Ch. 1211..1220
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1211-Abel’s Plan Luke's gaze remained as harsh as ever, so Johann explained, "I'd like to discuss external medicine with her so that I can hone my skills."
Luke did not reply. Instead, he looked away from Johann and continued to look at Luca.
Johann shrugged and looked at Luca too.
Luca looked over and noticed that the two men were looking at her. She was standing in a relatively secluded corner, so she was very sure that the two men were looking at her.
She felt slightly uneasy about it.
Meanwhile, in a VIP suite in the Westin Hotel, Abel swirled a glass of red wine in his hand. Hera was sitting next to him, and her heart shuddered every time Abel swirled the glass.
They had not met each other for quite some time, and she was quite surprised when Abel said that he wanted to meet her.
"What are we doing now, Abel?" Hera desired Abel's money, but she was wary of his unpredictability.
Abel had been staring at the television screen ever since Hera came into the room. On the screen was the security feed of the party on the rooftop banquet hall. She thought that he would want to attend the party, but he had been only sitting there.
She looked at the television screen too. Other than spotting Luke's presence at the party, there was nothing special about it.
"Waiting." Abel lit up a cigar and dragged it.
Hera frowned when she smelled the harsh scent of the cigar. She was also a smoker, but she could not stand it. She thought that it was hard to breathe whenever Abel lit up that cigar.
If Abel was only sitting there, she was not going to go anywhere either. It was boring, but the wine was nice. She was happy to see Luke on the screen too.
Looking at the entire party on the screen, she felt as though she was in control of everything.
With that thought in mind, Hera did not feel as bored as before.
A while later, Abel finished the wine in his glass, then snapped his fingers.
A man in a black suit stepped forward and said loudly, "Your orders, Boss." "Go and give them what I've prepared forthem," Abel narrowed his gaze and said.
"Yes, Boss," the man replied and left the suite.
Hera clung to him. She had drunk a glass of wine, and she was feeling a little tipsy. "What have you prepared for them, Abel?" "A gift for Luke Crawford," Abel said as he smiled cryptically.
That made Hera even more confused. "What are you giving him?"
She remembered that Abel and Luke were enemies. Why would Abel be so kind to give Luke a gift?
"You don't have to know. I'm sure that he'll thank me for it," Abel smiled and hugged Hera in his arms.
He had investigated the scandal in detail and found out that Luke did not fire Luca even after the scandal blew up several times.
That was the opposite of what he expected Luke to do.
From that incident, Abel could tell that Luke had certain unmentionable feelings for Luca.
The woman that was supposed to charm Luke could not do so in three years, but when the real Bianca returned to him, she easily captivated Luke's heart. Abel wondered if Luke would accept the real Bianca if he delivered her to him.
Luca was not willing to reunite with Luke, but she was only a pawn in Abel's plan.
Hera could see the mischief in Abel's sinister gaze. She could tell that he was upto no good.
Before she could react, Abel stood up and also made her stand on her feet. "Let's go. You must be bored, aren't you? We'll go and find something fun to do."
Hera knew what he meant. She playfully thumped his chest and said coyly," You're so naughty."
Meanwhile, after realizing that the two men were looking at her, Luca went to a farther corner.
She had been wary in case Abel would do something to her. However, the party was almost over, and she had not seen anything out of the ordinary. That made her let down her guard a little.
Several businessmen and medical experts were trying to strike up a chat with Luke and Johann. After dealing with them, Johann said, "Looks like your pretty lady doesn't want to be stared at." "She's not mine," Luke said.
Johann was not pleased by Luke's stiff tone of voice. He nodded and said," Right, right. She's not your pretty lady. She's your Dr. Craw."
Luke did not say anything but instead shot a withering glare at Johann.
"You can't take a joke," Johann said while rubbing his arm.
Soon, they were surrounded by other guests once more.
Luca sighed when she looked at Luke being surrounded by people. That man was so popular no matter where he went.
She could not remember how she had the confidence to stand beside him.
Luca's gaze wandered as she recalled the past events.
Back then, Luke had reeled her in using the children as an excuse. When she realized it, she had fallen for him irredeemably.
Abel had forced them to be apart.
She was unwilling to look at Luke from a distance, but she could do nothing about it.
She had the urge to tell him her real identity, but she knew that she could not do so.
What else could she do?
She came to her senses and wanted to take a sip from her glass, but her glass was already empty.
Luca shook her head. She did not want to go to the bar counter, so she stood there and looked at the scenery with an empty glass in her hand.
A waiter came over and asked her, "Would you like some champagne, Miss?"
Luca turned around and noticed that he was holding a tray with several champagne glasses. She put the empty glass on the tray, then picked a glass of champagne.
The waiter smiled and walked away.
Luca glanced at Luke with the corner of her eye. He was still surrounded by many people…
Feeling more and more dejected, she downed the glass of champagne in one gulp.
A minute later, Luca realized that something was amiss. Her head was spinning, which should not have happened after only two glasses of champagne…
Realizing that she had fallen into Abel's trap, she instantly tried to rummage through her handbag.
However, her vision was getting blurry, and her fingers fumbled as she tried to unclasp her handbag. She bit her lower lip in an attempt to keep herself conscious. 1 Soon, her vision went black, and her knees went weak.
Before she collapsed, she saw Luke running, seemingly toward her.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1212- Luca Is Drunk
When he saw the woman collapse on the floor, Luke did not give a second thought before crouching down and cradling her head. Johann also crouched down and took her pulse.
A minute later, he looked at Luke. "She's drunk,” he said.
"Drunk?" Luke looked at the unconscious woman, wondering why she had passed out when she did not drink much.
"Yes, she's drunk. Her pulse is regular, and she doesn't look like she has a medical condition," Johann said.
Luke looked at Luca's face. She did not look like she had drunk a lot, and her face was not blushing.
Cole glanced at Luca and suggested, "How about I send Dr. Craw home?"
Luke shook his head. Luca was unconscious, and he did not want to leave her in someone else's hands.
Moreover, he knew Cole's character very well.
Luke knew what Cole had done before, but Watson needed the manpower, and he hired him because of his abilities and experience.
Johann glanced at her and said, "It's not a good idea to send her back now either. How about we book a room for her? We'll send her back after she wakes up."
