Ch. 2341..2350
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2341-Luca knew that Luke had managed the situation well.
He did a wonderful job. Dexter could not do anything to the Norman family even if he was eyeing their fortune.
Luke dealt with the situation in a way that would not affect Jack's work, nor would it affect Queenie. Luca opened her lips slightly and could not help but praise him, "You did a great job."
Luke could not help but smile when he heard her praise.
He closed the page and put his phone on the wireless charging stand on the bedside table. "It's getting late. Let's go to bed."
"Okay." Luca was sleepy too.
Whenever it was at this hour, she would feel sleepy if Luke was by her side.
Luca lay down and Luke lay beside her, hugging her tightly.
After they turned off the lights, there was only the sound of them breathing in the bedroom.
Gradually, Luca fell asleep while being hugged by Luke. She had a pretty good dream.
...
Late at night.
The streets of A City were no longer lively because of the blizzard.
In the alley of a bar street, Jean Langdon was beaten and kicked by several big men who stank of alcohol. He curled up beside the garbage dump, hugged his head, and begged, "Boss, please, stop
hitting me. I'm going to die."
The gangster standing behind took a puff of his cigarette and said fiercely, "If you don't pay us back, we'll beat you up every day. Hit him until he pays back the money!"
"Boss, please spare me! I have the money to pay you back," Jean pleaded. His face and body were already bruised all over.
However, no matter how loud his pleas were, they did not arouse the sympathy of passersby.
They were in a hurry because they did not want to get involved.
"If you have money, pay us back!" The lead gangster saw him being beaten but felt that it was not enough, so he stepped forward and kicked him.
"Ah!" Jean cried out in pain. "Boss, if you kill me, no one will pay you back." "Since you don't have any money anyway, you can be a punching bag for my associates. Hit him hard. If you encounter someone who doesn't pay back the money in the future, this is how you can teach them a lesson!" The gangster did not take pity on him. He was not worried that his associates would kill Jean.
It was fair to ask for repayment when money was borrowed.
"Stop hitting me, please. I'll give you the money tomorrow afternoon," Jean pleaded. He had no money because Marie Rayne had taken everything from him.
After he finished the 500 dollars Percy gave him, he could only borrow money from others.
However, the money he borrowed was all gone in a blink of an eye because of gambling.
"You're taking so long to return the 3,000 dollars. Can I trust you?" The gangster threw his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it.
Jean watched and feared that the man's foot was about to step on his head at any moment.
"I don't have any money, but my sister has. You should know that my sister is engaged to Percy Mallory!" Jean held his head, begged for mercy, and explained.
He had bruises all over his head and could taste blood in his mouth.
"Your sister?" The gangster frowned.
The associate knew about Jean's background and said, "Boss, his sister was in the news a while ago. She's indeed Percy's fiance."
"Percy Mallory? Oh, I remember. That woman is his sister?" The gangster realized the connection.
"Yeah, it's his sister."
"They had made such a scene, yet Percy still chose to be with his sister?" The gangster narrowed his eyes. He was in disbelief.
"They're still together. They have no intention of breaking up. I'll be able to return the money to you in half a day." Jean said quickly.
The gangster looked at his associate.
His associate nodded and said, "I heard that they haven't broken up yet and are quite affectionate with each other."
"How do you know so much?" The gangster squinted. He still did not believe what Jean said.
"Boss, my girlfriend gossips a lot. She pays attention to the drama between these rich people all day long, so she told me about it," the associate explained.
The gangster thought about it for half a minute and eventually said, "Stop."
The fists and feet that were constantly raining down on Jean stopped instantly.
Jean leaned against the trash with difficulty. He squinted and looked at the gangster in front of him. "B- Boss, I'll get the money to pay you back."
"If you don't pay me back, I'll go look for your sister and mother. You'd better keep your word!" The gangster leaned over and patted his face hard.
Jean was in pain.
"Let's go." The gangster ignored him and left with several of his associates.
Jean's eyes were swollen. He could only squint in the direction they were leaving. He tried to get up but struggled for a bit. He did not have the strength to get up.
He could only continue to lean on the garbage heap.
The rubbish around him gave off a stench, but Jean had no choice but to fumble around for his phone. He wanted to call someone for help.
He tried for several rounds but did not find his phone.
Jean felt his energy gradually being drained. He stopped looking and leaned against the garbage heap to pant.
The pain and exhaustion made him suffer physically and mentally...
He was in pain and freezing...
Jean could not get up. He could only grab two bags of rubbish and place them in front of him. He hoped to block the cold wind with the rubbish...
He closed his eyes and thought about how to ask Nina for money tomorrow.
3,000 dollars was not a big amount.
Nina would never give it to him, though, especially if she knew that he borrowed money to gamble. It seemed impossible to get the money from her...
It was also impossible to get money from Anna...
Nina was controlling Anna's money tightly...
‘How do I get the money?'
Jean felt a sharp pain in his body. He could only take a deep breath as he did not even have the strength to call for help.
He slowly closed his eyes and lost consciousness.
The next day.
When Nina woke up, she was about to get out of bed when she was grabbed by Percy.
She leaned on him with a smile and said, "Don't cause trouble. It's time to get up."
