Ch. 1241..1250
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1241- Asking Luca for Help
"I'd like to meet my mother." Bianca might be suffering from a high fever, but her mind was still lucid.
She knew that her fever would eventually subside, and Luke would not stay by her side for long. She hoped that Queenie would see her in her current condition and get Luke to care for her more.
Even though no one told her about it, Bianca knew that Queenie's condition was getting better by the day, and the situation of the Normans became better and better. That was beneficial for the Crawfords - - Luke might be standing at the pinnacle of the business world, but that did not mean that he was immune from danger.
"But I don't know how to contact your mother," the nurse said helplessly, not suspecting anything. After all, it was normal for a very ill patient to miss their parents.
"My phone..." Bianca shook her head. Her head was spinning under the effect of the pill, and as much as she wanted to sleep, she could not sleep just yet. "The phone's passcode is 0218. Help me give her a call." "Alright." The nurse immediately did what she was told. She took Bianca’s phone, unlocked it, found Queenie's number, and gave her a call.
It was already past midnight, and the phone was only answered after some time.
The nurse told Queenie about Bianca's situation as well as Bianca's wish.
Queenie immediately sat up when she heard that. She told Jack about it, after which they hastily changed their clothes and rushed to the hospital.
After the nurse ended the call, she told Bianca in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, I've already told your mother about it. She's rushing over to the hospital with your father."
Bianca smiled after she heard that. Then, she fell asleep.
After Luke arrived at the hospital, he went to find out Bianca's condition first.
Bianca's face was red from the high fever, but her lips were pale.
"What's wrong with her?" Luke frowned and asked the nurse.
"The doctor gave her an injection earlier, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on her. We'll try to lower her temperature through physical means," the nurse answered while she prepared the alcohol solution.
Luke frowned even harder.
"Right, Mr. Crawford, Dr. Blake is waiting for you in his office," the nurse remembered what the head physician told her. He was working overtime because of Bianca's condition, and just as he expected, her situation worsened.
Mm." Luke shot a glance at the unconscious Bianca on the bed, then left the room.
He was not worried because there was a nurse to take care of her.
Luke went to the head physician's office, knocked on the door, and went inside.
Dr. Blake was checking some information on his computer. When he saw Luke coming in, he immediately stood up and said courteously, "Please have a seat, Mr. Crawford."
Luke sat down on the couch and glared at Dr. Blake with a penetrating gaze. "What's going on with my wife?"
The doctor sighed. "We don't know. Mrs. Crawford doesn't allow us to conduct a blood test on her. I want to meet you so that you can give us consent to take her blood sample for a test."
Dr. Blake thought that Bianca only had a regular fever. He was quite grateful toward Johann for giving him a good opportunity to gain Luke's favor, but he did not expect that things would be so troublesome.
Bianca's fever rose and fell, and Dr. Blake realized that her condition was not as straightforward as he had expected. It would not have been as difficult if the patient would let him take a blood sample, but the patient was being uncooperative.
Luke took the consent form and browsed through it. Then, he signed at the end of the document.
"When are you taking her blood sample?" Luke asked, thinking that he should stay by her side when her blood was taken.
When Bianca's fever rose again, the doctor had already checked with the caretaker when Bianca last ate. He replied, "I can take her blood sample in an hour." "Get the sample analyzed as soon as you can. I'd like to know her condition, " Luke stood up and said.
He was not happy that Bianca's condition did not get any better, but he also understood that he could not blame the doctor for it.
After all, she refused to provide a blood sample and had even deliberately eaten so that they could not take her blood.
Dr. Blake felt slightly relieved when he saw that Luke did not voice out his dissatisfaction. "Yes. We'll expedite her test."
After getting the doctor's reassurance, Luke left the office. When he returned to Bianca's room, Jack and Queenie were already sitting there.
Luke, what's going on with Bianca?" Queenie asked Luke anxiously when she saw him coming into the room.
"The doctor is going to conduct a blood test. He'll let us know once he has the results." Luke was quite surprised to see them there. "You should go home and rest first." "With Bianca like that, I won’t be able to sleep." Queenie sighed. "The nurse told me that she wanted to meet me, so I'll wait here until she wakes up. She needs to know that she's not going through this alone.”
Luke could see that Queenie was very worried. He did not convince her to go home.
Queenie's health had improved greatly after taking Luca's medication, so she could stay up half of the night without any ill effects on her body.
"I'll get the nurse to bring another bed in, Mom. If you're tired, you can rest for a while," Luke said.
"I'll be fine. I can rest on the couch." Queenie sighed again after looking at
Bianca on the bed. "How did she get so sick?"
Luke sat down on the single-seater couch. "The doctor will be collecting her blood sample in an hour." "Mm." Queenie and Jack exchanged glances and sighed again. "I've heard from the caretaker that Bianca has been sick for several days." "Mm. Her condition hasn't been improving." Luke did not hide the truth from Queenie.
"Why didn't any of you tell me about it?" Queenie sounded accusatory when she said that.
The caretaker spoke up. "Madam's condition wasn't so bad earlier. The doctor told her that he wanted to take a blood sample just in case, but Madam refused. She knew that she shouldn't eat before a blood test, but she deliberately ate breakfast just so that she could skip the test."
Queenie thought about it and realized that she could not blame Luke for Bianca's illness. She shook her head and said, "Bea should've known better.
Luke did not say anything.
"Luke, why don't we hire Ms. Craw to take care of Bea? It's better than letting her condition worsen," Queenie suggested.
She could not bear to see her daughter suffer, and she had thought of Luca's amazing medical skills.
Even though Luca said that she had diagnosed Queenie's illness by pure chance, Queenie thought that she was only being humble.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1243- The Woman Is An Impostor
Luke flipped to the front page of the report again. It was written there that the subject had B-type blood.
He remembered very clearly that Bianca had O-type blood.
