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Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1611-That was the only way left.

Luca closed her eyes and lay down on the bed as she listened to the footsteps of the two men leaving. She did not see how many ropes he carried in his hands. However, she knew there were at least six ropes tied around her hands just from looking at the man's gestures earlier.

It had become even more difficult for her to break free now.

Luca thought she would not be able to save herself anymore. It was too difficult for her, and she did not have much energy left. She could only rest up and wait for another chance.

The next day.

Jason realized Luca did not check in at her new office. Thus, he went downstairs to look for her. It was then he found out that Luca was not in the office downstairs either.

She did not come to the office at all.

Jason knew she was not someone who would not skip work without giving notice. Hence, he called her and noticed that he could not get through to her phone.

He immediately informed Luke about this.

Luke frowned and kept silent when he heard what Jason told him.

This morning, Tommy was whining to him that Luca did not call him back after she rejected his video call request last night. She did not reply to his messages either.

Hence, the child thought she did not like him anymore and complained to him about it.

Luke took no notice as he thought Luca must be in the middle of something and that was why she did not reply to the child's messages. However, she did not ask for leave nor inform anyone that she was not coming to the office today.

Luca was fine when she left last night. Could it be that something had happened to her when she was on her way back home?

Luke rose immediately when he thought of the possibility. He said, “Call the police."

Jason was startled. "Call the police? Boss, even though I can't get through to Luca's phone, the police won't make a case out of this even if we call them. Maybe she overslept and is at home?"

What he said made sense too, but Luke was certain that Luca was not that kind of person.

He grabbed his coat and walked out.

Jason instantly followed behind him. "Boss, where are you going?"

"I'm heading to the apartment," said Luke.

“You have to attend an important meeting later." Jason thought his boss must have fallen for her since he was so worried about Luca.

Otherwise, why would he do that for a company employee?

Luke left without looking back. “Postpone it."

“Alright." Jason sighed. He had no choice but to follow his boss' instructions. He picked up his phone immediately and ordered them to postpone the meeting.

Luke drove to the apartment.

He ran into a few workers who were carrying things. They were moving things into the unit, and they knew the passcode to the door.

Luke asked, “Is there anyone in there?"

A worker looked at Luke, puzzled, “Sir, there's no one inside."

Luke opened the door and walked into the apartment. He headed to the bedroom, which was clean and tidy. Then, he glanced at the bathroom. It was neat too.

He walked around the place and saw no sign of Luca.

“Sir, what's wrong?" A worker looked at him with confusion.

Luke replied, “Did you see her when you were moving things here?"

“No. No one was here when we came in." The worker shook his head.

Something was wrong...

There was a thought in Luke's mind. He trotted out of the apartment and glanced at the surveillance camera at the entrance of the apartment. Then, he headed to the property's office.

The employees in the office were informed that he would be coming before he arrived. All of them gathered together and waited for him in the office.

Luke entered the property's office. They had already retrieved the surveillance video of the entrance of the apartment.

The manager asked respectfully, "Mr. Crawford, we've pulled up the surveillance footage. What date and time do you wish to check the footage of?"

Luke only wanted to see if Luca had come back last night. She cared about hygiene a lot, so she always kept the house clean and tidy after getting influenced by him.

Since the house was too tidy, that meant she had not come back at all. He had to watch the surveillance footage to be assured.

“Last night around seven o'clock until this morning. Play it at double the normal speed." Luke stood there with his eyes on the computer screen.

Double the normal speed?

The manager was startled. Luke would not be able to see anything if he played it at double the normal speed.

However, he followed Luke's instructions.

Luke stared at the computer screen without blinking. He only wanted to make sure if Luca had come home the night before.

However, there was no sign of Luca after he finished watching the footage.

Luke nodded and walked out of the office right away.

The employees exchanged glances with each other. “What just happened?"

After Luke left, he came to the apartment where Luca used to stay in before. He realized he was unable to walk into the neighborhood when he wanted to get in.

They had tightened the security measures after what had happened last time. Strangers were not allowed to enter without the tenant's permission.

Luke could only park his car at the roadside. He stood at the entrance and called the chief of police.

The chief of police immediately sent two policemen after Luke asked for his help. Luke got immediately into the neighborhood with the police's assistance.

He took the elevator and went upstairs. Then, he knocked on the door when he reached the door.

There was no answer.

Luke knocked on the door again. "Luca, are you in there?"

The policeman recognized that it was the unit where the accident took place. He asked Luke, "Mr. Crawford, do you need our help?"

"Open the door." Luke nodded and took a step back.

After he gave them the order, the two policemen tried to unlock the door aggressively. They would not be held responsible if something happened.

It was because it was a unit where a murder case had occurred. All they had to do was shift the responsibility to the murderer.

Luke pushed the door open. He looked around the apartment covered with dust covers. He was deep in thought.

The two policemen looked around. There was no sign of anyone living here.

"My subordinate is missing," Luke turned around and said to the two policemen.

"A missing person? Do you know that person's ID number? How long has that person been missing?" The policemen heard him and became serious.

