Ch. 1481..1490
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1481-Luca reminded her of something, and Zoey said immediately, “Oh, previously, Mr. Doyle sent a message saying that when you came back to work, you should go to the president’s office. Mr. Crawford would want to see you.”
Luke was looking for her…
Luca nodded and put down the data that she was carrying. She took off her lab coat. “I’ll go now.”
“Alright. Dr. Craw. Allow me to get you a cup of coffee?” Zoey asked enthusiastically. After all, her boss was still recovering. They, as subordinates, did not even pay her a visit after she got injured. Although Luca looked like she did not mind, Zoey would still want to fawn over her a little.
“There’s no need. I can’t drink coffee now,” Luca said as she walked out and closed the office door in passing.
Even though her wounds had healed, there were still some scabs. Drinking coffee would cause skin pigmentation. novelbin
Realizing how careless she was, Zoey apologized hurriedly, “I’m sorry, Dr. Craw. I failed to think about that.”
“It’s alright. Off you go,” replied Luca.
Zoey gave her a response and dared not continue fawning. She turned around and left.
Luca rode the elevator up to the floor where the president’s office was on. She walked out of the elevator and saw that Jason was already waiting for her at the elevator door.
“Mr. Doyle, I heard Mr. Crawford is looking for me, right?” she asked politely, unlike the others who talked in a flattering manner.
“Yes, Dr. Craw. Please.” It was Luke who asked to see Luca, so Jason did not hold her up to have small talk with her this time. Instead, he guided the way in front immediately.
Luca nodded and followed behind.
Jason led her to Luke’s office entrance. He knocked on the door and said, “Boss, Dr. Craw is here.”
“Come in.” Luke’s voice came from inside.
Jason heard him and opened the door.
When Luca stepped into his office, she saw that other than Luke who was sitting in the office, there was another woman. Tia…
Tia had even shown up here. It was not her finding an excuse to chat with Luke. This time, he was the one who invited her over.
She frowned when she saw Luca coming in.
Luke asked her to come over saying that he needed to talk to her. Could it be that the matter was about Luca?
The moment Luca saw Tia, she was confused too. Luke was alone in the office with Tia, yet he asked her to come over. Why was that?
To show her how lovey-dovey they were?
Luca felt uncomfortable, to the extent that she wanted to run away.
However, there was no excuse for her to escape. Hence, she could only bite the bullet and walk into the office while looking calm on the outside.
“Take a seat.” Luke pointed to the seat beside Tia.
Luca nodded and sat down. She stared at the sandalwood table expressionlessly.
Tia could no longer stand it. She knew Luca and Luke had gotten into a scandal before, and she also knew Luca was working at Luke’s subsidiary company. However, she was even showing up at T Corporation now. Could it be that Luke had transferred her to T Corporation?
Even so, was she not a pharmaceutical scientist? There were no suitable jobs for her in T Corporation. Thinking that it was probably Luke’s arrangement, Tia felt jealous.
Although the scandal between the two of them had been cleared in front of the media now, thinking that Luca would be able to work here and run into Luke anytime, Tia felt like she did not have as many chances as Luca.
She was already seeing Luca as her rival…
Luca could naturally sense Tia’s unstable emotions that she was trying so hard to hide but somehow still failed. She seemed to be jealous…
Was there anything about her that was worth being jealous about…
After Luca sat down, she asked, “Mr. Crawford, is there any job you’d like to assign me?”
Luke glanced at her calm face and said calmly, “There’s no job.”
No job? Luca was confused. If there was no job assignment for her, then did he ask her to come up to watch them display their affection for one another?
Luke then introduced them. “This is Tia. She’s a famous psychology professor in our country.”
“Ms. Tia, nice to meet you,” Luca greeted her calmly.
Tia was slightly surprised. After all, when everyone greeted her, they would be incredibly passionate. The people who were being introduced to her would have faces full of admiration, and they would give a lengthy speech.