Luke was about to head out of the room to find Dr. Blake, but the doctor hastily came into the room with some equipment.
"Sorry, Mr. Crawford, the people in the lab might have made a mistake. I'll schedule another test right now," the doctor said while shooting the nurse behind him a glance. Johann had told him that the blood types did not match.
Dr. Blake immediately checked Bianca's files and found out that she had 0- type blood. He immediately gave a call to the laboratory, but the technicians insisted that they did not mix up the samples. After all, there was only one sample sent to the lab that night, and there was no chance that they had mixed it up with another sample.
Dr. Blake had no other choice than to schedule another blood test.
The nurse stepped forward and prepared to take Bianca's blood.
Jack and Queenie were wondering what was going on. They asked, "Why do you need another blood sample?"
Before Dr. Blake could answer, Luke said, "There might be a few more tests. Isn't that so, Dr. Blake?"
Dr. Blake was slightly confused. If Johann had read Bianca's test report, Luke must have been the one to send it to him. If Luke knew the reason why they needed another test, why did he ask the doctor about exactly that?
The doctor could only nod and say, "Yes."
Queenie nodded. She put away the towel and placed her hand on Bianca's forehead. It was still as hot as ever.
The nurse took another blood sample and quickly left the room.
"How long will this take?" Luke asked.
"Only ten minutes. We're only running a simple test. I'll be back soon," Dr. Blake replied. If the lab technicians insisted that they did not mix up the samples, all he had to do was confirm the blood type of the sample, and it would not take too long.
"I'll go with you." Luke walked up to the door and turned around to speak to his in-laws, "Dad, Mom, I'll go with Dr. Blake for a while. Please take care of Bea in the meantime." "Alright, go then." Queenie nodded. She wrung the towel and placed it on Bianca's forehead again.
Luke went to Dr. Blake's office and sat down inside.
This was A City's best hospital, and he could not believe that they made such a silly mistake. He had to sit there and confirm the results with his eyes.
His suspicion grew when he heard that the blood types did not match.
Was that the reason why Bianca had refused to give a blood sample? If the blood types did not match, the woman in the room was not the woman that Luke loved.
It would also mean that the DNA test results were fabricated...
The more Luke thought about it, the more he thought there was someone behind the scenes controlling everything.
Ten minutes later, the nurse came to the office with the test results. "Dr.
Blake, the patient's blood type is indeed B. Could Dr. Park have been mistaken?"
Dr. Blake realized that something was amiss when he browsed through the report. Someone with B- type blood could not have O-type blood. Moreover, Bianca had had her blood sample taken at the hospital multiple times, and the blood test could not have been wrong everytime.
Alright. You can go, and close the door behind you," Dr. Blake said.
The nurse nodded, left the office, and closed the door.
Dr. Blake handed the test report to Luke, knowing that he must have guessed something.
"It's indeed B-type blood, Mr. Crawford."
Luke took the report, glanced at it, and stood up abruptly. "Could something have changed her blood type?" "There is a chance that a bone marrow recipient might experience certain alterations to their DNA, and such cases have been documented in other countries. There hasn't been a precedent that a patient's blood type would change though," Dr. Blake replied.
Luke sank deep into thought. Without performing another DNA test, he could tell that the woman was not the real Bianca.
The woman unconscious on the bed was only someone who looked identical to Bianca. She could not mimic the real Bianca's personality, so she had used memory loss as an excuse.
Someone had been manipulating him for the past three years.
"Don't let anyone else know about it," Luke said, trusting that Dr. Blake knew what could be said and what could not.
"Yes!"
Luke put the report in his pocket and returned to Bianca's room.
When Queenie saw Luke, she asked him nervously, "How is it?" "Everything is normal," Luke answered as he looked at the faint scar on the woman's neck.
The scar was already on her neck when he first discovered her. After two years of scar removal treatments, the scar was quite faint, but a trace of it remained.
The injury to her throat had ruined her voice. In addition to her claim of memory loss, everyone treated her as Bianca.
As for the DNA test report, only someone powerful and influential could have swapped the DNA samples. It also meant that said person had access to the real Bianca's DNA samples.
Luke was sure that the woman in front of him was an impostor, and he did not know where the real Bianca was.
"Normal..." Queenie could tell that there was something amiss. "What's wrong, Luke?" "It's nothing." Luke turned his gaze away from the woman on the bed.
He did not want to expose the woman's lies now. First, he had to know where the real Bianca was.
He could tell that the mastermind was holding Bianca hostage somewhere. Even though he was furious, he did not lose his temper in front of his in-laws.
Queenie could tell that Luke was hiding something. She exchanged glances with Jack.
Jack shook his head, indicating that she should trust Luke.
If there was something that Luke did not tell them, there must be a reason behind it.
Queenie could only continue to take care of Bianca.
The nurse came in with a syringe. While sterilizing a patch of skin on Bianca's arm, she said, ‘Dr. Blake adjusted the dosage of the medication. Her fever should soon subside." "Alright." Queenie continued to frown as she watched the saline drip into Bianca's veins.
The sky was already bright by now.
Luke said, "Dad, Mom, I'll take care of Bea after this. You haven't slept the whole night, so you should go home and rest."
Queenie sighed and said, "How can I sleep when Bea is so ill? You should go home. I'll take care of Bea here."
Seeing that his in-laws did not want to leave, Luke shook his head and sat down on the couch.
In a while, the Crawford family cook came to deliver breakfast. She looked at Bianca on the bed, then turned to speak to Luke. "Sir, It's Carnival Day at Tommy's kindergarten today, and..."
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1244- Carnival Day
Carnival Day was an event at Tommy's kindergarten that encouraged the students' parents to join in.
However, Bianca was horribly ill, and Luke did not look like he was free either.
"I'll go," Luke said. He had promised Tommy that he would be joining him during Carnival Day. "Dad, Mom, the caretaker can take care of Bianca. I'll send the two of you home."