"Let's sleep in. Let me hold you and sleep a little longer." Percy buried his nose in her hair and enjoyed her scent.
"It's getting late. I'll be late to work." Nina smiled and wanted to get him off her. It was the end of the year. The company was busy, and she had to work with the finance department to sort some stuff out.
"You won't be late. It'll just be five minutes." Percy would not let her go.
Nina had no choice but to let him hold her. The same would happen every morning.
Percy had been working overtime, so when he was done with work, she was already asleep in bed.
When he got up, he would act a little more clingy.
Nina could only let him act like a child. He would hug her for five minutes before he got up.
After all, these five minutes were short but sweet.
However, something was different that day. Nina's phone rang before five minutes passed.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2342-Nina frowned. 'Who's calling so early in the morning?'
She turned over and tried to get her phone.
Percy grabbed her hand and muttered, "Don't worry about it."
Nina was not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Outsiders would be shocked if they knew that the CEO of Mallory Corporation acted like this when he woke up in the morning.
"I'm getting a call so early. Something must have happened." Nina removed his hands, picked up the phone, and glanced at the incoming call. It was an unfamiliar number.
Some time ago, some random numbers kept calling her, so she had to change her phone number.
Therefore, she was annoyed with random numbers. She would hang up straight and refuse to answer their calls.
She put down the phone. Percy asked, "Who's calling?"
"Some random number. It might be to harass me," Nina said. Her phone number was maliciously exposed when her past was put in the spotlight.
Some reporters would call to interview her. At the same time, many called to scream at her, saying that she was shameless and unworthy of Percy.
She had just changed her number, so Nina wondered who exposed it again...
The phone rang as soon as she put it down.
"Do I need to change my number again?" Nina turned to her side and asked Percy.
"Answer first and see who it is." Percy patted the back of her hand.
Nina gave a hum and turned around to pick up the phone. It was the same number as just now. She answered it and asked, "Who is it?"
"Are you Ms. Nina Langdon?" An unknown female voice came from the other end of the phone.
Nina frowned. Just when she was about to deny it, she heard the other person say, "This is the emergency department of the hospital. Is Jean Langdon your brother?"
Nina lay flat on the bed. She looked at Percy when she heard Jean's name.
She knew that nothing good could happen whenever she heard about Jean from someone else's mouth.
What was worse, it was the hospital calling.
The previous issue involving Jean the last time had not been resolved. Tyrone Hugh had not been discharged from the hospital. 'What did he do again?'
"Jean was found passed out next to the garbage dump today. He was injured and left to freeze on the street for a night. The hospital is resuscitating him now. Please come to the hospital immediately," the hospital staff member said.
"Okay, I see." Nina hung up the phone and looked at Percy dully.
"What's wrong?" Percy asked softly when he realized that she must have been notified of some bad news.
"Jean is in the hospital," Nina said.
"I'll take you there." Percy did not intend to laze in bed anymore and sat up immediately. He helped Nina to sit up as well.
"The staff at the hospital said that he was found next to a garbage dump. He's covered in bruises and was freezing all night beside the garbage dump," Nina said dully. Her mind was blank.
She realized that the temperature last night was around minus 10 degrees.
Someone who spent the night outdoors when it was minus 10 degrees would be in life-threatening danger even if they wore a thick coat.
On top of that, Jean was injured.
'Can they save him?'
Nina could not control herself as her eyes filled with tears.
"Don't overthink it. Wash up and change into a fresh set of clothes," Percy pursed his lips and said. He knew the seriousness of the matter.
An injured person who was left to freeze outside for a whole night had a low chance of being rescued.
Nina was pushed out of bed by Percy. She walked into the bathroom with a dumbfounded expression. She brushed her teeth and washed her face. She moved like she was on autopilot mode...
It was her primal consciousness that supported her doing so.
Nina went downstairs after she washed up.
Percy had prepared everything. He asked the nanny to pack a few pieces of bread and milk. After he put on a coat, he put a scarf around Nina's neck and said, "Come on. Let's go to the hospital to see what's going on."
"Mm..." Nina was pulled to the car by him.
The two got into the car.
Percy was in charge of driving. After he buckled his seat belt, he stuffed the bread and milk into her hands. "Have something to eat. Don't go hungry."
"I'm worried about Jean..." Nina said. Although she hated Jean, blood was thicker than water. She could not treat him like a stranger when she heard that something happened to him.
"The doctor will help him. You should have breakfast first," Percy said. "I've asked Johann to go over and find out what's going on."
Nina did not seem to hear his arrangement. She clutched the bread tightly and said, "It's so cold. Why would he be outside? He was beaten up, so why didn't he call the police?"
Percy did not feel good as he listened to her mumble. Nevertheless, they did not know what had happened to Jean.
"I'll find out." He could only promise her that he would take care of it.
"If Jean dies, how am I going to tell our mother?" Nina asked, She was dumbfounded and suddenly panicked when she thought of that.
Anna cared most about her son. If Jean was gone, Anna might go crazy.
If she went crazy, Nina would never have a peaceful life.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine..." Percy was unsure how to comfort her.
Johann called when they were still on the way to the hospital.
Percy knew that Nina was worried about Jean, so he turned on the loudspeaker. "How's Jean doing now?"