Right after he said that, the deputy president came over and said, "Mr.
Crawford, we have booked several rooms for our guests. Would you want to bring her there?" "Mm." Thinking that it was the best option for now, Luke carried Luca in his arms without any regard for what other people thought of him.
Johann looked around him. Seeing that other people might misunderstand Luke if he brought the woman into the room alone, he decided that he should follow too.
The deputy president led the way with an access card in his hand.
While Luke rushed toward the room with Luca in his arms, he did not seem to be burdened at all.
The woman in his arms was light, but his heart was heavy.
His heart had been empty for three years, but at the moment he picked up Luca in his arms, he felt that his heart was full once more. The sensation came too quickly, and he did not have the time to wonder why he felt that way.
The deputy president unlocked the door with the access card.
"Here, Mr. Crawford. Be careful," he said while opening the door for Luke.
Luke brought Luca inside and placed her on the bed gently.
The deputy president inserted the card into the slot and said, "I'll return to the party. You..." "Well keep an eye on Dr. Craw's condition." Johann saw Luke take off Luca's high heels and cover her with a blanket. He was so gentle as though the woman in the bed was Bianca.
"Alright. If you need anything, you can shoot me a message." The deputy president nodded, left the room, and closed the door behind him.
After walking away, he took out his phone and sent Abel a voice message." They're in the room, Boss, but Johann Park is with them."
After sending the message, he took the elevator and returned to the rooftop.
It was silent in the hotel room.
After Luke tucked her in, he sat down on the couch and stared at her.
Johann also sat on the couch, but his gaze shifted between the two people.
Now that he had the time to think about it, he suddenly thought of something.
He realized that Luke's worry toward Luca earlier was genuine. Luke could not have faked his expression.
It was not the type of worry that a boss would show to his subordinate.
That was why he had followed along on an impulse. He was afraid that Luke might not be able to control himself.
Johann looked at Luke. Luke seemed to have composed himself, and Johann could not find the same expression on his face.
Luke's expression was cold, and Johann wondered if he had hallucinated.
However, he was not willing to admit that he had hallucinated.
"Luke, just now..." Johann stopped himself.
Luke was looking intently at the woman on the bed. Johann had said that she was drunk, but she did not struggle as a drunk person would. Was she really drunk?
"What about just now?" Luke did not look at Johann when he said that.
"Nothing." Johann realized that Luke was not aware of his emotions earlier, so he did not call him out on it.
If Luke was still single, or if Bianca had not returned to him, he would have told Luke about it. After all, he hoped that his good friend would find bliss again.
Things were different now. Luke was already married with children, and he also had reunited with Bianca. Eventhough Bianca had lost her memories and changed her personality, no one could deny that Luke was still married to her.
That was why Johann did not want to see Luke have feelings for other women. He knew that Luke still felt guilty about what happened to Bianca. If Luke realized that he had feelings for Luca, he would be the one to suffer in the end.
That was why Johann did not tell him about it.
Luke did not pursue the topic. He looked at the unconscious woman on the bed and said, "She doesn't look like she's drunk."
Johann knew what he meant. He explained, "Some people are quiet after they're drunk."
Luke knew that people behaved differently under the influence of alcohol, but he did not believe that Luca had passed out because she was drunk.
Johann stood up and said, "Let me take her pulse again."
Luke nodded.
Johann went over and took her pulse. A minute later, he frowned and said,"' Her pulse is faster now. That's the telltale sign of intoxication. If she passed out because of something else, her pulse wouldn't be as fast."
The two diagnoses were the same. Luke was silent.
"Don't worry, Dr. Craw will be fine," Johann said as he sat on the couch once more.
Meanwhile, Hera heard the voice message on Abel's phone. "They're in the room, Boss, but Johann Park is with them."
Hera knew that Johann was Luke's good friend. Upon hearing the word " room," she instantly knew what Abel's "gift" was.
"What are you going to do about the third wheel in the room?" Hera asked.
Abel was not worried. As he typed on his phone, he said, "HI just have to find a distraction for him."
After a while, he put his phone away and chuckled. "Alright, now we'll just wait."
Hera leaned onto his chest and said, "If Luke really did it, what are you going to do?"
Everyone in A City knew that Luke Crawford was loyal to his wife.
Even though Bianca was found in a red-light district, he did not detest her.
Instead, he took her home and treated her well.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1213- What Happened to Her?
Everyone in A City was shocked when Luke brought Bianca home.
Many media outlets had thought that Luke was only pretending to reunite with her. They expected that their marriage would end in failure after some time.
While everyone waited with bated breath for the drama, two years passed just like that.
In that period, many female celebrities tried to stir up a scandal with Luke's name, but none of them succeeded. They had to come up with public apologies and admit that they were making up stories.
Luke could say that he had not done anything to betray Bianca over the past two years.
If Luke took the bait, Hera was eager to see what Abel would do.
Abel narrowed his eyes and thought of her question. "What am I going to do? I haven't thought about it yet. I guess it'll depend on my mood."
He did not plan to ruin Luke so quickly, so he would not do anything too drastic. What he wanted to see was Luke slowly sinking into the abyss of despair.
Hera could see the malice in Abel's eyes. She did not believe that Abel would be so kind to let Luke off so easily.
Luke used to be her crush in high school, but she no longer had any feelings for him. At the moment, she was quite happy to see tragedy befall him.
In the hotel room, Johann wanted to leave only after he saw Bianca regain consciousness, but he received a call from the hospital.
The nurse told him that a patient at the hospital was having an emergency, and the doctors there needed help.
Johann might usually look like a slacker, but he was quite dependable during an emergency. He stood up and said, "There's something at the hospital that needs my help." "What about her?" Luke frowned when he heard that. Rather than being drunk, Luca seemed to be in a coma.
"She'll be fine," Johann said. He thought for a while and added, "How about this. If she doesn't wake up in an hour, bring her to the hospital."
He was confident with his diagnosis that Luca was merely drunk.
Moreover, she had instinctively cushioned her head when she fell. That was why he did not treat her condition too seriously and brought her to the hospital immediately.
Luke nodded.
Johann put on his coat and left the room.
Luke remained seated on the couch and looked at Luca. Now that he was alone, he had the time to process his feelings.
Those feelings that he had when he carried her...
