Connor was a smart man, so he immediately understood his grandfather's troubles. He reckoned that it must have been a message from the Huttons.
In fact, Connor had absolutely hated Lucas at the beginning.
During the birthday banquet of Connor's son, Lucas had kicked up a ruckus at the venue because Logan had kidnapped Amelia, and Lucas had even shoved his head into a bowl of soup despite him being the most promising scion of the Hale family. He had been utterly embarrassed.
Afterward, Lucas used his own strength to take out the experts and gunmen that the Hale family had hidden for a long time. He even found close to two hundred armed soldiers and armored vehicles and sent them to surround the Hale residence before throwing all of them into that terrifying prison.
If Lucas hadn't spared their family out of consideration for Bruce Hale's sincerity later, the Hale family wouldn't exist in Orange County now.