"I just learned that he froze for more than four hours. He was found next to the dump by an old garbage man in the morning. He didn't respond to the old man no matter how hard he tried to wake him, so he called the police and the ambulance," Johann said.
"Is he..."
"The doctor is still resuscitating him. There are many injuries on his body. It seems that he was beaten up. He's being observed in the emergency room. He just had a CT scan of the whole body. It's hard to say whether he has any internal injury. His body temperature has risen a little now. He should be fine if they continue to attend to him. However, he was left to freeze for a bit. I don't know if there will be any after-effects..." Johann said.
Many people who were left to freeze outside overnight could not be rescued. There were many such cases.
Jean was lucky.
In extremely cold weather, ordinary people would get delusions and take off their clothes. Many of them froze to death because of it.
Jean was injured and did not have the strength to take off his coat, so he managed to keep warm throughout the night.
When the ambulance arrived, his breathing and heartbeat were weak.
A series of rescues were immediately carried out as soon as he got onto the ambulance, and his breathing and heartbeat slowly rose.
"Dr. Park, will he be alright?" Nina asked in a trembling voice as her tears fell.
"He's relatively stable, but you have to be mentally prepared. After all, we don't know the extent of the injuries in his body. Also, people with frostbite may have sequelae," Johann told her.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2343-"As long as he doesn't die." Nina took a deep breath. She was worried about Jean but said such mean words.
Johann, who was on the other end of the phone, froze.
Percy was the only one that understood what she was thinking about.
He stretched out his hand, touched the back of Nina's hand, and said, "Please help me to keep an eye on him. I'll rush over now."
"No problem." Johann said, "By the way, the police are already investigating. They say they found some surveillance footage. I trust that they'll find who did this to Jean soon."
"It's whoever lent him money," Nina said dully, but her tone was affirmative.
Johann was stunned and asked subconsciously, "How do you know?"
Nina did not say anything, so Percy just said, "Okay, I'll hang up now. We're about 10 minutes away. See you at the hospital."
"Okay." Johann hung up the phone without asking further questions.
Nina grabbed some bread, took a bite, and drank a sip of milk before she said slowly, "The people who beat up Jean must be the ones who lent him money.”
Money was what Jean lacked the most at that moment, and he owed a lot of debt. Whoever lent him money would never let Jean off easily as they knew it would likely turn into unpaid debt.
"The police will launch an investigation," Percy said. Although he had a rough idea of what had happened, he did not want to decide on a conclusion since they had yet to see Jean.
Nina adjusted her breathing and remained silent. She ate half a piece of bread and put it down.
Percy noticed that and said helplessly, "Nina, eat more. I don't want you to be hungry."
"I'm not hungry. Jean has made me completely lose my appetite," Nina said. When she heard what Johann said, she was not sure if she should thank those people who beat up Jean to the point where he did not have the strength to stand up, or if she should feel bad that he was badly injured.
"Don't punish yourself because of him. You did nothing wrong," Percy said. He had been taking good care of Nina, so he was pissed as she was back in a bad mood because of Jean, especially when he had put in so much effort to get her to put on more weight.
He would protect her. He would not allow anyone to piss her off.
She knew that he cared about her, so Nina looked at him with a smile that looked uglier than her crying face.
Percy frowned and said, "You look ugly. Eat some more. You're too thin. You won't look good like this.”
"I'll eat more." Nina knew that he did not like it when she was too thin. The previous check-up also showed that she was underweight, so she needed to gain some weight.
Percy had been putting in a lot of effort to make it happen.
"Good." Percy said nothing more when he saw her obediently eating breakfast.
After they arrived at the hospital, Percy and Nina rushed straight to the emergency room.
Two police officers stood at the door of the emergency room. Without asking, Nina walked over and said calmly to the police, "I'm Jean Langdon's family."
"You're Jean's family member, huh? Please come with us." The officers looked at Nina from top to bottom and said.
Percy stepped forward and said, "I'll do it."
"Are you a family member of the victim?" The police thought that the man in front of him looked familiar. In the next second, he realized that he was Percy.
"I'm her fiance." Percy took Nina's hand and said, "You can contact me directly if you need anything."
Nina looked at him from the side and said, "Percy..."
"Let me handle this." Percy comforted Nina and looked at the police. "I want to know the specifics of this matter."
"Okay, Mr. Mallory. There are a lot of people here. Please come with us to somewhere a little more private," the officer said. They had a general understanding of Jean's issue, but they needed some time to find some witnesses.
"I'll find out more. Stay here and go through the formalities. If you have any problems, call me." Percy took out his credit card and put it in Nina's hand. "You know the passcode."
Nina looked at the credit card in her hand and put it back into his hand. "I have money on my card. I don't need this yet."
"Okay, I'll head off now." Seeing that she would not accept his card, Percy took it back and followed the police to a small room on the same floor.
"Mr. Mallory, please take a seat." The police knew who he was, so they were a little more polite.
Police officers often cooperated with Percy. After all, he had a security company that was full of talented people. Sometimes, when the police encountered some problems that could not be solved on their own, they would talk to those from Percy's company and hire them as technical consultants.
"Thank you. What did you find out?" Percy sat on the chair, and his gaze was sharp.
