Nina nodded and said in a soft voice, “Okay. I’ll be quiet."

The two of them walked into the bedroom one after another.

Luca opened the closet and took a new set of pajamas and underwear. "Your figure is almost the same as mine. These are new. Hurry up and take a shower."

“Thank you." Nina sniffed and took the clothes that Luca handed to her.

Something came across Luca’s mind, and she said, "Hold on. Let me get you a set of new towels and toiletries."

Luca walked out of the bedroom and headed to the storeroom to get a new set of toiletries and towels. Aunt Neile had prepared all these.

Luca returned to the bedroom and handed everything to Nina. She said, "Off you go. You can use the shower gel, shampoo, and skincare products in the bathroom."

"Luca, there’s no doubt I’d fall in love with you if you were a man," Nina playfully joked with her.

Luca was amused by Nina's joke and pretended to be serious as she said, "No way. I'm not going to fight over a woman with Mr. Mallory. I'm sure I'll lose."

"Hey, stop teasing me." Nina pouted, turned around, and walked into the bathroom.

Luca sat beside the bed and glanced at her phone. It was already midnight...

There were still no messages from Luke.

Was he mad at her?

Langdon’s house.

Marie was in a good mood. She was humming a song while she strolled into the living room. Then, she frowned when she saw Jean sitting on the sofa. She asked, "Aren't you asleep yet?"

"Where have you been?" Jean crossed his arms in front of his chest with a gloomy look on his face.

"My friend asked me out. That’s why I went out. Why? Can’t you sleep without my company?" Marie sat down beside him and leaned on his shoulder, giving him a flirtatious look.

Jean pushed Marie away in disgust and asked, "You went out? Did your friend ask you to head to the bar and get a few drinks?"

The look on Marie's face changed at once. She even went to the hotel to take a shower to remove the alcohol smell on her before she went back to prevent Jean from finding out that she went drinking.

"Huh? Can't we go to the bar to talk?" Marie refuted without denying that she went to the bar.

“What were you and your friend talking about?” Jean looked at her sideways.

“Just the same old. Women are always upset about men and money. I was just comforting her and we had a few drinks together.” Marie thought Jean said something like that because of the alcohol smell on her.

“Hah, Marie, is it so hard to admit that you've been messing around?" Jean's expression was sulky. Did she really think that Jean had no idea about it?

Marie was released from prison a little earlier than he was, but he knew as much as she did.

The look on Marie's face turned gloomy at once. She said, “What do you mean? I was just out having a few drinks with my friend, so how was I messing around with someone else? Besides, I don't have any

money to go to the bar. My friend was the one who gave me the money."

“Are you really broke?" Jean forcefully grabbed her wrist and gave her a menacing look.

“I'm broke." Marie frowned. She wanted to pull her hand back, but Jean was too strong.

“You're broke? Where did you get the money to expose her, then? Why? Have you splurged the money on drinking at the bar? Or did you give it to some boy toy you're messing with?" Jean questioned her. Marie stopped struggling. She avoided his gaze the moment their eyes met each other. Then, she said, “What are you talking about? The press?"

“Do you think I have no idea about this? Nina made the headlines today. Everything about her past was written in the news article. Aren't you the one who told the press about it?" Jean looked at her with a hideous expression on his face. “I have evidence. Marie Rayne, be honest and don't make me do it the hard way."

Marie did not expect Jean to know about this.

Marie was humiliated when Nina treated her that way back then. Marie was so mad that she looked for the press and revealed Nina's past. She received a sum of money for revealing Nina's secrets.

However, Marie did it in secret. She disguised herself when she went to meet the press. Also, she did not tell the press who she was, and she received cash from them. Therefore, the press would not have known who she was.

How did Jean find out about that?

“Why? Did you think you did everything perfectly and nobody would've found out about it?" Jean narrowed his eyes, lifted his hand, and slapped her in the face. “Marie Rayne, ruining Nina's plans means ruining my future life. What the hell were you thinking?"

Marie fell on the sofa due to the strong impact. There was blood flowing out of the corner of her lips.

Jean did not have any sympathy for her. There was no doubt that what Marie did had destroyed Nina's hope of getting into the Mallory family. Jean was not thinking straight now, and all he thought of was beating the woman in front of him to death.

“I'm going to beat the sh*t out of you!" Jean lifted his hand, and he was about to punch Marie.

"Don't you dare! Jean, if you dare to touch me, I'll tell the press more about Nina, including stuff about you. The Mallory family already can't accept her. Is there any chance for Nina to turn things around if you're exposed as well?" Marie raised her voice and warned him. This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

A person like Nina having such a miserable past would be an embarrassment for wealthy families like the Mallory family. They should have known about it, but no one was writing anything about it. That was why the Mallory family did not have so many excuses to stand against Percy's relationship with her even if Percy insisted on being together with Nina.

Now, Nina's past was a scandal that had made the Mallory family a laughing stock in A City. Jean's past was also part of Nina's scandalous past. If Marie revealed this to the press, Nina's dream of marrying into a wealthy family would be ruined.

Jean's hand stiffened and stopped in the air, “Marie Rayne, you just don't know when to stop, huh?!"

"Jean, look at how naive you are." Marie sneered and stood up. She would have slapped him in the face twice if she had somewhere else to live now.

Jean frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Do you think you'll gain any benefits after Nina gets married to Percy even if I didn't expose her?" Marie provoked him by mentioning the relationship between Jean and Nina. The brother and sister had

always been in a toxic sibling relationship. Jean would not deal with Marie as long as she continued to provoke him.

"I'm her brother. No matter how bad our relationship was, she'll still care about me when I'm broke and starving. And Percy won't let Nina, that b*tch, be caught in the middle," replied Jean. He had his own motives for wanting Nina to become the young mistress of the Mallory family. Percy would have to take care of her, after all.

"That's what I mean by calling you naive. Look, Nina has Percy backing her up, but how is she treating you and your mother now? You're almost broke, and she's not giving you any money. She even stopped you from going to the Rayne family's house. And your mother, she wants to stay in a quiet ward. These are simple things that she could do for you and your mother. But where is she now? She's being stingy and doesn't care about you. Do you think things will get better after she's married to Percy? Don't be silly. It's not like she's obsessed with her brother." Marie snickered.