Luca listened to Luke''s simple exnation, but she had a feeling that things were not as simple as they
seemed.
A ten percent drop in the stock price... The wealth of Johnston Corporation had disappeared into thin
air after a second in the market.
Percy must have something to do with this. After all, he was not an obedient person. However, he
obeyed the Mallory family''s elders to be together with the daughter of the Johnston family. He must be
up to something.
Luca had a suspicion that Johnston Corporation''s share prices would not only drop by ten percent.
They would probably continue to fall today and tomorrow.
"What''s on your mind?" Luke looked at how serious Luca was and deliberately interrupted her by
asking a question.
Luca snapped back to her senses and said, “If the Johnston family gets into trouble, will the Mallory
family sever their ties with them immediately?”
"The marriage of convenience between the Mallory and Johnston families is for the sake of their
benefits. Besides, Percy isn''t married to that woman yet. If the Johnston family can''t survive through
the crisis, the rtionship between the two families will certainlye to an end," answered Luke. This
was Percy''s goal.
"If they end the rtionship, won''t there be rumors flying all around?" Luca was not worried about
Percy. Instead, she was worried about Nina.
Once Percy got rid of the Johnston family, he would probably go back to pursue Nina. There were
already bad rumors about Nina spreading around back then. If Percy really went to look for Nina after
this, then many others would be prejudiced against Nina and even speak ill of her.
"A marriage of convenience is always like that. The ones who are involved will understand, and they
won''t talk too much about it," said Luke. He looked at the worried expression on Luca''s face and knew
she was not worried about the Johnston family''s situation but her best friend, Nina.
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"Is it? Maybe I don''t know much about a marriage of convenience.." Luca said disconstely. She did
not want to know that much about it either. All she wanted was for Nina to be happy.
However, Percy had used such means to get together with Nina. Would she be happy?
Luca did not know, and she was not sure how the future was going to be. No one could predict the
future, right?
"Not everyone can interfere with the Johnston family''s matter," Luke said. He picked up the napkin and
wiped his mouth.
He was done eating his breakfast.
Luca nodded. She knew well that not everyone could interfere with the Johnston family''s affairs.
Besides, not everyone could bring down the Johnston family. After all, the Johnston family''s history
went much further back than the Crawford and Mallory families in A City. She even heard that the
ancestors of the Johnston family had their own business since the 1930s.
They must be capable to have managed their family business until now.
It was not easy for Percy to be able to trip the Johnston family up that quickly.
Nina would certainly be happy if she got together with him. This man was good at what he did. After so
long, she could also finally realize that this man was not a yer.
Hence, Nina would be truly happy if she got together with him...
Luke stood up and said, "I''m off to work."
Luca nodded, "Alright."
She did not intend to go to the office today. She chose to finish tranting the documents at home.
Luke cleaned up his dishes, carried his briefcase, and left.
Luca picked up her phone once the door was closed. She went to look up the Johnston family.
The news of the share prices of the Johnston family''spany dropping ten percent was viral on the
inte. Everyone wasing up with all sorts of reasons, but the Johnston family had yet to release
an official response.
They chose to keep quiet when they were facing theizens'' various suspicions.
They gave no answer to all the guesses that were circting. The way they were handling it would only
make more retail investors sell off the shares in their hands when the market openedter.
Looking at the trend, Luca reckoned that when once the stock market opened, the share prices of the
Johnston family''s business would probably fall another ten percent.
They were not even trying to deceive the investors now. Luca thought they might have really gotten into
trouble.
Luca thought for a while, then sent a message to Nina: [Nina, are you aware of what''s happening to the
share prices of Johnston Corporation?]
[I don''t do any investments. Why should I pay attention to that?] Nina soon replied to her message.
Luca shook her head helplessly. Without a face-to-face conversation with Nina, she could not tell if her
best friend said it on purpose or she really did not give a sh*t about it.
She was not concerned about the Johnston family, but she must care about Percy.
Luca replied: [Johnston Corporation suffered a ten percent drop in their share prices. They''ll probably
continue to drop today too. If this situation continues, the Mallory family will definitely do something
about it.]
After she sent it to her, she did not receive any replies from Nina for a long time.
Luca put her phone aside, stood up, and cleaned up the table.
After cleaning up the table, she washed Luke''s clothes by hand. Then, she took out the shirt that she
brought inst night. She ironed it and put it back into the wardrobe.
On the other hand.
Luke had just arrived at the office. Jason said, "Boss, Mr. Mallory is waiting for you in the reception
room.
“That early?” He frowned. He knew Percy woulde looking for him, but he did not expect him to be
so early.
"Yes," replied Jason, "I saw Mr. Mallory waiting for you on the first floor when I came to work today."
"Ask him toe to my office," Luke ordered.
Jason headed to the reception room to inform Percy.
After a while, Percy came walking in carefreely. The cold expression that used to be on his face was no
longer. He could not hide his smile.
Luke teased him. "Your fiancee''s family business is facing a crisis now and you''re still able tough. It
won''t be good if someone sees you."
Percy seldom got carried away like this. However, all the things that the Johnston family did to unite
with the Mallory family had pissed him off. At this very moment, he was toozy to pretend anymore.
After all, he was secretly enjoying himself.
He sat on the couch and said, "It''s not like you''re an outsider. I feel great now. What''s wrong with you
catching me rejoicing? Don''t forget that yourpany will also benefit from the situation the Johnston
family is in now."
"You''re the biggest beneficiary." Luke reminded him. He yed a part in bringing down the Johnston
family too, but not as much as Percy.
The Johnston and Mallory families had been working together to force him to get together with the
daughter of the Johnston family. Percy was already fed up with it.
If it were not for the strong power that the Johnston family held, he would have done it earlier. He would
not have waited until now.
"Yes, yes, yes. I''m the biggest beneficiary but ourpanies are connected. Tell me, how much more
does the Johnston family have to lose for them to fall?" Percy said.
"It''s probably getting too much for them now. The market is about to open, and their share prices will
likely drop another ten percent. After the drop today, they won''t be able to bear it anymore. Then, they''ll
ask for help from the Mallory family." Luke analyzed.
He was pretty confident.
Percy raised his brows. It was earlier than he expected. "So soon?"