Luke replied, "I have a copy of her ID card in the office. As for the time, she went missing last night."

"Last night... It's not time to file a case yet. Are you sure that she's missing and she's not taking a leave of absence? Or did she leave because your company's human resources wouldn't allow her to resign?" The policeman hesitated and suggested a wide range of possibilities.

Luke listened to the possibilities he mentioned. He got anxious. He knew Luca was not that kind of person and she had no intention of leaving.

"She's missing."

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1612-The policeman heard him repeating the same words. When he was about to explain to him what the conditions were to classify someone as having gone missing, the other policeman grabbed his arm.

“Mr. Crawford, please give us the information about the missing lady. We'll try our best to look for her."

Luke picked up his phone and called Jason.

He answered the phone call after two beeps. Luke then ordered the person on the other end of the call, "Send Luca's details to my phone."

"Yes," Jason replied immediately. He was able to sense how nervous Luke was just by listening to his voice.

Luke received the message with Luca's details after a minute. He handed his phone to the policeman. "She left after having dinner with me last night. She didn't go home. Please help find out where she is as soon as possible."

"Yes." The policeman noted down Luca's details on his phone and left.

The policeman who was grabbed by the arm looked at his colleague and asked with confusion, "We can't take this as a missing person case. How could you agree to help him? We're going to get scolded by the chief if he finds out about it."

The policeman rolled his eyes at him. "You're new here, right? You know nothing. He's on good terms with our chief. If he says someone's missing, no matter whether it's true or not, we still have to investigate it."

The policeman understood immediately. "Then let's trace her down first."

"Alright." The other policeman nodded and agreed.

Luke did not leave with the two policemen. Instead, he went into the apartment and looked at the white space while recalling what had happened here.

The murder case had happened here, and Luca was attacked back then as well. Now, she was missing. He felt as if there was a huge mystery that was leading him to explore it deeper and deeper.

Who was manipulating Luca? What method was that party using to manipulate her?

Was it someone from the Island of Despair?

However, Luca had no tattoo on her. Annette had checked Luca's body when her leg muscles cramped in the pool that time. There was no tattoo on her body that was similar to the tattoo that Bianca's impostor had.

Luke pondered over it. He could not figure out why Luca was being manipulated.

The policemen began their investigation after they returned to the station. They started to investigate her whereabouts based on the details that Luke had provided them earlier. Then, they realized she did not purchase any tickets with her passport. That meant she did not take any transport to leave A City.

However, they could not exclude the possibility that she might have hailed a cab to leave the city.

When they were clueless about where to start, a policeman remembered that he received a call last night claiming that a young woman was abducted into a van while waiting for a taxi at the roadside. There happened to be a surveillance camera along the road, so they pulled up the footage immediately.

The clarity of the surveillance video was not the best, but they did see a woman being abducted into the van. The van drove away before the passersby managed to react.

They could not see the car plate number or the men's faces.

“How are we going to confirm if this is the woman Mr. Crawford is looking for?" one of the policemen asked.

"Wasn't Mr. Crawford having dinner with her last night? Send this photo to him and ask if she's wearing the same clothes. If it's a match, then the missing person didn't leave on her own but was kidnapped," said another policeman.

The method should be able to work, so they sent the surveillance video to Luke.

Luke was in the middle of a meeting. After he received the video and watched it, he was sure that the woman who was kidnapped was Luca without needing to look at it for the second time.

The woman in the video was dressed in the same clothes as the ones Luca was wearing last night. Furthermore, the briefcase...

Luke stood up.

One of the division managers who was reporting their job performance saw him standing up all of a sudden. He thought Luke was dissatisfied with his report, so he could not help but stammer, "Boss, is. Is there anything wrong?"

"Postpone the meeting," Luke said as he walked out.

Jason and the other division managers exchanged glances with each other after he left.

"Mr. Doyle, what's wrong with Boss?" the division manager who spoke earlier asked. They were supposed to hold the meeting earlier today, but then they were told that the meeting would be postponed. Now that they had started the meeting, it was postponed again.

Why was it so difficult to have a meeting?

Jason shook his head and stood up. "I'm not sure either. It's time for lunch now. Please have your lunch first. I'll inform everyone of the meeting time again. Kindly check your group chat when the time comes."

He left the meeting room after that.

Based on the situation now, Jason reckoned Luke was behaving unusually all because of Luca. Could it be that something had happened to Luca?

Probably not.

Although Luca would always run into something, she was good at self-defense. Nothing bad could have happened to her.

Jason was pondering while keeping up with Luke's pace. He was calling someone.

"I'm pretty sure the woman who was abducted into the car is my missing employee, Luca," Luke confirmed with the policeman through the phone.

Jason was shocked when he heard that. Luca was abducted?

After the policeman confirmed her identity, he replied immediately, "Alright. We'll investigate the direction where the car was heading based on the surveillance cameras. Don't worry, We'll find Ms. Craw."

Luke hung up the phone and glanced at Jason, who was following behind him. “Tell Percy to come to my office.”

"Yes." Jason was not surprised this time. It was because he had seen for himself how much his boss cared about Luca. Hence, he was not surprised he would ask for Percy's help to look for Luca.

