Luke did not say a word while he looked at Luca who was quietly closing her eyes and resting. After traveling with Luca a few times, Luke could feel that Luca was especially quiet when she was beside him. Luca would take the chance to get some rest once she got into the mode of transport when they were traveling long distances. Luke took his eyes off her.The stewardess started to distribute the meals to the passengers after the plane had reached its cruising altitude as compensation for the flight delay. Luke made a silent hand gesture when he watched the stewardess carrying the tray and walking toward him. The stewardess noticed the woman beside him was taking a nap with a blanket covered over her. She secretly complimented him for his consideration of the woman next to him. Then, she handed the menu to Luke. Luke shook his head to tell her that he did not need it. The stewardess nodded and continued to ask the next passenger. The flight took almost ten hours. An annou
Luca sighed when she heard what Uncle Zander said. She was not a qualified mother. The children’s affection and their thought of longing to see Luca again would only end up in vain.Uncle Zander noticed that Luke and Luca were not talking to each other, so he added, "Young Master Blanche, Young Master Tommy, and Ms. Rainie have been behaving themselves. When they talk to Old Master Crawford, they’d always ask about Young Master Luke’s recovery and when the two of you were returning.”Luca’s heart was filled with bitterness while listening to Uncle Zander’s chatters. She could only conceal her feelings and smile as she went along with Uncle Zander, saying, “They probably miss Mr. Crawford more.”Luke raised his brows. She had no idea that the kids had already found out about her true identity, and that was why she would say something like this. Luca did not know that if the kids were to choose between him and Luca, they would always be on her side, not his.Luke and Luca got out
“Alright, Mr. Crawford.” Aunt Neile left the tea room.Percy was dissatisfied and protested. “I’m so exhausted after the long trip. And you’re giving me a cup of coffee? What a heartless man!” "It was Pierre who caused the trouble. You deserved it." Luke's words hit a nerve in Percy relentlessly. When Pierre was arrogant and domineering back then, Percy had no intention of stopping him. Instead, he spoiled him and let Pierre do whatever he wanted to.The Mallory family doted on him, and that was why Pierre behaved like that. He got into trouble everywhere he went, yet he showed no remorse or guilt for what he did. Percy would have to take up the responsibility of spoiling Pierre. He had to clean up the mess Pierre had made. The only difference was that Percy used to deal with the troubles that Pierre had gotten himself into. Now, Percy was the one sorting him out.Percy quickly waved his hand. Fortunately, Luke was his best friend. Otherwise, this matter would not have been so
Something came across Percy’s mind. Then he said, “Speaking of this, regarding the matter that you instructed Adrian to investigate, he looked up and found out that the IP address is located in this city. If Dr. Craw was the one who tipped you off, then who sent the email?” said Percy. Was she not afraid that she would get caught by asking someone to tip Luke off? “She has a nominal brother here,” Luke reminded him while he made some tea.Percy patted the table. He hardly remembered Luca's brother. If it had not been for Luke reminding him about his existence, Percy would have forgotten him.“If that’s what her brother did, then her brother must be a computer geek. He’s probably better than Adrian.” Percy could not help but exclaim. After all, if it was really Amur who did it, they had already gone up against each other a few times. However, Adrian could only find out that his IP address was located in this city. He could not go into further details. It was only because the other
Aunt Neile dared not to disturb them as they were discussing matters inside the tea room. She could not make the decision, and that was why she came to ask Luca.Luca glanced at the time, then she glanced at the tea room with the door closed. She said, “Just prepare his portion. There’s nothing wrong with preparing more.” Although Percy was Luke’s friend, it did not matter if they prepared lunch for him or not.However, this was basic courtesy. By preparing more, it might lead to more food wastage, but it would be impolite and drive the guests away if they did not prepare anything for him.“I think so too, but Mr. Mallory’s preferences…” Aunt Neile was afraid that the dishes she prepared would not suit Pierre’s taste. Luca said, “Prepare some home-cooked dishes. I remember that Mr. Mallory loves home-cooked dishes.” "How do you know that?" Aunt Neile asked with curiosity. It was Percy's first time staying here until lunchtime if she remembered it clearly. Luca was dumbfound
“Yes, Nina is my fiancée now,” Percy admitted. As Nina’s best friend, Luca wanted Nina to be happy. Although the Mallory family was still against it, Percy insisted on holding an engagement ceremony. It was a simple ceremony, but he did it with all his sincerity and wholeheartedly.Percy believed that he could give Nina a happy and blissful life.Luca turned to look at Luke. Was this true? How did that happen out of the blue?“He went to look for the priest on the second day we went to Russia. He grabbed Nina with him and got the engagement ceremony done,” Luke told her.“Yes. We were low-profile. I only informed my family and a few close friends about this. But we didn’t invite anyone to our engagement ceremony. That’s why Nina didn’t tell anyone either,” said Percy. Percy was worried that someone would mess up the engagement ceremony. He kept a low profile before the engagement ceremony. Only after the ceremony was over did he inform his family and Luke.Nina was worried tha
