The moment both of them looked at each other, Luca saw Pierre smiling at her.

Even though there was quite a distance between them, she could still sense him being provocative by looking at his smile. 'He has ulterior motives...'

Luca returned him a cold gaze and turned away.

Pierre chuckled softly. "Why is she putting on an act? No matter how cold she is, she's still a lady who ended up sneaking into Luke's bed. What a b*tch."

Mr. Peralta heard him say that and shook his helplessly. Those in the field all knew there were three people whom one should not offend.

One was Luke, the other was Pierre's brother, Percy, and the last person was Jim.

Pierre was publicly provocating Luke now.

Even with the Mallory family's support, it would not mean much. 'Isn't he afraid that Luke won't spare him and just take him out directly?'

When that time came, it would still be Pierre and his company that would suffer.

Mr. Peralta sat beside him and touched his chin as he said, "Sir, I don't think it's a good idea to provoke Mr. Crawford.”

"What's wrong? Do you want me to try to get on his good terms, then?" Pierre lifted his eyes and looked at him.

'It's just Luke. Why should I be scared?'

When Jason was facing him, he was not scared as well. However, when his assistant was facing Luke, he was so scared and he had lost in terms of aura.

If it were not for Pierre not willing to show off his capable assistant, he would not have brought Mr. Peralta here to attend this event.

"That's not what I meant, but we'll still have to meet each other in the future. Besides, the bidding document this time." Mr. Peralta did not continue. He figured that there was no need to make an enemy out of others even if they were their competitors.

Besides, they had stolen another corporation's bidding document.

"With you being this scared, I'd think you were a spy sent here by Luke if I didn't know any better.” Suddenly, Pierre was crossed. He was not too bad when compared to Luke. 'So, why do I have to spare him some face?'

If he was able to obtain this project, perhaps he would be able to make Luke bow down to him.

However, it would not matter if he failed to get the project. It would still be much better than Luke, who would not even get the chance.

Mr. Peralta nodded and did not dare to say anything.

After an hour, the announcement was heard and they could board the plane.

Pierre got up and purposely said loudly, "We can finally depart."

After saying it, he purposely looked at Luke. Luke and the other two people ignored him.

Pierre stood at the boarding gate. He glanced at Jason. Luke was walking toward him. He smirked and said, "To be honest, Mr. Crawford, I'm really looking forward to seeing you sitting in the office in Russia

with me, waiting for them to announce the result of the bidding.”

Listening to him say such a long statement, Luke just said a simple word, "Okay."

Then, Jason pushed his wheelchair into the boarding corridor.

Pierre squinted his eyes and looked at the three of them with an ulterior motive. He had a smile that was looking pretty evil. He said to Mr. Peralta, "Come on, let's go and register too. This time, we'll return victorious!"

Mr. Peralta answered him, "Yes, sir."

Deep within him, he felt troubled. 'Why is he so confident? Even though the bidding document of T Corporation is excellent, it's not only those within the nation who are going to bid for the project but the entire world. So, where did he gain that confidence?'

Deep within Pierre, it would be considered to be a huge victory if he could defeat Luke.

To make Luke ashamed, he had spent a fortune to purchase that bidding document. 'If I get it, that'll be best. I'll just take it as an additional reward. If I fail, I won't think it's unfortunate either.'

After boarding the plane and with the help of the personnel on the plane, Luke sat in one of the seats.

Luca looked at her seat number on the ticket and noticed her seat was beside Luke. It was a window seat.

Luca was stunned and watched Jason walk to the other end. She pursed her lips and walked toward Jason's side. "Mr. Doyle, why don't you change seats with me? If you sit there, maybe you can still discuss work with Mr. Crawford."

"Dr. Craw, I have nothing to discuss with Mr. Crawford about work. I think you should just sit there. After all, you know that it's inconvenient for him with his legs right now. He still needs your care." Jason immediately rejected her request. He would not dare to change the seats when Luke had intentionally requested to buy the tickets with the seats side by side.

Besides, being farther away from Luke would mean being farther from his source of stress. Jason did not wish to suffer from Luke's cold aura throughout the long flight as that would be torturous.

Luca was different. She would not feel any pressure sitting beside Luke.

Jason finished talking, then sat down and fastened his seatbelt.

Luca saw it and knew he was not planning to switch seats. Hence, she just sat beside Luke.

"Is it too much of a request to make you sit beside me?" The moment she sat down, she heard Luke's voice.

Luca picked up the seatbelt and fastened it, pretending nothing had happened. "Not at all, Mr.

Crawford. I thought that maybe you'd want to discuss work with Mr. Doyle."

"There is no work to be discussed, "Luke said the same thing as Jason. Original from .

If it were not for Luca overhearing their conversation before waiting for the flight, she would have suspected that maybe they had rehearsed their statements to make her believe in them.

She asked again, "Don't you think Pierre's being a little weird?"

"Why is that so?" Luke lifted his eyes to look at her.

Luca frowned and revealed her thoughts, "I think he's trying to take you down. I think he's confident that he'll win."

"That's what he thinks. Even though Pierre had set up a company and it was being supported by the Mallory family, his company size has not achieved the international standard. Even if his bidding document is extremely splendid and the price is very appropriate, Russia might not use his proposal," Luke shared his thoughts.

Even though it was a bid, Russia had also made it clear that there would be an assessment of all the companies.

Luca nodded.

Luke said again, "For the past few days, Percy has been cornering him. Right now, Old Master Mallory is even more disappointed in him. He even ordered that Pierre would not be able to operate certain businesses. After his company lost the profits of these businesses, his abilities have become much weaker."

Luca listened to his analysis. All this while, she was not bothered by those things. After listening to Luke's analysis, she had a clearer idea about it.

In the end, even if Pierre had an excellent bidding company, there would be a high chance that Russia would not consider his company.

Hence, Pierre's company had never been T Corporation's competitor.

It was just that currently, he was clueless about the situation and was in a hurry to win the battle. Hence, he joined this bidding.

Russia did not limit the size of the companies that joined, so they gave Pierre's company a chance.