Chapter 266

Chapter 266
Alia POV

Giulio thought I was a weak little woman who hid under Marco's wing and couldn't do anything.

Who would have known that after Marco's incident, I could step up in such a short time and even hold up the sky.

Looking at Luca's attitude in contrast, this time Luca gave the impression that she knew beforehand that something would happen to Marco.

And knowing full well that Marco and Andre were at each other's throats, with Marco even controlling Andre's movements, Luca repeatedly suggested letting Andre come out to take charge of the situation.

The current Black Eagle is run by their Mr. Vittorio, and Mr. Vittorio has all kinds of important people under him. If Marco gets sick, his subordinates can handle Black Eagle's affairs in minutes - there's absolutely no need for Andre to come out and control the situation.

The news of Marco's poisoning spread like wildfire, and the rumors were much more outrageous than the actual situation. Luca, who kept insisting that Andre should come out to take charge, was really suspicious.

With just a little thought, Giulio could see all these suspicious points clearly. He already knew very well which side he should stand on.

He glanced at Luca, then turned to look at me, saying respectfully: "Madam, while Mr. Vittorio is bedridden these days, please feel free to give me any orders, and I'll handle them."

"Giulio, thank you!" What I was grateful for wasn't that Giulio chose to believe me, but that he still stood so firmly by Marco's side when Marco was in danger, without listening to the villain's instigation.

Luca shouted in dismay: "Giulio, are you crazy? You know full well that these two siblings have ulterior motives toward Mr. Vittorio, yet you still want to help them. Have you been colluding with them all along?"

If Giulio trusted me, that meant I could freely deploy Marco's people from now on, which would make their plan much more difficult to implement than originally planned. This was absolutely unacceptable to Luca.

"Luca, things have come to this point. You'd better behave yourself." Giulio coldly delivered this sentence to Luca.

Luca probably didn't know that it was precisely because of her earlier random suspicion of him that made him stop trusting her.

All along, he had been loyal to Marco. He thought Luca was also as loyal to their master as he was.

But Luca's suspicion was obviously a sign of guilty conscience.

If Giulio chose to believe me, that meant Luca had failed to complete the task Andre had assigned her.

Luca had been lurking beside Marco for so many years. Andre had never asked her to help him with anything before - this was the first time, and the only time.

Andre had entrusted such an important matter to her, yet she had botched it. How could she have the face to see Andre again?

However, I was the cause of all these results.

The more Luca thought about it, the angrier she became. As she thought, anger broke through her rationality.

She lunged at me like a madwoman...

Luca was too fast - so fast that neither Nicola nor Giulio beside us could react before she had reached my side.

I had thought that Luca would immediately turn hostile after being exposed, but I hadn't expected her to be so extreme.

I kept backing up two steps until I reached the wall with nowhere left to retreat, and could only watch helplessly as Luca pounced on me...

"Alia..."

Nicola cried out in alarm, quickly reaching out to grab Luca. But just as he extended his hand before he could grab Luca, I had already punched Luca in the face.

Because Marco was worried about me having another accident, after we returned from Monterano, he arranged for me to learn Taekwondo together with Julia.

I had been studying for a month or two now, and I was very serious about learning.

Although I wasn't very skilled, my physical fitness had improved a lot. Dealing with someone like Luca who knew no martial arts at all was completely stress-free for me.

"Ah—" Luca screamed in pain, touching her struck face and glaring at me furiously, "You, you..."

I dusted off my hands and stared coldly at Luca: "Luca, if you tell me what poison Marco was given, I can pretend that whatever you did before never happened."

"Heh... Alia, you should know very well what poison Mr. Vittorio was given. Why are you asking me?" As long as we didn't catch evidence of her contacting Andre, and as long as she didn't admit it, none of us dared to do anything to her.

I approached Luca and whispered in her ear, "Luca, it's fine if you don't speak now. I have ten thousand ways to make you talk next. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance then."

"Alia, you dare?"

"Well, let's see whether I dare or not."

"It seems I really underestimated you before." Luca said through gritted teeth.

I looked at her quietly, my usually bright eyes revealing an indescribable calmness.

I smiled lightly, but without emotion: "No, you didn't underestimate me. It's just that when a person is forced into a desperate situation by you people, they instinctively protect themselves."

Looking into my eyes, Luca suddenly felt a sinking despair.

She suddenly realized they had made a mistake - they had forced me, who had always stayed out of worldly affairs, to become Marco's armor.

These words were definitely not just talk. I could find any method to make Luca unable to live or die.

A person can be kind, but that's toward kind people. When dealing with those evil people who betray you and want to put you to death, you must use even more sinister means to strike back.

Otherwise, they'll think you're easy to bully and will become more and more excessive...

I wasn't surprised that Andre wanted to put me to death, but I hadn't expected that old man to be so ruthless toward Marco. After all, he had been an elder in the Vittorio family for decades.

Although this colorless and odorless poison wasn't fatal, the mental paralysis and prolonged unconsciousness would definitely affect a normal person.

Thinking of this, I took a long breath and said: "Nicola, I told you to watch her. If she causes trouble again, you'll be fully responsible."

Nicola stepped forward and grabbed Luca, looking at me and saying: "Mrs. Vittorio, rest assured, I won't let this woman come out to stir up trouble again."

"Let go of me, Nicola, let me go..." Luca flailed and shouted, but Nicola ignored her completely. He pulled off his tie and tied Luca's hands behind her back.

I still remembered my first impression of Luca when I met her - mature, intellectual, the type that many women would envy.

She could have gracefully possessed that elegance for a lifetime and lived the life many people yearned for, but Luca had become what she was now...

I looked at Luca, feeling somewhat sorry for her being used by others.