Percy was getting frustrated from talking to Pierre. However, he was different from Pierre. He was sensible in all circumstances, even when he was provoked and raged.

"Stun him, tie him up, and bring him into the room," he said.

The bodyguard who just walked in did not know what was going on. He said quickly, "Boss, is that the best idea?"

"Tie him up!" Percy did not have the patience to deal with Pierre.

The bodyguards glanced at Pierre. Two of them gathered around him and said apologetically, "Don't mind us, Young Master Pierre."

Pierre looked at the approaching bodyguards and stepped on the chair angrily. "Percy, fight me if you're a man! How can you call yourself a man when you're getting two bodyguards to handle me?"

"You can't even fight against two of them. Do you think you're all that?" Percy said with a stern expression. "Pierre, I've been letting you off easily for so many years because you're my brother. I have bailed you out so many times, but you chose to put all that aside and continue causing trouble for Mallory Corporation. If I don't tie you up, who should I tie up?"

"You're opting to side with outsiders? You're nothing but a coward! I can't believe that you're afraid of Luke. I look down on you!" Pierre rolled up his sleeves and looked at the two approaching bodyguards, not intending to be subdued by Percy just like that.

He had to let him know that he was not one to be bullied!

Percy was fuming. He would have made a move long ago if Pierre were not his biological brother!

He would have gone all out as well.

"Do it." He ordered the bodyguards after seeing them hesitate.

Percy felt as though he should bear part of the responsibility for Pierre becoming like this. If he had been stricter with Pierre when Madam Mallory spoiled him, he would not be as reckless as he was now.

The bodyguards glanced at each other and took action on Pierre.

They thought about subduing Pierre without hurting him, but he put up a fight. They could not subdue Pierre without using drugs.

"Is that all you got? You're nothing without drugs!" Pierre mocked them as he panted.

"What are you doing?!" Percy's mood darkened.

The two bodyguards gritted their teeth and had no choice but to go all out on Pierre. One controlled Pierre's hands and feet to withstand the force of his attack, while the other raised his hand and landed a slap on Pierre's neck.

"Mhm..." Pierre blacked out, and his body fell uncontrollably.

One of the bodyguards caught him and carried him on his shoulders. "Boss, are you sure you want us to tie him up?"

"You'll pay for what he breaks if you leave him with the ability to." Percy did not care what was broken on the cruise ship. He was just tired of Pierre yelling and shouting like a lunatic.

Pierre would never think that everything Percy was doing was for his good.

He stubbornly insisted that Percy was siding with Luke.

He never thought about how the Mallories would not gain anything if they fell out with the Crawfords. 'What will Pierre get out of the situation then?'

He looked as Pierre was carried out of the cabin by the bodyguards to the room. He said with a stern expression to an attendant standing in the corner, "You'll be responsible for delivering three meals a day to Pierre moving forward. Meet his demands for whatever it is that he wants to eat."

"I understood, Boss," the attendant bowed his head and replied.

Percy noticed that the entire cabin had been turned into a mess due to the fighting and frowned. He ordered the attendants, "Clean up this place."

"Yes." Two attendants stepped forward and started to clean up.

Percy returned to his room and video called Nina.

Nina picked up the phone soon enough. A hint of disappointment appeared in her eyes when she saw the decorations behind Percy. "Are you still on the cruise?"

"Yeah, why? You miss me?" Percy saw Nina and knew she was thinking about him, which made him feel better.

"No. I have so much free time after you left. Why would I miss you?" Nina made a cheeky face at him, acting the opposite of how she felt.

"Don't lie. I'll have to punish you when I'm back. We'll see if you still dare to lie to me then." Percy smiled. It was not a matter of a day or two that she liked to be duplicitous with him.

"How long before you come back?" Nina could not help but ask when she heard the words 'come back'.

She did miss Percy, but she also knew that what he had to deal with at the moment was more important. As such, she did not stop him when Percy said he was going to Russia to bring Pierre back.

"It's going to be a while. Pierre is still putting up a fight, so I had to ask my men to take the longer route," Percy said.

He deliberately had the cruise ship disembark later so that Pierre would have time to calm down.

Although Nina was a little disappointed, she also expressed her understanding. "Okay, make sure you take care of yourself."

"Don't worry, I'm doing fine. I just miss you a lot." It was not that Percy did not want to bring Nina over. He just could not bring himself to do it no matter how much he missed her when he thought about what Pierre had done before.

He was well aware that Pierre had not given up on Nina.

"I don't know if you actually miss me..." Nina teased him by pretending to be upset.

"I'm not lying. Nina, you know that I speak the truth." Percy looked at her face and thought she looked thinner.

It had taken him some time to make her a little fatter, but he did not expect that she would lose weight after he was away for a few days.

"Okay, I know that you miss me." Nina smiled. She could see how serious Percy was through the screen.

Nina felt her heart warm when she heard him speak so earnestly about her.

"I tied Pierre up," Percy said.

Nina was a little surprised but not too much. After all, she knew before that Percy had drugged Pierre to get him on the boat.

"Why did you tie him up?" she asked since she had not heard of him tying Pierre up before.

"When he saw Luke signing the contract with Marcos, he went crazy and started throwing things. I got annoyed watching him, so we tied him up." Percy knew that he was no longer able to control Pierre.

If he had the ability, he would not have let Nina suffer through that kind of damage in the first place.

As such, he could only go rough. Têxt © .

Nina felt uncomfortable when she heard what he said.

It was not that she sympathized with Pierre. She just thought that Percy did not have it easy.

Even though Pierre had done so many wrong things, Percy still saw him as his younger brother.

As such, Percy had his hesitations on how to manage the situation that Nina was involved in prior.

Since his brother had done something like that, Percy thought he should shoulder some of the blame too.

"Good job." Nina smiled deliberately and gave him a thumbs up.

Percy was not sure whether to laugh or cry when he saw her playful look.

"Mr. Mallory, you're placing righteousness above family loyalty. Wonderful!" Nina praised him.