“Even though I hate Pierre, I hope he's okay." Nina rested her head on Percy's chest, feeling the warmth of his body and the strong thumping of his heart.

Nina was no saint. The reason why she hoped Pierre was fine was because she did not want the days ahead to be difficult for Percy.

Especially when both Karen and Old Master Mallory were concerned about his life.

If they failed to save Pierre this time and if something happened to him, Old Master Mallory and Karen would definitely blame Percy. Their days ahead would get harder and harder.

Therefore, even though Nina held a grudge against Pierre, she still prayed that nothing bad would happen to him.

Percy cupped her face and planted a hot, wet kiss on her forehead.

He was destined to not get any sleep tonight.

After all, what happened to Pierre was different from anything they had experienced before.

Previously, he could personally participate in it while knowing the scores. However, Pierre was being held captive in X City at the moment while he had to stay in A City.

The Island of Despair had a base in A City. They might be watching them from somewhere outside.

If Percy left A City, the members in X City would be informed and Pierre could be moved to another place any time. This would nullify the efforts made by Gordan earlier.

Hence, Percy had no choice but to wait in A City and call the shots behind the scene. He could not make any real moves to rescue Pierre.

Neither could Luke nor Jim.

That was why Percy felt so uneasy. He could not participate in this mission. He could only wait for the results.

This made him more anxious than those who were waiting to take action.

Percy could not sleep, but Nina had to.

He urged her to rest, "It's getting late. Go to sleep."

Nina hesitated for a moment but eventually shook her head. She could tell that Percy had no intention of resting.

How could she rest?

was worried about the mission, or he was worried about Pierre. Still, Nina was worried about Percy and

a deep grudge against Pierre. A large part of her

She wanted him dead.

Nina dared not think

faced with the possibility of either Pierre dying or being rescued and him continuing to compete with him,

know if anything happens." Percy knew that Nina was worried about him and the mission, which was why

her head in his chest and replied with a muffled

Pierre, and everything would be fine after that. Who would have known what

felt sorry for

pills the doctor prescribed for you?" asked Percy. Despite Nina's improved psychological state, she still occasionally suffered from insomnia. Hence, the doctor continued to prescribe sleeping pills for her and advised her to only take them

Nina took a deep breath and

fall asleep. Then you

be sitting in the

was gentle. He followed Nina upstairs to the

and lay down

leaned against the headboard, keeping her

Nina was like a child, holding onto his hand and snuggling her face

withdrew his hands when Nina's breathing became even and she was truly

peaceful sleeping face, he got up quietly, picked up his phone, put on his

only two o'clock

office chair, opened the drawer, and took out a cigarette. Then, he lit it and watched the

would depend on how well Gordan performed

not tell Old Master Mallory about

was getting old, and he tended to be conservative when it came to things like this. He would

outlive the younger generation. That was why he was not willing to do it no matter how

like a puppet on a string, more

tall in A City for years because

achieve high status without offending anyone was not

for the Mallory family, had offended many people

Percy did was to protect the future of the Mallory

means to kidnap the people of the Mallory family and his beloved woman, Nina, upon learning this. How could

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