Percy hurried to Luke's office after he received Jason's call.

"How's it? Where was she abducted?" He knew that Luca was Bianca. Hence, he did not make fun of Luke about it.

Luke had always been madly in love with Bianca. It was a matter of fact that he would feel anxious and worried now that she was kidnapped.

"Near the hotel. I'll send the surveillance footage to your phone now. It was an expensive van, but there's no car plate number on it," said Luke.

Percy sat on the couch and opened the video Luke had sent him. He saw the van stop at the roadside. Then, two men covered Luca's head with a gunny bag right after the door opened.

Their methods were skillful, and they knew their target well as if they had been following Luca for a long while.

"Both of you had dinner together before that?" Percy asked.

"Yes." Luke was a little regretful now for not insisting to send Luca back home.

He wanted to give her some time to be alone. After all, he was planning to slowly approach her to make her accept him again. That was why he thought he should not push her too much to prevent himself from being exposed.

She would not have gotten kidnapped by those people if he had insisted on sending her home.

It would be difficult to trace the location of the van without a car plate number even if they managed to pull up surveillance footage.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1615-"I don't want to be around him." Nina shook her head as she looked at the slightly drunk man. Although he had never pestered her during this period, a drunk man could do anything. She was unwilling to keep him company.

Luke frowned. “His driver is not here yet. It's not appropriate for him to drive after drinking so much.

And he's helping to look for Luca too. You know that. If Pierre is the one who did this, then Percy will be the quickest one to find out about it. Otherwise, we won't be able to get any news on Luca later. What if it's really Pierre who's behind this? He has the whole night to transfer Luca somewhere else.”

What Luke said was reasonable.

Nina hesitated for a moment. She was not worried about what Percy would do to her after he got drunk. She was more worried about Luca.

She was partly responsible for it if Luca was really kidnapped by Pierre. After all, if it had not been for her, Luca would not have gone against Pierre.

"Fine..." Nina sounded helpless.

Percy, who was narrowing his eyes, looked like he was drunk. However, he was just a little tipsy. He was not completely drunk. At least, he could understand what they were talking about.

He said to himself, 'Luke Crawford is a true brother.'

He knew Percy was still in love with Nina. Hence, he made this arrangement.

"Then I'll leave him to you. Ask the manager to put it on my bill when you're about to leave." Luke left the private room after that.

Nina stood still for a while. There was an awkward silence in the air. Then, she turned to look at Percy. "Are you done drinking?"

"Aren't you tired standing here?" Percy answered her with another question. It was rare to see him curling the corners of his lips into a smile.

There was a wave of burning anger in Nina's heart, but she did not know why she could not release it. She had no idea how and where that anger came from.

It was tiring to stand for so long. However, she was able to think more when she was tired.

"When are you going back?" she asked.

Percy smiled and pointed at the remaining half a bottle of wine on the table. "I'll go back when I finish this."

Nina was stunned. She clenched her fists. He still wanted to drink.

“Drinking too much will keep you from getting down to business!"

"Business? Do you mean finding Luca? I have nothing to do with this. And I'm just offering my help as a friend. Nina, how long have you known Luca? Yet you're so concerned about her? You've known me for so long. Why don't you care about me?" Percy made fun of her. It seemed like he was jealous of Luca, but he was not that childish to really be jealous of her.

"Enough." Nina rolled her eyes and turned around. "Finish your drink quickly. I'll drive you home."

Percy replied to her with a hum, sounding a little lazy. "Why don't you finish it for me? Then I can go back."

"I don't drink." Nina clenched her fists. She turned around without noticing the gleam that flashed across the man's eyes.

He was not drunk at all. When Nina standing with her back to him, he was too lazy to pretend that he was drunk.

"I remember you used to love having a few glasses of wine. Why did you change?" Percy suddenly panicked. It had only been a few months, yet her habits had already changed.

Would everything change if he kept her waiting for a little longer?

No way! He had to hurry up and settle the matter.

Nina felt a lump in her throat when she heard him ask this. She still had her back against him. "Percy, don't you know that I didn't like to drink back then and I drank only because I had to?"

Percy frowned. She had to drink?

"Previously, I was in pain when I was with you. I suffered every day. Even though I took pills, they still couldn't relieve my pain. Hence, I had to numb myself with alcohol. That's why you think I loved to drink. Well, I'm free now. Why should I drink again? Just because it tastes good? I've been drinking for years, and I feel obligated to tell you that I don't think alcohol tastes any good. It's just that sometimes, alcohol is a good thing. At least, it made me forget my identity, my situation, and my pain back then." Nina took a deep breath and spilled everything out.

She did not have the chance to say these things until after they separated. Today, he had given her a chance to pour it out.

Percy felt a sudden feeling of annoyance when he listened to what she said.

Was it that painful for her to be with him?

He gave her whatever he could give her—his love and tenderness. All that was lacking was a presentable title.

Did she not see his efforts?

How could she say she used to numb herself with alcohol?

