Luca stared at the ceiling and could not think of any ideas.


    Her only option was to obediently go with their arrangement lest she suffered again. A woman against


    two men was not a fair fight to begin with. On top of that, her hands and feet were bound.


    Eric opened the door and walked in. When he saw how desperate Luca looked, he thought about the


    connections she had.


    He felt uneasy, so he opened the door and walked in with some medicine.


    "Does it hurt?" He looked at Luca''s swollen face. He did not hold back when he pped her earlier.


    After all, he did not dare to disobey Pierre''s orders in front of him.


    Luca nced at him and said nothing.


    It hurt for her to open her mouth, let alone speak.


    Eric was not bothered that she did not respond. He took out the medicine in his pocket. When he went


    to purchase merbromin and iodophor, the pharmacist rmended it after she learned about the


    patient''s wound.


    She told him that if he was unsure of the depth of the wound, it was best if he bought some painkillers.


    Eric was impatient with her questions so he just bought a box of it.


    Unexpectedly, it came in handy.


    "I have some painkillers here. Have some." Eric handed her the painkillers. He was worried that she


    would not take the pills, so he brought her the packaging to show her.


    Luca looked away.


    "Don''t be so stubborn. You can''t escape from this. If you want to suffer less, stay in yourne and take


    the pills." Eric opened the package, took out a pill, and forcefully turned Luca''s head.


    She was forced to look at him as he was gripping her jaw.


    Luca watched as Eric put the pill into her mouth. He then forcefully poured water into her mouth from


    the mineral water bottle on the side.


    Most of the water flowed down the corners of her mouth because she refused to open wide.


    Luca choked and coughed a few times.


    Her face was swollen and in pain as if it was being torn apart. She could not control the tears from


    falling from the corners of her eyes.


    Eric looked at her with a numb expression. "Did you swallow it?" Luca sniffed and felt ufortable


    but she was unwilling to show cowardice in front of the man nor beg for mercy.


    After Eric confirmed that she had swallowed the pill, he murmured, "How annoying."


    He left the room after saying that.


    Derek stood outside with his hands crossed in front of his chest. He looked at Eric with a half-smile.


    "You''re so kind to this woman. Have you been seduced by her?"


    "Enough with the nonsense." Eric had a stern expression. He had no patience for women. If it were not


    because he was worried that Luke would go all out against him, he would not be bothered to feed Luca


    medicine.


    "That''s not it? That can only mean you''re afraid of Luke, then." Derek said it casually. Although he was


    afraid of Luke to a certain extent, he was not as afraid as Eric.


    Eric rolled his eyes and asked coldly, "Aren''t you afraid?"


    "I''m scared, but if you think about it, there must be something special with Luke''s woman. Don''t you


    want to try her?" Derek smiled slyly. He had met many women who would take initiative as soon as


    they found out that he was rich. However, he had not touched a woman that belonged to a big shot like


    Luke.


    He wanted to give it a try.


    "Don''t even think about it. If you put your hands on this woman, never mind what the boss will do if he


    finds out about it. What if this woman gets out alive and Luke learns what happened? That''ll be the end


    of us both.” Eric tugged on Derek''s cor as a warning.


    He did not want to be stalked by Luke''s men for touching his woman and be sent to prison.


    Derek raised his hand and moved Eric''s hand away, "What are you nervous about? I''m just talking


    about it. It''s not a big deal even if I can''t touch her. I don''tck women around me.”


    Eric reminded him, saying, "Those women of yours are willing to do anything for money. This woman is


    different."


    From the moment they kidnapped her, he knew she was different.


    Others would always yell when they were kidnapped and would even think they were mistakenly


    kidnapped, but Luca did not make any noise after getting in the van. She was calm whenever she


    talked to them, never disying a trace of fear.


    "Okay, you''re protecting her like she''s one of your own. I''m getting bored talking to you. You can feed


    that woman lunch when it''s time." Derek sat on the chair and lit up a cigarette casually.


    Luca heard some noises from outside. She guessed that the two of them had a disagreement and were


    quarreling. When she wanted to continue to listen to what they were saying, the painkillers kicked in.


    She did not rest well all night. After the pain from her face subsided, she fell into a deep sleep.


    ...


    The other side.


    Luke received a call from his subordinates and found out that Pierre had left the vi.


    He had confirmed it with Percy and was 90 percent sure that Luca was held captive in the vi.


    If Luca was locked up, Percy must have taken action. If he was the target, he was expecting to receive


    some news sooner orter.


    Luke was waiting to see if Pierre would send him something.


    An afternoon had passed but he still did not receive any anonymous emails. Percy did not hear from


    Luke, so he called to ask, "What''s going on? Did you receive any anonymous calls or emails?"


    Luke nced at his mailbox. There were no unread emails. It was empty and quiet.


    "No," he replied.


    Percy became suspicious and could not help but ask, "Could it be that we guessed wrongly? Maybe it


    wasn''t Pierre who kidnapped Luca?"


    "He''s very suspicious. Give it a minute. If I still don''t receive anything, I want to send my men to go into


    the vi to investigate," Luke said. When he thought of how Luca might be locked up in the vi by


    Pierre, even if it was spection, he could not stop himself from wanting to take action.


    If it was not Pierre who kidnapped Luca, he would concentrate all his manpower into redirecting the


    investigation.


    "If it''s him, what you''re doing now will startle the snake." Percy knew that Luke was having difficulty


    restraining himself and immediately calmed him.


    Just as Luke was going to say that he could not wait, hisputer beeped and he received a new


    email.


    When he saw the unfamiliar email address, Luke quickly sent it to Jason and asked him to check the IP


    address.


    Percy heard him typing on the keyboard and asked, "Did you get an email?"


    Luke hummed in reply. His hand that was holding the mouse trembled a little.


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    He carefully opened the email. He saw a video file attached and clicked on it.


    The video was loading, so it was blurry before it yed.


    Nevertheless, Luke knew that Luca was in the video.


    "What does it say?" Percy asked.


    "It''s a video attachment," Luke said. He was nervous as he watched it load to 90 percent.


    "Turn on the camera and let me see," Percy said after he heard Luke''s response.