Luke had never felt that way for two years. Even when he was hugging Bianca, he did not feel anything at all.
He thought that it was because Bianca had lost her memories. However, he did not expect that he would get the same feeling from carrying Luca.
When Luca first appeared in front of him, he would catch his gaze drifting toward her...
The more Luke thought about it, the weirder he felt.
Twenty minutes later, Luca suddenly kicked the blanket. It was not very loud, but it was loud enough to gain Luke's attention.
He stood up and stared at her.
Luca slowly opened her eyes. Her face was red, as though she was drunk.
"How do you feel?" Luke felt relieved when he saw her wake up. Looking at her red face, he was finally convinced that she was merely drunk.
Luca wanted to sit up. When she tried to prop herself up, she realized that she did not have any strength in her arms.
Abel must have drugged that glass of champagne...
She could feel her body temperature rise and her nerves become more sensitive.
She realized that the drug was taking effect, and her sanity was slipping away.
'So hot... so itchy...'
Luca was overwhelmed by the two sensations. The only thing she could think of was that she had the antidote in her handbag.
"What's wrong?" Luke could see the redness on her face quickly spread to her chin and neck as though it was an allergic rash.
Frowning, he knew that it was not an allergic reaction.
When Luca heard his question, she opened her mouth and wanted to tell Luke to take the antidote from her handbag.
"Nggh..." Only shameful moaning sounds came out of her mouth.
Luke stared at her, stunned.
Luca closed her eyes so that she did not have to look at Luke's passionate gaze. No man would be able to resist the state she was in right now, but she hoped that Luke would not do anything. If Luke did something, the situation would be irredeemable.
Every nerve and cell in Luke's body responded to Luca's sensual moans. He spoke in a low growl, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Luca was barely conscious. When she heard what the man said, she bit her lip and nodded.
She dared not attempt to speak in case she made any more shameful sounds.
'Til bring you to the hospital now." Luke decided immediately.
"No!” Luca used the remaining strength in her body to refuse Luke's offer. She could not go to the hospital, nor could she be seen going to the hospital with Luke.
She did not want to be seen with Luke in her current state. Rumors would fly if they were seen together, and that might be exactly what Abel wanted.
"But you're uncomfortable." Luke seemed pensive, though emotions were raging in his heart.
Seeing Luca behave like that, Luke was assailed by various emotions, including the ones that he was not supposed to have.
"Water." Luca only managed to speak a single word. Water could help her suppress her body’s restlessness. Once she calmed down a little, she could take the antidote.
She knew the drug that Abel used, so she was sure that the antidote could completely neutralize the effects.
Luke immediately opened a bottle of water, sat down on the bed next to her, propped her head up, and placed it next to her mouth.
Luca's brows were tightly furrowed. The moment Luke touched her, she felt her sanity consumed by the fires of passion.
Her body temperature continued to increase, while Luke's body was pleasantly cool.
"Drink," Luke said while propping her up with his strong arms.
The physical contact stirred up Luca's urges even more. The fire in her body was becoming intolerable now.
Like's resonant voice tickled Luca's ears. She clenched her fists tightly to stop herself from groping Luke, and she writhed uncomfortably under the influence of the drug. When she realized that she was moving suggestively, she tried to restrain herself when what was left of her consciousness.
Luca took two sips, but some water leaked out of the corner of her lips and flowed along her cheek and onto the pillow. She realized that if she continued drinking the water, she would become bloated without being able to find any relief from the effects.
She turned her head away and felt the water evaporate from her body. Using her remaining strength in her body, she said, "Bathroom."
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1214- Fallen Into His Trap
Luke understood what she meant. He put the water bottle away, gritted his teeth, and picked her up in a bridal carry. "Bear with it just a little longer."
Luca could feel the world spin around her. When she was picked up from the bed, she instinctively grabbed Luke's shirt sleeve.
Luke had already taken off his coat when he entered the room earlier. Through the thin material of his shirt, he could feel the boiling-hot temperature of her hand.
Luke grunted and stifled his urges. He quickly walked into the bathroom and gently placed her into the bathtub.
When Luca loosened her grip on him, Luke felt that he had lost a part of him.
Luke saw that Luca's eyes were tightly shut, and her brows were tightly furrowed in agony. Without hesitation, he turned on the shower.
The warm water splashed on Luca's body. Soon, her dress was soaked through and clung to her skin, revealing her curvaceous body.
Luke gawked at her. He did not realize that passion was flaring in his eyes.
The water level rose gradually. Soon, Luca's body was immersed in water.
"Do you feel better?” Luke asked. If the water did not have any effect, he would bring her to the hospital.
Luca did not respond. Her brows were still tightly furrowed.
Luke took two steps back when he saw the hem of Luca's dress floating in the water. His gaze remained on her body.
It took Luca a while before she felt her body cool down, but she dared not stand up yet. The dress would cling tightly to her body and expose her figure.
Another reason was that she was familiar with the effects of the drug.
Shanks was the one who had invented the drug, and she knew its components very well. Shanks had told her about the ingredients and challenged her to make an antidote for it. She had taken the drug together with the antidote.
According to Shanks, any researcher worth their salt ought to take the drugs they invented.
That was why she knew that there were two ways of curing the effects of the drug. The first was to make out with someone, and the second was the antidote.
Soaking herself in water could only temporarily suppress the effects of the drug. If she stepped out of the bathtub, she would suffer from the effects again in less than a minute.
Luca looked at Luke. She could only rely on him.
"Mr. Crawford, can you do me a favor?" She hugged herself tightly to show that she was helpless.
"Speak it," Luke said.
"Can you bring me my handbag?" Luca pleaded.
Luke thought that the request was quite weird, but he did so anyway. He went out of the bathroom, took Luca's handbag on the couch, and returned to the bathroom.
"Get me a bottle of water too," Luca said after taking the handbag from Luke.
Luke went out of the bathroom again, took the bottle of water that Luca was drinking from earlier, and went back inside.
Luca had already found the antidote in her handbag. She poured a pill from the bottle into her palm.
Luke handed the bottle of water over and watched her swallow the pill with a gulp of water. "What's that?" He asked.
"It's a pill that can cure my condition," Luca said in between deep breaths.
