Twins in Her Womb: Sir President, Please be Gentle

Chapter 3237 Stalling For Time

Luca noticed a change in Pierre's expression.

She reckoned that they had already found something out, so she said, "It looks like you found something. I think you'd better let us go."

"No!" Karen's tone was assertive. "No matter what, you have to perform dry needling on Pierre today."

Luca frowned in silence.

Pierre set his phone aside. A mocking gleam flashed across his eyes. "Yeah, you'll be performing dry needling on me today, no matter what."

He did not plan on having Luca perform dry needling on him for the long term. The room was filled with surveillance cameras.

As long as he got one more session from her, another naturopathic physician could learn from the footage afterward.

This was the plan Pierre and Karen came up with.

They could not afford to offend Luke's people, but if they had to, they would do it once and then send Luca back unharmed.

"Anyway, if you don't help me with the dry needling, I'll be useless. The Mallory family doesn't need useless trash. But this woman got dragged into it because of you. It wouldn't look good for Luke, right?" Pierre threatened menacingly, betting that Luca only knew this woman because of Luke.

If anything happened to her, not only would the Mallory family be in trouble, but so would Luke.

Luca had deep feelings for Luke and definitely would not want to see him in trouble.

*How despicable!" Luca realized that her plan to protect Vivian had been seen through.

However, it was a flawed plan to begin with.

After all, it was hastily put together. If Pierre decided to go all out, she had no way to stop him.

Vivian felt guilty, knowing she was Luca's weakness.

"Luca, people like him aren't worth your help. Just let him become a cripple!"

The word 'cripple' triggered Karen. She pulled a knife from a drawer and held it fiercely to Vivian's neck.

*If my son becomes a cripple, you won't live either! You're the lady of an underground organization, right? I don't care who you are. Either Luca performs dry needling today, or you'll both die here!"

Luca's heart sank as she looked at the sharp blade against Vivian's throat. She regretted getting Vivian involved in this mess.

She should not have gotten too involved with Vivian so frequently during this kind of situation.

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If something happened to Vivian, Ray would not only go after the Mallory family but also trouble Luke.

As the knife got closer, Vivian remained calm, giving Karen an intense stare. "If you have the guts, just kill me. If I die, your whole family will be doomed."

Karen's hand trembled.

However, she knew that if Pierre did not get better, her future would be hopeless.

If they were doomed, then so be it!

Luca saw the madness in Karen's eyes and realized that she had nothing to lose.

If she did not give Pierre and Karen some hope now, Vivian would be in serious danger.

Luca was still of use to them. They would only claim to hurt Vivian to threaten her.

"Wait!" Luca relented.

The knife's tip was aimed at Vivian's carotid artery, but Luca felt like it was aimed at her own heart.

She knew that Ray was not someone to be messed with.

He treated Luke well because there was no grudge between them, but if something were to happen to Vivian on her watch, that would change.

Not only Luke, but the kids would also be in danger.

If Vivian got hurt, Ray would go crazy, and the people she cared about would be at risk.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Karen paused for a moment. There was a hint of smugness in her eyes, but she did not put the knife away. "You should've agreed sooner. I didn't want to scare your friend."

"You need to prepare the needles for me," said Luca. She was trying to buy time. "And some other tools, like alcohol.

Karen finally put the knife away and opened a drawer, taking out everything Luca needed.

"Are these needles enough? I have three more packs if you need them."

Luca was rendered speechless. These few packs of acupuncture needles could cover all of Pierre's acupoints.

"They're enough." She moved back a bit and turned around. "Untie me."

Karen did not hesitate and swiftly cut the rope with the sharp knife.

The thick ropes fell away instantly.

Luca moved her wrists. Even though she did not see the knife cut through the ropes, she could feel the sharpness of it.

She looked at Karen with a gloomy expression. "Untie my friend too."

"No!" Karen was cautious. "After you perform the dry needling, I'll let you two go."

Luca glanced at the room's surveillance cameras, many of which were aimed at Pierre. She smirked,

understanding their plan.

They knew she could not provide long-term dry needling treatment for Pierre, so they wanted to record her doing it. Then, they could have a naturopathic physician replicate the procedure from the video.

Nevertheless, even if a naturopathic physician watched the video of her performing the dry needling treatment, there was no guarantee they could get it right.

The reason Abraham had been so accurate in finding the acupoints before was because she had been there to personally guide him.

Every acupoint had unique effects and characteristics, and she explained those to him so that he could remember them.

Even with a video, those older naturopathic physicians would not necessarily find the right acupoints.

Plus, dry needling needed to be adjusted based on the patient's condition. There was no one-size-fits-all method. *Luca, I'm fine," Vivian reassured, still feeling guilty.

*My friend is getting tired standing there." Luca gave her a reassuring look and then negotiated with Karen.

Karen realized Luca was stalling for time.

She quickly pulled Vivian to sit on a couch. "Is this better? Now, hurry up and start."

Luca silently began preparing for the treatment.

Karen watched as she put on medical gloves and then disinfected them. She was clearly growing impatient, but she held back from rushing Luca.

Luca explained, "This procedure will take over half an hour. Don't talk or interrupt me. Some acupoints will be quite painful, so bear with it."

Pierre nodded without saying anything. He was willing to endure the pain as long as he could walk normally again.

Luca started the treatment.

With the first needle, Pierre felt the pain immediately.

The moment the needle was inserted into his body, he clenched his teeth, and his forehead veins bulged.

Karen felt a pang of sympathy. Was it really that painful?

She asked in a low voice, "Can you be gentler?"

Luca gave her a cold stare. "If you think I'm doing it on purpose, I can show you where to insert the needles and

you can do it."

Karen, not knowing anything about medicine, quickly shook her head.

Luca proceeded with the second needle.

Pierre could not help but let out a groan.

"He didn't seem to be in this much pain when he was receiving dry needling treatment at the hospital!" Karen suspected that Luca was taking revenge on them.

Last time, Luca only touched Pierre on his abdomen once or twice, and he ended up lying in the hospital for over

a week with painkillers doing nothing to help.

As Luca continued with the dry needling treatment, she explained, "The acupoints used at the hospital were standard. What I'm doing now is less conventional. If you think I'm hurting him, I can stop at any time."