Chapter 3416 Having A Weakness Makes It Easy To Be Brought Down Nina trembled when she was touched. Her whole body was shaking.
Karen's touch was icy cold, and when her hand fell on Nina's face, it carried a chill. "Don't hurt her!" Percy's voice was hoarse, his anger barely concealed in his eyes.
He was furious but kept reminding himself not to provoke Karen.
"Hmph, look at how nervous you are." Karen's patience wore thin. Without another word, she laid out her conditions. "If you wantto let her go, fine." "What do you wantto do?" Percy knew the conditions she was about to propose would not be as simple as keeping her out of the psychiatric hospital.
It could involve Pierre.
Perhaps even the company.
Even though Karen had spoken to him about the high hopes she had for him, Percy did not believe a word of it. To her, from beginning to end, the only person who mattered was Pierre. Percy was merely a tool to secure her position in the Mallory family.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"See? You still care about this woman. You've disappointed me!" Karen glanced at Nina with disgust. How could such an ordinary woman capture Percy's attention to this extent? She let out a soft, chilling laugh. Her expression teetered on the edge of madness. It was as though she might lose control at any moment and slaughter everyone in the room.
Nina's heart clenched with panic.
She had heard before that no matter who you deal with, you should never deal with someone from a psychiatric hospital. It would be terrifying when they lost it.
Nina felt a wave of regret. Why had she not told the employees to kick Karen out the moment she saw her? Now, she was under Karen's control, and she was a weakness that Percy could not ignore. Regret consumed her. All these years, she still had not managed to make herself better... She was still a burden to Percy.
Nina once thought that love could conquer everything.
Now, reality was screaming at her-love alone could not conquer everything. To overclife's challenges, love needed to be paired with strength. She needed to be strong enough to stand her ground against the world.
Otherwise, she would forever be dragging Percy down.
Even though Percy did not seem to mind, Nina could not help but care deeply at this moment. She had always wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him, not be a weight on his back.
Still, life never went the way she wanted.
Not long after their blissful honeymoon, Karen showed up and turned everything upside down.
Bitterness surged in Nina's heart as she recalled what people had said at the wedding. They said they could not understand what Percy was thinking, choosing someone like her.
They said she must have bewitched Percy, or else how could he insist on marrying her with just her looks and skills? Seven said that no matter how hard she tried, she would never deserve to stand by Percy's side.
Bitterness welled up in Nina's heart as she lowered her gaze to the blade. A dangerous thought crept in. What if she pushed forward? There would only be two outcomes -either Karen would hurt her and she would die, or she would somehow manage to escape this ordeal.
Nina made a small movement.
Before Karen noticed, Percy had already caught her movement. He quickly shook his head and asked again, "What do you want? Just say it." Karen let out a cold sneer and spoke up without hesitation, "Fine, I'll get straight to the point. I want you to go to Luke and ask him to get Luca to help treat Pierre's leg." "Fine," Percy clenched his teeth and agreed.
"And I'm not going back to that psychiatric hospital." Karen's eyes flickered with fear at the mention of it. She was not mentally ill, yet Percy had forced her into that place with such heavy-handed methods. If she went back, there would be no way for her to ever leave again. The thought sent a shiver of terror through her. For someone who was not sick, being confined to that kind of environment would drive them insane. During her few days there, she had already felt her mental state deteriorating. It was as though she were being assimilated into the madness around her. That was why she urgently contacted her people to rescue her. "You must agree to this, and we'll sign an agreement. If you violate it, all your properties will be transferred to me!" Karen knew that Percy owned a significant number of properties.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIf she could get her hands on them, she would be set for life even without the Mallory family's support. "Fine," Percy agreed again without hesitation.
Karen's anger flared even more.
He was agreeing to all this just for Nina? He was willing to give up everything? Fine. If that was how he wanted to play it, she would make him lose even more! Karen believed that as his mother, everything he owned rightfully belonged to her. Since Percy was so determined to be with Nina, whatever he had now would eventually be passed on to Nina if she did not take it. Therefore, she made an even more outrageous demand. "I want 10% of Mallory Corporation's shares!" The moment Nina heard Karen's demand, she wanted to shake her head and beg Percy not to agree.
He had worked so hard to stabilize Mallory Corporation just so they could be together.
If he gave up 10% of the shares, the company would surely be thrown into chaos again. All his efforts and sacrifices would go to waste! Nina knew that if those shares fell into Karen's hands, they would ultimately benefit Pierre. Why should the man who hurt her so deeply get everything? Tears of frustration and helplessness rolled down Nina's cheeks.
She rarely cried, especially in front of Percy.
Nina never wanted to rely on tears to express herself, nor did she want him to see her as weak. However, she could not hold back any longer at this moment.
Nina hated her own weakness, but she hated Karen's favoritism even more.
Percy was such an outstanding person, yet Karen chose to dote on Pierre instead.
Clearly, Percy was her most exceptional son! When Percy saw Nina's tears, he felt a sharp pang in his heart. Without hesitation, he said, " Fine, I'll give you everything you want. Just let her go."