Luke saw Luca's fair skin undulate under the ripples, but he did not feel any emotions. "How do you know that you'll be drugged?" "I'm not a fortune-teller. It's just a habit of mine." Luca took out several more bottles of pills from her handbag. "I've always brought these pills together with me as a precaution." "That's a very peculiar habit to have," Luke glanced pensively at the bottles in her hand. There was only a label with a chemical equation on each of the bottles, and he did not know what they meant.
Usually, other people would put aspirin in their handbags as a precaution, but Luca put antidotes for date-rape drugs inside. It was quite hard to imagine why.
Luke thought that Luca was different from other women.
"Just in case," Luca said and did not offer any further explanation.
How else was she going to explain why she had so many pills in her handbag? She could not tell him that Abel was plotting something against them.
That was why she would rather remain silent.
Luke saw that the redness on Luca's face was fading away. He took a bathrobe and placed it next to the bathtub. "Put it on. I'll wait for you outside."
Luca was surprised as she watched him close the bathroom door.
She thought that Luke would leave after seeing that she was free from the effects of the drug. She wondered if Luke wanted to ask her more questions once she was outside, or was she overthinking it?
Luca sighed and stood up. Her wet dress felt very heavy.
She took off the dress and put on the bathrobe. When she looked at herself in the mirror, her makeup was already undone. She noticed the bottle of makeup remover next to the mirror and cleaned her face with it.
When everything was done and she opened the bathroom door, ten minutes had already passed.
Luca felt reserved when she saw Luke sitting on the couch. She thought for a while and sat on the bed; that was the farthest place from the couch.
After she sat down, she looked at the man on the couch. She looked quite disheveled after the ordeal, while his demeanor was like that of a king, without a single crease on his clothes.
She lowered her head and looked at her own hands that were wrinkled from soaking in the bathwater. Earlier, she had grabbed his shirt, and she could sense the coolness of his skin through the thin material of the cloth.
The coolness comforted her greatly.
"I'm sorry for what happened today, Mr. Crawford," Luca said.
"Why are you apologizing?" Luke said. "You're a victim."
Indeed, she was a victim. If Luke were not there, she would not have had to go through all that.
Luca bunched up her wet hair.
When Luke saw that, he said, "There's a hairdryer in the bathroom."
Luca was not in the mood to dry her hair now. She let go of her hair and looked at Luke. "Thank you for saving me."
If he had not helped her, someone else would have saved her, and she could not guarantee that they would not do anything to her.
Luca remembered that Marie had drugged her when she had first returned to the country, and it was also Luke who saved her.
Luke accepted her thanks. "How did you get drugged?" "I drank from a glass of champagne that the waiter handed to me," Luca said. Shanks's drugs were very quick-acting, so she was very sure that the drug was in the glass of champagne.
She clutched the bed sheets tightly when she thought of that. If Luke had done nothing, she would have suffered a worse fate.
"Do you remember what the waiter looked like?" Luke asked.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1215- Would You Believe That It's Only a Coincidence?
"I can't remember." Luca shook her head. She should not have been so careless.
In that atmosphere, she was not in the mood to pay attention to the details.
It did not matter if she did not remember. After all, they could check the surveillance cameras if they wanted to get to the bottom of it. However, Abel was much more meticulous than that.
Even if they managed to identify the waiter, they would not be able to trace it back to Abel.
Luke's expression sank. He did not expect such an incident to happen in a six-star hotel.
Luca could sense the iciness in his eyes. "Forget it. You won't be able to find out anything." "How would you know?" Luke raised his eyebrows. Luca seemed to have an answer for everything, but those answers seemed so perfunctory. He could not believe her.
Luca did not have a reply for that. The antidote had alleviated the physical effects of the drug, but her thoughts were still in a muddle. If she were not careful, she might accidentally divulge something.
She wanted to knock her head in case water went into her brain when she was soaking in the bathtub earlier.
"I was... just guessing..." Luca knew that Luke was not so easily convinced, but she could not think of a better explanation.
Luke narrowed his gaze. Did she think that he could be deceived so easily?
He stood up from the couch, walked up to her, and towered over her.
Luca's breathing became shallow because of the intense pressure that Luke was emanating. His penetrating gaze seemed to see through everything, including her anxiety.
"Why do you want to hide the truth?" Luke leaned slightly forward. He could see that she was trying her best to keep her cool, but that had caused his heart to skip a beat.
Luca shook her head and sighed. "That's because I don't want to court trouble."
She seemed to be trying to keep attention away from her. That happened when she took in Tommy when he ran away from him. Then, she helped Queenie anonymously.
She was the victim, but Luke could tell that she did not wish to pursue the matter.
What was the woman trying to hide from him? Luke was deathly curious. She was but a stranger, but she had somehow attracted her.
Luke's instinct told him that he had to get to the bottom of the matter.
The two people continued to look at each other.
He did not say anything, and Luca was not going to break the silence either. Remembering that when she was Bianca and had first returned to A City, she dared not look at Luke eye to eye.
He had slowly warmed up to her with his expressions of love. It was when she had nowhere to run to that she began to look into his eyes. The gaze between them was as sweet as honey and flowing like water.
Now, they were looking at each other like they were two duelists. She could not expose her weaknesses to him, and there was no affection in her gaze.
Luca wanted so much to hug him and break down into tears as she told him what had happened over the past three years, but her conscience told her that she could not do so.
Nyla would suffer if Luca decided to compromise.
Abel had kept Nyla hostage on the Island of Despair. He had not done anything to her yet, but if Luca decided to disobey him one day, her daughter would be the victim. 1
She knew that the impostor Bianca was abducted to the Island of Despair when she was a young girl, and what had happened to her...
Luca's gaze became determined when she thought of that. She was not going to let Nyla experience the same thing as well.
Luke noticed the change in her expression from sorrow, to hesitation, to determination.
He wondered what she was thinking to cause that rapid change.
In any case, Luke was only thinking of one thing. He wanted to find out the real reason she had come to A City.
If the meeting between her and Tommy was a coincidence, what about Queenie?
Everything that she did seemed to be related to the people around him.
Luke could not help but get to the bottom of it.
"Your career was on an upward trajectory in Russia. Why did you choose to come to A City to advance your career?" Luke stood straight and tall. Even though he had been rushing around earlier, his clothes remained impeccable, and his demeanor was frigid.
