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Chapter 2294
Chapter 2294
Chapter 2294
"That's your own problem. My only obligation is to take care of Mom, not you." Nina hung up the phone and told him firmly that it was impossible for him to try to get money from her.
Jean gripped the phone in his hands tightly with murderous eyes as he listened to the busy tone on the other end of the call.
With his stomach in constant pain, he had no other choice but to call Pierre.
After the phone rang six times, Pierre's tirade could be heard. "What's the matter with you? Why are you calling so early?"
Jean recoiled and apologized in a hurry. "I'm sorry, Mr. Pierre, but I have a favor to ask you."
"If you have something to say, spit it out." Pierre was impatient. If he were not Nina's brother, he would not even go close to people like him.
"Uhh. All my money got stolen. Can you lend me some temporarily?" Jean bit the bullet and asked him for money, hoping that he would help him solve this urgent matter for the sake of Nina.
"It's none of my f*cking business if your money got stolen. Was the thousands of dollars I gave you yesterday not enough?" After asking him, Pierre hung up the phone right away without waiting for him to answer.
He did not even give Jean time to explain.
Jean frowned upon hearing the busy tone, and he put the phone aside dispiritedly.
He never would have thought that Marie would be able to humiliate him to this extent.
There was not an ounce of mercy left in Jean. Since Marie ran away after stealing his money, he had to find her. However, the brothers he met on the streets were not very reliable, and they charged too much.
Hence, it was better for him to get help elsewhere, but not from the police.
Jean had a candidate in mind, so he picked his phone up to make a call.
"Who is this?" Percy's cold voice rang from the other end of the phone.
"Mr. Mallory, it's me, Jean. There's something I'd like to talk to you about," said Jean. He knew that Percy would not easily forgive the person who sold Nina's information to the reporters, so he wanted to use Percy as a means of finding Marie.
At the same time, he wanted to get some money from him.
"Oh, It's you? Say it." No change of emotion was heard in Pierre's voice.
Jean said, "It's about my sister. I know who disclosed her information to the reporters."
“Who?" Percy asked.
Jean was beating around the bush because if he told Percy right now, there was no chance of him getting his money back. He needed the money. “I need to tell you in person."
Percy fell silent for a moment and asked, “Why? Did you not tell Pierre before coming to me?"
Jean was stunned, and he finally realized how Nina found out that he received money from Pierre.
It turned out to be Percy.
Nina would not go to places like Bibbler's Tale, but Percy would often show up at places like that.
“I went to have a drink with Mr. Pierre, and he gave me some money after seeing how well I drank, but I didn't mention a single thing to him about Nina. Plus, I never promised to help him with anything. You have to believe me." Jean immediately clarified that he did not have much to do with Pierre.
“Whatever deal you have with him is none of my business." Percy was not interested in his conversations with Pierre.
Jean was stunned as he had long known that the brothers were at odds, so he stopped mentioning it.
“Mr. Mallory, the reason why I'm calling is that I genuinely want to tell you what I know." He expressed his sincerity.
Percy said impatiently, “I'll wait for you at Mallory Corporation."
There was quite a distance between him and Mallory Corporation, but he had no money to take public transport. At the thought of that, he quickly said, “Mr. Mallory, can you get me a ride? I'm kind of facing a financial crisis right now..."
“Didn't you just get a sum of money?" Percy asked.
“Unfortunately, the money was stolen, and I don't even have money to take the bus." Jean left out the part with Marie as he did not want Percy to think that he was exposing her just because she stole his money.
“I'll send a car over. Wait there." Percy finished speaking and hung up the phone.
If Jean were not Nina's brother, he would have just hung up without listening.
After the call, Jean smiled as if his scheme had succeeded. “Marie, are you thinking of trying to escape with my money? You'll never be able to escape from my clutches!"
He tidied himself up a bit as he was going to a big company like Mallory Corporation, so he could not let himself look too sloppy.
After changing into a clean set of clothes, Jean waited for the driver Percy had arranged for him.
After a while, the driver called him. “Hello, sir. I'm at the entrance right now as I can't drive into the area in your address, so I'm afraid you'll have to walk out."
Jean's mood brightened up a little, and he walked out the door to find a taxi parked at the entrance.
He was stunned and stood by the roadside for a few seconds.
The taxi driver pushed open the door and asked, “Are you Mr. Langdon?"
“Yes." Jean nodded absent-mindedly. Did Percy not send someone to come pick him up? Why was there a taxi?
He had thought that it would be one of Percy's luxury cars.
“Please get in the car. I'll take you to your destination," said the driver.
Jean got in the car anyway.
After 40 minutes or so, the taxi stopped downstairs at Mallory Corporation. The driver turned back and said, "Sir, we're here. You may get off now."
"The cab fare..." Jean frowned as he had no money in his pocket.
"Oh, you booked the taxi on the app, so the fee will be deducted from it automatically,"' said the driver.
Jean heaved a sigh of relief as he did not have to pay himself. Otherwise, he would have to inform Percy to send over some money.
He pushed open the door and got down the car. Then, he stood at the entrance of Mallory Corporation and tilted his head up to look at the imposing skyscraper.
If Marie and Bianca had not done him wrong in the past, with his educational background, perhaps he would have already made his way up to the top of a building like this and become an elite member of the upper class.
Unlike how he was now.
Jean was educated and knowledgeable. He had even studied abroad. If he had not gone to prison, he would not have fallen to rock bottom.
When those so-called interviewers found out that he had been sentenced to prison before through a background check, they had him leave without asking him anything,
Jean clenched his fists at the thought of that.
He could not get his revenge on Bianca as Luke was protecting her, but Marie alone was more than enough!
Jean walked into the lobby of Mallory Corporation.
The staff at the front desk had been informed in advance, so when they saw Jean approaching, they straight away took him upstairs to the reception room.
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Langdon. Mr. Mallory is having a short meeting right now, so he might take a while," said the receptionist.
"Sure." Jean looked at the lavishly decorated reception room and thought to himself if Percy would offer him a job at Mallory Corporation, working in such a luxurious building was not such a bad idea.