Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 2190

"Okay, got it. How did they know Nina was here?" Luca's expression was stern. It seemed that the Mallory family was dead serious about wanting Nina to leave Percy.

However, how was Nina at fault?

She did not cause the misfortune that came upon her blood family nor did she have an option.

Pierre was the one who caused all of Nina’s recent suffering. She was the victim!

Nina sighed when she saw Luca’s sour expression. "It should be Joanne… They came for me. I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position, Luca. I'll go out."

"No, you stay here." Luca wanted to make a call but realized that her phone was not there. She then remembered that she left it in the bedroom.

She said to Aunt Neile, "Aunt Neile, I'm going to make a call. In the meantime, please open the door for the Mallory family and have Lanie and the others go upstairs. I don't want the Mallory family to scare them."

"Okay, I'll do it right now." Aunt Neile nodded and was about to leave the bedroom.

"Another thing, Aunt Neile, please entertain them downstairs. You’ll have to leave work a little later than usual today," Luca said.

Aunt Neile replied, "Okay, no problem."

After Aunt Neile left, Luca looked at Nina and said, "You haven't done anything wrong, so you have nothing to apologize for. I'll go meet them, and you can wait here. Don't come down if you don't hear anything from me."

"The Mallory family is very..." Nina hesitated to continue speaking. "Luca, I can't let you face them alone. I'll do it. You're innocent."

"Don't worry. I'll give a call to Mr. Crawford before I head down." After Luca finished speaking, she walked out of the bedroom and closed the door. She then went to her bedroom to grab her phone. She felt uncomfortable when she thought of how they had not been in contact for nearly two days. At that moment, she had no choice but to take the initiative to talk to him.

She did not expect that the Mallory family would pay them a sudden visit. She knew she had to inform Luke about what was happening and get his opinion on how to manage this matter that involved Nina and deal with the Mallory family.

No matter what Luke said, she was determined to protect Nina.

Luca made up her mind and called Luke.

Luke answered her call fairly quickly. Luca did not wait for him to speak before she said, "Mr. Crawford, I need to get your opinion on something."

Luke stayed silent for a few seconds before he asked, "What's the matter?"

Luca could hear the hoarseness and exhaustion in his voice. She lowered her eyes, suppressed her worries about him, and said, "I assume you know about what happened to Nina?"

It had caused a big commotion, so even though Luke was not around, Luca assumed that he was aware as he had always kept a close eye on what was happening in A City.

"Yeah." Luke’s response was short and simple. She blinked. If it were not for the silence on her end, she wondered if she had hallucinated his response because she missed him too much.

"She's staying at your villa now, but the Mallory family is at the door. I want to shield her from them. Do you have any concerns?" Luca made it clear that she wanted to help Nina. Nevertheless, it was Luke’s villa, after all. She was certain that the Mallory family knew that. As such, she still had to get his opinion.

Otherwise, she might offend the Mallory family and they would blame Luke. If that happened, their partnership would be affected.

"Do what you think is right. If they don't back off, deal with it however you deem fit." Luke said more words this time.

Luca felt at ease when she heard what he said. She understood that he meant for her to protect Nina and not worry so much.