It was rare to meet someone as calm as Luca…
Tia recalled the first time she met Luke. Even when he was asking her for help that time, his expression was calm as usual just like how Luca was behaving now…
“Hello,” she replied before looking at Luke affectionately.
She was in the psychology research field, so she naturally knew what kind of gaze would attract men the most. She was looking at him affectionately with some traces of admiration. Such a gaze could evoke a man’s desire to conquer her.
Luke looked like he was unable to sense the deliberate intention in her eyes, and he went straight to the point. “Dr. Craw, I know what happened at the apartment had somehow affected you, so I think you need a therapist.”
Once he finished talking, Luca and Tia then understood what was his purpose for inviting them both here.
“Thank you, Mr. Crawford. I’m perfectly fine now. There’s no need to bother Ms. Tia.” Luca thanked him politely while turning him down.
Back then, she had run into Tia at the beauty salon. She knew Tia had a crush on Luke, so they were bound to hate each other.
Of course, she would refuse to have anything to do with the person she hated.
What had happened at the beauty salon came into Tia’s mind. She thought that since Luca and Luke were so close to each other, Luca could tell him what she had said back at the beauty salon at any time. Hence, she was unwilling to treat Luca.
She was the first to reject, and that was for the best. After all, Tia did not want to treat Luca.
Tia gave a gentle smile and said, “Mr. Crawford, since Ms. Craw thinks that it’s unnecessary, I guess it’s better not to force her. After all, communication is important. If one refuses to communicate, I won’t be able to do my job either.”
She pinned everything on Luca being unwilling.
Luca did not say anything. She was generously going along with Tia.
Luke looked at Luca and said, “You don’t need it?”
“I think I can handle this myself, so there’s no need to waste Ms. Tia’s precious time.” She insisted.
Tia was mumbling to herself secretly. That would be great as she was reluctant to treat this woman.
Although the symptoms that she previously showed during Dr. Thomason’s seminar showed that she had a serious mental problem, it would be best if a woman like her could go mad and stay away from her man.
Luke frowned. “Why?”
Luca saw him disagreeing and knew he had already made up his mind to put her together with Tia.
Why did he want to do that?
Could it be that he was suspecting her, so he sent Tia to investigate her?
“I think that my abilities to manage my emotions are quite good, and I’ve seen quite many such events overseas. I don’t think I’m traumatized, so I don’t need a therapist to help me.” It was rare for Luca to say such a lengthy sentence, but again, it was to turn him down.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1482-Luca knew Tia’s abilities were true. They were not just a bluff.
If she accepted Tia’s therapy, what if she used something like hypnosis? Luca would probably tell her everything she knew.
She dared not to do that.
Previously, the experience of being hypnotized at the venue was still vivid. If it had not been for the noisy environment, she probably would not have been able to wake up that quickly. If she had continued to talk, she would have been on the verge of exposing herself!
Therefore, Luca was unwilling to take the risk.
When Tia heard that Luca was strongly opposed to the idea, her previous feelings of unwillingness to help Luca turned into an uncomfortable sensation.
What Luca meant was that she was good at emotional management, so she did not need anyone’s help?
Tia thought in her heart, ‘Knowing the enemy will help me win every battle.’
After anyone encountered a traumatic event, they would develop post-traumatic stress disorder. It was only a matter of time before the symptoms would start showing. As for how it was triggered, it was different for everyone.
Tia had seen the live scene of Dr. Thomason hypnotizing her. She was a hundred percent sure that Luca had post-traumatic stress disorder. She was merely suppressing it well and it had not erupted.
Normally, people with post-traumatic stress disorder would rely on a specific someone after realizing that they had developed a disorder. Some of them depended on their parents or spouse, while some
relied on their psychologists.
It depended on who was keeping them company the most.
After they began relying on someone, they would pour their hearts out and confide in that person unconditionally. When the time came, the person who was being relied on would be able to know everything about them.
In the past three years, Bianca’s mental condition had deteriorated. It was also because she would purposely mislead the psychologist during the progress of her therapy that it caused her to have mood swings. She became unruly and wilful, completely different from the Bianca she used to be.
