Nina snorted when she saw Marie weeping and sobbing. “If you had gotten together peacefully, then I wouldn't have bothered. Besides, both of you are just two peas in a pod, hurting each other. I have no problem with that. But Marie, you compelled him to go to the Rayne family's house today with malicious intentions. That's why I brought this up. Jean, if you don't believe me, open your email in an hour."

She uploaded the video the bar owner gave her onto her cloud storage because phones could easily be lost.

Marie listened to her tone, and Nina did not sound like she was bluffing. She glared at Nina with bloodshot eyes and snarled at her. "Nina, why are you trying to screw me over?"

Nina acted as if she did not hear her. She stared straight at Jean and warned him, "In the future, don't even think of going to the Rayne family's house. I've already told Aunt Rayne that if you dare cause her trouble again, she can just call the police without informing me."

After saying that, she turned around and left. She no longer paid any attention to Jean and Marie's tug of war.

Besides, she had already said everything she wanted to say.

Nina turned to leave, and a loud slapping sound came from behind her.

She did not have to turn around to know that it was Jean who did it to Marie.

Nina returned to her car, only to find out that she had left her phone in the car. Her phone was ringing non-stop, so she immediately picked it up to see that it was Percy calling. Her heart skipped a beat as she accepted the call.

"Percy, I left my phone in the car," she explained first without waiting for the other person to speak.

When Percy heard her voice, his tone was tense. "Did anything happen? I was in an international meeting earlier and my phone was muted."

He usually would not silence his phone during meetings as he was worried that Nina would not be able to reach him in case anything happened, but this meeting was rather important. Plus, Nina had the day off and did not have any special plans, so he put his phone on mute out of respect for the other party.

He did not expect to see her message after the meeting.

Percy immediately called her, but she was not picking up. He called over ten times and was worried that Jean might have done something to Nina, so he had already arranged for someone to rush over to her. Original from .

“Nothing happened, don't worry. I just went to talk to him about something and left my phone in the car. Sorry for worrying you." Nina felt all warm inside as this man clearly loved her and cared about her. What more could she want?

"Good thing nothing happened. Don't do this again." Percy urged her. He had panicked when he could not reach her and was worried that something might have happened to her.

"Okay, there won't be t next time. Are you done with work?" asked Nina.

"I'm done. Stay there and I'll go pick you up." Percy gestured to indicate that he did not need a driver because he did not like other people bothering him when he was with Nina as he wanted to feel like they were the only two people in the world.

"You don't need to come over. I'll drive back now. It's troublesome and a waste of time if you come, so I'll see you at home." The corners of Nina's lips raised to form a smile.

"Alright, see you at home." Percy knew that Nina was not that pretentious. If she said that he did not need to pick her up, she meant it. If he still went over there to pick her up, she would complain.

"I'll drive the car back now." Nina ended the call and drove away.

In the Langdon family's house.

Marie's face was slapped by Jean three times in a row. She covered her face and cried out in pain, "Jean, you son of a b*tch! How could you beat me after listening to Nina? I loved you so much for nothing."

"Love me? If you loved me, would you have lied to me like I was a fool? Marie, tell me honestly. Did you set up everything that happened in the bar that day?" Jean pointed at her nose with a ghastly expression.

Marie had intended to take it to her grave, but it occurred to her that Nina had the video, so she bit the bullet and said, "Yes, what that b*tch Nina said was true, but it wasn't my intention to harm you. I wanted to harm someone else. I didn't expect you to be involved, and things just got out of hand. I wasn't thinking straight. I was out of my mind and didn't know how to stop..."

Jean heard her admit it and raised his hand again.

Marie immediately dodged it. "Jean, before you came, my target was Tyrone. I was thinking of finding someone else to do the deed. I didn't think that you'd come over, and that's when I tried to stop you. Have you forgotten? You were never my target."

Jean frowned and recalled what had happened that day. Things did seem that way. When he walked into the bar, Marie was already sitting next to Tyrone.

He went over there of his own accord.

Marie noticed him frowning and knew that her plan was working. Now, she just had to make it all seem like an accident. Then, she would not have to be afraid of whatever video Nina had.

When she first talked to the bar owner, she used the name of some kid from a well-off family in place of Jean's name.

That little detail had given her a good excuse to use today.

"Who was your target?"

"A nouveau riche. I was going to provoke him to get into a fight with Tyrone," said Marie while sobbing.

"Why would you do such a thing?" asked Jean.

Marie looked at him sadly. "Do you think I wanted to? I'm penniless, and the Rayne family doesn't care about me. It's hard for a woman to make a living. This was the only way to make money fast. To be honest with you, it's not the first time I've done this. Similar things happen in other bars, but the owners would find someone to stop the fight once it gets to a certain point. Usually, it'd only cause property damage, and the parties involved wouldn't be seriously injured. After they paid, I could get the commission. Who knew that you'd go so hard? I was scared to death."

Jean looked at her and wanted to act against his conscience. However, after realizing that she did it for money, he questioned her, “Nina helped me compensate a large sum of money to the boss, so you must've earned a lot of money this time right?"

After he brought up the money, Marie refused to say the truth. "I didn't get a lot of money. It was a fixed price. It's not like I'm getting commission from selling things. It was just a little bit of money. I spent some a while ago, and I used the rest to buy those supplements."

She pointed at the supplements on top of the cabinet that the hooligans had already opened.

"No more money?" Jean's eyes widened. Although they were supplements, they were just rip-offs that did not cost much.

Marie nodded and wept. To make him believe her, she said, "That boss was particularly stingy. He agreed to give me that little amount of money, but he told me afterward that someone almost died at his bar because of me. He said that it was bad luck, so he took a cut of my share. If he weren't afraid that I would expose him, perhaps he wouldn't have even given me a penny. Jean, my love for you is genuine. I won't hide anything from you ever again."