Thinking that his in-laws did not sleep, he was not going to let them drive home themselves.
"I should stay in the hospital to take care of Bea." Queenie shook her head, not relieved that Bianca's condition had not gotten better yet.
Jack also said, "Right. We should stay here. You should go to Tommy's school, Luke."
Luke did not insist on sending them home. When the morning shift caretaker came into the room, Luke gave her some orders before he left the hospital.
The driver must have sent Tommy to his kindergarten, so he drove there directly.
The event was about to begin when Luke arrived. The teachers waiting at the front gate were surprised when they saw Luke arrive. They went up to him and greeted him with a smile. "Welcome to Carnival Day, Mr.
Crawford. This way, please."
Luke nodded and followed the teacher inside.
All the students in the kindergarten came from wealthy families. As Luke walked past the crowd, he noticed that most of the adults there were not the parents of the children.
Judging from their clothes, Luke could tell that they were caretakers of the children. There were very few parents at the event.
Tommy noticed Luke from afar. He scampered toward Luke and hugged his thigh. "You're here, Daddy! I almost thought that you weren't coming."
Tommy was truly surprised. When he woke up earlier that morning, he found out that his father had gone to the hospital. Luke was not back home by the time Tommy finished his breakfast, and the boy had thought that he would be at the event by himself.
"I've promised you that I'll come." Luke took Tommy's hand. "Where's your stall?"
Luke had been playing the role of both parents to the children ever since Bianca was abducted. Even though he was reunited with the impostor Bianca, the children did not receive much motherly love from her.
He did not spend much time with them, but it did not mean that he neglected them.
"Over there!" Tommy pointed at his stall. Sean had helped him decorate it, while the cook at home had prepared the food.
Let's go." Luke nodded and led his son there.
The teachers were envious when they saw that. "That's rare." "What's rare?" The kindergarten principal happened to overhear that.
The teacher pointed at Tommy's stall. "Ma'am, most of the children here come with their caretakers instead of their parents. It's rare that someone as busy as Mr. Crawford would spend his time here with his child. I can tell that he really loves his son."
The teacher had been working in the kindergarten for several years. Many parents said that they loved their children, but not many put their words into action.
During Carnival Day or parent-teacher conferences, she would usually the children coming to the kindergarten with their caretakers or their grandparents. Whenever she asked them where their parents were, the answers were usually the same - they were busy at work or on a business trip.
"That's Mr. Crawford's youngest son. Mrs. Crawford had given birth to the child when everyone thought that Mr. Crawford had died overseas. It was a terrible ordeal for the family, and Mr. Crawford adores the child very much.
" The kindergarten principal was an A City local, so she remembered what happened five years ago.
No wonder. Tommy is so lucky," the teacher said.
The principal shook her head and said, "Alright, let's get ready. The carnival is about to start." "Yes, Ma'am." The teacher went away to greet other parents.
When Luke stood in front of the stall, he became an instant attraction.
Many people were staring at him, but his gaze remained cold.
"So many people are looking at you, Daddy," Tommy exclaimed.
Luke patted his son's head. Even though he did not sleep, he was used to working through the night, and he did not feel sleepy at all. "What does your stall have?" "Snacks!" Tommy said as he removed the lid from the food container." Mrs. Nancy prepared mini corn dogs and nougat bars for me. Do you want to try one?" "Mm." Luke picked up a corndog and took a bite.
"Is it delicious?" Tommy asked him.
Not bad," Luke replied. He knew that he could trust the cook's culinary skills.
Tommy grinned and said, "I bet Ms. Luca can make something better."
Luke noticed that Tommy genuinely liked Luca. The boy would always slip her name into the conversation.
Daddy, may I go to Ms. Luca's house to have dinner more often?" Tommy might as well begin negotiating with him.
Luke agreed that Luca made delicious food, but the food back at Crawford Manor was not bad either. Why was Tommy so fond of Luca?
May I, Daddy?" Seeing that Luke did not answer the question, Tommy repeated again.
"You shouldn't bother her." Luke shook his head.
"But I like Ms. Luca, and Ms. Luca likes me. She doesn’t think that I'm bothering him at all. How about this, if Ms. Luca agrees to it, then you'll have to let me go there, okay?" Tommy said.
'Alright then." Luke compromised. His son did not notice it, but he could tell that Luca did not welcome him at her apartment.
He was quite sure that Luca would not agree to it.
"Yay! You've been neglecting us lately, Daddy. I'll bring Lanie and Rainie to Ms. Luca's apartment to have dinner too." Tommy clapped his hands excitedly.
"How have I been neglecting you?" When Luke heard Tommy's complaint, he stuffed the rest of the corn dog into his mouth, then sat down on the stool so that he was at Tommy’s eye level.
"Isn't Mommy in the hospital? You're taking care of her, aren’t you?" Tommy picked up a nougat bar and took a bite.
When Tommy mentioned his mother, there was no concern or worry at all.
Previously, Luke thought that the children drifted apart from Bianca because she had lost her memories.
He finally realized that the impostor Bianca was not their mother at all. No wonder the children did not want to be close to her.
Even though Tommy would reluctantly call her "Mommy" sometimes, Luke could tell that there was no intimacy in the boy’s tone.
Luke patted Tommy's head.
Before Tommy could say anything more, he was interrupted by the principal's announcement that the carnival had begun.
Tommy's stall was very popular. The corndogs and nougat bars were soon sold out.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1246- She Knew Luke Too Well
Luca was in the middle of performing an experiment when her phone began to ring. She was surprised when she saw the familiar string of numbers on her screen, but she did not immediately answer it.
She did not save Luke's number on her phone, but she had memorized those numbers well.
Luca had placed her phone between her and Rhett earlier.
Rhett glanced at the vibrating phone and asked, "Dr. Craw, aren't you answering the call?"
Luca came to her senses. She took the phone and told him," I'll go and answer the call. Please help me record the data."
