It looked like Madam Mallory''s n to break them up had failed...
Nina felt a dull pain in her heart at the thought of this. Shey down on her bed and pondered why she
felt this. Had she not stopped being in love with Percy?
Why did she feel heartbroken when she saw him kissing another woman?
Nina touched her chest, and tears ran down her face. Her heart ached so painfully that she could
barely take it. Perhaps it was the after-effects of taking too much medicine, or maybe she was sick.
The doorbell rang. Nina wiped her tears and sat up on the bed. It was still early. Who was it who came?
She walked to the living room and looked through the peephole. No one was outside the door. It
seemed like the person knew she would check the situation outside through the peephole, and that
was why they hid on purpose.
Usually, it would be someone unweed by her.
“Who is it?" Nina asked.
There was no sound from outside the door.
"I know you''re out there. I''m going to call the police if you don''t speak," Nina said in the direction of the
door.
"It''s me." Percy''s voice sounded.
Nina was startled. Why was he here? She could not help but feel ufortable at the thought of the
news article she read just now. She took a deep breath and leaned behind the door, trying to chase the
man away. "You''re not weed here. Please leave."
"Nina, let me in," said Percy. He knocked on the door, not afraid that he would be disturbing the
neighbors in the early morning.
Nina was a considerate person and afraid of troubling others. If the knocking on the door really
disturbed the neighbors, it might be helpful to him.
Nina leaned on the door, feeling the strength of his knocks. It seemed like he would not give up until he
came in.
She mustered her courage and chased him away. "Stop knocking on the door. If you keep knocking on
it, I''ll call the estate manager and I''ll call the police too. Then, you''ll be the one who''s embarrassed!"
Percy did not care about her threats. Instead, he said, "You can call the police, but this is my
apartment. The police officers can''t chase me away even if theye."
"What?" Nina was startled. When she rented the apartment, did the agent not tell her that the owner
had been living abroad for quite a long time? That was why the owner was renting it at such a cheap
price.
"I''m the owner of this apartment. It was me who asked the agent to rent it to you. The police officers
and security guards can''t do anything to me. I even brought the documents along with me. Nina, no
one is going to stop me from getting inside." Percy leaned on the door. Even though he could not see
the situation in the house, he could imagine Nina leaning behind the door.
It was a habit of hers. She would lean against the door with her back when she met someone she
refused to let into the house. It was as if she could hold the door with that skinny body of hers.
Nina shut her eyes desperately. She had fallen into Percy''s trap again.
Previously, when she first rented the house, she had her suspicions. She had wondered if it could be
Percy''s arrangements. After all, the location was good and the rental was cheap. However, the agent
managed to dispel her suspicions.
She did not expect that she was still unable to outsmart him.
Nina pressed her body against the door. Then, there was the knocking sound from the other side of the
door again. "You''ve changed the passcode. I can''t get in. The estate manager will break the door lock
when theye. Not only will you be disturbing the others this way, but you''ll be embarrassed too.
Nina, open the door."
Percy convinced her without doing anything violent. He did not want to scare the woman inside.
She was a coward. However, she could stand up for her friends bravely. She would go the extra yard to
help her friends, and she could tolerate everything for her family.
A timid woman like her could always surprise him at crucial times.
Perhaps, that was what made her shine.
Nina listened to the sound of the knocks on the door. If he kept on knocking on the door, it would
disturb the neighbors no matter how good the soundproofing was. If she called the police, the police
officers could not do anything to him either...
Percy was much scarier than the evil Pierre when he was stubborn.
Nina opened her eyes hopelessly when she realized that. She opened the door, tried her best to
suppress the hatred in her heart, and pretended to be calm. "Percy, what do you want from me?"
"Let me in," said Percy. He lifted the bag in his hands. "I bought you breakfast."
The door was opened. It was pointless if Nina continued to struggle. She turned around and walked
into the house.
Percy followed behind her. He noticed that it was a little messy as if it had been days since shest
cleaned the house. His gaze fell on the coffee table. There were a few empty bottles on it.
She had been drinking.
There was a gleam in Percy''s eyes as if he was slightly dissatisfied.
The doctor already warned her not to drink too much when Percy brought her to the hospital for a
medical check-up. Her health would be easily affected if she continued to drink. He did not expect that
she would still drink after they separated. She looked carefree on the outside and imed that she
never touched alcohol anymore. However, she was actually drinking alcohol behind closed doors.
"Didn''t you say that you''ve quit drinking?" Percy asked. He looked at those empty bottles. He could not
tell whether Nina drank it on different days or she finished drinking them all at once.
"I was a little shaken up yesterday morning. I couldn''t sleep at night, so I drank some alcohol. Why? Is
it illegal to drink?" Nina tidied her crumpled pajamas. It had been a long time since she drank. If it had
not been for her getting too much information about Percy, she would not have numbed herself with
alcohol.
After she left him, she had lived a carefree life. However, once she heard about him, she would
suddenly feel lost and terrible...
Hence, she could not control herselfst night and drank some alcohol.
Percy put the breakfast on the dining table. "Do you have honey water at home?"
"No. I seldom drink. Are you done here? Thank you for the breakfast. I''m going to get some sleep.
Please leave if you have nothing else to do here." Nina could not wait to get him out of the house.
It was hard for her to face Percy.
She had to pretend as if nothing mattered to her and she did not care about his scandals when in truth,
she was actually ufortable about them.
However, at this moment, no matter how hard Nina tried to lie to herself, she clearly knew that she was
still concerned about Percy the moment she saw him.
She cared a lot about all those news articles about him.
Nina recalled the days when she was together with Percy. It seemed like they had never done
something so romantic before
Kissing on the street?
He was very particr about his image, so he would not have done something like that.
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They were not a real couple, after all. It was normal for them not to have done those things with her.
"I bought two sets of breakfasts. You can''t finish them all. Get washed up. I''ll send you to your office
after you''ve taken your breakfast," said Percy. He picked up the empty bottles on the coffee table and
nced at them. Then, he said, "Don''t drink too much next time. It''ll affect your health."
"An employee like me can only afford these. I''m not having breakfast. Take the food with you." Nina
was about to enter her bedroom after that.
Percy grabbed her hand at once. "Have your breakfast. Then give me ten minutes to talk to you."
Nina looked at his serious expression. She seldom saw such a serious expression on him back then.
There was a slight tug at her heartstrings as she asked, "What do you want to talk about?"