"After we received the report, we immediately retrieved the surveillance footage near the incident site and found out that Jean was brought out of the bar by a local gangster nicknamed Cobra. He was brought to the site, and Cobra and his men left after half an hour. However, the victim was nowhere to be seen. The scene of the incident took place in a dead end. The victim couldn't leave and go back. Therefore, after Cobra and his men beat him up, the victim remained at the scene of the incident until he was discovered this morning," the officer informed Percy of their findings.
"Cobra?" Percy squinted slightly. He did not recall hearing this name before.
All the people he knew were somewhat known in A City. Although Cobra had associates, he was just a small-time gangster.
"Our police station has Cobra on file. He's a loan shark. He's been in this situation more than once. His victims are all half-crippled now because of him, but he's never personally laid his hands on anyone, so we've only been able to arrest his subordinates," the officer said helplessly.
They needed evidence to arrest him, but Cobra always said that he did not do it nor did anyone see him take action. As such, they had to let him be.
"Who's the guy above him?" Percy asked.
"It's not clear, but Cobra has been collecting debts in A City for half a year. Every time something goes wrong, someone will step in to be the scapegoat so..." The officer bowed his head slightly and did not
continue talking.
"Okay, please continue to follow up on this matter." Percy stood up. He understood the matter and wanted to go back to Nina's side to guard her.
Although she could handle these things, Percy was not willing to let her bear it alone.
Johann had already helped with the formalities, so Nina did not need to do anything else. She stood in front of the emergency room, waiting for the doctor to come out.
Johann walked over to her after he was done with his rounds. "When did you arrive?"
Nina glanced at the time and said, "It's been 10 minutes. Dr. Park, what's the matter with him?"
"The results of the CT are out. There are many minor bone fractures on his body caused by external forces. It's not a big problem, and he doesn't need surgery for these. He'll be fine after resting for a bit, but he needs to be hospitalized for a few more days. He'll be sent to the general ward when his body temperature and other indicators have stabilized,” Johann replied.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2344-Johann's words were not difficult to understand. Nina knew that Jean would be mostly fine as long as he survived this.
"Thank you." She thanked him. "Oh, give me the receipt. I'll transfer the money to you."
"I've already sent the receipt to Percy," Johann said. It was the same no matter if he sent it to her or Percy.
Nina nodded and said nothing.
Johann said, "Jean was lucky this time around. He was beaten, but they didn't hurt any of his vital organs."
"Those people are used to beating up others. They have experience and won't beat people to death," Nina said.
"Yeah, but he was beaten so much that he didn't even have the strength to ask for help. He just lay in the snow. If he still had the strength, he would have hallucinated and taken off his clothes. He didn't because he was beaten up so badly that he lost all his strength. I heard that he moved the garbage and placed it in front of him to shield him from the wind. However, when the medical staff arrived, he was half-covered by snow. Fortunately, the snow last night was not heavy. Otherwise...." Johann hesitated.
If the snow last night was a bit heavier or if those gangsters had not beaten him up so badly and he still had a little bit of strength, maybe he would be dead.
"He's lucky." Nina smiled weakly. "Dr. Park, you mentioned that bad people would cause trouble for others. Is this what you meant?"
She hated Jean, but when she knew what had happened to him, she could not help herself from caring.
She was even worried that he would die.
Nina hated this feeling so much. It consumed her affection, sticking to her like a band-aid that she could not get rid of.
"Don't say that." Johann knew about what had happened to her.
Her brother was a troublemaker.
Nina's mother was eccentric. She was biased and forgot about righteousness as soon as money was involved.
To get money from Nina, even though she could be discharged from the hospital, she still opted to stay in the hospital as if it was free to be hospitalized.
Johann was speechless toward Nina's family members.
Percy went over and asked, "What's up with Jean?" "It's not a big problem. We just need to get his body temperature up and have him hospitalized for two days. This is for you." Although Johann had sent photos of the documents to Percy, he still had to give him the physical copy of the receipt.
After all, he would need it when he admitted Jean to the hospital.
Percy took the receipt and stuffed it into his pocket without looking at it.
"It'll probably take another half an hour. Wait here. When the doctor comes out, a nurse will take you through the formalities," Johann said as he glanced at the time. "I have another operation to attend to. I'll have to head off now."
"Thank you, Dr. Park," Nina thanked him.
Percy nodded at him too.
After Johann left, Nina looked at Percy and said, "You've been busy recently. There's nothing for you to do here. I'll be fine here alone. You can go."
"I'm staying here with you." Percy did not plan to leave.
"You can't leave your job because of such a small thing. Your colleagues will be dissatisfied." Nina was worried about him.
Although the Mallory family had not publicly said that they supported Pierre, there were some rumors. Many were waiting for Percy to be fired.
Regardless, he was still the CEO of Mallory Corporation. He had to do what the CEO should do. He had to avoid others picking on him.
"It's okay. I'll just ask my assistant to send me the documents that need to be processed via email later." Percy was worried. He did not want Nina to stay in the hospital alone.
He could put work aside for Nina.
Nina frowned. Percy had done enough for her, so she did not want to see him sacrifice more for her.
"But..."
Percy's phone rang before she could finish her sentence.
"Answer the phone first," she said.