"Yes." Rhett nodded.
Luca left the room and answered the call. "Mr. Crawford."
"Are you at the company now, Dr. Craw?" Luke hated to admit that Luca's gentle, wispy, and slightly raspy voice was very alluring.
"Yes," Luca told him candidly.
"Sean is going over to pick you up. He'll be there in fifteen minutes. I'd hate to bother you, but I need you at the hospital, " Luke said.
Luca frowned slightly when she heard that. He had rarely used that tone to speak to anyone. "Is there anything, Mr.
Crawford?"
Luke was silent for a few seconds. He wanted to say "My wife is ill." but he found it hard to call the woman on the bed his wife.
"We'll talk at the hospital," he said.
"Alright." Luca sighed after ending the call. She had expected something like that would happen after she saved Queenie.
She did not expect that it would happen so soon, and she did not have the right to refuse.
There were not many people that could evoke this level of concern in Luke. Luca wondered who that person was.
Suddenly, she remembered that Tommy had told her that Bianca was ill.
'It must be her, right?’ She thought. Only Bianca could make Luke stoop to ask for help from others.
Luca put her phone back into her pocket and headed back to the laboratory.
Rhett was focusing on recording the data from the experiment.
"Make regular observations for the next two hours and record all forms of the virus. Two hours later, deep-freeze the specimens, tabulate the data, and give it to me when I return."
Rhett nodded and remembered what she said. "Are you going somewhere, Dr. Craw?"
"Mm. I need to go to the hospital for a bit." Luca returned to her table and filled up a written request for leave.
Even though her boss was the one who asked her to go to the hospital, she had to go through the regular procedure. She did not want Cole to think that something was going on between her and Luke.
Luca handed in the request after writing it.
Cole approved her leave without asking too many questions.
He did not mind that Luca was stepping away from her work. After all, Luca was a strong competitor in this period. If she had fewer research hours, then he had a higher chance of winning a spot.
After receiving Cole's approval, Luca returned to her office and packed her handbag. Soon, she received a call.
She heard Sean speaking over the phone. "Ms. Craw, I am the driver. I'm waiting for you downstairs."
"Alright. I'm going down now," Luca said. She picked up her handbag, went downstairs, and saw Sean's car parked at the roadside. She went over, opened the door, and sat inside.
Sean started the car and drove away.
While Luca watched the scenery outside the window, she asked, "Is Mrs. Crawford ill?"
Sean smiled. "I've heard that she has a high fever. Did Mr. Crawford tell you about it?"
"He didn't say anything, but I can guess it," Luca said nonchalantly. She asked him only to confirm that it was indeed Bianca who had fallen ill.
"Good guess," Sean said.
Luca did not say anything. To be frank, it was not much of a guess. She knew Luke's character too well.
Soon, the car arrived at the hospital.
The pungent smell of antiseptic assaulted her nose, and she could not help but frown.
"Ms. Craw, Mrs. Crawford is at the VIP ward. This way, please." Sean led the way.
Luca followed him and did not say anything.
When she entered the room, Tommy ran over, hugged her, and said sweetly, "Why are you here, Ms. Luca?"
Luca felt a little better after seeing the little boy's smile. "I have some business here. Why aren't you in school?"
"We have the day off. It's Carnival Day today," Tommy said as he clung to her.
All the adults in the room other than Luke were surprised to see that. Why was Tommy so close to Luca?
For a brief moment, they had even thought that Luca was Tommy's birth mother.
"You're here, Luca," Queenie said. Luca could tell from her bloodshot eyes that she had stayed up through the night.
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Norman." Luca nodded. She could not bear to see Queenie exhausted like that. She glanced at Jack, and eventually, her gaze fell on luke.
All of them hadn't slept...'
Queenie held Luca's hand and said, "We wouldn't have bothered you if we didn't have any other choice. My daughter is sick, Luca. Can you see if you can do something about it?"
Luca’s gaze fell on Bianca’s face. Her cheeks were red, and her lips were pale and cracked...
It looked like she was suffering from a high fever.
Luca knew that the impostor Bianca must have taken the poison before she left the island. The poison had a side effect of strengthening their physique, so how could she fall so ill?
"Let me take a look." Luca patted Tommy's head and went to the side of the bed to look at Bianca.
"How long has it been?" She asked.
"She had a mild fever since eleven o'clock last night, and the temperature continued to increase," the nurse said.
Luca touched Bianca's forehead with her hand. It was quite hot. "This must be at least 102 degrees."
"Her temperature was 102.4 degrees ten minutes ago. It's only two degrees lower than the night before."
The nurse was quite impressed that Luca could accurately
tell Bianca's body temperature only based on touch.
Luca did not say anything. She sat down on a chair and took Bianca's pulse.
Bianca's pulse was steady, as though she was not ill at all. However, her body exhibited all the physical symptoms of a high fever.
"Have you tested her blood?" Luca asked.
"Yes. We've conducted a comprehensive blood test, but we didn't find anything. Everything is normal except for a slightly elevated white blood cell count," the nurse replied.
At the same time, Luke handed the blood test report to Luca.
She browsed through it briefly and could guess what had happened.
Bianca's constitution should have been tougher. The only explanation was that she had made herself sick.
"If regular medication isn't working on her, I'd like to try acupuncture as an alternative treatment. You can leave the room for now,’ Luca said.
"I've never heard of using acupuncture to treat a fever." The nurse looked at Luca suspiciously.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1247- None of Your Business!
Luca did not explain herself. Instead, she said, "I don't have my acupuncture needles with me. Can you find me a set?"
The nurse looked at the patient's family. None of them had any objections, as though they trusted that woman completely. On the other hand, they seemed to have ignored her question.
"Are you sure that you want to perform acupuncture on the patient?" The nurse asked again.
"Yes.” Luca nodded and pulled her hand away.
