“Do you know why he chose X City?" Amur shot her a nce and continued to clean the vegetables.


    When he first learned that Abel had chosen X City as the final destination, he was surprised.


    After all, their base was usually in A City.


    Luca picked up a slice of beef and ced it in the mixer. After she pressed the blending mode, she


    answered Amur''s question, "Well, if it''s just the Mallory family that bothers Abel, he wouldn''t have much


    reason to choose X City. But what if it''s a joint investigation by the Crawford family, the Mallory family,


    and the Holston family into Pierre''s kidnapping? If Pierre is still in A City, he can be easily found."


    "Three families? How do you know that the Crawford family and Holston family are helping the Mallory


    family?" Amur frowned. He knew that Percy, Luke, and Jim were close friends.


    However, Percy and the Mallory family had fallen out, so how could the Crawford family and the


    Holston family help the Mallory family?


    Nowadays, the younger generation of these three families ruled the roost in the family. The older


    generation basically did not care about these things.


    "Percy can''t ignore the Mallory family. Even if he wants to, Nina will convince him not to do so. So,


    once Percy gets involved in this, the Crawford family and the Holston family will help too," assured


    Luca.


    If Nina knew about this and Percy did not do anything about it, she would definitely talk to him.


    She would persuade him to investigate Pierre''s kidnapping.


    It was not that Nina had forgiven Pierre for what he had done in the past, but she did not want to see


    Percy drift apart from his family.


    "Are you sure about that?" Amur looked at Luca in surprise as she took out the minced beef and


    started seasoning it.


    "Perhaps they''re already drinking together tonight," replied Luca. She picked up the seasoning and


    seasoned the beef.


    When she told Luke that she would be having dinner with Amur tonight, Luke said that he would be


    drinking with Percy tonight.


    This was a signal that Luke would be helping Percy.


    The three of them were like brothers. They usually had a drinking session whenever one of them


    needed the help of the other two.


    After the drinking session ended, they would reach a coboration.


    Amur nodded, but he felt bitter inside.


    Luca had been away from Luke for three years, but she still knew him so well.


    It made him inexplicably jealous knowing that Luca knew him inside out.


    Did Luca know him that well too? Amur secretly asked himself.


    Suddenly, there was an answer in his heart. Luca knew him well, but it was far from the way she knew


    Luke.


    Luca would never have feelings for him that were simr to love.


    "Amur." Luca blended the meat again and began to prepare tonight''s dishes.


    "Yes?" Amur ced the vegetables in the basket.


    "I''ll tell you some good news if you help me make some pot pies and croissants tonight," said Luca.


    "I''m all thumbs when ites to this..." Amur hesitated. He could help with washing dishes and


    vegetables, but he was not good at fiddly jobs like these.


    It was not that he had never tried before. He learned to make pot pies and croissants from Luca when


    they were on the Ind of Despair, but they came out really bad. Eler was so amused that sheughed


    at him for a long time.


    The shape of the croissants and pot pies he made looked strange. Even N refused to eat them when


    she saw them. Even though she was told that the fillings and the crust were prepared by Luca, the child


    was reluctant to have them. She even said that they tasted unpleasant just by looking at them.


    Amur never made pot pies and croissants again after that.


    "I can teach you. Don''t you want to find out what the good news is?" Luca knew what he had in mind.


    One or two failures did not matter.


    Amur stopped working on these things ever since he failedst time. Still, she needed Amur''s help


    tonight.


    "I''d like to..." Amur looked at her side profile. He could not help but wonder what the good news was


    about.


    Was it something about Luke and her?


    If that were the case, it would be good news for her. However, it would be bad news for him.


    "Will you help me?" Luca nced at him.


    "Okay..." Amur agreed reluctantly.


    Luca was preparing dinner at the apartment. On the other hand, Luke, Percy, and Jim entered a private


    room.


    "What wine do you have here?" Jim asked Percy once he sat down on the couch.


    He had arranged for tonight''s meeting, so he should be serving them some good wine.


    "Bring me the bottles of wine I''m keeping here," Percy said to the manager.


    "Alright, Mr. Mallory. Do you need somepany? We have girls who''re good at singing and dancing


    to entertain our guests," the manager asked boldly as he looked at the three men.


    Even though they did not seem to be the type of men who would get involved in scandals and they


    appeared as though no other women could approach them except for their wives, appearances could


    be deceiving. Many of them were only trying to keep a good image and reputation.


    Still, they took every opportunity to cheat on their wives.


    Before the two of them could say anything, Percy replied in a displeased tone, “When have you seen


    me messing with other women?"


    The manager realized he had made a mistake and immediately apologized, "I''m sorry, Mr. Mallory. I''ll


    get your wine right away."


    "What a jinx,"mented Percy.


    "Tsk, do you always look for a beauty to apany you every time youe here?" Jim teased.


    "I don''te here that often." Percy rolled his eyes. Percy''s friend owned the ce, and he had only


    stored his wine here because his friend told him that it would be a good idea to do so. Hence, he simply


    bought the wine and put it here.


    "Why did the manager still make such arrangements, then? Don''t worry, you can tell me that youe


    here often. I won''t tell Nina." Jim smiled yfully, insisting on teasing him.


    "Shut up. You''re not allowed to go home without getting drunk tonight!" Percy knew Jim was notorious


    for being a henpecked husband. If Scarlett did not allow him to drink, he would not drink.


    He would not even walk in a direction other than the one she told him to.


    Now, Jim had be one of the most difficult guests to invite to drinking parties in high society. Luke


    and Percy were the only ones who could persuade him.


    Scarlett would not say anything if she knew Jim was going out to drink with Luke and Percy.


    "Come on." Jim shot a nce at Luke, who sat quietly beside him. Then, he asked, "Luke, what''s on


    your mind? Aren''t you going to say something when Percy is already behaving this way?"


    "What can I say?" Luke looked lethargic. He turned down the music in the private room. "How''s your


    mother doing?"


    He was asking Percy.


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    "She''s been locked up in her room. The side effects of the medication have passed, so she''s calmer


    now. But she''s still worried about Pierre," replied Percy. He had learned this from Mr. Be.


    "Tsk. Who the hell did Pierre offend?" Jim could not help but ask.


    Who would dare to kidnap one of the family members of the Mallory family in A City?


    Jim spent the whole afternoon thinking about this. He could not help but reckon that the man behind


    this must be something else.


    Someone who did note from a privileged family background would not dare to do something like


    this.