Female Novel
Chapter 1738
The woman looked in the direction Jean was walking to and knew that he had been bewitched by Luca.
She was jealous when she saw Luca. 'She's beautiful, but who isn't if they're willing to spend a littlemoney?!'
"B*tch!" The woman scolded as she knew that Jean would not return to her. The big fish she finallycaught had gotten off the hook. The woman stood up, finished her drink, and turned around to leave.
Luca was still paying attention to Jean even when she was surrounded by the men. She knew that hesaw her when she saw him stand up.
Jean came over with an eager gaze. He changed how he would usually greet her to get closer to Luca."Luca, why are you here?"
Luca acted surprised. She looked at Jean and said, "I have a lot of things stressing me out, so I justpicked a bar at random to drink, but these people..."
She looked helplessly at the men around her, acting like she did not know anything.
Jean did not have much doubt and believed her. "Of course, you wouldn't know since you just returnedto A City but this bar is not just for drinking. You want to drink, right? I'll take you to another bar."
Luca went along with his wishes. After all, there were too many wolves eying her in this bar and it wasnot easy to have a conversation here. Rain told her through the earphones that sometimes, men foughtfor a woman in this kind of place. She told her to be careful not to cause a scene.
It was not a bad idea to head to another location.
Luca nodded and pretended to look inadvertently at the other corner. She saw that Percy's men andRain had already stood up. They got the bill and were leaving.
She knew that they would follow her, so she turned her head and walked over to the counter.
Jean was worried that she was going back to her seat. After all, there were so many men around herand it was only a matter of time before they fought for her. He asked, "Luca, don't you want to leave?"
Luca smiled gently and replied, "I have a glass of wine that I need to pay for. I'll go settle the bill first."
A man heard that and said quickly, "Miss, I'll settle the bill for you. Come with me. I'll take you to abetter bar to drink."
Jean gave the man a vicious look and said rudely, "No, this is my friend. I'll settle the bill for her."novelbin
Seeing him say that, Luca did not fight to settle the bill and left it to Jean.
Before that, she was not on the best of terms with Jean, so it would not be as easy to manipulate himfor information. Hence, she deliberately had him settle the bill for her so that they could get closer.
Jean settled Luca's and his bill before turning to Luca, saying, "It's too messed up here. Shall we gosomewhere else?"
"Okay." Luca nodded in agreement, and the two left the bar together.
As they walked out of the bar, Luca asked, "Why did you say this bar is messed up?"
Jean looked at how innocent she seemed and gave an indirect reply, "Everyone who goes in this bar isinto something dodgy."
Luca showed a surprised expression and said, "Something dodgy? I didn't know that..."
"Why did you come here?" Jean asked.
Luca had already prepared a reply as she anticipated that he would ask such a question. "I waswalking around the neighborhood and when I saw a bar, I felt like drinking."
"Why did you suddenly want to drink. Is there something on your mind?" After listening to herexplanation, Jean's doubts were almost gone.
Initially, he was a little suspicious about why she appeared at the place where he was. ‘Could it be thather superficial beauty was obtained by selling her body?' After he spoke to her, however, he believedthat she did not know what the bar was infamous for.
Jean took Luca to another nearby bar.
Luke sat in the car and was stark raving mad when he saw Luca walking side by side with Jean. Heimmediately picked up his phone and instructed Rain to keep a close eye on Luca.
After they walked into the bar, Luca found that it was a normal one. There were not as many peoplehere as the bar they were at earlier.
Luca guessed that Jean was eager to craft a good image in front of her, so he chose a bar like this.
"By the way, why were you at that bar just now?" Luca asked intentionally after they sat down at one ofthe booths.
Jean's expression showed that he was stunned by her question. He could not tell her that he went todrink with the woman he hooked up with the night before. His mind was spinning quickly as he thoughtof an excuse. "My friend brought me there. The environment in that bar is not the best and I'm not a bigfan of it. When I feel like drinking, I would usually go to bars like these. The bartenders in this bar aregood. You should try their cocktails.”
"Are you going to buy me a drink?" Luca blinked and pretended to be cheeky.
"Of course. I invited you here, so it's my treat," Jean said. The bar drinks were not cheap but he gotsome money from Pierre, so he was feeling generous.
Luca picked up the menu and ordered a glass of the cheapest cocktail. Jean noticed that, so after thewaiter left, he asked, "Luca, why didn't you order a signature cocktail?"
"I'm not familiar with cocktails. I'm okay with anything as long as it contains alcohol. I don't need toorder an expensive one. I just need it to relieve my worries," Luca explained, "Nina told me that you'vejust recovered and your mother is still in the hospital. It's not easy for you to have to fork out so muchmoney. To be honest, I'm happy enough that you're willing to accompany me for a drink.”
Jean liked her more and more when he thought that she was being kind to his wallet. His feelings forher doubled. Although he did not understand why Luca had such a bad attitude toward him before, itseemed that her attitude toward him now was not the same as before.
Maybe it was because of Nina.
Jean attributed it to Nina. He thought that she spoke ill of him in front of Luca, so she was so coldtoward him before this.
However, something had changed. He thought that it must be because she had a few to drink and noone to rant to. He knew he had to seize this opportunity.
Luca was no other ordinary woman. If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to get anotherchance.
"Is something bothering you?" Jean asked, seizing the opportunity.
Luca shook her head with a smile. She was not ready to talk because she knew that Jean would besuspicious. She did not have enough to drink yet.
If he helped Pierre to kidnap Nina, Pierre must have given him something for it.
In front of money and women, he needed the former more.
She only had one chance. If she failed, Percy could only use traditional methods to track andinvestigate in order to find Nina. If they were lucky, they would find her in a while. If they were unlucky,it would cost them significant money and time.
Every single day that passed where Nina was by Pierre's side was dangerous for her. Even thoughLuca was disgusted by Jean, she resisted the urge to throw up and chatted with him to find out Nina'swhereabouts.