Percy heard him and sighed. Both of them were pursuing the woman they loved but unfortunately, they could not make any moves because of their women.

He said, "If you want to eat home-cooked food, take her away quickly."

Percy could only be brazen-faced if Luca left Nina's home.

"What reason do I have to do that? What in the world did you do to make Nina run away again?" Luke said. He was upset that he could not see Luca as well.

Even when she was Bianca, she was still equally concerned about Nina. Although Percy had a poker face that scared everyone, Bianca would somehow summon the courage to defend Nina.

She would naturally act the same even though she was Luca now.

"Okay, that's enough. Ugh, you can't take your woman with you?" Percy mocked him impatiently and hung up the phone.

He did not intend to mock Luke. He was just a little upset.

He was overjoyed in the morning but in a blink of an eye, Nina had closed herself off from him and asked Luca to accompany her instead.

Fortunately, Nina did not seem to have the intention of moving out.

Percy took the elevator downstairs and found that Jean was still waiting at the entrance of the apartment.

"What are you doing here?" He stepped forward and asked. 'Is he planning to harass Nina after I leave?'

When Jean saw him, he said in a toady tone, "Mr. Mallory, I was waiting for you."

Percy's expression darkened. 'Isn't Nina's attitude obvious enough? He's sure he can't back get in so he's been waiting for me here?'

When he saw Percy's sullen expression, Jean immediately explained himself, "Don't get me wrong. I'm just waiting for you here because I have something to tell you."

"Go ahead." Percy put his hands in his pockets with an indifferent attitude.

Jean could not wait to curry favor with him. He told Percy about how Pierre had reached out to him. "Young Master Pierre came to the hospital to find me and he wanted me to help him pursue Nina. Now that I know you still have feelings for Nina, of course, I won't help him. However, I don't dare to offend Young Master Pierre. Can you do me a favor and explain the situation to me?"

Percy listened to him and asked, "How much did Pierre give you?" Jean was startled. He did not expect Percy to be so straightforward. He did not bring up the topic of money. After all, the money he received was nothing to the rich.

"Not much, just 20,000..." he said, embarrassed. He did not dare to hide anything from Percy.

There was a saying in their circle. Whoever dared to hide things from the Mallory family was asking for trouble.

Percy looked at Jean's submissive appearance as he Jean was afraid that he would ask him to pay back the money. Percy's eyes could not help but be filled with contempt. Sometimes, he could not help but wonder if the man in front of him was really Nina's brother.

'Why is there such a big difference between the two?'

Seeing that Percy was just staring at him without saying a word, Jean could not figure out what he was thinking about. He made a guess and said, "Mr. Mallory, I know that it's my fault I made a promise to Young Master Pierre earlier but Nina had already broken up with you then and you had a fiancee too. I only agreed because I thought that it was the end between the two of you. From the bottom of my heart, I prefer you much more."

Percy listened to his words with an indifferent expression. What Jean said did not affect him in the slightest.

After all, he was well aware of Percy's ambitions.

"Don't harass Nina anymore," he said as he headed to where he parked, which was right next to Nina's car.

"Yes, I promise not to harass her again. I hope you'll win her heart again soon and then the two of you will live a happy and sweet life together!" Jean replied. He hoped that they would reconcile as soon as possible so that he could use Percy's name to exploit others.

Jean left after he watched Percy drive away.

The people who followed him also quietly left.

Luca spent one night at Nina's house. The next afternoon, Luca received a call from Luke.

"Mr. Crawford, what's the matter?" She could not help but answer seeing that it was Luke who called.

"Open the door," Luke said.

"Huh?" Luca was not sure how to react.

"I'm outside. Open the door," Luke repeated himself.

Luca hurriedly stood up and looked out of the peephole. He was indeed standing outside...

She turned around and glanced at Nina.

Seeing that Luca was acting weird, Nina asked, "What's wrong?" "Mr. Crawford is outside..." Luca replied.

"How did he come in?" Nina asked, befuddled.

Luca shook her head to indicate that she had no idea.

"Open the door." Nina reminded her when she saw her standing there dumbfoundedly.

Luca had no choice but to open the door. Outside, Luke was there standing with two bags in his hands. "Mr. Crawford, why are you here?"

"I came to see you," Luke said. It was Old Master Crawford's birthday banquet, so he came to see Luca.

"Mr. Crawford, how did you get in?" Nina stood up and asked. Her building's security was strict, and she did not receive any notice from the security before his arrival.

'This building is unrelated to Luke. How did he get in?'

"Percy gave me the door card," Luke explained as he looked at Luca again. "Today is Old Master Crawford's birthday. Old Master Crawford invited you, so I brought you the gown and jewelry so you can get ready here."

Luca looked at the bags and realized it was the gown that she previously bought.

"Mr. Crawford, I didn't receive the invitation," Luca said.

"Tommy sent it to you. Didn't you get it?" Luke said.

"Is that so?" Luca picked up her phone and checked her text messages. Many would send electronic invitations for convenience but as far as she could remember, she did not receive any invitation.

When she opened her chat with Tommy, she scrolled up and saw an electronic invitation card. After Tommy sent her that, he chatted with her about a few other topics. She happened to be in the hospital during that time, so she was groggy under the influence of drugs. She missed a lot of texts, so she did not notice the invitation. copyrighted © content.

"I did receive it... There were too many texts from before, so I didn't notice." Luca explained, embarrassed.

The hand that Luke was carrying the bags with was raised a little higher.

Nina chimed in, "Since you received an invitation, you have to attend. After all, Old Master Crawford wants you there."

Luca nodded. Since she was invited, she had to go.

She looked at the bags in Luke's hand. When she bought the gown and jewelry, she thought that she would not be wearing them, hence she put them in her closet.

Unexpectedly, Luke went to the apartment and brought them to Nina's place.

She took the bags and said, "I didn't bring any makeup with me."

Nina said, "We have about the same skin tone. You can use mine. Come on, don't disappoint Old Master Crawford. I'll help you dress up."

After that, Nina grabbed Luca and they headed into the bedroom.

Luke was left hanging by the door. He was not bothered. He walked straight into the apartment and waited for Luca to get ready.