Percy was annoyed, but he could not get angry now. Nina had been avoiding him as much as she could. What if he got mad and did something irrational to hurt her again? It would be even harder for him to pursue her in the future.

Nina did not hear him say anything. She turned around and saw him picking up the bottle to drink it. Gulp, gulp, gulp. Soon, he downed the remaining contents in the bottle.

Percy put the bottle down, stood up expressionlessly, and said, "Let's go."

Nina thought he was going to play dumb, but she did not expect him to act so quickly...

Could it be that what she said had upset him and it made him decide to be a good man who would never torture her again?

That was impossible...

Percy had always been egocentric. He would never care about how she felt.

Nina watched him leave and followed behind him helplessly.

Percy had drunk three bottles of wine and was slightly staggering. However, he did not ask Nina to help him. Instead, he walked out of the bar all by himself.

Nina quickly kept up with him when she saw that he was about to fall.

She had promised herself that she would never get close to Percy again after she left him.

Now, she could only comfort herself and say that she approached him again because she was forced to.

Percy walked out of the private room, and a sharp-eyed waiter helped him up. “Mr. Mallory, are you leaving?"

Percy was only pretending to stumble while walking so that Nina could help support him. However, he did not expect the waiter to act quicker than her.

He did not scold him. Instead, he said, "Help me to the counter."

"Yes," the waiter replied, but in his mind, he was thinking that they could have just called out to the staff if they wanted to pay the bill. Why would he head to the counter himself to pay the bill?

However, the waiter did not say anything else. He helped Percy to the payment counter.

He swiped his card, and Nina felt uncomfortable when she heard how much he had spent.

The amount that Percy spent on those three bottles of wine was equivalent to a few days of Anna's medical expenses. There was indeed a huge gap between the two of them.

The waiter helped Percy walk out of the bar.

"Mr. Mallory, where did you park your car?" the waiter asked.

Percy turned around, and the waiter almost lost his grip. He hurriedly held on to him.

"Where's your car?" Percy asked.

"Why do you want to get into my car?" Nina frowned. He was reeking of alcohol, and the smell was so strong that it disgusted her.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1617-The maid hurriedly came to open the door after a while.

Percy held his phone and tried to ask the maid not to open the door. The door was still opened in the end. He sat in the car and put his phone back into his pocket.

Maybe he should have told her that he was still staying in the villa they used to stay in.

He dismissed the servants at the villa after she insisted on leaving. There was only one maid left there who was responsible for occasionally cleaning the house.

Percy sat in the car and listened to the conversation between Nina and his maid.

“Hello, your young master is in the car. He's drunk, and his legs are not working now. Please come over and help him into the house." Nina did not forget to taunt him when she was talking to the maid.

Percy wanted to show her that he could walk, but she had a soft rather than hard temperament. It was better for him to pretend to be weak now.

The maid shot a glance at the person in the car. It was indeed her young master. She walked over and hurriedly pushed the door open.

"Young Master, are you alright?" The maid thought he was drunk and he fell, that was why he could not walk. She touched his legs.

Percy gnashed his teeth and said, "I'm fine."

"Uh..." The maid watched him get out of the car unhappily. He stood there. Apart from his hand that was placed on the car door to support him, his legs were working fine.

"He'll fall after taking two steps. You'd better help him. Otherwise, the news of the young master of the Mallory family getting drunk and breaking his leg on the street will be on the front page of the newspapers tomorrow." Nina took a few steps back as she said that.

Percy glared at her. Would she still say something like that if he really broke his leg?

The maid immediately held onto Percy once she heard that. She dared not to let go as she was afraid that he might fall if she did not pay attention. She might lose her job too.

Nina chuckled as she watched the maid follow Percy closely step by step. She closed the door of the passenger seat and got into the driver's seat. Then, she hit the accelerator and drove away.

She dashed off without staying for even another second.

Percy stopped and turned to look in the direction that she left.

The maid stopped walking too and was puzzled. "Young Master?"

Percy shook her hands off him right away. "Don't hold onto me."

The maid could smell the alcohol on him, but he did not look like he was drunk based on the situation now.

"Oh, alright." She moved her hands away stiffly. Then, she consciously maintained a certain distance from him.

Percy watched as Nina's car disappeared from his sight. He turned around and ordered the maid, "Tell Pierre to come here tomorrow."

"Second Young Master? Alright." The maid was wondering why Percy could not inform his brother himself and ordered her to do it instead. However, it would be unwise to ask about it. She would just

follow her boss' instructions.

The following day.

Luca opened her eyes and sat up straight. Then, she glanced out the window. It was morning.

She could feel her head spinning. She must have bled too much last night. Hence, she was a little weak now.

Luca let out a sigh and looked at the iron balls chained to her feet. It became even more difficult for her to escape after what had happened last night.

The room's door was pushed open.

Luca saw the two men come into the room one after another with masks on their faces. Each of them was carrying a bag in their hands.

She saw that one of the bags was from a pharmacy. A gleam flashed across her eyes. That should be the merbromin that they bought for her. They were going to dress her wound after hitting her last night.