Percy glanced at his phone and found that it was his assistant calling. He had no choice but to answer.
"What's up?"
"Boss, when will you arrive at the office? There's a last-minute meeting that you need to attend," the assistant asked.
"It can't be postponed?" Percy frowned. He did not expect to be dragged into a meeting at this hour.
He did not feel at ease leaving Nina to deal with Jean's affairs alone in the hospital.
"It can't be postponed. It's about the collaboration with Party B..." The assistant heard Percy's tone and could not help but speak softly. He wondered if he was disturbing the boss.
"I see." Percy hung up.
Nina smiled, shook her head, and said, "Your work is important. You should go attend to it."
"But you..."
"Jean's life isn't in danger. I've dealt with this kind of thing a fair few times. I'll be fine," Nina reassured him that she was capable of handling such small matters.
Jean had caused trouble many times. Occasionally, when Percy was busy, she would go to the hospital to deal with it first.
Speaking of which, it was ironic that she had so much experience dealing with such incidents.
"Okay, if you need anything, just call me and I'll come right over." Percy hugged her and planted a kiss on her forehead.
Nina felt a warmth on her forehead. However, the hottest thing was the gaze of others.
They were all looking at them.
Nina pushed him gently and said, "You should get going."
"Yeah." Percy stood up, left the emergency room, and rushed to the parking lot. He was still worried about leaving Nina there alone. He was concerned that the Mallory family might make a scene if they found out that Nina was in the hospital alone.
He called Luke when he thought of that.
"What's the matter?" Luke answered the call. He skipped the small talk.
"I need Luca to do me a favor," Percy said. "Jean is injured, and Nina is now alone in the hospital. I have an impromptu meeting that I need to attend. I'd like Luca to watch over her."
"I'll let her know," Luke agreed without hesitation.
"Thank you," Percy thanked him.
After Luke ended the call with Percy, he called Luca but no one answered. He guessed that Luca must have left her phone in the office and she was in the laboratory.
As such, he called Zoey Davis.
"Please have Ms. Luca return to her office and give me a call," Luke said.
"Okay, Boss," Zoey replied. She then hung up the phone to go inform Luca.
Luca returned to her office and saw that there was a missed call from Luke. She called him back. "Mr. Crawford, Ms. Davis said you were looking for me?"
"Jean is injured, and Nina is alone in the hospital now. You should go check in on her. Percy asked you to watch over her," Luke relayed Percy's words.
"Okay, I'll rush to the hospital now," Luca agreed.
"Let Warren take you. I've informed him. He's waiting in the parking lot now." Luke had asked Warren to wait in the parking lot when Zoey went looking for Luca.
"Okay, I see." Luca hung up the phone, took off her white robe, put on her coat, and left in a hurry.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2345-Zoey watched her leave with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.
She could not help but sigh in her heart about the great relationship between Dr. Craw and their boss...
Luca went to the underground parking lot, and sure enough, Warren was already sitting in the car. The car was running. She opened the door, and the heater inside was on.
"Warren, send me to the hospital," she said.
"I know, Ms. Luca. The boss told me." Warren started the car and hurried to the hospital.
After the car left the parking lot, Luca remembered that she had left without a word, so she took out her phone and texted Zoey to ask her to take a one-day leave on her behalf.
After that, she assigned Rhett some work.
After the two replied to her, she put the phone back in her pocket and sighed as she looked at the receding scenery from the car window.
When it involved Nina, she would certainly leave her job and help her deal with the matter.
After all, Nina's suffering has something to do with what she did in the past.
‘What happened to Jean this time?'
Warren's driving was fast and steady. After a while, they arrived at the hospital.
Luca called Nina and asked when she picked up the phone, "Nina, where are you?"
"I'm in the hospital. Something happened. Luca, what's wrong?" Nina asked. She was a little surprised that Luca would call her at this time.
"I'm also in the hospital. Where are you?" Luca asked.
"Why are you..." Nina paused. She did not tell anyone about what had happened, so she was sure that Luca was there because Percy asked her to. She said, "I'm in Ward 102 on the eighth floor of the inpatient department."
"Okay, wait for me." Luca opened the car door, thought about it for a while, and then said, "I'll be here for a while. Warren. Please attend to your work. You don't have to wait for me in the hospital parking lot."
"Got it." Warren nodded.
Luca closed the car door and rushed to the inpatient department.
She took the elevator to the eighth floor and found Ward 102.
She opened the door and found Nina sitting in a chair for patients' families.
She glanced at Jean, who was still lying on the hospital bed. Then, she looked away and walked toward Nina. "I'm here."
"Why did you come here for such a trivial matter..." Nina smiled helplessly and moved to the side to give Luca a little space. "Come on, sit down."
Luca nodded and sat on the chair. The chair was wide enough that she and Nina did not feel crowded sitting side by side.
"Mr. Mallory was worried that you'd get into trouble in the hospital, so he asked me to come over." Luca looked at the hospital bed. She noticed that Jean's nose was bruised. She had a rough idea of what happened. She asked, "What's going on?"
"He was beaten by a debt collector, and his bones are slightly fractured. His injuries aren't serious, but after freezing in the snow all night, he might've died if he hadn't been beaten and rendered immobile," Nina said calmly.
