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Percy was dissatisfied and protested. "I'm so exhausted after the long trip. And you're giving me a cup of coffee? What a heartless man!"

"It was Pierre who caused the trouble. You deserved it." Luke's words hit a nerve in Percy relentlessly. When Pierre was arrogant and domineering back then, Percy had no intention of stopping him. Instead, he spoiled him and let Pierre do whatever he wanted to.

The Mallory family doted on him, and that was why Pierre behaved like that. He got into trouble everywhere he went, yet he showed no remorse or guilt for what he did.

Percy would have to take up the responsibility of spoiling Pierre. He had to clean up the mess Pierre had made.

The only difference was that Percy used to deal with the troubles that Pierre had gotten himself into. Now, Percy was the one sorting him out.

Percy quickly waved his hand. Fortunately, Luke was his best friend. Otherwise, this matter would not have been solved that easily. "Stop talking about this. All I want to do now is to rip that bastard's head off and place it in the Mallory family's hall."

Luke raised his brows and replied, "Sure."

Percy was already familiar with Luke. He poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip. Before he swallowed it, he heard what Luke said and almost spat out the tea. "Are you serious?"

Luke poured a cup of tea for himself too and stopped talking nonsense with him. "Where is he now?"

"I got him locked up," answered Percy. He let out a sigh. Percy had used up all his energy to bring Pierre back home this time. He planned to rest for a day or two, then he would bring Pierre to see Old Master Mallory and discuss how to solve the matter.

"Will he be willing to let himself be tied up?" Luke was quite surprised to hear that. Now that the two brothers were not on good terms, the only thing left was to inform the media and the reporters about it.

"Can't I use the hard way?" Percy finished drinking the cup of tea and sighed.

Previously, Percy knew that his men would not be too hard on him when Pierre was tied up on the cruise ship. Hence, Pierre would look for the opportunity and make a scene out of it.

Not only were Percy's guards tricked by him, but the waiters on the cruise ship fell for it too.

If it were not because the cruise ship was sailing in the middle of the ocean, somewhere one could never make it to the land even if one managed to escape, Pierre would have jumped off the cruise ship and swam away.

"I regret it now. If I knew how difficult he was, I'd have drugged him and booked the whole plane back. It's much better than sailing in the ocean for days," said Percy. He never thought that Pierre would resist so much when he brought Pierre back home.

Percy thought it would be troublesome to book the whole plane as he would have to go through the procedures. Then, he remembered that his family owned a cruise ship in Russia. Hence, he asked his men to carry Pierre up the ship.

“But you finally managed to bring him back despite whatever you've gone through,” said Luke. He did not ask if Pierre admitted what he had done wrong, and he did not ask whether Pierre had told the truth.

Luke knew Percy would not tell him about these.

“That's true. Oh, I found this when I captured him in the hotel.” Percy took a phone and a card out of his pocket.

“What number is this?” Luke picked up the card and glanced at it. It was a string of numbers, and his suspicion was aroused.

“It should be related to the phone. After all, the card was placed together with the phone.” Percy pointed at the phone in front of him. “I tried using my phone to call this number. I couldn't get through it. But I can call the number with this phone.”

“What happens after you get through it?” Luke picked up his phone and observed it.

It was an ordinary phone, and it was considered outdated compared to the models nowadays.

"A woman was speaking on the other end of the line. I tracked it down and found out it was located in a small city in Russia. There's nothing significant about that place," answered Percy.

"It's kind of suspicious." Luke's instinct told him that it was something suspicious without a second thought.

Percy nodded. It was suspicious indeed, but it was as though the person had foreseen this, so he handled it well without leaving any loose ends. That way, they would not be able to find out what was going on.

Percy sent someone to pay a visit after Adrian found the address, but they found nothing special about it.

“I think this has something to do with that bastard purchasing the bidding document.” Percy guessed.

Luke's eyes darkened when he mentioned the bidding document.

If Pierre had obtained the bidding document through this phone, then it was the Island of Despair who was behind this.

After all, he was pretty sure that Luca was being manipulated by the mastermind of the Island of Despair. The next thing he was going to do was find out who he was.

Although it was a passive measure, he would not allow that person to continue manipulating Luca to do illegal things.

He could turn things around once he found out who the person was.

Luke had worked together with Percy and the others to eliminate the Island of Despair before. This time, they would be able to destroy the organization thoroughly without giving them another chance to rise again.

"It's the Island of Despair," Luke took a sip of the tea and uttered.

Percy knew the Island of Despair had made a comeback, but he did not expect the Island of Despair to have something to do with this.

He looked at Luke with surprise and said, "Are you sure?"

Luke did not answer him when he heard footsteps outside the door. He turned to look in the direction of the door.

Aunt Neile walked toward them with a smile on her face and placed the cup of coffee in front of Percy. She said, "Mr. Mallory, here's your cup of coffee."

"Thank you. It smells good," Percy complimented.

"Aunt Neile, you may leave first. I have something to discuss with Mr. Mallory," said Luke. "Please close the door."

"Alright, Mr. Crawford." Aunt Neile nodded and walked out of the tea room and closed the door for them.

Percy took a sip of the coffee and said, "You should've asked Dr. Craw to join us."

Luke shot him a glance.

"Come on, you're not that petty, right? It's just a cup of coffee. The coffee Dr. Craw made must be good, huh?" After all, Luca's true identity was Bianca.

As Luke's friend, Percy had had the opportunity to enjoy Luca's coffee in the past.

"Let's get back to the point." Luke changed the subject of the conversation without concealing his possessiveness for Luca.

"I'm pretty sure Luca is being manipulated by someone from the Island of Despair. She was the one who stole the fake bidding document that Pierre bought. That's why it must be the Island of Despair who's behind this. Did Pierre say anything about it?"

Luke had received an email when he was in Russia. He was sure of it after he saw Luca showing up nearby the restaurant.

He was even more sure about it when she went to the police station together with the other members of the Island of Despair.

Percy shook his head and said, "Pierre didn't say anything about the bidding document. He said nothing about this number too."

Pierre had overreacted when Percy asked him about the card while holding it in his hands. However, Percy only looked at him resentfully with an evil grin on his face no matter what he asked.