She reckoned that she was quite valuable to the person who was behind this judging from how carefully they had been treating her. Still, she had yet to figure out what that person wanted from her.

The man threw the bag filled with the medicine on the bed.

Luca lowered her head. She was able to see clearly which pharmacy it was from where she was.

There were not many outlets of this pharmacy in A City. Although she did not memorize A City's map, she would be able to narrow down the scope if she could inform someone that this pharmacy was nearby.

The man took povidone and some cotton swabs out of the bag. He rolled his sleeves and said, "I'm going to sterilize your wound. Don't shout if you don't want to die."

Luca remained silent as she watched the man pour some povidone onto the cotton swab and apply it to her forehead.

He was not gentle at all. He deliberately made it even more painful when the wound was still hurting.

Luca frowned.

Another man saw this and said, "Be gentle. That person probably has his eyes on this woman's appearance. You'll leave a scar if you're careless."

The man tried to be more gentle as he muttered, "How troublesome."

"You won't feel that way when you get the money," the other man said.

After the man sterilized her wound, he poured some merbromin on another cotton swab and helped her to dress her wound.

Luca did not even make a sound.

After dressing her wound, the other man took some food out of another bag. "There's only bread and milk. You can starve if you refuse to eat."

“I’ll have it.” Luca was not that stupid to starve herself to protest against them. She needed to fill up her stomach now. That way, she would be able to think of a way to save herself.

The man divided the bread and handed it to her.

Luca leaned forward and took a bite. The bread was dry, and it tasted awful. She forced herself to take a few more bites, then she said, "It's too dry. I need water.”

The man opened the milk and handed it to her.

"Isn't it troublesome for you to feed me like this? You can release me and let me finish my meal first.

Then you can tie me up again," said Luca.

"Stop talking. Eat." The man did not listen to her suggestion.

"There's two of you while I'm alone. What are you afraid of? I have iron balls chained to my feet. I won't be able to take down both of you." Luca continued to say. Feeding her was something that would test their patience. They would not have the patience to do that.

The man shot a glance at his partner and said, "Well, untie her, then. We'll tie her up again when she finishes eating."

The other man nodded and took a knife out of his pocket. It took him only a few seconds to cut off the rope.

Luca did not move around. It was because the man was being cautious and placed the knife on her stomach after he cut the ropes.

The knife would stab into her stomach if she dared to move even a little.

"Give me the bread," said Luca.

The man handed Luca the bread.

Luca took the bread from him and took one bite after another. The bread tasted awful but given the situation now, she had no choice but to finish the bread.

She finished drinking the milk after she finished the bread.

The man quickly grabbed her hand after she put down the carton of milk. Then, he tied up her hands with a new batch of ropes.

"I drink a lot of water every day. Give me a glass of water after every hour." Luca did not struggle, and she was secretly counting how many ropes the man was using to tie her hands.

There were a total of five ropes.

They were indeed meticulous.

"How can you be so troublesome?!" The man frowned impatiently. Did they have to serve her after kidnapping her?

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1618-"This is what I need." Luca was calm. She knew that pissing off the kidnappers would not do her any good. Nonetheless, she wanted to fight for more opportunities to see if she could find out more information from them.

The man rolled his eyes and mocked her. "You're being kidnapped, you're not on vacation."

"I know. You can let me die of thirst and tell your boss that I died because I was too weak to withstand your beatings." Luca looked at the hideous mask on his face without any fear.

"Will you die if you drink two fewer glasses of water? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?" The man pinched her chin. If he was not afraid of hurting her again, he would have already taken action.

"I was beaten until my forehead bled yesterday and I'm very weak now. You can refuse to meet my demands. However, when the person behind you asks you for a handover, you need to figure out how you're going to explain it to him." Luca still appeared tough even though her chin was being gripped by the kidnapper.

The man listened to her threats. His eyes could be seen through the mask. His gaze was gloomy and terrifying. "What I hate most in my life is being threatened, especially by women."

When the other man heard him, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Forget about it. Money is more important."

"I've kidnapped so many people and it's the first time I've met someone with so many demands. How are you okay with it?" The man turned around to look at his companion. He was a kidnapper, not a butler.

"I've kidnapped many and it's not the first time I've seen a woman act so calm. If you don't want to do it, I'll do it," another man said angrily as he was too lazy to talk to Luca.

Luca listened to their conversation and thought to herself that these two men were habitual offenders. Once she escaped, she was determined to remember all of their details so that she could assist the police and stop them from harming others.

The men ignored Luca and walked out.

She looked at the closed door and kept track of the time in her heart.

Since they had to keep guard of her, she was not going to make things easy for them.

After a while, Luca estimated that 15 minutes had passed. She stood up and walked to the bathroom attached to the bedroom.

It took a lot of effort for every step she took. As soon as she took a step, the iron balls would roll, be dragged against the floor, and make a loud sound.

After a few seconds, the door of the room was pushed open and a man walked in. "What are you doing?"

Luca did not turn around. She walked toward the direction of the bathroom and said, "I want to go to the bathroom."