The completely different Bianca could not get Luke to be interested in her.
Otherwise, how was it possible for her to study abroad without the slightest response from Luke?
Once the thought crossed Tia’s mind, she immediately changed her attitude of being unwilling to help Luca. Before Luke spoke, she said enthusiastically, “Ms. Craw, did something happen to you back then?”
“No, I just witnessed a crime scene,” Luca replied frankly, acutely noticing Tia’s changes.
Was she not unwilling to grant Luke’s request before? Why did her attitude change now?
Luca looked at Luke. Then, she turned to look at Tia the next second. What the hell was this woman doing?
Tia’s actions and expressions were not those that one who heard the mention of a crime scene would show. Instead, she nodded as if she understood. “Actually, among my patients, some of them have witnessed a crime scene while some were the victims themselves. A few were just bystanders, but there’s no exception as they all developed post-traumatic stress disorder. And based on the relevant
data analysis, the onset of the disorder is different for each of these people who witnessed the scene of an accident. 95 percent of them were traumatized, which is also known as post-traumatic stress disorder in psychology. I remember that you attended a psychology seminar before and you were invited by Dr. Thomason on stage for hypnosis treatment. From what you said when you were being hypnotized, I could tell that you have suffered from psychological trauma.”
Luca did not say anything. She knew she had a mental illness all along.
It began ever since she got caught and was sent to the Island of Despair.
Tia saw that she was not reacting and continued, “Of course, just like how one’s body can get sick, the mind can also suffer from various kinds of problems. The most important thing is that we can face all of these. It just so happens that I think I can help you.”
Luca was not moved by her words even after listening to Tia, even if Tia kept on telling her that she would help her.
Tia was in love with Luke, and Luca happened to be involved in a scandal with Luke, so Tia would never help her sincerely.
Even if Luca was breaking down and needed someone’s help, she did not need Tia’s help right at this moment.
It was because her instinct was telling her that Tia was up to no good.
Luca shook her head. “My affairs are just minor things. There’s no need to trouble you and waste your time. If the day comes, I’ll pay a visit.”
Tia’s smile faded away. Luca rejected her.
Very few people would turn her down…
Tia was unconvinced. She looked at Luke, saying, “Mr. Crawford, if she’s unwilling, I can’t do anything either.”
Luke watched with a cold expression as they talked to each other. Tia must have had something in mind when she changed her mind about helping Luca.
Luca had always been unwilling to do things.
The reason for her unwillingness must be intriguing…
“I invited both of you here today. The most important thing is to let the both of you get to know each other,” said Luke.
Tia understood what he meant, so she continued what he was going to say. “I know what Mr. Crawford is saying. How about this, Ms. Craw? We can add each other on Instagram. It’s not for the treatment. Let’s just be friends. We can share interesting stories when we’re free, or maybe our thoughts. There’s no harm.”
Luca knew that even if she rejected Tia’s help, she would not be able to run away from her request to be friends.
Even if it was not in front of Luke, one could not be so impolite in the adult world. novelbin
Luca could only agree to add Tia as a friend on Instagram. After both of them had approved the friend request, Luca stood up and said, “Mr. Crawford, thank you for your concern. Since there are no other matters, I’m going downstairs to work.”
“Sure.” Luke did not make her stay this time.
Luca smiled at both of them. Her smile did not reach her eyes. She turned around and walked out.
There was so much bitterness in her heart.
Luke looked like he cared about her on the outside, but in fact, he was testing her through Tia.
He was suspecting if she had anything to do with the Island of Despair, and that was why he was sounding her out this way.
When he was suspecting her, he needed someone to help him with his investigation. He chose Tia without hesitation.
The fact that he did it without hesitation was a sign of trust. Luca had this sour feeling in her heart because of the trust he had for Tia.
She wanted to be trusted by Luke too…
After Luca left the office, she smiled bitterly. What was she thinking about? Who she was right now? She did not deserve to be trusted by anyone.
It was nice that Luke was living life optimistically. At least, he would not worry about where she was.