Luca nodded. Freezing for a night was the most deadly to the human body. "Has anyone been caught?"
"The police are investigating and have some clues, but isn't this what he deserves?" Nina looked at Jean with hatred in her eyes.
‘If he didn't owe people money, this wouldn't have happened. If he worked hard, he would have money to eat. Jean asked for it!'
"Don't be angry. He was taught a lesson," Luca hugged her arm and comforted her gently.
"Jean has learned his lesson, but what did I do wrong?" Nina asked. She looked at the device connected to Jean's body. The display showed his vital signs. She wanted so much to step forward and give him two tight slaps.
He was the one in the wrong, but she got dragged along and even had to take responsibility for it.
Luca kept silent. She did not know what to say in response.
After all, Nina had done nothing wrong. She was a good but unlucky person...
"Tyrone's matter hasn't been completely resolved, and he even got involved with Marie again. She stole all of his money, so he went to borrow some. Now...." Nina clenched her fist.
She had to work hard to restrain her urge to slap Jean.
"Okay, don't overthink it. He's lying here now. It's useless to say anything else. Have you eaten breakfast?" Luca asked. She was worried that Nina had not had breakfast.
She was so frail that she was likely to faint if her blood sugar got too low.
"I ate on the way here." Nina looked at Jean, her gaze never moving away.
However, there was no worry or sadness in her eyes, only hatred.
"Did the doctor say anything?" Luca asked. Although Jean's vital signs were stable, he was left to freeze outdoors all night...
If the temperature of the organs in his body was too low, even if he was rescued, there may be sequelae.
However, these would only be known after he woke up and they observed his day-to-day life. It would be difficult to judge just from the results of the medical examinations.
"The doctor said that there may be sequelae, but he can't be certain of anything yet," Nina said.
When the patient in the same ward as Jean heard what she said, he could not help but say in horror, "It turns out that it's so bad to freeze for a night?"
Nina ignored him.
Luca said, "Let's discuss further when he wakes up."
"The doctor said that he doesn't know when he'll wake up. I plan to stay here for another half an hour. If he still doesn't wake up, I'll hire a nurse." Nina did not want to waste time on him.
He and Anna were both hospitalized.
She had two hospitalized patients at home. For her, these treatment fees made up a huge chunk of her expenses.
Nina did not want to rely on Percy, so she wanted to earn and pay for the fees herself.
"I'm going to check his pulse." Luca stood up and walked to Jean's side. She looked at the IV drip attached to his hand and was a little disgusted.
She did not want to touch him when she thought of what Jean had done before. She thought about it, looked at the person in the hospital bed next door, and said, "Hello, can I have a tissue?"
"Of course," the man said.
Luca took out a tissue and put it on Jean's wrist. She would not have to touch him directly if there was a layer of tissue in between. Then, she began to feel his pulse.
Nina watched her movements and did not say anything even though she knew her disgust for Jean.
Two minutes later, Luca picked up the tissue and threw it in the trash can. "It should be another two hours before he wakes up."
Before Nina could speak, the man next to the hospital bed stared at Luca and uttered, "Can you tell by just taking his pulse?"
"One's pulse tells a lot of things." Luca returned to her original position.
"If it's true, you're amazing! Ma'am, can you check my pulse?" the man asked. He wanted her to help.
"I'm not that great. The doctor will treat your illness." Luca politely turned him down. She came to accompany Nina, not to show off.
She might get into trouble if she checked the pulse of random strangers.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2346-Seeing her reluctance, the man did not say anything. After all, he could not force others to do something.
The ward was a little stuffy, so Luca stood up again and said, "I'm going to get a cup of coffee. Nina, do you want a drink?"
"Okay." Nina nodded. Her gaze was still on Jean, who was on the hospital bed.
Luca left the ward, went to the restaurant to buy two cups of Americano, and was about to walk upstairs when she was stopped by someone. "Dr. Craw, why are you at the hospital?"
She turned around and found that it was Dr. Wood who had called out to her.
"Dr. Wood, good morning," Luca said with a smile.
"Morning. Are you not feeling well?" Dr. Wood also held a cup of coffee, and he walked to her side.
"No, it's my friend who's in trouble," Luca said. She thought of Tyrone and took advantage of the situation to check in about his situation. "By the way, Dr. Wood, how's Tyrone doing?"
"After your dry needling treatment as well as physical therapy, his condition has improved a lot. His family members have agreed to have him be discharged from the hospital. I heard the director say that he'll be discharged tomorrow. He'll come back regularly for rehabilitation treatment," Dr. Wood said. Tyrone's road to recovery would not have been as smooth without Luca.
"Any sequelae?" Luca asked.
"There are some sequelae, but the improvements in his condition are visible to the naked eye. As long as he continues to do physical therapy and go for dry needling sessions, he'll be fine. By the way, Dr.
Craw, do you want to go see him?" Dr. Wood asked. After all, Tyrone was a special patient and was treated with non-traditional dry needling.
"No, since the dry needling is useful, you can continue to use it on him," Luca said. Nina should be less stressed now that Tyrone was going to be discharged from the hospital.
They could continue with the follow-up.
The negotiation and payment would be transferred to the Tyrone family. Nina would not have to worry about it anymore.