Seeing that no one raised any objections, the nurse left the room.
Tommy walked upto Luca and asked her softly, "Ms. Luca, can you make Mommy well again?"
Luca patted the boy's head but said nothing.
If her guess was correct, no one could make Bianca well again. Bianca should have taken a drug that had no antidote.
Shanks had discovered the properties of the drug when he was teaching medicine to Luca. He did not find an antidote for it because it was not lethal.
Luca knew that Bianca's condition would continue to deteriorate, but she would fully recover in a month. In the meantime, no amount of medication could possibly cure her.
What Luca could only do now was to verify her guess with Bianca.
For that to happen, she had to wake Bianca up first.
Tommy did not seem too worried when he failed to get an answer from Luca. Instead, he asked, "Ms. Luca, are you busy lately?"
"Not very. Why?" Luca looked at the boy lovingly. She could tell that the boy genuinely liked her.
"I want to visit your house," Tommy said with a smile.
Instinctively, Luca shot a glance at Luke. She thought that she saw him look away for a brief moment when he had been looking at her earlier.
"Be a good boy and come to Grandma, Tommy." Queenie was quite surprised that Tommy was so close to Luca.
Tommy shook his head. He wanted to stay by Luca's side.
Just when Queenie wanted to tell Tommy not to bother Luca, the nurse returned with a box in her hands.
"Let me know if this works for you. Do you need anything else?" The nurse asked. She had to make a few calls to different departments to find the needles.
"This'll do," Luca said after a brief check. "I need to be alone with the patient. Can you leave the room for a while?"
Queenie understood that Luca would have to take off Bianca's clothes for the treatment, and the sight of someone being pierced with needles might be traumatic to
Tommy. She said, "I'm her mother, Luca. Can I stay here?"
"I'm afraid that you'll distract me, Mrs. Norman. Maybe you can wait outside. I'll be done in fifteen minutes," Luca insisted. After Bianca woke up, she had many questions to ask her.
Luke came over, took Tommy's hand, and led him out of the room. He had many questions about Luca's background, but he fully trusted her when it came to treating Bianca. "Well be outside."
Luca could not help but smile wryly when she heard that. Was that supposed to be a warning?
After Luke and Tommy left the room, the other people followed them.
The nurse asked, "Should I stay back to help you?"
"There's no need." Luca opened a bottle of alcohol and prepared to sterilize the needles. "Please close the door on your way out."
The nurse nodded and left the room, though she was quite surprised that Luke would allow a stranger to attempt to treat his wife using alternative means.
After everyone else left, Luca took a needle, sterilized it, and inserted it into a certain point on Bianca's forehead.
The unconscious woman twitched an eyebrow involuntarily.
Luca sterilized a second needle and inserted it in another spot.
Three seconds later, Bianca slowly opened her eyes. She frowned as she looked at the woman sitting next to her, but she grimaced in pain.
"Why are you here?" She could tell that she was still in the hospital, but she did not know why Luca had suddenly appeared there.
"Luke Crawford asked me to come," Luca reached out and removed the needles on Bianca's forehead.
"Go away." Bianca did not attempt to mask her hatred toward Luca. She became even more agitated when she heard that Luke was the one who brought Luca here.
"He asked me to come to check on you because you had the fever for a very long time. Also, don't be too agitated. The room might be well-insulated, but I don't think you want them to hear our conversation." Luca tossed the used needles into the trash can. She remembered what she had said earlier and tossed the other unused needles into the trash can as well.
Bianca spoke a lot more softly after that. "I don't need your help."
She knew the condition of her illness very well. She would recover fully in a month without needing any medication.
"Of course. You also know that you'll recover in a month without any medication," Luca said calmly. From Bianca's expression, Luca could tell that she had indeed taken the drug.
Bianca was taken aback. 'Did she guess it?"
"Let me guess. You're trying to gain Luke's attention, and you've fallen ill because you've taken Shanks's pill," Luca said candidly without beating around the bush.
Bianca was feeling weak, so she could only glare at Luca." So what about it? I did it because I want to complete my mission."
"You're going to be ill for one month in exchange for his attention. Do you think that's worth it?" Luca shook his head.
She could not believe that Bianca would go to such lengths to complete her mission.
She guessed that Bianca must have fallen in love with Luke.
"That's none of your business!" Bianca was embarrassed after Luc correctly guessed her thoughts.
Luca glanced at the door. "They're right outside. You can be louder and tell them what they need to know."
Bianca gripped the bed sheets tightly and spoke in a low voice. "I know that you have a mission too. Just mind your own business and do your job."
Luca nodded. "I am doing my job. By the way, how did you get your hands on that pill?"
"I wouldn't have gotten it if Boss didn't give it to me, right?" Bianca said. Even though Abel had not handed her the pill directly, he had given it to someone to give it to her.
Luca nodded. "How many pills did you take?"
"None of your business!" Bianca glared at Luca. She knew that she was not going to die, so she had no obligation to answer Luca's questions.
"Do you actually think that you won't die from the drug? Overdosing it without an antidote can be fatal. Your body is now developing a resistance to the drug. You'd better tell me if you don't want your brain to melt into goo."
Luca was not lying to her. The regular medication would be able to suppress the effects of the drug if Bianca had taken the regular dose.
From Bianca's situation, Luca could tell that normal medication had no effect on the drug.
"I..." Bianca wanted to speak but stopped just as soon as she spoke. "You're only scaring me."
"Your fever hasn't gotten any better since last night, and it's going to get worse." Luca decided to give her one last warning.
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Bianca could also sense the situation she had put herself in. At the moment, she was clearly lucid, but her body was uncomfortably hot. "I took one pill," she said.
Luca blinked, though her expression did not change. "That's too much. You can only take half a pill at most."
"You're lying." Bianca did not believe her. She thought that Luca was only trying to scare her.
"I guess the person who gave you the pill didn't tell you the proper instructions, or you might have missed it." Luca stood up and walked toward the door.