The man squinted and watched her walk step by step with difficulty. He did not pity her. "Don't you dare try anything,"

"I'm tied up. I can't even go to the toilet? What, do you want me to relieve myself on the bed? Will you clean me up, then?" Luca knew that these men only cared about money and did not want any trouble, which was why she said what she said.

The man was a little impatient as he listened to the sound of the iron balls grinding against the floor. He stood by the door, watched her walk into the bathroom, and warned her. "Don't close the door."

"If I don't close the door, won't you see everything? It's just a bathroom. What can I do? Moreover, I have these two iron balls on my feet." Luca pretended to struggle as she dragged the iron balls into the bathroom.

The man saw that she needed to put in some work to move the iron balls and wondered if she was really as agile as others said she was.

‘Looking at how she's acting now, it doesn't look like it...'

Luca closed the bathroom door after she dragged the two balls in.

She did not stay in the bathroom for long. A minute later, there was the sound of flushing from the bathroom and she dragged the iron balls out again.

The man squinted and stepped forward to check the rope behind her. He found that there was no loosening or signs of wear.

"Don't try anything." He warned her again.

"How could I try anything in my current situation?" Luca slowly walked back to the bed and sat down on it.

Her calm appearance was as though she was there as a guest. She did not make any noise except for these disturbances. The other times, she was not particularly bad.

‘Is she not at all worried about the situation she's in?'

"You're so calm. Aren't you worried?" the man could not help but ask.

Luca smiled and said, "I have nothing to worry about, but you guys. You're the ones who should worry."

"What do you mean?" The man's heart skipped a beat when he heard what she said. He had a bad feeling but he could not show it to her.

"You'll find out eventually. I heard that you've kidnapped a lot of people. Since you're safe and sound now, all of the jobs you did before this were successful, right? The police never bothered you?" Luca leaned on the bedside leisurely.

She was still a little dizzy after she bled the day before.

"Nonsense. We're professionals, and the police are useless. They can't do anything to us," the man said rudely while he expressed his contempt for the police.

Luca smiled and said, "Yes, the police can't do anything to you. However, you kidnapped me. Now, other people besides the police are after you."

"Who?" the man answered her subconsciously.

"I'm a friend of the Crawford and Mallory families. Mm, there's also an organization behind me. When they find out that I'm missing, they'll search for me. No matter where you hide me, they'll find me in the end. By then, misfortune won't be upon me but you." Luca calmly mentioned all the people who could help her.

She was not sure about the Crawford and Mallory families.

Her only hope was that Luke would help find her because as long as he was involved, Percy Mallory would certainly help out too.

Even if they did not help, the people from the Island of Despair would soon find out that she was kidnapped. She hoped that the people in the stronghold had their eye on the news. Else, it might take a

couple of days for them to find out that she had disappeared and she would have to suffer for a few more days.

"Oh, go ahead and blow your own trumpet. The Crawford and the Mallory families? Why don't you say that you're the president's best friend, then?" When the man heard her mention the Mallory family, he immediately thought that she was bragging.

After all, the person who hired them to kidnap her was closely associated with the Mallory family.

"Are you sure that I'm bragging? Could it be that the person who wanted you to kidnap me has something to do with either of these families?" Luca stated the obvious. She could not see the man's expression, so she could only guess from his tone.

He expressed his disbelief without any hesitation.

As such, Luca guessed that the person behind her kidnapping was Pierre.

Since her return to A City, the only people she had offended were the research professors at work. However, they were all nerds and would never dare to do such things.

Pierre was the obvious answer.

The man's expression softened. He did not expect that she was trying to get information from him. He said sternly, "Do you think that a woman like you can be related to the Crawford and Mallory families? Are you imagining things?"

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1619-Luca was certain after she saw him evade her question.

It was Pierre!

"Didn't you find out more before you kidnapped me? I was rumored to be romantically involved with Luke Crawford. Also, I work in T Corporation. If I don't show up to work, they'll know that I'm missing and call the police." Luca reminded him in a casual tone.

The man knew that Luca's kidnapping had been announced on the news.

The kidnappers thought that even if a passerby who was around when they kidnapped her called the police to report it, it would take a long time for the mindless police officers to find out Luca's identity.

They never expected that on the second day of the kidnapping, the police already knew who Luca was and issued a notice.

‘Could it be... that what she said is true?'

They had been involved in multiple kidnappings of prominent figures but they had never dared to provoke the Crawford and Mallory families.

Everyone in their line of work knew that the businesses those two families were involved in were clean but their connections were not only from the law enforcement.

The families also had connections with criminal organizations.

Therefore, the kidnappers were not that stupid.

Before they kidnapped Luca, they knew that she was working in T Corporation but they did not put too much thought into it. After all, a company as big as T Corporation must have many employees. If

something happened to an employee, Luke would not be bothered to handle it himself.

That was why the kidnappers did not further their investigation.

They did not expect to kidnap a woman who was involved with Luke...

Luca looked at him in silence, thinking that the kidnapper must be very nervous after he heard what she said. She was going to try harder to scare him.

"It's fine if you're not afraid of the Crawford and Mallory families, but what about the organization behind me? Are you really not afraid?" She threatened him.

