"If you don't like him, why won't you let him go? Didn't I give you a sum of money? You don't want it anymore? Or... do you think it's too little? That sounds about right. A woman like you would only approach my son to get to me. Tell me, how much do you want this time?" Madam Mallory despised Nina. She took out the checkbook from her handbag and was about to write Nina a check.
"I don't need money. I didn't need it before, I don't need it now, and I won't need it in the future." Nina held Percy's hand tightly. She initially planned to stand aside and let him solve the matter on his own. However, she could not keep quiet any longer.
Since she loved him, she was willing to share weal and woe with him. They would get through hardships together. That was what true love was.
She would never back down because she was afraid.
"What do you want?!" Madam Mallory was fuming from what she said and threw the checkbook on the sofa.
"I didn't know how I felt before, so I told you that I had no interest in Percy nor did I like him. However, Pierre, your youngest son, made me acknowledge my true feelings," Nina said as she looked back at Pierre.
His face was ashen. She was unsure if it was because of his health or because he was angry with what she said. He looked like he was going to get out of bed and strangle her to death.
Nina did not know that with Pierre's temperament, he would have most certainly gotten out of bed in an instant. However, he was still half-lying on the bed.
Could it be that Luca hurt him so badly that he could not even move?
Nina admired Luca in her heart. At the same time, she was worried that he would pick on Luca once he got better.
Hopefully, when the time came, Luke would step in and help Luca...
"What do you mean..." Madam Mallory was stunned. She looked at her youngest son and found that his expression had turned ugly. She was worried it was because he was sick.
The doctor had prescribed him painkillers the day before. At first, the painkillers could only numb the pain for four hours. Although the pain was still there, Pierre, who had an active lifestyle, was able to manage it.
However, since the middle of last night, he started to feel the pain again. The pain was not subdued even after he took painkillers. The painkillers' effect was getting weaker and weaker. It was unable to keep the pain in check any longer. copyrighted © content.
The doctor had no choice but to ask him to endure it when he cried out in pain. He told Pierre to only take the painkillers if he could not deal with the pain anymore.
The consideration of the side effects from the heavy dosage had to be thrown out the window...
That was because his pain was real.
"Pierre kidnapped Nina for his selfish reasons. The police station has already followed up on this matter. Although they have yet to bring him in for questioning, based on the current progress, it won't be long until it happens.” Percy looked at Pierre, who lay on the hospital bed with a chilly expression. With Pierre's character, even if the matter was exposed, he would not tell Madam Mallory and Old Master Mallory the truth until the absolute last moment. To them, he was nothing but a fop. He could only get more of their love if he stayed out of trouble.
For as long as Percy could remember, every time Pierre got into trouble and was unable to deal with it, he would step in to help out as his elder brother. When Percy had no time or it was a time-sensitive matter, only then would Pierre ask for help from the family.
Therefore, in their hearts, although Pierre was arrogant and domineering, he rarely caused any trouble.
"What did you say? That's impossible." Madam Mallory did not believe that Pierre would be interested in someone like Nina. She was raging. "Don't frame your brother for your own desires!"
"Previously, he held Luca hostage in his villa to force Luke out of the bidding. At that time, he settled the matter by paying people off. You were so happy because he started his own business, so I didn't pursue it. This time, he learned his lesson. After he kidnapped Nina, he imprisoned her in your villa and got our former maid to take care of her. Now, that maid is in the police station. When Nina was rescued, the maid admitted that Pierre was the person behind this." Percy shook the phone in his hand and continued talking, "Luke and I have a copy of her confession. There's no reason for the maid to frame him."
"My villa?" Madam Mallory frowned and glanced at her younger son who was on the hospital bed. "Every one of my villas is taken care of by a dedicated person. If he was hiding someone in my villa, how could I not know?!"
Percy was a little disappointed when he saw that she still chose to trust Pierre instead of him. This might be the difference of not having grown up by her side.
"The villa is in your name but you gave it to him. You just haven't transferred the title yet," Percy continued. "Do you want to listen to the recording? Actually... you don't need to listen to the recording. The police are coming today."
"What the hell do you want?!" Pierre curled up. He had just felt better because of the painkillers he took an hour ago, but Percy and Nina's presence caused him to be in pain again.
Percy did not feel anything when he saw how distressed Pierre appeared. Pierre would be fine. That was what Luke told him.
Percy said, "I don't want much. I can choose not to hold you accountable, but the Mallory family can't stop me from being with Nina!"
Madam Mallory blacked out for a little after she heard what he said. ‘There are many socialites in A City. Why did he fall in love with this ordinary woman?'
It was not just Percy. According to what he just said, even her favorite youngest son was interested in Nina...
‘Were my sons bewitched?'
Madam Mallory was so angry that she did not know what to say. Old Master Mallory knew that she was worried that Percy would hurt his brother for Nina, so he stood up and firmly objected to it. "I disapprove of this relationship. "
Percy looked at Old Master Mallory. Although the old master had kept silent, Percy knew that something was up and kept his guards up.
That was because he knew that the stance of the elders in the Mallory family was the same as Madam Mallory's.
They thought that it was no big deal to sacrifice oneself as long as it was for the good of the Mallory family.
They did not see it as a sacrifice. It was just a marriage of convenience to them.
They loved Pierre so much because he would do exactly as they said. He had agreed without a second thought when they arranged his marriage.
"Grandpa, even if you disapprove, I'll still be with Nina." Percy expressed his stance.
Old Master Mallory squinted, his cloudy eyes looking at Nina grimly.
Even though he had been out of the corporate world for many years, his strong aura was still present.
Nina felt a little overwhelmed and breathless.
Old Master Mallory said, "If you insist on being with this woman, I can't guarantee what she'll have to face in the future. Percy, you know as well that even though I've retired, I still have my ways."
Old Master Mallory's aura was like a storm that was brewing, pressing down on everyone below him.