Bianca tried to recall what she was told when she was given the pill, but her head was spinning, and she could not remember anything at all. She wanted to ask more probing questions, but Luca had already left the room.
"Mrs. Crawford is awake," she told the people waiting outside of the room.
Bianca watched Luke walking into the room while holding Tommy's hand. Behind him, Queenie, Jack, the caretaker, and the nurse also followed. She could only swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
"Bianca, are you awake? Let me look at you." Queenie quickly walked over to the bed. She started tearing up when she saw Bianca sitting weakly over there. "How are you feeling now, Bea?"
Bianca remembered what she had told the nurse before she fell asleep the night before. Even though she felt intensely uncomfortable, she said, "I don't feel too well, Mom..."
Queenie became flustered when she heard that. She turned around and looked at Luca. "What should we do now, Luca?"
Luca looked at Bianca resentfully. She had brought this upon herself, and she still wanted Queenie to worry about her.
"I’ve read the medical report, and I can safely say that it's just the common cold. Just take good care of her, and she'll be fine," she said.
Even though Bianca was feeling groggy, her eyes widened when she heard Luca mention the medical report. "What medical report?" She asked.
Queenie explained, "You had a high fever the night before, and the temperature won't come down. The doctor took a blood sample, ran some tests, and found that everything is normal. Don't worry."
Bianca shuddered involuntarily when she heard that her blood was taken. She looked at Luke. "Luke..."
'Could he have discovered something?'
Luke noticed the anxiety in her eyes. He said, "The report shows that there's nothing wrong with you. You'll be fine."
Bianca felt slightly relieved when she noticed that there was nothing unusual about Luke's expression or tone of voice." I've already told you that there's nothing wrong with me. It's
just the common cold. I don't really need any tests."
When the nurse heard that, she could not help but think, 'If you're so smart, why don't you stay at home and treat yourself? Why do you have to come here, and all of us have to bend to your whims?'
Queenie placed her hand on Bianca's forehead and found that it was still shockingly hot. "What should Bea do now, Luca? The medication that the doctor gave her isn't working at all."
"She's probably building an immunity to the drug. That's normal, considering that Mrs. Crawford has a weak constitution. If I prescribe her a herbal concoction, I believe that she will eventually recover," Luca said, i
When Bianca heard that, she asked, "Can you at least lower my body temperature?"
She was afraid that the fever would cause permanent problems.
Luca nodded and said, "I'll try my best."
She sat down on the couch and began to type a note on her phone. It was a herbal concoction.
There was no antidote to the drug that Bianca took. Luca could only prescribe a herbal concoction to suppress the effects of the drug and lower her body temperature.
A while later, Luca took out a piece of note paper and a pen from her handbag. She copied the contents of the screen on the note paper and handed it to the nurse. "Here's the prescription. Get the herb and pack them into daily portions."
"Uh..." The nurse hesitated and did not take the note paper.
"What's wrong?" Luca frowned.
"You're not a doctor at this hospital, so we can't accept your prescription." The nurse glanced at what Luca wrote on the note paper. Many of the herbs were utterly unfamiliar to her.
After all, one would not find herbs in a hospital's dispensary.
Luca thought that what the nurse said made sense. Queenie took the note paper from Luca's hand and said, "I'll go and get them from somewhere else, then I'll come back after I've prepared the concoction."
She did not question Luca's prescription, thinking that Luca would not deliberately harm Bianca.
Putting it in other words, Queenie did not think Luca would deliberately harm anyone.
Now that Luca's job was done, she did not care about what other people were going to do to Bianca. She looked at Luke and said, "Mr. Crawford, if there's nothing else, I'd like to return to work."
Luca was not a doctor, nor was she a caretaker of the Crawford family. Luke had no right to detain her, so he nodded and said, "I’ll get Sean to send you there."
"It's fine. I'll catch a cab," Luca refused.
When Tommy heard that Luca was going to leave, he quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Are you leaving, Ms.
Luca? Can I come along with you? I won't disturb your work."
Luca smiled and patted the boy's head. "I cant bring you along. I'll be very busy."
"Ms. Luca..." Tommy was still trying to convince her.
"Tommy," Luke called out to his son.
Tommy reluctantly let go of Luca so that she could leave.
After Luca left, Tommy looked at his father resentfully. "It's not like you have time to take care of me anyway. Why don't you let me go with Ms. Luca?"
"She needs to work," Luke said sternly.
Tommy pouted unhappily.
Queenie could not bear to see her grandson looking so aggrieved. She said to Tommy, "Are you bored staying in the hospital? Come, let me bring you out for a walk."
"Yes, Grandma." Tommy did not want to stay in the hospital for a moment longer.
Queenie said, "I'll go to the pharmacy to get the herbs, then I'll go home and prepare it before coming back."
"Mm." Luke watched his in-laws leave before sitting on the couch.
Bianca burned with jealousy when she witnessed the interaction.
Luca should have been the outsider, but she was closer to her husband and parents than her!
Looking at how Tommy clung to Luca, other people might think that Luca was Tommy's mother!
Then, there was Luke...
Even though he had kept his distance from Luca, Bianca could still sense that his eyes were gazing at Luca more than half of the time!
Bianca gripped the bed sheets tightly, the physical discomfort of her body exacerbated by the jealousy in her heart.
The caretaker noticed Bianca's discomfort. "Are you okay, Madam? Do you want to drink some water?"
"No!" Bianca refused even though her lips were cracked.
The nurse said, "Mrs. Crawford, you should drink more water now. The fever has caused you to become dehydrated."
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Bianca glared at the nurse. When she was about to speak, Luke spoke first. "Give her some water."
"Yes." The caretaker deftly poured a glass of water, put a straw in the cup, and brought it next to Bianca's mouth." Please drink some water, Madam."