“It’s snowing again.” Luca let out a sigh. She was unconsciously hiding the fact that she was seeing Luke off from Aunt Neile."Yes. I remember that it's your first time spending the winter here, right? Although it's not as cold as it is in Russia, it'll snow every day after winter comes," replied Aunt Neile.Luca nodded. Before she walked away from the window, she said, “Aunt Neile, I’m going upstairs to get some rest.”“Alright, Ms. Craw. Take care,” Aunt Neile replied happily. Luca made her way up the stairs. She did not rest as she had slept for more than ten hours on the plane. She was full of energy.Luca returned to her bedroom and picked up her phone. She sent a message to Amur and told him that she had come back from Russia. Amur did not reply to her. Luca was not in a hurry to give him a call either. She thought of finding a chance to visit him.When she was in Russia, she did not follow up with the experiments going on in the lab. Luca called Rhett at the thought
After all, Old Master Crawford did not know that Luca’s true identity was Bianca.Despite her having given birth to three children for the Crawford family, if she did anything to harm the Crawford family or something that would affect the interests of T Corporation, Old Master Crawford would never forgive her if he found out about her real identity.Old Master Crawford required his granddaughter-in-law to be an obedient woman. Even though Luca was forced to do these things, the old master’s mind was old-fashioned. Luca might leave a bad impression on him. Luke chose not to tell the old master to protect Luca. Besides, only Percy and Jason knew about this. They would never tell anyone about it.Pierre would not have known that it was Luca who stole the bidding document. Otherwise, he would have come looking for Luca when the matter came to light. He would tell Luca everything he knew and threaten her to make her listen to him.They were all in Russia at the same time. Gale and R
“You!” Hera was clearly caught off guard that the driver had the nerve to talk back to her.She yanked off her sunglasses, just about ready to snap back at him when the driver got a good look at her through the rearview mirror.“Oh, it’s you?” said the driver.“Who the hell are you? Do I know you?” Hera’s tone was arrogant as though she was naturally above him.The driver reminded her, “Remember yesterday? You had me tail a cab and park outside some ancestral hall for half the day, and you refused to leave. I wasted a ton of gas just idling there with the A/C on because of you.”Hera’s face turned red, then pale. She did not expect Luca to randomly call a cab and end up with the same driver from yesterday.Luca also found it a funny coincidence and glanced back. Hera’s expression was awful.The driver, being a straight shooter, did not hold back. “Huh. Funny how you didn’t complain about my car smelling bad yesterday, but today, all of a sudden, it stinks? After I dropped you of
Luca also reminded Luke to tell the kids not to contact her during this period. The device could not be removed. If it was, Abel would definitely notice. Rather than making him suspicious or prompting him to install even better devices, it was better to just leave this one in place.Luke quickly replied: [Got it.]Luca put on a faint smile and began narrowing down the search, trying to figure out where that man had installed the device.If it was just for listening, she did not care. It could stay. However, if it was a surveillance camera, she needed to be more cautious. In the end, she found the device under the bed.She did not bother checking whether it was for listening or monitoring. After all, if it was placed there, the only possibility was that it was an audio bug. A camera in that spot would not capture anything useful.Anyone trained on the Island of Despair would not make such a rookie mistake.After a quick wash-up, Luca went to bed.The next morning, she receive
“Babe, don’t listen to her nonsense. She’s just trying to drive a wedge between us,” Hera said gently, hoping to earn Abel's affection.Abel did not take Hera’s words seriously. Instead, he picked up his phone and made a few inquiries.After checking with multiple sources to confirm where Lucius and the others had gone, the person on the other end of the line reported that Lucius had not left home in the past few days.As Luca listened to the voice on the other end of the phone, her expression remained calm.Gerald let out a sigh of relief but was also puzzled. He had always felt there was something going on between Lucius and Luca, yet unexpectedly, Luca’s outing this time had nothing to do with Lucius.Hera’s face turned pale. So, it really was not because of him.In that case, she…Hera instinctively looked at Abel, only to find that he was already staring at her. Their eyes met, and Hera could not help but shudder. Abel’s gaze was terrifyingly cold.Just when she thought he
