Pierre was about to go to sleep.

However, there were some people who just would not let him sleep. His caretaker, Elena, had only just sat down when her cell phone rang.

Pierre opened his eyes, feeling irritated. "Are you thinking of quitting this job or what?"

Elena shuddered. She instinctively thought it was her phone even though she remembered having put it on silent mode. She took it out and realized it was not her phone that was ringing.

"Mr. Pierre, it's your phone." She quivered as she offered a reminder.

Pierre was startled for a moment.

Since his accident, he had become the butt of jokes in his circle. Everyone called him Limp Leg Pierre. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

As a crippled heir of the Mallory family, he was deemed powerless. Hence, people were reluctant to associate with him.

Hence, his phone had always been silent. Even when it rang, he thought it was Elena's phone.

Pierre turned over and picked up his phone. His heart skipped a beat when he saw a string of numbers.

He had a bad feeling, and fear spread from the depths of his heart throughout his body.

Memories of his kidnapping flooded back, and fear rose within him.

Elena noticed that he was hesitating to answer the call. She could not help but curiously ask, "Mr. Pierre, why aren't you answering the phone?"

Pierre came back to his senses. After seeing the string of numbers just now, he realized that he had been living in fear.

He glared at Elena, knowing he could not escape.

Even if Abel could not show up, Pierre still had to face him when he was discharged.

Abel was Pierre's nightmare!

Pierre knew it was useless to regret provoking that organization now. He dismissed Elena and said, "I need to take a call. Step out and close the door."

"Yes, sir." Elena shivered. She immediately hurried out and closed the door.

The person on the other end of the line patiently waited.

Pierre took a deep breath and answered the call.

"Who's this?"

On the other end of the line came a contemptuous laughter.

It was this laughter that made every hair on Pierre's body stand on end and his body involuntarily shudder.

He recognized the owner of this laughter.

"Mr. Pierre, do you still remember me?" The voice on the other end of the call seemed ethereal and sinister. It was as though it came from hell and wanted to drag Pierre down.

Pierre knew that this call was definitely not for anything good, but there was nothing more for him to fear since he was already in such a situation.

He took a deep breath, summoning the courage to face this nightmare. "I know it's you, but this is A City. How dare you call me? Aren't you afraid of the police here?"

"If I was afraid, I wouldn't have kidnapped you. How's your leg? I heard it's not getting any better." The person on the other end of the phone seemed to have been monitoring him all along, easily picking at his most sensitive spot.

Pierre wished he could jump up and shoot the man right away.

However, he could not. He did not even know the man's true identity, so how could he accurately shoot him?

"If you have the guts, don't hide behind a facade. Stand in front of me openly. Let's see if the police and the Mallory family can do anything to you." Pierre knew how to threaten people effectively, so he lowered his voice and threatened the man.

"You're just hiding behind all those people. Who do you think you are?"

As Abel listened to Pierre’s words on the other end of the line, he could not help but burst into laughter.

He really wanted to see what Pierre looked like now.

In his deliberately threatening and provoking voice, there was the sound of his teeth gritting.

Was he angry? Scared?

Perhaps both.

"Hahaha, if you had what it takes, I wouldn't hide. But come on, Pierre, you know your place. You really think you can take on your brother? And even if you can, what right do you have to demand I reveal my true self? My true self is only for the big shots," Abel teased Pierre.

The people on the Island of Despair were strong, so he would show his true face to them.

Shanks was capable too. That was why Abel used his true face to meet with Shanks.

As for Luke...

Even though he did not want to admit it, Luke was capable too. Thus, when they first met, he used his true face to meet him.

It was just that Luke did not know who he was and what he had done to Bianca. He foolishly thought of him as a colleague...

Without realizing it, Abel's thoughts drifted. That was why he did not notice the heavy breathing on the other end of the phone.

"You..." Pierre was almost out of breath with anger from Abel's words. His pale fingers tightly gripped the phone, which seemed to be deformed from being squeezed. "I'll never let you go!"

"Initially, I kidnapped you for money, but it seemed that the Mallory family wasn't too keen on paying up. So, I took your leg as payment for your little private investigation into me.”

Thinking about Luke put Abel in a bad mood, so he decided not to waste any more breath on him.

"The reason I'm calling you today is to talk about a partnership," added Abel.

"Partner with you? There's nothing we can team up on!" Pierre replied fiercely. After experiencing a few incidents like this, he would be a fool if he still believed Abel's words.

Abel promised he could get the job done but instead handed him a backup plan for T Corporation, which caused him heavy losses. To top it off, Pierre had to bow down in front of Luke. That was his biggest humiliation!

Abel said, "No, there is. This cooperation won't cost you a penny, and I can also fulfill one of your wishes. How about it?"

As Pierre listened to him, he suddenly thought of his biggest wish right now.

He wanted Luca to treat his leg for him!

"Where are you?" Pierre's heart skipped a beat. He was in the hospital now. That man would not be able to succeed even if he wanted to do something to Pierre.

"I'm in the hospital now. Yes, it's the hospital you're staying at, but I can't come up. Why don’t you come down?" suggested Abel.

"Come up. I'll tell the nurse," replied Pierre. His heart inexplicably began to flutter with excitement.

Perhaps Abel could really help him fulfill this wish.

"Pierre, I'm not that silly. I might be walking into a trap if I go up. And can you guarantee that there are no people from Luke's side on that floor?" Abel was not that stupid. Once he exposed himself to Luke's surveillance, he might be discovered.

It was not time to close the net yet. He did not want to be discovered by Luke.

Pierre fell silent. He could not guarantee it either.

However, even if he was under Luke's surveillance, there should not be any problems. After all, his leg was still being treated, so nothing could go wrong.

That was why he did not care about the surveillance, nor did he think about it.

Still, Abel's words made him ponder for a moment. Indeed, if Luke found out that he had met a strange person, he might investigate what they had talked about.

If his wish was known by Luke...

There was no need for Pierre to think about it. He knew Luke would definitely not let his wish come true.

"You've hurt me before." Even though Pierre was eager to negotiate a deal with Abel, once bitten, twice shy. Hence, he remained cautious.