The man asked subconsciously, "What's the organization behind you?"

Luca smiled and acted indifferent as she said, "The organization behind me is something you wouldn't dare to provoke. But I won't tell you. Just you wait."

The man panicked after he heard what she said. However, he thought about it for a while.

'She's just an ordinary woman. How could she have a powerful organization backing her? Does she think that we're in a movie?'

"Stop messing with my head. You're just a woman who knows nothing. You said you have an organization behind you? Pfft! I'm not afraid of you," the man straightened his posture and said.

Luca raised her eyebrows and responded, "If I were you, I would quickly get the person who wants me kidnapped to come and pick me up so that I can get the money. Then, I'll leave A City as soon as possible. Else, I won't let you go after I'm freed."

The man was frightened by her words but was unwilling to admit it. He braved himself and said loudly, "Stop trying to lie to me. Let me tell you this, if you continue to talk sh*t, you'll get what's coming for

you. You're a pretty woman, and I'm sure you're not a virgin. Even if my partner and I force ourselves on you, no one will know. If you don't want to suffer, shut up and be obedient."

Luca shook her head and did not say anything else.

She just wanted to know who wanted to have her kidnapped.

The man walked out in anger. After he closed the door, another man looked at him and asked, "What happened, Eric? Did that woman mess with you?"

"What are you talking about? How could she have messed with me when her hands and feet are tied?!" The man named Eric took a swig of beer to boost his courage.

He was taken aback by what Luca said.

"Why are you so mad, then? I told you that this woman is troublesome yet you still went out of your way to fulfill her demands. Tsk tsk, you asked for it," another man said with a smile on his face.

"Derek, we might be in trouble," Eric said as he looked at Derek.

Derek frowned and responded, "What trouble?"

Eric told him everything Luca said.

"Are you sure this woman isn't bluffing? Maybe she just wants to escape, so she's threatening us. How can a foreign woman have so much power and be involved with the Crawford and Mallory families?" Derek expressed his disbelief.

Eric took his phone, opened the browser, and searched for the keywords 'Luke Crawford and Luca Craw'. The results instantly came out.

"Sh*t, this woman is rumored to be involved with Luke Crawford," he said.

"No way. Let me have a look." Derek immediately picked up his phone and read the news from this year.

They usually never paid any attention to gossip news. When they read the comments on the news report, it seemed that it was a big deal back then.

Eric panicked and said, "We've never dared to provoke the Crawford family. What if Luke Crawford finds us?"

Derek was also a little scared. "Bah, what are you afraid of? I don't believe that Luke Crawford would have the time to care for this one woman considering that he has plenty more women surrounding him."

Eric was still worried. "Why don't we call that person to deal with the woman? The police are so efficient this time around. It must have been because the Crawford family is putting pressure on them. If we hand over the woman to him, we can get the money and leave A City to avoid the limelight."

Derek hesitated. "We might get a lot less money that way."

"What's more important, money or our lives? If we end up getting locked up, we won't be able to enjoy our money." Eric picked up the phone and decided to call Pierre.

Derek acquiesced. After all, their lives were more important.

Pierre sat on the sofa, glanced at the incoming call, and hung up.

Percy walked over to him with two glasses of red wine and handed Pierre a glass.

Pierre looked at the wine in front of him, raised his brows, and said, "Brother, it's not good to drink during the day, no?"

"It's just one drink. Do you have other work to attend to today?" Percy sat across from him and took a sip of wine.

"Since you haven't arranged any work for me, what tasks would I have to attend to?" Pierre took the glass, swayed it, put it close to his nose, and sniffed it. He said, "Brother, you have the best wine here."

Percy invited him, saying, "If you're free, you can come and taste my wine every day. I have a wine cellar here. It's not like you don't know that."

"Thank you for the offer." Pierre raised his glass as a thank you.

Luke looked at him and asked, "You've been quite free, right? Since you're getting married soon, I have a wedding gift for you."

Pierre had a fiancee but the wedding date had yet to be set.

The Mallory family wanted to bring him and the Johnston girl together. They planned to hold Pierre's wedding after Percy's was done.

Pierre readily agreed to that. What Percy did not expect was that Pierre had a fiancee but was still eyeing his woman.

Percy would be lying if he said that he was not furious about that.

"What wedding gift? Brother, you can't give me the same wedding gift as others. It'll make you look lame." Pierre joked.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1620-"Of course, your wedding gift will be different from other people's. Let's put it this way. You can have whichever of Mallory Corporation's subsidiaries you fancy. We'll go through the transfer procedures. You can build your career and won't have to work for me anymore," Percy said.

"Subsidiary? I don't want any of them, Brother. I'm happy with how things are now. I get to take the company's dividends and occasionally do what you tell me to do. My life is leisurely." Pierre turned Percy down when he heard that he wanted to give him a subsidiary company.

Even though Percy was his brother, he would never hand over Mallory Corporation to him.

What he wanted most was Mallory Corporation, not any of its subsidiaries. Nevertheless, he was not stupid. He knew that if he said something, he would be turned down. Maybe he would even reveal something, so he chose to keep it to himself.