“Oh? What made you so happy? Spill the tea.” Hera’s curiosity grew. Whatever it was that had Abel smiling like this had to be something big.The last time she was with him, he had closed a billion-dollar deal over the phone, but his expression had remained indifferent. It was like it was just another ordinary day at the office.However, he was currently grinning from ear to ear. Could it be something even bigger than that?Abel set down his unlit cigar. His fingers lightly traced along Hera’s cheek before resting on her eyes.“Your eyes… They’re beautiful,” murmured Abel.It was not the first time he had complimented her eyes.Hera had gone for the perfect foxy-type eyes, and every man she met would gush over how stunning they were.However, Abel was different. Other men would say her eyes were beautiful and then follow it up with praise for her face, her figure… The whole package.Yet Abel? He never mentioned anything else but just her eyes. It was as if her face and other par
“Alright. Ouch, it hurts when you flick me, Lanie!” Tommy pouted.“Don't cry. You were just saying you’d protect your sister, and now, you’re crying? What’s going on?” Lanie rubbed Tommy’s forehead. “Alright, I’ve rubbed it. Stop crying.”“Heh, Lanie, you're the best to me!” Tommy immediately beamed with happiness.“The whole grandma situation is over. From now on, let’s just behave ourselves and wait for Daddy and Ms. Luca to come back,” Lanie told his younger siblings.Even though their parents were not around, he had taken on the responsibility of being the elder brother. Despite being the same age as Rainie, he was much more mature.“Yes, I’ll listen to Great-Grandpa and you, Lanie!” Tommy nodded eagerly.…After Jason hung up on Allison, he let out a deep sigh.Sue walked over with a plate of fruits and placed it beside him. “What’s with that look? Have some fruits.”Jason picked up a toothpick, speared a piece of fruit, and brought it to her mouth.Sue opened her mouth
“Good evening, Madam Allison.” Jason quickly answered the phone.Allison wasted no time and demanded, “Why did you only send me such a small amount of money?”“It’s Mr. Crawford’s decision,” replied Jason, “If you suspect I’m withholding anything, you may ask him directly…”He reckoned that Allison might not be able to get in touch with Luke, so he added, “Or I could show you the chat records.”By now, Allison could not really doubt him anymore.However, with frustration in her voice, Allison asked, “Why is it so little? How am I supposed to live in A City on this?”“Mr. Crawford said that you have no extra expenses. You’re not shopping, so a hundred thousand dollars should be enough,” Jason relayed Luke’s words.A hundred thousand dollars was an amount that the average working family could not even earn in a month.Allison could not go out shopping right now, and she was not making any other extra purchases while staying at home every day. Why would it not be enough?Sophian, who over
“She's busy, so use something else. I’ve got stuff to do. I’m hanging up now.” Luke did not want to hear her rambling.Allison quickly added, “Wait, there's one more thing.”Luke frowned in annoyance.“I don’t have any money left. Send me some,” continued Allison. She was worried he might refuse. “It’s been over a month, and you still haven’t sent me my living expenses.”“Don’t worry, Jason will transfer it to you in a bit,” replied Luke. It had indeed been a month. However, he had been too busy to remember.“Alright.” Allison was about to say more when Sophian called out sweetly, “Mr. Crawford…”Before she could finish her sentence, Luke hung up the phone.Allison stared at Sophian. “What did you say that for?”Sophian was confused. She had only said a word, and the call was already disconnected. Was it her fault?“I just wanted to talk to him…” replied Sophian.“You didn’t have to say anything. I wasn’t done talking yet, and you made him hang up.” Allison was furious. She k
“As long as what Lanie wants to do isn’t illegal, I’ll support him.” Old Master Crawford rose to his feet with the help of his cane after saying that.He had known all along Allison would not have come here for anything important.This conversation was so dull.If it were not for her pestering Lanie with questions, Old Master Crawford would have pretended he did not know she was here and let her do whatever she wanted.The three kids had overheard the whole conversation between their great-grandfather and grandmother around the corner of the stairs.Once they sensed that the discussion was wrapping up, Lanie made a hand gesture to his younger siblings.Rainie and Tommy understood the gesture and nodded, following their brother upstairs.Lanie waited until he was sure no one downstairs could hear them before asking, “Why were you two eavesdropping?”“You were listening in, so why couldn't we?” Tommy grinned. He understood most of what they had talked about. What interested him m
“It looks like you're completely clueless,” scoffed Old Master Crawford. “If it weren’t for your return, do you really think Luke would've sent the kids to Crawford Manor?”Allison was not convinced and was about to argue that it was not because of her.However, before she could speak, Old Master Crawford cut her off with a blunt remark that left her speechless. “Have you looked in the mirror? With the way you look right now, just walking around at night would be enough to scare the kids. And you still think you can help take care of them? If my precious great-grandchildren see you like this, they’ll have nightmares. If it weren’t for the kids’ well-being, Luke wouldn’t have sent them here in the first place.”Allison felt a deep sense of humiliation. Being criticized like this in front of Sophian and Mr. Griffin, she felt as if her dignity had been completely shattered.Yet the worst part was that Old Master Crawford was absolutely right.Her face really was terrifying.“I can