Chapter 1691 It’s Getting Too Much

Luca listened to Luke's simple explanation, but she had a feeling that things were not as simple as

they seemed.

A ten percent drop in the stock price... The wealth of Johnston Corporation had disappeared into

thin air after a second in the market.

Percy must have something to do with this. After all, he was not an obedient person. However, he

obeyed the Mallory family's elders to be together with the daughter of the Johnston family. He must

be up to something.

Luca had a suspicion that Johnston Corporation's share prices would not only drop by ten percent.

They would probably continue to fall today and tomorrow.

"What's on your mind?" Luke looked at how serious Luca was and deliberately interrupted her by

asking a question.

Luca snapped back to her senses and said, “If the Johnston family gets into trouble, will the Mallory

family sever their ties with them immediately?”

“The marriage of convenience between the Mallory and Johnston families is for the sake of their

benefits. Besides, Percy isn't married to that woman yet. If the Johnston family can't survive through

the crisis, the relationship between the two families will certainly come to an end,” answered Luke.

This was Percy's goal.

“If they end the relationship, won't there be rumors flying all around?” Luca was not worried about

Percy. Instead, she was worried about Nina.

Once Percy got rid of the Johnston family, he would probably go back to pursue Nina. There were

already bad rumors about Nina spreading around back then. If Percy really went to look for Nina

after this, then many others would be prejudiced against Nina and even speak ill of her.

"A marriage of convenience is always like that. The ones who are involved will understand, and they

won't talk too much about it,” said Luke. He looked at the worried expression on Luca's face and

knew she was not worried about the Johnston family’s situation but her best friend, Nina.

“Is it? Maybe I don't know much about a marriage of convenience...” Luca said disconsolately. She

did not want to know that much about it either. All she wanted was for Nina to be happy.

However, Percy had used such means to get together with Nina. Would she be happy?

Luca did not know, and she was not sure how the future was going to be. No one could predict the

future, right?

"Not everyone can interfere with the Johnston family’s matter,” Luke said. He picked up the napkin

and wiped his mouth.

He was done eating his breakfast.

Luca nodded. She knew well that not everyone could interfere with the Johnston family’s affairs.

Besides, not everyone could bring down the Johnston family. After all, the Johnston family’s history

went much further back than the Crawford and Mallory families in A City. She even heard that the

ancestors of the Johnston family had their own business since the 1930s.

They must be capable to have managed their family business until now.

It was not easy for Percy to be able to trip the Johnston family up that quickly.

Nina would certainly be happy if she got together with him. This man was good at what he did.

After so long, she could also finally realize that this man was not a player.

Hence, Nina would be truly happy if she got together with him...

Luke stood up and said, “I'm off to work.”

Luca nodded, “Alright.”

She did not intend to go to the office today. She chose to finish translating the documents at home.

Luke cleaned up his dishes, carried his briefcase, and left.

Luca picked up her phone once the door was closed. She went to look up the Johnston family.

The news of the share prices of the Johnston family’s company dropping ten percent was viral on

the internet. Everyone was coming up with all sorts of reasons, but the Johnston family had yet to

release an official response.

They chose to keep quiet when they were facing the netizens’ various suspicions.

They gave no answer to all the guesses that were circulating. The way they were handling it would

only make more retail investors sell off the shares in their hands when the market opened later.

Looking at the trend, Luca reckoned that when once the stock market opened, the share prices of

the Johnston family’s business would probably fall another ten percent.

They were not even trying to deceive the investors now. Luca thought they might have really gotten

into trouble.

Luca thought for a while, then sent a message to Nina: [Nina, are you aware of what's happening to

the share prices of Johnston Corporation?]

[I don't do any investments. Why should I pay attention to that?] Nina soon replied to her message.

Luca shook her head helplessly. Without a face-to-face conversation with Nina, she could not tell if

her best friend said it on purpose or she really did not give a sh*t about it.

She was not concerned about the Johnston family, but she must care about Percy.

Luca replied: [Johnston Corporation suffered a ten percent drop in their share prices. They'll

probably continue to drop today too. If this situation continues, the Mallory family will definitely do

something about it]

After she sent it to her, she did not receive any replies from Nina for a long time.

Luca put her phone aside, stood up, and cleaned up the table.

After cleaning up the table, she washed Luke's clothes by hand. Then, she took out the shirt that she

brought in last night. She ironed it and put it back into the wardrobe.

On the other hand.

Luke had just arrived at the office. Jason said, "Boss, Mr. Mallory is waiting for you in the reception

room.

“That early?” He frowned. He knew Percy would come looking for him, but he did not expect him to

be so early.

“Yes,” replied Jason, “I saw Mr. Mallory waiting for you on the first floor when I came to work today.”

"Ask him to come to my office," Luke ordered.

Jason headed to the reception room to inform Percy.

After a while, Percy came walking in carefreely. The cold expression that used to be on his face was

no longer. He could not hide his smile.

Luke teased him. “Your fiancée's family business is facing a crisis now and you're still able to laugh. It

won't be good if someone sees you.”

Percy seldom got carried away like this. However, all the things that the Johnston family did to unite

with the Mallory family had pissed him off. At this very moment, he was too lazy to pretend

anymore. After all, he was secretly enjoying himself.

He sat on the couch and said, “It's not like you're an outsider. I feel great now. What's wrong with

you catching me rejoicing? Don't forget that your company will also benefit from the situation the

Johnston family is in now.”

“You're the biggest beneficiary.” Luke reminded him. He played a part in bringing down the

Johnston family too, but not as much as Percy.

The Johnston and Mallory families had been working together to force him to get together with the

daughter of the Johnston family. Percy was already fed up with it.

If it were not for the strong power that the Johnston family held, he would have done it earlier. He

would not have waited until now.

"Yes, yes, yes. I'm the biggest beneficiary but our companies are connected. Tell me, how much

more does the Johnston family have to lose for them to fall?" Percy said.

“It's probably getting too much for them now. The market is about to open, and their share prices

will likely drop another ten percent. After the drop today, they won't be able to bear it anymore.

Then, they'll ask for help from the Mallory family.” Luke analyzed.

He was pretty confident.

Percy raised his brows. It was earlier than he expected. “So soon?”