Pierre was about to go to sleep.


    However, there were some people who just would not let him sleep. His caretaker, Elena, had only just


    sat down when her cell phone rang.


    Pierre opened his eyes, feeling irritated. "Are you thinking of quitting this job or what?"


    Elena shuddered. She instinctively thought it was her phone even though she remembered having put


    it on silent mode. She took it out and realized it was not her phone that was ringing.


    "Mr. Pierre, it''s your phone." She quivered as she offered a reminder.


    Pierre was startled for a moment.


    Since his ident, he had be the butt of jokes in his circle. Everyone called him Limp Leg Pierre.


    As a crippled heir of the Mallory family, he was deemed powerless. Hence, people were reluctant to


    associate with him.


    Hence, his phone had always been silent. Even when it rang, he thought it was Elena''s phone.


    Pierre turned over and picked up his phone. His heart skipped a beat when he saw a string of numbers.


    He had a bad feeling, and fear spread from the depths of his heart throughout his body.


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    Memories of his kidnapping flooded back, and fear rose within him.


    Elena noticed that he was hesitating to answer the call. She could not help but curiously ask, "Mr.


    Pierre, why aren''t you answering the phone?"


    Pierre came back to his senses. After seeing the string of numbers just now, he realized that he had


    been living in fear.


    He red at Elena, knowing he could not escape.


    Even if Abel could not show up, Pierre still had to face him when he was discharged.


    Abel was Pierre''s nightmare!


    Pierre knew it was useless to regret provoking that organization now. He dismissed Elena and said, "I


    need to take a call. Step out and close the door."


    "Yes, sir." Elena shivered. She immediately hurried out and closed the door.


    The person on the other end of the line patiently waited.


    Pierre took a deep breath and answered the call.


    "Who''s this?"


    On the other end of the line came a contemptuousughter.


    It was thisughter that made every hair on Pierre''s body stand on end and his body involuntarily


    shudder.


    He recognized the owner of thisughter.


    "Mr. Pierre, do you still remember me?" The voice on the other end of the call seemed ethereal and


    sinister. It was as though it came from hell and wanted to drag Pierre down.


    Pierre knew that this call was definitely not for anything good, but there was nothing more for him to


    fear since he was already in such a situation.


    He took a deep breath, summoning the courage to face this nightmare. "I know it''s you, but this is A


    City. How dare you call me? Aren''t you afraid of the police here?"


    "If I was afraid, I wouldn''t have kidnapped you. How''s your leg? I heard it''s not getting any better." The


    person on the other end of the phone seemed to have been monitoring him all along, easily picking at


    his most sensitive spot.


    Pierre wished he could jump up and shoot the man right away.


    However, he could not. He did not even know the man''s true identity, so how could he urately shoot


    him?


    "If you have the guts, don''t hide behind a facade. Stand in front of me openly. Let''s see if the police and


    the Mallory family can do anything to you." Pierre knew how to threaten people effectively, so he


    lowered his voice and threatened the man.


    "You''re just hiding behind all those people. Who do you think you are?"


    As Abel listened to Pierre’s words on the other end of the line, he could not help but burst intoughter.


    He really wanted to see what Pierre looked like now.


    In his deliberately threatening and provoking voice, there was the sound of his teeth gritting.


    Was he angry? Scared?


    Perhaps both.


    "Hahaha, if you had what it takes, I wouldn''t hide. Bute on, Pierre, you know your ce. You really


    think you can take on your brother? And even if you can, what right do you have to demand I reveal my


    true self? My true self is only for the big shots," Abel teased Pierre.


    The people on the Ind of Despair were strong, so he would show his true face to them.


    Shanks was capable too. That was why Abel used his true face to meet with Shanks.


    As for Luke...


    Even though he did not want to admit it, Luke was capable too. Thus, when they first met, he used his


    true face to meet him.


    It was just that Luke did not know who he was and what he had done to Bianca. He foolishly thought of


    him as a colleague...


    Without realizing it, Abel''s thoughts drifted. That was why he did not notice the heavy breathing on the


    other end of the phone.


    "You..." Pierre was almost out of breath with anger from Abel''s words. His pale fingers tightly gripped


    the phone, which seemed to be deformed from being squeezed. "I''ll never let you go!"


    "Initially, I kidnapped you for money, but it seemed that the Mallory family wasn''t too keen on paying up.


    So, I took your leg as payment for your little private investigation into me.”


    Thinking about Luke put Abel in a bad mood, so he decided not to waste any more breath on him.


    "The reason I''m calling you today is to talk about a partnership," added Abel.


    "Partner with you? There''s nothing we can team up on!" Pierre replied fiercely. After experiencing a few


    incidents like this, he would be a fool if he still believed Abel''s words.


    Abel promised he could get the job done but instead handed him a backup n for T Corporation,


    which caused him heavy losses. To top it off, Pierre had to bow down in front of Luke. That was his


    biggest humiliation!


    Abel said, "No, there is. This cooperation won''t cost you a penny, and I can also fulfill one of your


    wishes. How about it?"


    As Pierre listened to him, he suddenly thought of his biggest wish right now.


    He wanted Luca to treat his leg for him!


    "Where are you?" Pierre''s heart skipped a beat. He was in the hospital now. That man would not be


    able to seed even if he wanted to do something to Pierre.


    "I''m in the hospital now. Yes, it''s the hospital you''re staying at, but I can''te up. Why don’t youe


    down?" suggested Abel.


    "Come up. I''ll tell the nurse," replied Pierre. His heart inexplicably began to flutter with excitement.


    Perhaps Abel could really help him fulfill this wish.


    "Pierre, I''m not that silly. I might be walking into a trap if I go up. And can you guarantee that there are


    no people from Luke''s side on that floor?" Abel was not that stupid. Once he exposed himself to Luke''s


    surveince, he might be discovered.


    It was not time to close the yet. He did not want to be discovered by Luke.


    Pierre fell silent. He could not guarantee it either.


    However, even if he was under Luke''s surveince, there should not be any problems. After all, his leg


    was still being treated, so nothing could go wrong.


    That was why he did not care about the surveince, nor did he think about it.


    Still, Abel''s words made him ponder for a moment. Indeed, if Luke found out that he had met a strange


    person, he might investigate what they had talked about.


    If his wish was known by Luke...


    There was no need for Pierre to think about it. He knew Luke would definitely not let his wishe


    true.


    "You''ve hurt me before." Even though Pierre was eager to negotiate a deal with Abel, once bitten, twice


    shy. Hence, he remained cautious.