Luca was explaining to him.

After the meeting ended, she saw the missed call from Luke.

However, she gave up the idea of calling him back after she saw the time. It was late, and Luke must have already slept...

She did not expect to see the villa brightly lit up when she came back. Luke was even working in the living room, waiting for her.

“I know." Luke saved the file and closed the computer screen.

Luca glanced at the time. It was already 12, yet Luke waited for her until now.

"Mr. Crawford, aren't you going to sleep?" she asked.

Luke stood up. "Has the drug research been taken care of?"

"No, there's data that does not match the hypothesis. We're still trying to find out why," said Luca. After having a meeting that lasted the whole day, they still had not found where the problem came from.

"No rush. Take your time. Go rest," said Luke.

Luca nodded and was about to head upstairs when she heard him say, "I've picked up the children."

"They're back?" She was a little surprised, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly as she missed the three kids too.

"Yes, they made a lot of noise about wanting to come back. When they found out that you were at the company working overtime, they wanted to sleep in the first-floor living room and wait for you to come back. But I didn't allow it," Luke brought up the children, telling her how much they cared about Luca.

Luca suddenly felt guilty. "I'll keep it down when going upstairs."

"It's alright. Let's go. I'm going upstairs to rest too," said Luke as he felt relieved after waiting up for Luca.

Although he knew that she was working overtime at the company, he would still be restless if he did not get to see her.

Now that he had seen her, he finally had peace of mind.

"Alright." Luca nodded and went upstairs with him.

The two of them walked to their respective bedrooms. Luca turned to look at Luke, then walked into her room and gently closed the door behind her.

Luke fixed his eyes on her tightly shut door. They were only one door away...

He had to overcome this obstacle quicker.

The following day.

In the Mallory family's manor.

Percy dragged the reluctant Pierre into the Mallory family's manor. Mr. Bennet was stunned to see that Pierre's hands were tied up and was about to ask what was going on when Percy asked, “Is Grandpa awake?"

"Old Master Mallory is awake. He's having tea in the living room." Right after Mr. Bennet replied, Percy continued dragging Pierre forward.

"Master Percy, what's wrong with you? Why did you tie up Second Young Master?" Mr. Bennet chased after him and asked.

"Stay out of it." Percy dragged the furious Pierre forward.

Pierre felt like he had lost his dignity. When had the untouchable Second Young Master ever been so humiliated in front of these butlers and maids?

"Will you let go of me?"

Percy ignored his words and pulled him directly in front of Old Master Mallory.

Old Master Mallory put down his teacup upon seeing this and frowned as he asked, "Why the big fuss? What's the matter?" Original from .

Percy looked at his brother and asked directly, "Do you want to say it or should I say it?"

Pierre looked the other way with no intention of answering him.

Old Master Mallory frowned. He had no way of controlling Pierre, and after finding out that Percy was secretly engaged to Nina, he was furious. This made him not want to see them even more.

"Is it right of you to tie up your brother like this? Also, did I give you permission to come back?" Old Master Mallory seized the opportunity to accuse Percy. After the old master knew about his engagement, he threatened Percy not to set foot in the Mallory family's manor.

If it were not for the fact that their company had to rely on Percy, he might have already replaced him with someone else out of anger.

"Grandpa, I know that you're upset about my secret engagement to Nina, but now is not the time to talk about that matter. I came here today to see you and solve the trouble Pierre has caused." Percy frowned. It was one thing for the old master to be upset about his engagement to Nina, but it was another thing for Pierre to cause trouble.

Just as he finished talking, Pierre turned around with hatred in his eyes. "What did you say? You're engaged to Nina?"

Percy ignored him and stared straight at the old master.

The news of Percy returning with Pierre tied up alarmed everyone in the Mallory family's manor. Madam Mallory came rushing down the stairs and wailed when she saw that both Pierre's hands were indeed tied. She said, "Percy, how could you tie up your brother?"

"Why don't you ask him what absurd things he's done?" Percy looked at his mother coldly.

Madam Mallory was also part of the reason why Pierre turned out like this.

“No matter the absurdity of the things he's done, he's still your brother. Why did you tie him up?" said Madam Mallory as she was about to untie the rope for Pierre. "What did you do? I've been trying to reach you. How could you come back all tied up?"

Pierre did not have the heart to answer her question as he was in the wrong.

However, his actions did not cost Percy much, so he did not think it was a big deal.

Pierre asked his mother directly, "How could you let him get engaged to Nina?"

Although they were not married yet, once they got engaged, it meant that Percy had already stamped his mark on Nina.

He could not accept this!

Nina belonged to him!

Madam Mallory was baffled by his question but still answered, "He insisted on getting engaged and even hid it from us. What could I have done? Why don't you tell me why you were unreachable these past few days and what you were up?"

Pierre stared at Percy with a deadly gaze without answering Madam Mallory.

Percy must have known that he could not stop him when he was in Russia, so he deliberately picked that time to get engaged.

Although he was unhappy about their engagement, at least she was not married to him yet. There was still a chance.

Percy looked at Pierre's resentment indifferently. He knew that not only did Pierre hate him for tying him up but also for secretly getting engaged to Nina.

"That's enough. What's with all the ruckus?" Old Master Mallory roared in anger as he saw that the situation was getting out of hand.

Percy looked back at the old master.

"Say it. What's going on?" Both his grandsons behaving this way gave Old Master Mallory a headache.

Percy took out a bidding document from the briefcase and said, "This was the bidding document Pierre submitted to M Group. This bidding document was prepared by T Corporation."

"Nonsense. This bidding document was prepared by my assistant. How could it be someone else's? Percy, it's not the first time you've helped outsiders. This time, you're even accusing me? You're really something," Pierre refuted.

"Did you really prepare this?" Percy saw that Pierre would rather die than admit his wrongdoings. Deep down, he felt disappointed in him.

"At M Group's meeting, all the bids were made public, and T Corporation even got the project. If this bidding document belonged to them, why did they still get the project?" Pierre looked at him menacingly.