Susan glared at her. “You’re always using the child as an excuse. Now that the Crawford family and the Mallory family are on good terms, why don’t you go chat with Mrs. Mallory? The others might think you don’t like her!”Yuri was getting frustrated. She had no desire to talk to Nina, and she was afraid it would look like she was trying to suck up to her. She nudged Louis with her elbow.Louis had been chatting with Luke and Percy, but after his wife nudged him, he turned to look at her. Yuri shot him a look, signaling for him to deal with Susan.Louis understood, but there was nothing he could do. If only he could actually deal with Susan…Susan’s stubbornness was something no one could handle.“You both are a bunch of good-for-nothings!” Susan noticed their glances at each other and got really upset.She was doing this for their own good! Louis was so insistent on running his own company, was he not? If they could form a good relationship with the Mallory family, it wou
“I know where Nina is,” said Jean.As soon as Anna heard this, she stopped worrying about the gift and immediately asked, “Where did that brat go?”“She's with the Crawford family,” answered Jean.Anna thought she had misheard. “What?”“Crawford Manor, as in Luke’s place,” repeated Jean.“That's impossible!” Anna snapped angrily. “I heard that when the Mallory family didn’t approve of Nina and Percy’s marriage, Old Master Crawford stepped in and took Nina as his god-granddaughter, leaving the Mallory family with nothing to say," explained Jean.“Are you kidding me? Even so, she shouldn’t have gone back! They just feel guilty and did her a small favor, and your sister actually bought into it?” Anna stomped her foot in anger. Was the Crawford family determined to take away their family member from them?“Visiting the Crawford family of all places! If it weren’t for them, you'd be at the top of your game right now, and she’s over there? I raised a traitor!”Jean replied, “We’re
Nina looked at Luca with a serious expression. Sometimes, she felt like Luca had known her forever.How did Luca know her so well? “Luca, have you been secretly investigating me?”“No, I haven't.” Luca was surprised. “What makes you say that?”“You know me so well. It's shocking!” replied Nina. “Sometimes I really wonder if you can read my mind. How else could you know me so well?”“Is that so? Do I know you well?” Luca smiled. “Even if I did investigate you, I wouldn’t be able to do it so thoroughly. I just feel like you’re that kind of person.”Nina nodded. “Yeah, things have definitely changed after getting married.”Luca listened to her without saying anything.“To be precise, after the wedding, I've been feeling like I need to work harder to stand by Percy’s side and not be a burden to him. The old, go-with-the-flow me is gone.”“Working hard isn’t necessarily a bad thing,” replied Luca. It was not that Nina’s old way of life was bad. Everyone would choose different ways
With a soft click, the manor’s door swung open. Jean wiped the smile off his face, staring seriously at the people stepping out.There came Luke, Luca, Percy, Nina, and Louis. There were five of them. That seemed like a lot, but Jean had brought ten thugs with him, which clearly outnumbered them.His lecherous gaze lingered on Luca for a while before shifting to Nina. He picked the weakest target to start with. “Nina, look at you. Instead of visiting your real family, you come here to people who have nothing to do with you. Have you lost your mind? Or are you just hoping for me and Mom to drop dead so that you can forget your own family?”Nina rolled her eyes and let out a cold snort. “This is my god-grandfather's house. Where else would I go? Jean, I suggest you don’t stir up trouble, or you’ll regret it!”Jean erupted with rage. “So what? You’re treating me and Mom like we’re dead, is that it? Do you even have a conscience? Mom raised you through thick and thin, and now you
“Jean!” Percy shouted angrily. “If you dare try anything reckless, you’ll be spending the rest of your life in prison.”Fear and panic flashed in Jean's eyes when he heard the word prison. He had endured unbearable torment during his years behind bars, all because of Luke and Bianca!“My boys are here today to make sure I get justice. What's the matter? You think you can scare me with prison threats? If you really want to go that route, I'll hold a press conference and tell everyone how Luke stole my fiancée, then expose how he cheated after stealing her!”Jean spoke confidently, thinking this would pressure Luke. What an idiot!Percy secretly cursed Jean as he listened to him. He had considered stepping in to help, knowing that Jean was Nina's brother. After all, there would be no mercy once Luke made a move. Unfortunately, Jean was a hopeless fool, and there was no way to save him.Percy decided to stay quiet.Luke calmly pulled out his phone, which made Jean alert. He th
“Get lost.” Luke's gaze was cold and sinister. If today were not about Percy and Nina, there was no way he would have let Jean off so easily. How dare a useless piece of trash like him come here to cause trouble? Such thoughts crossed Luke’s mind as he glanced at Luca. She gave him a faint smile, indicating she was fine.Jean left with Anna with a gloomy expression on his face.The few bodyguards spoke up once they saw that the matter was resolved, “Mr. Crawford, Mr. Mallory, if there's nothing else, we'll head out. If you need anything in the future, just reach out to us.”“Alright, thanks,” replied Percy.The person most upset by today’s events was not him or Nina. It was probably Luke.After all, he and Bianca truly loved each other, yet Jean had spoken so disgracefully. Knowing how protective Luke was of his wife, it was unlikely he would let Jean’s apology be the end of it.After Jean left, Percy and Nina did not linger either. They said their goodbyes to Luke and left.
“Now that you've signed that agreement, we can't ask Percy for money anymore!” Jean laid out the harsh truth neither of them wanted to accept.Marie heard this and started thinking about ditching the whole mess. However, she kept a straight face, deciding to play it cool for now and see how the mother and son were going to handle things.“I didn’t know! What do we do now?” Anna was panicking now. “Come on, tell me! What’s the plan?”Marie chimed in, “Why don’t we try getting some legal aid? I mean, they set us up first, right? We can’t just let them get away with this!”Jean thought to himself that Percy definitely covered all bases. There was no way Percy would waste his time on something pointless, so he definitely had a lawyer look over that agreement. Otherwise, Percy would not have let Anna sign it in the first place.Therefore, if they wanted more cash without paying back what they already got, legal aid was probably the only shot they had.“Alright, let’s do it. Legal
It was late at night. A black full-size Lincoln SUV is driving into an extravagant mansion in A City’s most expensive suburb.Inside the mansion.Bianca Rayne’s eyes were covered with a silk blindfold.He did not want her to know who he was.“Don’t be afraid. Take deep breaths.“You can do it, Bianca. There’s nothing more important than getting Dad a liver transplant so he can live. It’s fine to sacrifice a little for Dad.”She could not ignore the sound of the car entering the mansion.Now that it had come to this, all she could do was keep talking to herself, to persuade and comfort herself.When Luke Crawford walked in, his body tall and his spine straight, he immediately saw Bianca, who was standing in his room. She was young, in the prime of her youth—“H-Hello…” She could sense his body approaching, so she instinctively took a step back despite the blindfold, stuttering as she greeted him stiffly.She had thought that the past few days of mental preparation had left her