover worth over a million dollars.