Bianca glared at the nurse, though she had no choice but to drink from the straw because Luke had given her the order.
Two hours later, Queenie returned to the hospital with the concoction.
Bianca did not want to drink it. After all, it was Luca's prescription.
However, she remembered what Luca had told her. Fearing that her brain might melt if the fever persisted, she hesitated for a while when the caretaker brought the straw close to her mouth, but eventually, she took the flask and finished it all.
Half an hour later, Bianca's body temperature began to drop.
The nurse read the thermometer. "Your temperature now is 99.5 degrees."
Queenie was overjoyed. "I knew that Luca was capable. The concoction worked in half an hour."
Bianca could not bear Queenie referring to Luca by her first name. "It might be the hospital medication taking effect too."
Queenie did not really care about Bianca's jealous words. She sat down on the bed and patted Bianca's hand. "In any case, I'm glad that your temperature is down." i
Bianca felt a lot better after her fever subsided. She glanced at Luke, who was sitting on the couch, and said, "I don't want to stay in the hospital anymore, Luke. Can you get me discharged?"
Luke frowned when he heard that. "The doctor said that he needs to observe your condition."
"I'm already feeling much better," Bianca said after touching her forehead. "See, it's not hot anymore."
She was worried that her fever might return, and the doctor would have to take another blood sample. Even if Luke did not discover anything, she could not guarantee that he would not discover anything in the future.
She could not afford to take that risk.
"Stay here for two more days," Luke said insistently.
"But..." Bianca was prepared to put on her puppy eyes when Jack said sternly, "Bea, listen to Luke and the doctor. You also heard what the doctor said earlier, didn't you? Just stay here for two more days."
Queenie also tried to convince her. "Yes, Bea. The doctor wants to stay here because it'll be good for you. If you feel bored, I'll come and accompany you every day."
Bianca realized that she could not convince three people at the same time. She could only nod and agree to stay in the
hospital for further observation.
Luke’s phone began to ring, and he went to the corridor to answer it. Half a minute later, he returned to the room and said, "Dad, Mom, I need to return to the company to resolve an emergency. I'll get Sean to send you two home."
"Go then. You don't have to worry about us." Queenie shook her head. She planned to stay in the hospital to accompany Bianca.
"You haven't slept since last night, Mom," Luke reminded Queenie. His in-laws were no longer young, and staying up would definitely take a toll on them.
"I'll go home at night. Don't worry about me, Luke. I still feel fine." Queenie smiled knowing that Luke was concerned about her. Ever since Leia was sent overseas and Bianca had lost her memories, Luke had been taking care of the old couple.
"I'll go then. Tommy, do you want to stay here with Mommy or go to the company with me?" Luke asked Tommy.
"I'll go with you, Daddy." Tommy did not want to stay in the hospital at all.
Bianca felt dejected when she saw how Tommy had chosen to follow Luke without any hesitation. The little boy was closer to a woman who had appeared out of nowhere than her. No one would believe her if she said that Tommy was her son.
She could not help but feel pressured. Luca was taking everything away from her.
No, she could not let Luca succeed!
"What are you thinking, Bea?" Queenie asked out of concern when she saw that Bianca was deep in thought.
"Nothing, Mom." Bianca came to her senses and looked at her. "Why was that Luca woman in the hospital?"
"I asked her to come," Queenie said with a smile and poured a glass of hot water.
Jack suddenly stood up and said, "An old colleague of mine is in the hospital. I'd like to pay him a visit."
"Go then," Queenie nodded and said. She placed the glass on the bedside cabinet and waited for the water to cool down before feeding it to Bianca. The doctor had reminded her that Bianca should drink more water.
When Bianca heard that, she said, "You shouldn't visit your friend empty-handed, Dad. You can bring one of the fruit baskets on the table with you. It's not like I can finish all those fruits anyway."
Queenie nodded. "You're so considerate, Bea. Listen to your daughter, Jack. It's not polite to visit someone in the hospital empty-handed."
"Alright then." Jack agreed with what Bianca said. He picked up a random fruit basket from the table and left the room.
Bianca turned to look at Queenie and continued the conversation. "Mom, are you close to Luca Craw?"
"I guess you can say so. Luke didn't want to bother her, but
I'm so worried when I see that you're not getting any better. That's why I asked Luke to look for her. You haven't eaten anything in almost a day. Should I get you some oatmeal?" Queenie asked.
Bianca shook her head. The bitter aftertaste of the herbal concoction was still in her mouth, and that made her lose her appetite.
"You mean that Luke didn't want her to come in the first place?" She asked. That question was very important to her.
If Luke had thought of inviting Luca over, it meant that Luca was important to him.
It was troublesome enough that Tia was vying for Luke's affection. She would not be able to tolerate another rival.
She would have used her connections to the Island of Despair to off Tia, if not that Tia posed her no threat.
However, Luca proved time and time again that she was a real threat to Bianca's position. What could she do?
Luca was also from the Island of Despair, and Bianca could not use her connections to get rid of her.
"Yes," Queenie replied. "When I came over to the hospital last night, I was already thinking of getting Luca to come, but Luke said not to bother her."
Bianca felt slightly relieved. At least Luke was not too eager to meet Luca too often.
It probably meant that Luke was trying to keep a distance from Luca.
"Mom, I also don't think we should trouble Luca," Bianca said.
"Why?" Queenie was quite surprised.
Bianca bit her lower lip and found a plausible excuse. "I think that she's getting dangerously close to Luke. It's not that I don't trust Luke, Mom, but there are so many women out there who are like that, and I don't feel too confident of myself."
Queenie sighed when she saw how aggrieved Bianca looked. In her past few interactions with Bianca, she thought that Bianca always had a different opinion.
However, Bianca was her daughter, and Queenie chose to trust in her.
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Queenie understood that one should not judge another by their appearance alone.
Even though she had a good impression of Luca in the few times they interacted, she could understand why Bianca felt uneasy.
