The woman looked in the direction Jean was walking to and knew that he had been bewitched by Luca.


    She was jealous when she saw Luca. ''She''s beautiful, but who isn''t if they''re willing to spend a little


    money?!''


    "B*tch!" The woman scolded as she knew that Jean would not return to her. The big fish she finally


    caught had gotten off the hook. The woman stood up, finished her drink, and turned around to leave.


    Luca was still paying attention to Jean even when she was surrounded by the men. She knew that he


    saw her when she saw him stand up.


    Jean came over with an eager gaze. He changed how he would usually greet her to get closer to Luca.


    "Luca, why are you here?"


    Luca acted surprised. She looked at Jean and said, "I have a lot of things stressing me out, so I just


    picked a bar at random to drink, but these people..."


    She looked helplessly at the men around her, acting like she did not know anything.


    Jean did not have much doubt and believed her. "Of course, you wouldn''t know since you just returned


    to A City but this bar is not just for drinking. You want to drink, right? I''ll take you to another bar."


    Luca went along with his wishes. After all, there were too many wolves eying her in this bar and it was


    not easy to have a conversation here. Rain told her through the earphones that sometimes, men fought


    for a woman in this kind of ce. She told her to be careful not to cause a scene.


    It was not a bad idea to head to another location.


    Luca nodded and pretended to look inadvertently at the other corner. She saw that Percy''s men and


    Rain had already stood up. They got the bill and were leaving.


    She knew that they would follow her, so she turned her head and walked over to the counter.


    Jean was worried that she was going back to her seat. After all, there were so many men around her


    and it was only a matter of time before they fought for her. He asked, "Luca, don''t you want to leave?"


    Luca smiled gently and replied, "I have a ss of wine that I need to pay for. I''ll go settle the bill first."


    A man heard that and said quickly, "Miss, I''ll settle the bill for you. Come with me. I''ll take you to a


    better bar to drink."


    Jean gave the man a vicious look and said rudely, "No, this is my friend. I''ll settle the bill for her."


    Seeing him say that, Luca did not fight to settle the bill and left it to Jean.


    Before that, she was not on the best of terms with Jean, so it would not be as easy to manipte him


    for information. Hence, she deliberately had him settle the bill for her so that they could get closer.


    Jean settled Luca''s and his bill before turning to Luca, saying, "It''s too messed up here. Shall we go


    somewhere else?"


    "Okay." Luca nodded in agreement, and the two left the bar together.


    As they walked out of the bar, Luca asked, "Why did you say this bar is messed up?"


    Jean looked at how innocent she seemed and gave an indirect reply, "Everyone who goes in this bar is


    into something dodgy."


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    Luca showed a surprised expression and said, "Something dodgy? I didn''t know that..."


    "Why did youe here?" Jean asked.


    Luca had already prepared a reply as she anticipated that he would ask such a question. "I was


    walking around the neighborhood and when I saw a bar, I felt like drinking."


    "Why did you suddenly want to drink. Is there something on your mind?" After listening to her


    exnation, Jean''s doubts were almost gone.


    Initially, he was a little suspicious about why she appeared at the ce where he was. ‘Could it be that


    her superficial beauty was obtained by selling her body?'' After he spoke to her, however, he believed


    that she did not know what the bar was infamous for.


    Jean took Luca to another nearby bar.


    Luke sat in the car and was stark raving mad when he saw Luca walking side by side with Jean. He


    immediately picked up his phone and instructed Rain to keep a close eye on Luca.


    After they walked into the bar, Luca found that it was a normal one. There were not as many people


    here as the bar they were at earlier.


    Luca guessed that Jean was eager to craft a good image in front of her, so he chose a bar like this.


    "By the way, why were you at that bar just now?" Luca asked intentionally after they sat down at one of


    the booths.


    Jean''s expression showed that he was stunned by her question. He could not tell her that he went to


    drink with the woman he hooked up with the night before. His mind was spinning quickly as he thought


    of an excuse. "My friend brought me there. The environment in that bar is not the best and I''m not a big


    fan of it. When I feel like drinking, I would usually go to bars like these. The bartenders in this bar are


    good. You should try their cocktails.”


    "Are you going to buy me a drink?" Luca blinked and pretended to be cheeky.


    "Of course. I invited you here, so it''s my treat," Jean said. The bar drinks were not cheap but he got


    some money from Pierre, so he was feeling generous.


    Luca picked up the menu and ordered a ss of the cheapest cocktail. Jean noticed that, so after the


    waiter left, he asked, "Luca, why didn''t you order a signature cocktail?"


    "I''m not familiar with cocktails. I''m okay with anything as long as it contains alcohol. I don''t need to


    order an expensive one. I just need it to relieve my worries," Luca exined, "Nina told me that you''ve


    just recovered and your mother is still in the hospital. It''s not easy for you to have to fork out so much


    money. To be honest, I''m happy enough that you''re willing to apany me for a drink.”


    Jean liked her more and more when he thought that she was being kind to his wallet. His feelings for


    her doubled. Although he did not understand why Luca had such a bad attitude toward him before, it


    seemed that her attitude toward him now was not the same as before.


    Maybe it was because of Nina.


    Jean attributed it to Nina. He thought that she spoke ill of him in front of Luca, so she was so cold


    toward him before this.


    However, something had changed. He thought that it must be because she had a few to drink and no


    one to rant to. He knew he had to seize this opportunity.


    Luca was no other ordinary woman. If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to get another


    chance.


    "Is something bothering you?" Jean asked, seizing the opportunity.


    Luca shook her head with a smile. She was not ready to talk because she knew that Jean would be


    suspicious. She did not have enough to drink yet.


    If he helped Pierre to kidnap Nina, Pierre must have given him something for it.


    In front of money and women, he needed the former more.


    She only had one chance. If she failed, Percy could only use traditional methods to track and


    investigate in order to find Nina. If they were lucky, they would find her in a while. If they were unlucky,


    it would cost them significant money and time.


    Every single day that passed where Nina was by Pierre''s side was dangerous for her. Even though


    Luca was disgusted by Jean, she resisted the urge to throw up and chatted with him to find out Nina''s


    whereabouts.