Female Novel
Chapter 2010
"Thank you," Luke thanked him politely. Jason and the driver helped Luke out of the car and into hiswheelchair.
Luca got out of the car as well.
The three walked into the lobby of M Group together and bumped into Pierre.
"Hey, Mr. Crawford." Pierre grinned happily when he saw Luke. The hotel he booked was different fromLuke's, so he had not seen him for the past few days. He was slightly upset that he could not find faultwith Luke.
Although he had been a having good time in Russia the last few days, he had not seen Luke. He couldonly think about how depressed Luke would look after the meeting. He wanted to mess with him.
"Second Young Master," Luke called out to him to remind him that no matter how capable he was, hewas second in line in the Mallory family.
The heir of Mallory's had long been designated as Percy, who was the eldest son, by Old MasterMallory.
Pierre's mood darkened immediately. He understood the reason for the change in addressment.
Luke was reminding him that he was not as good as Percy just because he was born a few years later!
"Luke, do you think all is well since you're the eldest son of the Crawford family and Old MasterCrawford personally appointed you to manage T Corporation?" Pierre stopped smiling and put on agloomy expression. "Have you ever thought that after this meeting, your younger brother, Louis, will beappointed to replace you?"
After this tender, Luke would have caused T Corporation to suffer losses one incident after another. Ifsomeone secretly instigated the shareholders, maybe the group would have to change management.
At that time, Pierre would just sit and watch the show.
"It's possible. It might happen to Louis, but not you," Luke said. Louis only did what he was interestedin. He would not be interested in taking over T Corporation.
Therefore, Louis and Pierre were heirs of their respective families. However, the two were completelydifferent.
Pierre would only rely on dishonorable means to get the attention of Old Master Mallory.
He did not care about the life or death of the Mallory family members. He only cared about protectinghis interests. He was completely different from Louis.
"Of course, Louis isn't me. If I were Louis, I'd just hit the wall and kill myself," Pierre said with a sternexpression to show his disdain for Louis.
Louis was different from him as Pierre and Percy shared the same parents. Percy was a few yearsolder than him, so he had the advantage.
Moreover, the elders of the Mallory family did not want to see the brothers fighting, so he had beendoing things without Percy's knowledge for the past few years. On the surface, they had a goodrelationship.
It was not that he did not want to fight but that he could not fight Percy.
However, Louis was different. He was Luke's half-brother, and his mother was his father's original wife.Even though he was a little younger than Luke, he still had an advantage. He was first in line. Luke wasnothing but a son who had to hide in the dark.
On top of that, Susan had accumulated connections within the Crawford family over the years. Louishad no intention of fighting, so he gave Luke the inheritance and let him manage T Corporation.Meanwhile, he ran a small studio by himself.
Pierre thought that Louis had wasted his chance and looked down on him.
"Louis is disdainful of what you did before, but you're lucky to have Old Master Mallory behind you.Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here right now," Luke said.
Although Old Master Mallory was angry at what Pierre did, he could not just watch his grandson getlocked up.
If this was the case, the Mallory family would lose their reputation.
As such, Old Master Mallory scolded Pierre but still helped him sort out the mess behind his back.
Otherwise, he would not be able to stand in front of Luke so arrogantly.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Pierre's expression darkened. He was in a bad mood whenhe thought about the criticism he had received in the last few weeks.
"I've looked into what you did. Pierre, continue with what you're doing. Let's see how much Old MasterMallory can handle for you." Luke gave Jason a look when he finished talking.
Jason understood him and pushed Luke toward the elevator.
Pierre watched them leave and could not help but say, "Luke, let's see how long you can act proud.Investigate me? We'll see if you have time to investigate me after today! Maybe you might even have toask me to do you a favor!"
Luca frowned. Pierre's choice of words was strange.
After the past two incidents, he seemed very certain that Luke would not win the bid.
'Could it be that he knows I've stolen the proposal? If this is the case, he must be up to something.'Pierre was such a vicious person. He would use it as blackmail material and threaten her.
After all, she had hurt him before. Someone revengeful like him would not let her go so easily if hefound something.
However, he just seemed sure that Luke would not win the bid and did nothing else.
Luca followed Luke into the elevator and glanced at Pierre before the doors closed.
He was still glaring at Luke.
When the two confronted each other, Pierre's expression was not calm. He had lost his demeanor,while Luke...novelbin
She lowered her head and glanced at him secretly. He looked normal, unaffected by what Pierre said.
Maybe she was overthinking and Pierre was just blindly confident, thinking that T Corporation wouldnot win the bid.
Luke glanced at the elevator doors and said in a neutral tone, "The 31st floor."
Jason heard him and pressed the relevant button.
"Mr. Crawford, it's on the 23rd floor," Luca reminded him. The receptionist at the entrance of M Grouphad mentioned that the bidding meeting was being held on the 23rd floor.
"I have something that I need to attend to. I'm looking for the CEO of M Group," Luke said. Theelevator arrived at the 23rd floor but continued its journey up.
Luca was deep in thought.
‘Does he have a backup plan since he's looking for the CEO of M Group? If so, is there still a chancethat he would win the bid?'
When she was thinking about it, the elevator reached the 31st floor and the elevator doors slowlyopened. The receptionist standing outside the elevator doors immediately stopped them when theyintended to walk out.
"Are you here to participate in the bidding meeting? The meeting is held on the 23rd floor. This is the31st floor. You're on the wrong floor," the receptionist said.
"Hello, I'm Jason from T Corporation. This is the CEO of our group, Mr. Crawford. We have somethingto discuss with your president, Mr. Marcos." Jason was polite.
"Mr. Crawford, I'm sorry. Our CEO has told us that he won't meet with anyone from any organizationsbefore the meeting to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the process."
"Can you accommodate us? We're not here for the meeting. We're here for..." Jason tried to setsomething up.