"Don't worry. I'll keep an eye on Luke," Queenie comforted her. She knew that Luke was not flirtatious, but many women had tried to get on his good side over the past three years.
Bianca took Queenie's hand and pretended to look grateful." You're so nice to me, Mom."
"I'm your mother, silly girl. No matter what happens, I'll be by your side. Don't worry. Luca is only close to me because she treated my illness. I'll make sure that they don't have any private affairs." Queenie patted Bianca's head.
Meanwhile, after Luke left the hospital, he sped back to T Corporation.
Tommy was sitting in the backseat. He thought for a while and said, "Daddy, shouldn't you let Ms. Luca know that her concoction works?"
"Mm." Luke nodded.
"Let me tell her then!" Tommy said while grinning. "Give me your phone, Daddy."
Luke ignored his son. He wore his Bluetooth headset and gave Luca a call.
At that moment, Luca was verifying the experiment data in the laboratory. If there were no problems, she could proceed to the next stage of research.
Her phone began to ring, and she answered it while keeping her eyes focused on the data table. "Hello."
"Are you busy?" Luke asked. It was the first time that Luca had picked up her call so quickly.
Luca's motions paused for a split second. She was busy with her work and had forgotten to look at the call notification before answering the call.
"Mm," she replied in a soft voice.
Luke could sense Luca's change in tone from friendly to distant in that singular syllable, and that had frustrated him greatly. "Your concoction works. Bianca's fever subsided."
'That's good to know," Luca said coldly.
The man suddenly fell silent, and Luca could hear Tommy blabbering next to him. "Give me the phone, Daddy. I want to talk to Ms. Luca..."
Luca took a deep breath. Even though she was only interacting with Luke through a phone call, she could feel his presence exuding immense pressure. However, she was not the Bianca from before, and she would not yield so easily.
She broke the silence. "She'll have to keep on drinking the concoction."
"For how long?" Luke's voice had also turned cold.
"Until her fever goes down completely. It should take a month," Luca said.
"Okay." Luke committed those words to memory. He was not too concerned about Bianca's condition, but rather, he did not want anything bad to happen to her.
Knowing that Luke had gotten the point, Luca suddenly felt her heart wrench. "Is there anything else, Mr. Crawford?"
"That's all," Luke said.
When Tommy heard that, he immediately yelled, "There's something else, Ms. Luca! Can I come to your house for dinner tonight? Don't worry, I'll get Daddy to buy all the ingredients you need and more!"
"...""..." Luca and Luke were both speechless.
Tommy leaned against the front seat and asked, "Daddy, what did Ms. Luca say?"
Luca had heard Tommy's request over the phone. If only Tommy came alone, she would gladly welcome him.
However, she knew that Luke would definitely tag along. "I have to work overtime today, so I won't be able to take care of Tommy. Bye."
"Mm," Luke replied, but Luca had already ended the call.
Tommy pouted. "Daddy, what did Ms. Luca say?"
"She has to work overtime today, so she can't cook dinner for you." Luke took off the headset and drove into T Corporation's basement parking lot.
Tommy was disappointed when he heard that. "Daddy, isn't Ms. Luca your employee? Can't you tell her not to work overtime?"
Luke did not reply.
Tommy was not very happy. He wanted to say something, but Luke managed to silence him with a single sentence.
"I'll take away your tablet if you don't behave."
Without his tablet, Tommy could not have video calls with Luca. He immediately sat down quietly.
Luke was satisfied by Tommy's compliance. He parked his car in his personal parking spot and got out of the car.
He opened the back door, and Tommy hopped out with puffed cheeks.
Luke and Tommy went up to the CEO's office in Luke's personal elevator. Jason greeted them. "Good afternoon, Mr. Crawford. Oh, Little Mr. Crawford is here too."
In the company, Jason would sometimes call Tommy "Little Mr. Crawford" as a joke.
"We'll have a meeting in ten minutes," Luke said.
"Yes." Jason nodded. He began to tap his tablet to make preparations for the meeting.
Tommy pulled his hand away from Luke. "I'm not going with Daddy!" He said.
Jason could see that Tommy was angry. He joked, "Little Mr. Crawford, where are you going if you're not following Mr. Crawford?"
Tommy pointed at him. "I'll go with you, Uncle Doyle."
Luke was quite happy that someone would take care of his son for him. "I'll leave him in your care."
"Yes," Jason could only reply. He did not expect to pick up another job just because he had cracked a joke.
Luke went into the CEO's office, while Tommy went into the assistant's office with Jason and sat down on the couch.
Jason brought out a glass of milk and some cocktail sausages from the pantry and gave them to Tommy. "Why do you look so angry today, Little Mr. Crawford?"
"Daddy is forcing Ms. Luca to work overtime, so I cant go to her house to have dinner," Tommy said huffily as he stuffed a sausage in his mouth.
"Ms. Luca?" Jason did not understand at first.
"Ms. Luca, the researcher at Watson. You know her, right?" Tommy said.
Jason nodded and said, "I know her. What about it?"
"It's nothing. Ms. Luca makes very delicious food, and she's even better than the cook at home, but Daddy wants her to work overtime... Uncle Jason, can you stop Ms. Luca from
working overtime?" Tommy asked after drinking a gulp of milk.
Jason finally found out the reason why Tommy seemed so aggrieved. It was because he could not eat Luca's dinner.
However, Jason did not understand how Tommy had gotten so close to Luca.
"Well, I don't think I can help you with that," Jason shook his head and said. "Your Daddy didn't force her to work overtime. Everyone in Watson has been working extra hard, and I believe that she's working very hard too.”
"Are you telling me that Ms. Luca is working overtime willingly?" Tommy pulled a long face.
"Yes, that should be it." Jason nodded.
"Mmm, I miss Ms. Luca." Tommy seemed frustrated. If Luca had volunteered to work overtime, had he wrongly accused his father?