"Okay." Dr. Wood had respect for Luca, so he added, "Your acupuncture method is very special. I originally wanted to use it on people in the same situation, but I don't dare to. Dr. Craw, I've always wanted to ask. Can this method be used on other patients?"
"It's best not to. In the traditional sense, dry needling methods are flexible. I adjusted the method according to Tyrone's condition. Although other patients may be in the same situation as him, there are always some differences. I don't recommend it..." Luca said.
Dr. Wood understood what she meant. Even if different patients had the same disease, the acupuncture points of dry needling had to be adjusted based on their respective conditions.
What was more, the dry needling method taught by Luca was not recorded in any book.
Therefore, he did not dare to adjust the technique at will.
Dr. Wood could not help but sigh and say, "Dr. Craw, if only you could come and work in our hospital."
"I'm not interested in being a doctor, I'm sorry." Luca smiled lightly. It was too overwhelming to be a doctor.
Moreover, the task Abel assigned her was not to be a doctor. If she went for it, it was uncertain what punishment she would face.
Luca frowned slightly when she thought of Abel. He seemed to be quiet recently, but the quieter he was, the more uneasy she felt.
Luca walked into the elevator with Dr. Wood, but they were going to different floors.
When they reached the eighth floor, she stepped out of the elevator and walked to Jean's ward.
Nina was still sitting in the escort chair, staring at Jean.
If she did not know Nina, she would have thought that she was thinking about Jean.
Luca knew that Nina hated Jean so much that she would never miss him.
She walked into the ward, handed over the coffee in her hand, and said, "It's an Americano with a little milk."
Luca knew how Nina liked her coffee. She liked it with 30% of milk.
"Thank you." Nina took it, putting on a smile that looked even uglier than her crying face.
"Don't smile if you don't feel like smiling." Luca sat down.
"I just told Anna the news of Jean's hospitalization." Nina took a sip of coffee. She talked about Anna with a flat tone like she was talking about a stranger.
Luca frowned and said, "How..."
"I should let her know what the proud son of hers is like," Nina said indifferently.
Luca decided to keep quiet.
She looked at Jean, who was still in the hospital bed.
Nina said, "Luca, why don't you leave first? Anna will come over later."
"She's going to kick up a fuss, isn't she?" Luca looked at Nina, distressed. Even if Anna had not arrived yet, she knew exactly the fuss that Anna would throw.
She would accuse Nina of not taking good care of Jean.
She would say that none of these would have happened if she had given Jean money.
"Yes, she'll yell at me and maybe even at you as well. You should make a move." Nina asked Luca to leave once again.
"I won't leave. I want to be here with you. If your mother dares to scold you, I'll scold her back on your behalf." Luca shook her head. She did not want to let Nina suffer abusive hurls from her mother alone.
"That's because you haven't seen my mother cursing at someone..." Nina felt helpless. She knew that it was pointless to reason with an unreasonable person like Anna.
Luca thought to herself that she had seen Anna act out before.
Luca had not only seen Anna swearing but she had also seen Anna hit someone. When she thought she had wronged Jean, she slapped her firmly in the face.
Her face was swollen for two days.
"What are you afraid of? If she weren't your mother, I would certainly not let her off," Luca said as she put the empty coffee cup aside.
Sure enough, after two minutes, a voice came from the other side of the door.
"This is 102."
As soon as the voice fell, Anna's voice sounded, "My son, poor Jean. What happened to you?" As soon as Anna was pushed in by the nurse, she began to cry mournfully.
The sound was harsh to anyone's ears.
Luca and Nina looked at each other, then at the door.
As if she did not see them, Anna controlled the wheelchair and went to the bedside. She cried even louder when she saw Jean's bruised face. "Who beat you up so badly, my poor son... Boo-hoo, if something happens to you, I won't want to live anymore..."
These words were exactly what Luca had imagined. She watched her with indifference.
Nina felt ashamed to have a mother like Anna.
"Don't cry, the doctor saved him." She stood up and stopped Anna from continuing to cry.
Anna's eyes were red. She felt bad seeing her son like that. She cried and could not help but feel angry when she saw how calm Nina was. "Your brother was doing fine! Nina, it's you! It's you, you unlucky bastard! You turned him into this!"
Nina thought to herself.
‘Me? Did I force Jean to borrow money from loan sharks?'
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2350-Before this, 500 dollars meant a lot to Anna, but it did not seem much when she had 2.5 million in front of her.
Anna said indifferently, “Just take it. The CEO of Mallory Corporation taking 500 dollars... How ridiculous..."
Percy's eyes darkened. He turned to look at Nina and asked, "Is her public services card with you?"
"Yes," replied Nina. Just in case the hospital wanted her to pay for medical expenses, Nina brought the public services card with her wherever she went.
"Return the card to her. You have nothing to do with her no matter what happens to her in the future," said Percy.
Nina pursed her lips. She took the public services card out of her purse and placed it on Jean's bed instead of handing it to Anna.
Anna only cared about the money now. The public services card was nothing to her. The bags of money she held in her arms were the most important thing.
Nina could see how happy Anna was with the smile on her face. It seemed like she was not upset about losing her daughter.
Nina held Percy's hand and said, "Let's go."