He still had a long life ahead of him. Finding another woman and spending the rest of his life with her was indeed a good choice.
Luca could only think about it this way.
Jason was sitting in the office. After he saw Luca leave, he followed Luke’s order that was given earlier and stood up to walk to Luke’s office.
While in the office, Tia still wanted to keep talking to Luke but she was interrupted by Jason knocking on the door.
“Mr. Crawford, the meeting will start in five minutes.”
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1483-Tia’s words were stuck in her throat.
Luke would have to attend a meeting in five minutes, which meant if she wanted to appear as an understanding person, she had to take the initiative to leave.
“Sure,” replied Luke.
Tia rose as well and said, “Mr. Crawford, since you have things to do, then I’ll leave first.”
“Oh, sorry to be troubling you with Dr. Craw’s affair,” Luke mentioned Luca again, and he seemed to be very considerate toward her.
Tia was inwardly upset. He invited her over today yet every word that came out of his mouth was about Luca. She was just someone who came to help.
It made her feel like an outsider. She was in love with Luke, and needless to say, this sort of situation would naturally upset her.
“It’s not too much trouble. From what I see, Dr. Craw’s situation seems to be quite serious. I’d love to help if possible. Then I can write in it my lesson plan,” said Tia. She was a part-time psychology professor at A University.
“Sure.” Luke did not say anything more. He arranged the documents on his table as if he was in a hurry to attend the meeting.
Tia knew she should not continue to disturb him, so she left his office.
After Jason watched Tia going farther away, he walked into Luke’s office, closed the door, and said, “Mr. Crawford, they’ve left.”
Luke stopped arranging his things. There was no meeting to attend later. It was just that after the matter was done, he refused to talk to Tia anymore. That was why he arranged for Jason to come in and say that.
Jason asked, “Boss, are you suspecting that Dr. Craw and Ms. Tia are people from the Island of Despair? What’s the purpose of this arrangement?”
If one of them was sent from the Island of Despair, then that would still be fine. However, if both of them were from the Island of Despair, was the other party not afraid of tipping them off?
“There are flaws in their way of doing things, but I can’t just point straight at them and claim that they’re people from the Island of Despair. And their hostility for each other isn’t fake, so I’d like to wait for them to confront each other so I can reap the benefits. Perhaps, their conversation will give the show away,” replied Luke.
He did this all on purpose.
After he saw Luca’s reaction at the venue last time, this thought came into his mind.
When she was being hypnotized, who was the man and the children she mentioned? He was curious about it.
Luke even thought that he was the man she mentioned, but the number of children did not match up. The number she mentioned was four…
Bianca and he had only three kids together…
Jason was secretly cursing in his heart, saying that women’s hostility originated from men.
It was obvious that Tia was hostile toward Luca because of Luke, but he was uncertain if Luca’s hostility toward Tia was because of Luke.
It was because when the other women were busy throwing themselves at Luke, Luca wished to distance herself away from Luke.
Hence, Jason dared not to be certain of it. He was slightly doubting whether Luke’s plan was going to work or not…
After Luca left Luke’s office and went back to her office, she did not say anything. She put on her lab coat right away and brought the data along with her into the laboratory.
The researchers in the lab greeted her.
What happened just now had been suffocating her heart. She was unable to pull herself together, so she simply responded in a muffled voice.
After she sat down, she looked at the data. She was feeling a little irritated. Her efficiency of reading the data slowed down too.
Rhett noticed her behaving unusually and came over to ask out of concern. “Dr. Craw, are you alright? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”
“No.” Luca shook her head and gave him an assuring look.
“I’ve checked this data over and over again. If you’re worried, I can check it again. Perhaps you can go back to your office and take a rest?” Rhett thought she was forcing herself to be in the office, so he thought of taking the initiative to handle matters and let her rest.
Luca pulled herself together and said, “I’m just lost in my thoughts. I’m fine. Off you go.”
Rhett saw her perseverance. He kept his eyes open and went back to his seat, where he continued with his experiment.
