Female Novel
Chapter 2903
After having dinner at the restaurant, Luke and Luca took the kids to watch the marine show.
Once the performance ended, the family returned to their villa.
Before they even made it inside, Luke's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and said to Luca andthe kids, "Go inside first."
"Okay." Luca noticed that something was wrong with Luke's expression. She held Tommy and Rainie'shands and said, "Let's go. It's late. We'll go upstairs to freshen up and go to bed."
"Alright, Ms. Luca." All three kids enjoyed their day today. They were quite content. Hence, they wereobedient.novelbin
Once Luca and the kids were a distance away, Luke finally answered the call. "Speak."
"Boss, the people from the Island of Despair have found out about the hospital where Pierre Mallory isnow. They've leaked the location to the media," said Gale.
Gale had just found out their move, but it was already too late. There were already a few reporterswaiting at the private hospital now. It was likely that the police would be alerted before long.
"Are you sure it was the Island of Despair who leaked it?" Luke frowned.
"Yes, we traced the IP address of the tip-off. It originated from one of their bases," explained Gale.
One of the newspaper companies that received the tip-off was a subsidiary of the T Corporation, whereGale and Rain worked. Therefore, when the chief editor received the tip-off, they informed Gale aboutit.
Gale tracked the IP address and found that it was sent from an outpost of the Island of Despair in ACity.
He did not know why the Island of Despair was careless this time, allowing their IP address to be easilytraced. However, there was one thing certain—the Island of Despair did not just send the tip-off to theirnewspaper company.
Journalists from different newspaper publishers often shared their information. The chief editorreceived replies from at least three major local newspapers that had received the same tip-off.
"It won't be long before the police show up. There's not much we can do," replied Luke. The reportershad surrounded the private hospital. It would be impossible for the Mallory family to move Pierre even ifthey wanted to.
It was difficult for the hospital to cover it up too.
"I'll observe how the situation unfolds and then report back to you," said Gale. Before calling, healready knew that there was nothing they could do in this situation.
The instincts of media professionals were extremely sharp. The moment they received a tip-off, theywould spring into action, and they were often faster than the police.
Gale also understood the layout of the private hospital. There was no way to secretly move Pierre outof the hospital.
"Okay." Luke lowered his gaze. After ending the call, he headed inside.
There was nothing he could do for Pierre at the moment.
What the Island of Despair did was a result of their displeasure with Pierre, as he had caused troubleand losses for them.
Whether it was the former leader of the Island of Despair or the current one, they were both vengefulpeople.
Rescuing Pierre had alerted the police. They did not gain any benefits from it and had even lost asignificant amount of weaponry. This act of revenge stemmed from their frustration and was aimed atcausing problems for the Mallory family.
Luca had taken the kids upstairs, leaving him alone in the living room, lost in thought.
It was possible that the Island of Despair had already figured out that it was Luke's men who rescuedPierre. If they were going after the Mallory family, they might turn around to target the Crawford familytoo.
Luke sent a message to Percy: [The Island of Despair is going after the Mallory family.]
After a little while, Percy replied: [I already know. They're digging their own grave.]
Luke remained expressionless. He was not sure what the Island of Despair was up to, but by targetingthe Mallory family, they had once again fueled the Mallory family's hatred toward them. This actuallyworked in his favor.
Percy's relationship with the Mallory family was not so great now because of Nina's matter. That waswhy he could not easily mobilize a portion of his influence.
However, they had a common enemy with the Mallory family now, which would make their cooperationeven closer.
Luke rose up to his feet and made his way up the stairs.
He figured that Luca was in the master bedroom's bathroom freshening up. Hence, he entered theopposite room and took a shower. Then, he changed into clean pajamas before heading to the master
bedroom.
Luca sat in front of the dressing table, drying her hair.
"Let me help you," said Luke. He approached her and took the dryer from her hand. He gently lifted hersoft, long hair with his palm, using his hand as a comb to dry her hair.
Luca looked at the reflection of the two of them in the mirror.
Her lips unconsciously curved into a smile. It was not the first time Luke had helped her to dry her hair.
However, every time he did these thoughtful things on his own initiative, it touched her deeply.
Once her hair was dry, Luca applied some hair oil to it. Then, she turned around, sat on the dressingchair, and looked up at the tall, handsome man in front of her.
"Did something bad happen?" She could not ask Luke about it in front of the children, but it was just thetwo of them now.
"Yes, those people who kidnapped Pierre leaked his information to the media. Now all the major mediacompanies in A City are at that private hospital." Luke did not hide anything from her. He knew that thishad nothing to do with Luca.
Luca did not even ask which hospital Pierre was in.
As long as the Island of Despair diligently tracked the Mallory family members, they could easily findout which hospital Pierre was being treated at.
After Karen had Old Master Mallory's permission to go out, she had been going to the hospital to visitPierre every day. Even though Old Master Mallory advised her not to visit the hospital so frequently toavoid being followed by the media, she did not listen to him.
Luca pictured that scene. With A City being the capital of the country and the headquarters of severalwell-known local newspaper companies located here, they must all be swarming around the hospitalnow...
Could Pierre still be secretly moved away? It was likely even the comings and goings of ambulanceswould be a problem.
Moreover, it was nighttime now...
"The police must know about it too..." said Luca. The police had not given up on finding Pierre.
"Yes." Luke nodded and lifted Luca up, carrying her in his arms.
"Ah!" Luca was taken aback by his sudden action and let out a soft cry. She instinctively wrapped herarms around his neck.
"I don't like it when you're thinking about other men." Luke felt her warmth. His gaze deepened, and hisvoice turned husky.
Luca's face reddened. She had been in love with him for so many years, and she understood thissignal. Suddenly, her mouth felt dry and her throat parched.
She swallowed and looked into Luke's deep eyes. As his movements continued, her body was slowlypressed against the bed.
At that moment, a knocking sound echoed.
After two knocks, Tommy's voice came through. "Ms. Luca, are you in bed?"
Luke paused for a moment. Luca, who was beneath him, could not help but suppress a smile. Theman's face was clouded over with displeasure, unsatisfied.
No one liked getting interrupted while they were trying to do something.
However, Luke had to endure it since it was their son.
Luca gave his shoulder a little push and said, "I'll go see what's going on."
Luke initially wanted to tell her not to bother, but Tommy called from outside again, "Dad? Ms. Luca?"
He had no choice but to get up, which allowed Luca to get up as well.
Luca rose to her feet with a smile on her face, staring at Luke's gloomy expression. Then, she said,"Let me see what's going on."a