Luca narrowed her gaze when she heard that question. "It's my freedom to advance my career wherever I want. You asked me before why I had chosen to join Watson, and now you're asking me why I had come to A City. The answer to the two questions is the same." 'The answers are the same?' Luke felt frustration and anger brewing within her when he heard that answer. She seemed quite casual about it.
Luke gently clenched his fingers but did not form fists.
"You said that taking Tommy in was a coincidence. What about Queenie then?" He asked, not giving her a chance to find even more excuses.
'Queenie?' Luca was taken aback, and her gaze wavered. "I..." "You know what I'm asking about. You stood outside the front gate of the Norman residence for more than an hour. Were you really waiting for something?" Luke interjected. His tone was quite aggressive because he was eager to know the answer.
Luca knew very well that he was able to find out that she had waited in front of the Norman residence.
"My friend was very late that day," she said. That was the lie she had told Queenie, and she was not going to change her statement.
"Your friend was late? Who is your friend, and why did you agree to meet them there? Do they live nearby?" Luke continued asking. The Norman residence was in a residential area, and there were no shopping malls nearby.
"You seem to be very interested in me, Mr. Crawford." Seeing that there was no use making up even more excuses, she tried to shift the conversation topic.
"Everything that you do is somehow related to the people who are close to me." Luke leaned closer. He could faintly detect her scent.
Luca lowered her head. "Would you believe it if I told you that it's only a coincidence?" "If it's only a coincidence, why would you take her pulse, and why would you send her the antidote?" Luke could not believe such farfetched explanations.
"I happened to pass by, and I happened to know some medicine. I don't wish to see Mrs. Norman suffer, and I don't want to be disturbed by other people. That was why I sent the antidote in a package. I've already made my intentions clear, but you managed to find me anyway. Don't you know that you're giving me a lot of trouble?"
Luke frowned as he heard her explanation. She had not explained why she was standing in front of the Norman residence.
Everyone in A City knew that Queenie's illness was chronic. He believed that she had deliberately shown up there.
Just when Luke wanted to ask more questions, his phone began to ring.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1216- Luca Did Not Regret It
Luca smiled slightly when she heard Luke's phone ring. She could recognize the ringtone; it was Bianca's special ringtone.
The ringtone once belonged to her. Jason had told her that whenever Luke heard that ringtone, he would drop everything and immediately pick up that call.
However, the ringtone did not belong to her anymore, and she could not get Luke to set a unique ringtone for her.
Luke had no intention of answering the phone. His eyes remained transfixed on her. He had noticed the slight smile on Luca's face when the phone started ringing. Was she hoping that she would be saved by the call?
Seeing that Luke was not picking up the phone, Luca reminded him, "Mr. Crawford, your phone is ringing." "I know," Luke said. He had taken out his phone while waiting for her to change. After she stepped out of the bathroom, he put the phone on the couch.
The phone on the couch was ringing non-stop, but he was standing next to the bed.
"That ringtone isn't one of the default ones. You must have specifically set that as a custom ringtone, didn't you?" Luca said. Her eyes were on the phone on the couch.
Bianca probably wanted to check Luke's whereabouts.
Just as she finished speaking, the ringing abruptly stopped.
The room fell into an awkward silence once more. Luca continued, "Aren't you returning the call?"
Luke placed his hands into his pockets. "You haven't answered my question." "I happened to be there, and I met Mrs. Norman by sheer chance. I noticed that her complexion was pale, so I took her pulse. Her condition happens to be one I could treat." Luca explained her meeting with Queenie as one of pure coincidence.
"How were you so sure about her illness when you only took her pulse?" Luke asked.
Johann said that someone who was able to do that was an incredible physician.
Was it also a coincidence that an incredible physician chose to work in Watson Biopharmaceuticals too?
The growth of T Corporation in the next three years depended greatly on Watson Biopharmaceuticals. Luke could not afford to have anyone mess up his plans.
"It's all a coincidence. I wasn't too sure when I made the diagnosis." Luca remained calm as she said that. She had approached Luke under the pretense of a lie, so any further lies only served to complete the previous one.
She found it very exhausting to keep on making up lies to cover up her previous ones, especially when she had to face Luke's unyielding questioning.
She was never a good liar, and the three years spent on the Island of Despair did not make her a better liar.
"If you're not so sure, why would you give her a prescription?" Luke continued asking.
Luca sighed. "It's not like Mrs. Norman would accept my prescription, isn't it? They would definitely suspect something, and they'd bring the concoction to the hospital for analysis. I thought that a doctor would definitely order a toxicology test when they see the concoction.
"If she decides to ignore my diagnosis instead, that wouldn't have affected me either. Even if I've made a mistake in my diagnosis and she takes the concoction, it wouldn't have negatively affected her health. Most of the herbs in the concoction are nourishing, and her body badly needs the nourishment."
Luca tried to explain that she had never wanted to harm Queenie when making the diagnosis and prescription.
She was worried that she might have misdiagnosed Queenie, so that was why she had given her such a concoction. She did not expect that it would still bring her trouble.
However, Luca did not regret it. She did not want to see Queenie live the rest of her life under the effects of the poison. The longer the poison remained in her body, the greater the effects.
Luke continued to stare at her. His phone began to ring with Bianca's unique ringtone again.
Luca looked at him with an ambiguous smile on her face. This time, she did not speak.
Luke walked to the couch, picked up the phone, and answered the call. He heard Bianca's voice over the phone. "Luke, is the party over?"
He looked at his wristwatch. Judging from the time, the party should have been over by now.
He did not expect to spend so much time on Luca...
"It's over,” Luke answered with an ice-cold voice.
When Bianca heard that, she pretended to sound weak. "When are you coming back? I'm feeling a little under the weather..."
Luke frowned and glanced at Luca. Her head was lowered and turned to the side, and her long wet hair covered her face. He could not see her expression.
"Rest for a while. I'll call Dr. Cairn over," he said.
Bianca knew that had always been Luke’s response whenever she said that she was feeling unwell, so she said, "Alright. You should come back soon. I'm very uncomfortable." "Mm," Luke replied and ended the call.
Luca turned her head and watched him put the phone in his pocket. When she thought that he was about to leave, she smiled to hide the agony in her heart.
