Female Novel
Chapter 1796
Luca picked up the glass and took a sip of the juice, ignoring her sarcasm.
"The police didn't arrest me, so what's there for them to do to me? I just cooperated to help with theinvestigation. There's no evidence to point out that I hurt anyone." She smiled and thought of how thiswoman's mouth had once spat out extremely vicious words to Nina. She was thinking about how shecould get even with Madam Mallory.
"There were surveillance cameras that captured what you did. How dare you say that there's noevidence? If you didn't touch him, my son wouldn't be lying in the hospital now!" Madam Mallory wasraving mad that the police released Luca, saying that there was no direct evidence to link her toPierre's injuries. The hospital could not issue an injury report either because they found nothing. Theycould not take action on Luca.
"I barely grazed him. Mrs. Mallory, I'm nothing but a weak woman. How could I cause your son to lie inthe hospital?" Luca raised her hand deliberately. Although she had been doing experiments, the skin onher hand was delicate and she had long fingers. It did not look like a hand that could beat up a man.
Madam Mallory wanted to tear off her sharp mouth. She asked, "What did you do to Pierre?!"novelbin
"I didn't do anything." Seeing how mad Karen was getting, Luca held the juice in her hand so she couldnot splash it on her.
"Don't act dumb in front of me. If you didn't do anything, how did Pierre get knocked to the ground justlike that?" Madam Mallory narrowed her eyes. If Luca refused to tell her what had happened, the doctorwould not be able to find the root cause. Taking painkillers five to six times a day would not lead toPierre getting any better.
"There are many people who fake accidents in this world. Maybe Young Master Pierre wanted to stagean accident involving me?" Luca drank her juice leisurely. In the past, she would not be bothered to
waste time on people like Madam Mallory.
However, she did not want to go back to the empty villa, so she was there to waste time with MadamMallory.
Madam Mallory did not care about her image at that moment and scolded, "Who do you think you are?Why would Pierre waste any time staging an accident involving you?!"
"Yeah, you're right. I'm nothing. However, Young Master Pierre still wanted to kidnap me. How did akidnapper escape the punishment of the law?" Luca deliberately mentioned the kidnapping incident.
"Who are you calling a kidnapper?!" Madam Mallory slammed her hands on the table and stood up.
"Stop spewing nonsense! The police have no evidence to prove it!"
"Aren't you spewing nonsense as well? Since you and I are talking nonsense, there's no need tocontinue the discussion." Luca stood up and saw the waiter bring the lemonade. She took out twohundred dollars from her pocket and said, "Can I get the bill? Don't worry about the change."
The waiter was not sure how to react, so he put the lemonade on the table, looked at the money, andthen at the two people.
The two of them did not look like ordinary women. However, the situation felt awkward as though theywere about to break out in a fight.
Luca looked at the woman whose face had turned blue with anger and smiled. When she was about toleave, she received a call from Luke.
She stepped aside, worried that she would be splashed when she was not paying attention.
She answered the call, and Luke's voice came from the other end of the phone. "Aren't you home yet?You're still working at Watson Biopharmaceuticals?"
"Mm, I'm still out. Aren't you and the children staying at Old Master Crawford's place?" Luca was a littlesurprised that they were not spending the night at Crawford Manor.
"It's too noisy over there. It's not suitable for the kids to rest there," Luke said. Susan and Allisonquarreled as soon as they met. Even when Old Master Crawford was around, they would still be cynicaland sarcastic with each other. It was not good for the children, so he left with them after dinner. Theydid not expect Luca to still be out.
"Where are you?" Luke asked.
"I'll be back in a little while. I still have some stuff to deal with now." Luca looked at Madam Mallory andknew that their conversation was over. However, Madam Mallory was still standing there, seeminglyinsistent on figuring out what was going on with Pierre.
"What do you have to deal with?" Luke frowned and looked out the window. The temperature at nightwas lower than that during the day. It was cooling down even further. He wondered if she was stayingwarm.
"Mrs. Mallory came to look for me," Luca said feebly.
"Because of Pierre?" Luke raised his eyebrows. Percy had already made the documents public. Theyshould now have their hands full dealing with the mess Pierre made. ‘How can they still have time totrouble Luca?'
"Yes. Pierre is still in the hospital and it seems that he's not doing well," Luca answered honestly. Afterall, Luke already knew everything.
"Give me the address," Luke said.
"No, I can deal with it myself." Luca did not think of asking him for help. If he sided with her in front ofthe Mallory family, the rumors surrounding them would never be wiped out.
"I believe you can deal with it on your own. I'll just go to pick you up. I won't interfere in the matter,"Luke said. He opened Luca's bedroom, dug through her closet, and took out a coat.
When Luca heard that, she told him her address.
Luke wrote down the address and said, “I got it.” Then, he hung up.
Luca put her phone away.
Madam Mallory sneered at her when she saw her reaction. "Why? Are you scared?"
"What?" Luca raised her eyebrows. When she saw Madam Mallory hold the glass of lemonade, Lucaknew that if she was not alert, the glass of lemonade would be splashed on her face.
"You feel guilty and are looking for help. Let me tell you, if you don't tell me the truth today, don't eventhink about getting out of this cafe!" Madam Mallory then moved to splash the glass of lemonade onLuca's face.
Luca immediately dodged to the side.
All the lemonade was spilled but none of it got on her.
Madam Mallory was fuming and shouted, "How dare you dodge to the side?!"
"It's a pity... This is such a nice chair but it was ruined by you." Luca glanced at the wet chair and saidcalmly, "Why shouldn't I dodge it? Madam Mallory, I'm going to repeat myself once more. If you want to
take action against me, show me some evidence and get the police involved. Otherwise, don't falselyaccuse me. If you go on spewing nonsense, I'll have evidence to sue you for slander."
"You!" Madam Mallory's eyes widened. 'She wants to sue me for slander?!'
"When the time comes, it won't look great for the gracious Madam Mallory to be brought to court forslander, no?" Luca smiled and took out a few bills. She then placed them on the tray the waiter broughtover. "Sorry, you may need to take this chair out to dry before you can use it again.”
"Ma'am, no need," the waiter responded quickly. After all, it was lemonade, not coffee.
Luca shook her head and left the cafe.
Madam Mallory stood there. Her series of actions had made her the center of attention.
Several couples were on a date in the cafe. They took photos of what had happened with their phones."Who is this person? Why is she so arrogant?"
"At first glance, I can tell that she's the wife of some rich man. Did you see her bag? It's so rare thatthere are only ten of them in the world."
"Another drama among the rich and powerful?"