"Okay." Percy and the others left together.
The door was closed.
After they entered the elevator, Mr. Zac asked, "Mr. Mallory, you know that there's no such thing as legally cutting off ties with family in our country. Even if they've signed the contract, it's not going to be legally accepted."
"I know. That's why I asked you to add so many terms on it," replied Percy.
Mr. Zac finally understood why Percy did that after he was reminded of it.
Brilliant. What Percy did was brilliant.
"What terms?" Nina asked with curiosity. She knew Percy would not harm her. That was why she did not read the terms.
"When Mr. Mallory asked me to draft the contract, he asked me to add that the two and half a million is for you. Ahem, it's Ms. Anna's arrears. If Ms. Anna and her son continue to pester you, you have the right to take the money back. At the same time, Ms. Anna will have to pay a 20 percent interest rate. If
the other party is unable to pay the money, Mr. Mallory has the right to freeze the fixed assets under their name. Then, he's allowed to hold an auction to get the money back," explained Mr. Zac.
The so-called contract of cutting off ties between them was actually a loan agreement.
However, no date was stated on the contract when Anna should return the money. She was only given a precondition.
They did not have to return the money as long as they stopped pestering Nina.
Luca and Nina finally understood. Nina turned to look at Percy and asked, “How did you know she wasn't going to take a close look at the contract?"
Anna would not have agreed if she read the details of the contract.
"She wouldn't read it. She'd only want to see what she wanted to. Now that both contracts are in my hands, she wouldn't even notice anything," said Percy.
Luca could not help but mumble to herself when she heard that. Anna was right about one thing— Percy was a businessman.
A businessman was never easy to fool. Instead, he could play tricks on others.
However, if Anna did not come looking for Nina, nothing would happen to her.
"You know her well..." Nina's eyes turned gloomy, and she asked again, "But she asked for two million. Why did you give her 2.5 million dollars?"
"That way, she wouldn't even be bothered to look at the contract," said Percy.
Anna was blinded by the extra 500,000 dollars, which made Percy's plan easier to succeed.
"Mr. Mallory, you're pretty good at dealing with people like these," Luca had remained silent all this time. She could no longer hold it back and began to speak.
What Anna did was foolish.
She had fallen into Percy's trap.
The corner of Nina's lips was curling up. She could not help but laugh.
Percy said calmly, "Luke taught me that. He's better at this."
Luca raised her brows. Would Luke insult someone in that way? She did not think so. Luke would make a move immediately if he was dealing with someone else. He would not come up with these tricks.
The elevator doors opened. Mr. Zac walked out of the elevator and said, "Mr. Mallory, I'm going back to the law firm if there's nothing more."
"Sure. You have to keep this a secret. My assistant will transfer the payment to you later," replied Percy. "Okay. I'll follow my professional ethics," Mr. Zac smiled and left.
After Mr. Zac left, the assistant left too. He did not come here together with Percy using the car. That was why they would not be leaving together.
Luca said, "I'm leaving too."
"Nina, let Percy give you a ride," said Nina while turning around to look at her.
"It's okay. Warren is waiting here. I'm going back to the office," said Luca. She walked toward the parking slot where Warren had parked the car.
Nina and Percy headed to the car. After both of them got into the car, Nina fastened her seatbelt and said, "Don't start the engine first. I'd like to talk to you." “You want to talk about the money, right? That's your dowry. You're destined to be my wife in this life,” replied Percy.
"Percy..." Nina did not expect he would say that. 2.5 million of dowry was too much...
Although many of the wealthy people in A City would pay more than 10 million for their wife's dowry, they were marrying someone of equal status.
Nina knew Percy was way out of her league. How could she deserve such a big dowry?
"You must be thinking that you aren't worth that much, right? I don't think it's enough. The amount of dowry is based on how much someone means to you. You're a priceless treasure to me," said Percy.
Nina let out a snort of laughter and replied, "When did you learn to sweet talk?"
"It's the truth, and I mean it. Sincerity isn't sweet talk," Percy held her hands and leaned closer to her lips. He kissed her gently on the lips. He just could not bear to see Nina being wronged.
That was why he agreed with what Anna said, and he played a trick on her too.
After all, the country did not acknowledge cutting off ties with family.
Nina could feel Percy's tenderness. Who would have thought that Percy, who was always cold and cool to the others, would have such a gentle side? She suddenly thought of making fun of him, and she said, "But.."
"But?" Percy caught a trace of playfulness flashing across her eyes.
"You told me my dowry is 2.5 million, but who would call their future wife an idiot?" Nina deliberately pulled a long face.
"It's not 2.5 million. I took back 500 dollars," Percy squabbled. It only took a while for him to shut her up.
He would not easily fall into her trap.
"You took that money back on purpose, huh? You were afraid that I'd say something like this." Nina was amused.
"No. I noticed that she was carefully holding the bags of money in her arms as though she was holding her baby. That's why I took the money from her. Jean owes me, after all," replied Percy.
"They owe you more than 500 dollars now." Nina sighed. If Anna did not spend the money extravagantly and got Jean under control at the same time, 2.5 million was enough for them to live a comfortable life.
If they knew about financial planning and investments, the interest they would earn from the money monthly would be enough for them to survive.