It was perhaps a good thing that he left. She would not want to lock horns with him anymore.
Luke was naturally a suspicious person. Even though she had not harmed him or the people close to him, he would nevertheless suspect her.
She would rather not be suspected of anything, but he could not help but suspect her of everything she did.
Luca had enough of that treatment. When she heard how he spoke softly to the impostor Bianca over the phone, she felt as though her heart had been torn in two.
The pain was indescribable, yet she had to maintain a smile on her face.
That was how she hid her sorrow. It took her all her strength to lift the corners of her mouth.
Under the dim light, Luke thought that the smile on Luca's face was barefaced mockery toward him.
He turned around with a sullen expression on his face. "I have something else to attend to, and I can’t send you home. You should rest here tonight." "I've been drugged, and I indeed need the rest. Also, I'd like to take tomorrow off," Luca said.
"Approved," Luke said.
It was the first time he had seen a drug with that effect. First, it was like a sedative, but an hour later, it was like a stimulant. It was as though Luca had been drugged twice.
Luca saw him place his hand on the doorknob and said, "Mr. Crawford, I don't want other people to know about the matter between me and Mrs. Norman." "The Normans will know about it. I'll try to keep it from spreading to other people," Luke said. He had already tasked Jason to do that even before she had requested it.
Diversion was a common tactic in business. It was all too easy to apply it to Luca.
"Thank you." Luca breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that.
With his help, she would not have to worry.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1217-He Did Not Appreciate the Opportunity
Luca did not expect the matter to blow up when she decided to mail the package to Queenie.
She had expected the Normans to keep the matter under wraps, even if Queenie had to go to the hospital for a checkup. Naturally, she had forgotten about Luke's involvement.
Luke's status meant that his mere presence would cause drama. Luca knew that all the reporters would want to pin a camera on him if they could.
His frequent appearances in the hospital gained attention. When Queenie's report was released, the media outlets reported on it.
The reporters continued to find information about her toxicology test and the reasons behind her poisoning. Naturally, they also found out about the antidote in the mysterious package.
The development of the matter had exceeded Luca's expectations, and she was not sure how to deal with it.
Luke turned around and looked coldly at her.
Luca lowered her head and did not meet his gaze.
Luke opened the door and left.
The moment the door closed, Luca fell on the bed and gasped for air.
Even though she had taken the antidote, the effects of the drug were very taxing to the body. She was completely spent after confronting Luke for that long, and she would have collapsed out of exhaustion if the confrontation continued.
She continued to lie on the bed, even though her hair was still wet. She had to sleep now to regain her energy.
Meanwhile, Abel received a voice message from the deputy president, saying that Luke had already left the hotel room without anyone following him.
"Too bad he doesn't appreciate the chance I've given him." Abel chuckled.
He had expected Luke to stay the night.
The impostor Bianca had told him that Luke had never touched her in bed after all these years. In fact, they had never even slept in the same bed.
Perhaps Luke was smart enough to guess that Bianca was an impostor, or maybe he might have sensed the differences between the real and the impostor Biancas.
Now that Abel had arranged for the real Bianca to be in the same room as him, he did not appreciate the opportunity.
Hera was leaning onto Abel's chest. She heard the message too. Realizing that Luke was not in the room for too long, she wondered if Luke had any carnal relations with the woman in the room.
"Mr. Abel, do you think that Luke took the bait?" She asked curiously.
"Who knows?" Abel smiled lazily and lit a cigar. "I don't suppose Luke could have kept it to himself. Don't you think so?"
He knew that once the drug took effect, no woman would be able to remain rational. Luca would not have been able to resist it, no matter how much she wanted to stay away from Luke.
Abel hugged Hera tightly and exhaled a smoke ring. His plan might have been perfect, but he did not expect that Luca had brought the antidote with her.
She managed to cure herself with the antidote, and Luke had managed to resist her charms.
In Crawford Manor, after Bianca ended the call with Luke, she took out a metal box from the bottom drawer of the dresser. There was an intricate lock on it.
She unlocked the box and took out a pill.
The pill was given to her by someone from the island. They told her that she could take the pill as a last resort if she did not manage to win Luke's affection.
The pill would cause her to develop the symptoms of the flu, and there was no cure for it.
Eventually, she would look like she had gotten pneumonia, but she would not die from it.
It would take her body a month to fully recover from the symptoms. In the month after that, her body would remain weak.
The effects of the pill were very taxing to the body. That was why the pill had to be taken as a last resort.
Bianca stared at the pill for some time. She would take the pill because of Luke.
Half an hour ago, she had received a message. Attached to the message was a photo of Luke leaving the party while carrying Luca in his arms.
She checked the timestamp. The photo was taken an hour ago.
Bianca could not remain calm, and that was why she had given Luke a call.
Luke did not answer the first time.
She began to panic. Luke had never missed her calls!
She called him again. Fortunately, Luke answered this time, and he sounded relatively normal.
At that time, Bianca was worried that Luke was making out with Luca, and she had called him without thinking of an excuse to do so. She did not want Luke to think that she was being troublesome, so she made up an excuse that she was feeling under the weather.
She was used to pretending to be sick anyway. Whenever Dr. Cairn prescribed medicine for her, she would take it and recover quickly.
Bianca felt that things were different this time. If she did not pretend to be seriously ill, she thought that Luke would continue to ignore her.
She guessed that Dr. Cairn would arrive at Crawford Manor in another ten minutes, so she did not waste any more time and swallowed the pill.
There was no water in the room, and it would be quite suspicious if she left the room now. She had to swallow the pill dry.
After that, she lay on the bed.
Ten minutes later, the butler brought Dr. Cairn to the bedroom and knocked on the door. "Come in," Bianca said weakly.
The pill took effect very quickly. Bianca could feel her body heating up already.
The butler pushed the door open and told Dr. Cairn, "Please enter, Dr. Cairn.
If
Dr. Cairn nodded and looked unhappily at the woman on the bed.
He was enjoying his night, but Luke had called him over because she was feeling unwell.
Usually, he did not mind being called over to Crawford Manor. He knew that Bianca was pretending to be sick, and it was good money.
Things were different tonight. He had spent a lot of money and pulled some strings to hire the new escort in the nightclub. Just when things were about to warm up, Luke had given him a call.