Percy listened to Pierre, who positioned himself as a hands-off shopkeeper. If he had not investigated him and found out something a few days ago, he would have believed him.

However, after knowing what he knew, he did not believe that Pierre's ambitions stopped there.

That was why he trusted Nina when she said that the person who kidnapped Luca was probably Pierre.

"What's the matter?" Pierre asked with a smile on his face when he saw that Percy was not speaking. Just as he finished asking the question, his phone rang again.

Pierre glanced at the caller ID and hung up the call once again.

"Nothing. Are you alright? Your phone keeps ringing." Percy glanced at his phone and asked as though he had something in mind.

Pierre explained with a smile, "It's nothing. My friends are asking me out to go drinking."

"It's fine to drink wine during the day. If you want to go all out, you should leave it until the evening," Percy said.

Pierre acted obediently in front of him. "Brother, you're right."

"You really don't want any of the subsidiaries? Aren't you afraid that your father-in-law will criticize you for lazing around?" Percy asked.

"I was like this before he agreed to marry his daughter to me. I'm sure he won't have any complaints. It's not that I have nothing to do. His daughter can live a good life with my current income, so I might as well spend more time with her," Pierre said.

Percy took a sip of wine and shook his head.

Pierre added, "Brother, you can give me something else. I don't want any of the subsidiaries. My fiancee is different from the Johnston girl. She's clingy and needs someone to accompany her all the time. She's not as considerate as the Johnston girl, who understands that you're sometimes incomprehensible and allows you to focus on your career."

When the Johnston girl was mentioned, Percy acted distressed and said, "Sigh, I'm so busy with work yet you're unwilling to share some of the burdens. I get a headache whenever I think about what's happening at home."

Pierre suddenly thought of what Luke had mentioned prior. Since they were on the topic, he asked, "What's the matter? Brother, are you not satisfied with the daughter of the Johnston family? She's goodlooking and is a perfect match for you. What are you thinking? Why do you look so reluctant..."

Percy smiled and said nothing.

Pierre continued talking, "Could it be that you still have that woman in your heart?"

"Who?" Percy asked rhetorically.

Pierre lay it all down. "You know who I'm talking about, Brother. You don't have many women to begin with."

Percy did not have any women at all. Nina was the one who had stayed by his side the longest.

"She? She's not a good match. Although she's beautiful, she's not worthy. She can't accept that I have a fiancee, so she broke up with me. What's the matter? What did you mention her for?" Percy acted indifferently.

Pierre pressed on his phone and put it in his pocket. "Before, the old man was worried that you wouldn't be able to let go of that woman and wouldn't accept his arrangement. Brother, it's great that you have such thoughts now."

"What? It seems like you look happier than the old man about me having such thoughts." Percy looked at the uncontrollable smile on Pierre's face. It seemed that it was true that Pierre wanted to make Nina his woman.

Nina used to be his woman. Pierre was his younger brother, so he should never have such thoughts.

If outsiders did not know about what had happened, Percy would be the embarrassed one.

If Pierre got together with his ex, would that not be indirect cheating?

It seemed that the things that happened over the years had made Pierre and Percy's relationship weaker and weaker.

"I just think that she isn't worthy of you. I'm glad you can think that way now." Pierre cheered. It seemed that what Luke said was not entirely right.

If Nina refused to date him because of Percy, what Percy just said was enough to make her give up.

If she gave up on Percy, he would have a chance.

As Pierre was deep in thought, his phone, which he had just put in his pocket, rang once again.

Percy watched as Pierre took out his phone and then ended the call. He had received three calls and did not pick up any in front of him. It was indeed suspicious.

"I'll ask you one last time. You really don't want any of the subsidiaries? If you think one is not enough, I can give you two," Percy said.

"No need, Brother. I'm serious, I'm happy enough working by your side." Pierre looked serious when he said that.

If Percy did not know what he knew, he would have believed him.

"Okay. You're getting so many calls. I know you're very busy so I won't keep you here. Go home. I have to go back to the company after I pack up as well." Percy politely asked Pierre to leave.

"Okay, I'll head off, then." Pierre wanted to call that person back but he did not want to do it in front of Percy.

Since Percy let him leave, he stopped being polite and stood up to go.

After Pierre left the living room, Percy sent Luke a text: [He's already left my house. He didn't answer a few calls when he was here. It seems suspicious. I'll have my men follow him. Make sure your men are ready to go.]

Two seconds later, Luke replied: [Okay.]

After Pierre left the villa, he called Eric. "If I hang up on your call once, it means I have something to do. What's with the constant calling?"

Eric was stunned when he heard Pierre's angry voice. He panicked, and that was why he kept calling.

After all, what could be that important when it was still broad daylight out?

"Boss, that woman may have guessed your identity so I called you in a hurry," Eric explained.

"Guess my identity? What did you tell her?" Pierre frowned when he heard what Eric said.

He knew that Luca's skills were good and she was smart, so he made sure to tell them not to speak in front of Luca if they could.