Female Novel
Chapter 2700
Jason, who was on the other end of the line, remained calm after listening to what she said. Then, hereplied calmly, "Alright, Madam Mallory. I'll pass your message on to him. Just a moment, please."
After that, he hung up the call. He stood up and walked toward Luke's office. Then, he knocked on thedoor.
"Come in." Luke's voice came from inside the office.
Jason pushed the door open and immediately reported to him, "Boss, Madam Mallory is downstairs.She'd like to see you."
"Aunt Karen?" Luke put down his pen and turned to look at him.
"Yes, it's Mr. Mallory's mother. She told me that she has to see you. She'll go look for Old MasterCrawford if you don't make time for her," said Jason. Everyone knew how tough Madam Mallory was.
However, it was strange that Madam Mallory came looking for Luke now.
Jason could not help but wonder if she came to ask for Luke's help to clean up Pierre's mess.
Still, Madam Mallory knew that Luke sided with Percy, and there was no way he would help Pierre.
"Let her in," replied Luke. He was not planning to let Madam Mallory disturb Old Master Mallory.
"Yes, Boss." Jason returned to his office and called the front desk.
After the receptionist confirmed it with him, she led Madam Mallory to the elevator. Then, she swipedthe card and let her enter the elevator.
Madam Mallory was distraught as she looked at the numbers that gradually went up as the elevatorrose. She pursed her lips and made up her mind that she must ask Luke to let Pierre go.
Even though this would cause a misunderstanding between the two families, she insisted on doing so.
Percy had been seduced by Nina and was crazy about her. There was no way she could accept Ninawho was born into such a family. Therefore, she might not be able to mend her broken relationship withPercy.
Pierre was the only one she could depend on when she grew older.
Madam Mallory thought that she was not doing anything wrong as she was doing it for herself, theMallory family, and their future.
The elevator door opened. Madam Mallory walked out of the elevator and saw Jason. "Take me toLuke." "Yes, Madam Mallory. This way, please." Jason frowned. Madam Mallory sounded aggressive.
He knew she was not to be messed with.
Jason could not help but heave a sigh. She came with ill intentions.
Luke would have to deal with her on his own.
Jason led Madam Mallory to Luke's office. He gently knocked on the door, telling Luke that MadamMallory had arrived. Then, he pushed the door open and said, “Madam Mallory, the boss is inside."
Madam Mallory walked into Luke's office with a cold expression on her face.
"Aunt Karen." Luke dropped everything and turned around, giving her a cold-eyed stare.
Madam Mallory sneered and sat right opposite him. "Luke, I'm one of the people who watched yougrow up. You're not a bad person. So, let go of Pierre and hand him over to me. If you do that, I won'tget to the bottom of this."
"Pierre?" Luke raised his brows. Did she come here to ask him to hand Pierre over to her?
Gale had only confirmed that Pierre was kidnapped 15 minutes ago.
However, Gale did not investigate who kidnapped him. Luke did not ask Gale to look into it either.
He had nothing to do with the person who kidnapped Pierre, after all.
Yet, Madam Mallory was asking him to hand Pierre over to her now.
"My men saw your subordinates wandering around house number 13 in District 15. Are you scopingout the area? Or are you just inspecting the crime scene? Anyway, I won't hold you accountable for thisif you hand Pierre over to me." Madam Mallory went straight to the point. She would do anything forPierre.
She would also use an elder's dignified demeanor to pressure Luke.
"Pierre's not here." After Luke found out her intention, he continued to turn the pages of the workdocuments. His voice was cold, and he could not be bothered to explain to her.
It was because once Madam Mallory suspected it was him, she would continue to think that he was theone who did it. There was no way he could overcome the suspicion no matter how hard he tried toexplain to the woman in front of him.
"Your men went looking for Pierre a few days ago, and Pierre was kidnapped today. Your men showedup at the scene after that happened. And you're saying that Pierre's not here? Luke, I've been throughmore than you can ever imagine. Stop fooling me." Madam Mallory refused to believe him.
Luke knew she would not believe in him. He took out his phone and called 110, then he said, "AuntKaren, you've got a point there, but you can't just suspect me. I won't repeat what I'm going to sayagain."
He paused for a moment. If the woman in front of him was not Percy's biological mother, he would nothave been bothered to show any respect to her.
"My men went to look for Pierre to find out where he bought my company's bidding document at thattime."
Before Luke could finish talking, Madam Mallory interrupted him, "Nonsense. The police had made itvery clear. Pierre has nothing to do with it."
Luke immediately leaned back on his chair with his hands resting on the armrests. There was anunbothered look on his face. Then, he answered with a question of his own, "Do you believe that?"
Madam Mallory was startled for a moment.
"Aunt Karen, you know very well whether Pierre has something to do with the bidding document or not.You also know how the Mallory family has cleaned up his mess for him. I chose to let it slide for Percy'ssake. If I'm asked to provide more evidence... Well, I just found a lot of evidence recently," Luke saidunmindfully.novelbin
Madam Mallory would have known that if Pierre had anything to do with this.
She immediately changed the topic of the conversation. "You're admitting that you kidnapped Pierrebecause he stole your company's bidding document!"
"I didn't say that," replied Luke. If it were not for her being an elder, Luke would not even be bothered totalk to her. Besides, she would make it a big deal and inform Old Master Crawford about this if they didnot get this straight.
Luke would have to deal with the problem if Old Master Crawford found out about this.
Luke added, "I only wanted to find out who sold the document to him. That's why I sent my men tocoerce him into giving the information.
"As for the reason why my subordinates showed up in front of that house, it's because I know yourchauffeur took Oswald and another guy to the hospital for a blood test to check if there are any tracesof drugs in their blood.
"I don't know the results, but I knew that Pierre must be in trouble. That's why I sent my men there, butyou think I kidnapped Pierre. I can call the police for you."
After that, Luke pointed at the emergency call shown on his phone screen.
Madam Mallory's eyes darkened. She refused to believe what Luke said, but she did not want to callthe police.
If she called the police, the police officers would arrest Pierre even if they found him.
Pierre hid in that shabby house to not get caught by the police. He could deal with the matter that way,and he did not have to be sent to prison and suffer.
"Do you think I'll believe you even if you do this? Luke, kidnapping is illegal!" Madam Mallory refused tolet him get away with it.
"I know you don't. That's why I'll leave it to the police." Luke pressed the call button.
Madam Mallory leaped out of her chair and warned him, "I'll find the evidence to prove that you're theone who kidnapped Pierre. You'd better hand him over to me. Otherwise, things aren't going to be easyfor you when I find the evidence! I'll have a hold over you and send you to prison!"
After she jumped down his throat, she turned around and left.