He was not going to refuse Luke's request, especially not when he was being paid for the visit, but he felt quite aggrieved about it.
With no other choice, he could only tell the escort to wait for him at the motel while he rushed over to Crawford Manor.
"How are you feeling now, Madam?" Dr. Cairn asked with a smile. He could not show her that he was unhappy.
"I feel dizzy, and my body feels warm, as though I'm sitting on an oven," Bianca said weakly.
Dr. Cairn took out the digital thermometer and placed it in her ear. The temperature read 99.5 degrees.
"You have a slight fever. Did you forget to sleep with a blanket?" He asked.
Usually, when Bianca pretended to be sick, her body temperature was normal. She was slightly feverish now, but that might have been deliberate too.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1218- Igniting Luke's Love for Her
Bianca slightly narrowed her eyes. 'Just a slight fever? I guess the pill isn't fully in effect yet.'
She shook her head and replied to the doctor, "I don’t know." "It's not too serious yet, so you don't have to take any medicine. Sleep with a blanket tonight and see if you can sweat the fever out. I'll prescribe some medicine just in case, so you can take it if you're not feeling any better, alright?" Dr. Cairn said to her. He was not too worried because her temperature was not too high.
Bianca frowned and nodded. She was not too bothered because she knew that the pill was causing the fever.
Her condition was going to deteriorate anyway, and even if she did not take any medicine, she would recover in a month anyway. She nodded just to keep the doctor off her back.
It was better than giving the doctor the impression that she did not listen to him.
Dr. Cairn nodded and told the butler, "Madam is sick often, and maybe the medication doesn't have much effect on her. Can you get her two more blankets? I'll still prescribe some medication." "Yes, thank you," the butler said. He did not want to go through Bianca's personal belongings, so he got a female caretaker to help him.
Bianca felt the caretaker cover her with two blankets. Then, she turned off the air conditioning.
She was already feeling uncomfortable with the warm weather. Now, she felt as though ants were crawling on her skin and biting her nerves.
She wished that she could throw the blankets off her, but she could not.
She was supposed to be sick, and she could only bear it.
Remembering that the escort was still waiting for him at the motel, Dr. Cairn hastily prescribed the medication and placed it on the bedside cabinet. "If Madam's condition doesn't get any better, she can take the medicine, and she should be fine after that." "Yes, thank you," Bianca said weakly. She wished that she could drive everyone out of the room; their mere presence was torture to her.
"Please send Dr. Cairn off, Mr. Griffin," she said.
The doctor was delighted to hear that. Sometimes, he would have to stay back and talk to Luke about Bianca's condition, just so that he could get on Luke's good side.
He was quite happy that Luke was not around, and he did not have to stay back.
"Yes." The butler nodded and led the way.
Dr. Cairn left the bedroom after him.
Bianca's forehead was wet with sweat, and she did not know if it was because of the pill or the two blankets. She looked at the caretaker who was waiting beside her and said, "I'd like to rest. You can leave for now." "Yes, Madam." The caretaker did not want to leave a sick person in the room alone, but she had to follow her employer's orders.
After the caretaker left the room and closed the door behind her, Bianca kicked the blankets away.
She felt a little better without the blankets suffocating her. However, in a few minutes, she felt that her body had turned from warm to cold.
"What kind of pill was that?" Bianca mumbled through gritted teeth. The alternating sensations of hot and cold were double the torture.
She could only cover herself with the blankets again and switched on the heating.
Soon, she could hear the caretaker's voice from outside. "Good evening, Sir."
Luke had returned.
Bianca tucked herself into the blanket so that not an inch of her skin was exposed.
Luke opened the bedroom door and frowned when he saw the person on the bed.
He could see the sweat dripping down from Bianca's forehead along her hairline. Turning around, he asked the caretaker, "How are you going to take care of Madam if you're standing outside?"
The caretaker shuddered. Luke rarely questioned the caretakers at home about their jobs, but whenever he did, he was quite harsh.
"Madam told me to,” she explained.
Luke's expression darkened a little as he said, "Madam is sick, so you should stay by her side and take care of her. Go and get a towel to wipe off Madam's sweat." "Yes." The caretaker bowed slightly and went into the bedroom. Seeing Bianca's forehead glistening with sweat, she quickly went into the bathroom and took the towel.
Bianca's heart warmed when she heard that Luke cared for her. If it took a bout of illness to gain his attention, swallowing the pill was the right choice.
In the next month, she hoped to ignite Luke's love for her.
"Don't blame her, Luke. I was the one who told her to go out of the room." Bianca would not have spoken up for the servants at home if not that she had to pretend that she was sympathetic and kind like the previous Bianca.
Luke could hear that she was struggling to speak. "Don't speak. You should rest."
Bianca smiled and closed her eyes. She was relieved that he was back home.
She was not going to let Luke be together with Luca.
No matter what stage of a relationship they were in now, Bianca was not going to let them progress any further!
The caretaker came out of the bathroom with a basin of warm water and a hand towel. She set the basin down next to the bed and, when she was wringing the towel to wipe Bianca's face, Luke said, "Let me do it.”
The caretaker handed the towel to him.
Luke took it and wrung it again. "Has Dr. Cairn left?" "Yes. Dr. Cairn said that it's only a mild fever, so she'll be fine after sweating it out. He gave some medicine in case Madam's condition doesn't get any better." The caretaker repeated what Dr. Cairn said earlier.
Luke did not say anything and wiped the sweat from Bianca's forehead.
She grunted slightly when she felt the cool towel on her skin.
She did not know if the sensation was comfortable. After all, she was alternating between feeling hot and cold. The cool sensation of the towel was quite jarring.
Seeing that Bianca was still uncomfortable, Luke used the thermometer and took her temperature again. It was 99.5 degrees, and Luke could tell that it was not a high fever. Sometimes Tommy would also be down with a mild fever, but his symptoms were totally different from what Bianca was exhibiting.
Luke put the thermometer away. "What was her temperature earlier?" "99.5 degrees," the caretaker answered.
Luke looked at Bianca. Her forehead was once again wet with sweat. It seemed a lot more serious than a mild fever.
"Stay with her tonight and take her temperature every half an hour. Inform me if her temperature goes up." Luke took the towel and wiped Bianca's forehead again.
"Yes," the caretaker replied, though she was quite reluctant.
She would not be able to sleep that night...
Bianca was not very kind to her anyway. The caretaker could not be bothered to do that for her if not that she was at risk of losing her job.
Never mind, that's the fate of a wage earner...’ the caretaker thought.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1219- Extreme Discomfort
Bianca was not very happy when she heard that. She was expecting Luke to take care of her.
She slowly opened her eyes. She did not have to pretend that she was weak because she was already uncomfortable enough.
"I'm not feeling very well, Luke," Bianca said softly to evoke Luke's pity. At the same time, she was wondering why her temperature was so low even though she felt much worse.
"You'll be fine. Just have some rest." Luke tucked her in, though he suddenly thought of Luca at that moment. Luca must have suffered a lot when she was fighting the effects of the drug, but she said nothing at all. Instead, she had closed her eyes and grabbed onto the bed sheets tightly.
When Luke stepped out of the bathroom in the hotel, he noticed the creases on the bedsheets and realized that she had not complained one bit.
"Luke..." Bianca wanted to tell Luke to accompany her, but she could not finish her sentence.
Luke came to his senses. By comparing the two women who were feeling unwell at the same time, Luca's resilience was a stark contrast to Bianca's weakness.
"Rest well." He stood up and told the caretaker, "Take care of Madam.' "Yes," the caretaker replied as she watched Luke leave the room.
She had been working in Crawford Manor for two years. Whenever she chatted with the other caretakers who had worked there for longer, they would always talk about how things were in the past.
They said that Bianca used to be very caring toward the servants in the household and how Luke had loved Bianca and would do everything for her.
The caretaker shook her head. Things were not the case now.
Luke did not seem like he loved Bianca, and Bianca was not as approachable as the others said.
Bianca lay on the bed with her eyes closed. Without looking, she could tell that Luke had already left the room.
He had left just like that, not caring that she was getting sicker and sicker in bed.
The caretaker saw that Bianca was sweating again, so she wiped her forehead with a towel.
Bianca wanted to say something, but she did not have the strength to do so. She could feel her condition deteriorating fast.
She could not tell the caretaker to inform Luke about her condition. With no other choice, she closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
Luke returned to the study. Ever since that moment in the bedroom, his thoughts were occupied with images of Luca, and he could not calm himself down at all.
Under the influence of the drug, Luca seemed so charming.
He admitted that he was bewitched at that moment, and he would not have been able to resist it if not for his mental fortitude.
As he sat in his executive chair, he could not stop thinking about Luca, and he was getting more and more aroused.
’Damn it," he cursed. He turned on his computer and contacted Gale.
"How is the investigation coming along?" He asked.
Gale frowned and replied, "Things aren't going smoothly, Boss. It's as though this Luca woman never existed. We couldn't find anyone who knows her over here, and her identity and background are, as far as we can tell, non-existent." "She can't possibly have a non-existent background unless she made up her identity,” Luke said.
Gale nodded and understood what he meant. He continued, "Yes. Gale and I will continue to investigate this." "Mm.” Luke nodded.
The night passed uneventfully.
Near dawn, the caretaker knocked on the door of the study hurriedly.
Luke was startled awake from his dream. He rarely dreamed, but he had dreamed once again.
In the dream, Bianca's face turned into Luca's face. She sat on his lap, and she stroked down his body with her slender hands.
Her hands slowly traveled down his face, to his neck, his shoulders, and his chest. Those hands seemed to be magical and tickled his every nerve...
He woke up when those hands traveled below his abdomen.
Frustratedly, he propped his forehead with his hand. Why would he dream of that? Was it because he had not made out with a woman for so long?
Even if that were the case, he should have dreamed about Bianca instead of Luca.
Knock knock! Knock knock! The knocking on the door interrupted his thoughts.
"Who is it?" He sat up tiredly.
"Sir, Madam’s fever is at 102 degrees now," the caretaker said anxiously.
She had been taking Bianca's temperature every half an hour, just like Luke ordered. Even until half an hour ago, Bianca's temperature was 99.5 degrees.
Other than the excessive sweating and occasional sleep-talking, she seemed normal.
The caretaker had been staying up all night wiping the sweat from her forehead and wetting her lips with a cotton swab. She was shocked when Bianca's temperature rose dramatically.
Luke got up and opened the door. "What happened?" "She was fine half an hour ago, but suddenly..." The caretaker showed him the record of temperatures on the thermometer in case Luke blamed her.
"Has she taken her medicine?" Luke glanced at it and walked toward the master bedroom.
The caretaker followed closely behind and said, "Madam woke up around midnight and said that she felt very uncomfortable, so I've given her the medication earlier, but her temperature did not decrease. Should we call Dr. Cairn again?” "Get the driver to prepare the car. I want to bring her to the hospital," Luke said. If her condition did not improve even after she took the medication, she would have to be hospitalized.
"Alright." The caretaker ran downstairs and informed Sean.
Luke went into the master bedroom and saw Bianca lying on the bed. Her lips were pale and cracked from the fever, while her face was an unnatural shade of red.
She opened her eyes slightly when she heard the footsteps, but her vision was blurry. "Luke? Is that you?"
Her voice was weak, as though she was whispering. He could not discern what she said if he did not focus on listening.
"It's me. Don't be afraid. I'll send you to the hospital now," Luke said. He took a coat from the closet, pulled the blankets away, wrapped her up with the coat, and carried her in his arms.
Bianca could feel her body being lifted up by a pair of strong arms. However, she was so sick that she could not feel the romance in the situation.
At that moment, she regretted taking the pill. If she had known that the pill would cause her so much discomfort, she should have just pretended to be sick.
Of course, there was nothing for her to do except regret it.
Luke carried her downstairs.
It was already six o'clock, and Old Master Crawford was already awake and sitting in the living room preparing to go for his morning exercise." What’s wrong?" He asked when he saw Luke rushing down the stairs with Bianca in his arms.
"Bea suddenly has a fever. I'm bringing her to the hospital," Luke explained as he walked toward the door.
Old Master Crawford frowned as he watched them leave. The caretaker had told him that Bianca had a mild fever the night before, but it had suddenly become a high fever.
Sean was waiting at the front gate with the car. When he saw Luke coming out of the house, he opened the car door for him.ab