Their research had reached an important stage. Once they passed this stage, they could call for volunteers to perform clinical trials.
Luca forced herself to focus and finally finished reading the data. There was indeed no problem with it. Then, she started to lead the team to continue with the research.
Just then, her phone rang. She finally snapped back and glanced around her before she realized it was her phone.
A few researchers were looking at her because of the phone’s ringtone.
Luca smiled apologetically. As her mind was preoccupied, she did not even notice it was her phone ringing.
She did not even notice it was her phone’s ringtone.
She took it out and glanced at it. It was Nina calling.
Luca held her phone as she walked out of the lab.
A researcher saw this and gossiped with Rhett. “Mr. Link, did you notice Dr. Craw hasn’t been herself today?”
Rhett nodded and explained. “She probably hasn’t rested well. After all, such a serious thing happened to her. Any normal person would be traumatized.”
“Right, I saw the news on the papers. That scene was so bloody that even the reporters were afraid that their drafts would get rejected, so they pixelated the photos right away. And the photo was still red. I heard that the victim’s blood even flowed out to the living room’s corridor. How much blood can a
person lose? There was so much blood at the crime scene. The guard probably hardly had any blood left in him.” The researcher gossiped.
Rhett reminded them, “It’s working hours now. Don’t mention this in front of Dr. Craw.”
“Relax, we’re not dumb. We know what to do,” said one of the researchers.
After Luca left the lab, she answered Nina’s call.
“Hey Nina, what’s the matter?”
Nina’s voice came from the other side of the phone. “Luca, where are you now?”
“I’m in the office. What’s wrong? Why do you sound panicked?” Luca asked.
Nina heard that Luca was working and was reluctant to bother her. “Ah, you’re working. Then just go ahead. I’m just bored and wanted to find someone to go shopping with me.”
“Nina, tell me the truth.” Luca did not fall for what she said as her voice sounded panicked. Something must have happened.
Nina listened to her and felt an inexplicable sense of relief. She paused for a moment and said, “Pierre is at the door.”
“Pierre?” Luca repeated his name, then she remembered. Perrie Mallory was Percy’s younger brother, the bastard who hurt Nina at that time!
“He’s Percy’s younger brother. And it seems like he’s after me. I’m scared…” There was helplessness and despair in Nina’s voice.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1484-There was fear in Nina’s voice. Luca could not just sit idly by.
She glanced at the laboratory and made a decision at that moment. She walked toward the office. “Don’t open the door first and block it with the cabinet. Wait for me.”
When Nina knew Luca was coming, she felt calmer. However, Perrie was no angel. A thought came into her mind and she said worriedly, “No, don’t come over. I’ll barricade the door with the cabinet first. If he can’t get in, he’ll probably stop after a while.”
Perrie Mallory was the second young master of the Mallory family. Only a few in A City were able to deal with him, so she dared not to call the police either.
It was because she knew that when the police heard it was Perrie, they would certainly leave him alone. They might even think of a way to open the door for him and welcome Perrie in.
Luca would probably fight with Perrie if she came here.
Nina did not want her best friend to get into trouble because of her, so she stopped Luca after she thought about it for a few seconds.
She was so frightened that she did not know who she should look for help from. She called Luca when she came into her mind. Nina was unwilling to drag Luca into this.
Luca knew what she was worried about. Perrie was famous for being ruthless. Although he was not as cruel as Percy, he only appeared that way. Many were still scared of him.
He was a vindictive man as well…
“Don’t worry. There’s nothing Perrie can do to me,” said Luca. If it was about fighting and martial arts, she was sure she was pretty good at them.
Even though she had never fought with Perrie, she had faith in herself.
When Nina heard that Luca was coming, she got anxious. She truly did not want Luca to mess with a man like Perrie. “Luca, if you must come, bring Mr. Crawford along with you.”
Luca walked back into the office, as she was taking off her lab coat, she switched on the phone’s speaker and put it on the table. She paused for a moment when she heard that.
Nina realized she was not talking, and she said in a hurried tone, “Luca, please don’t come here alone. Please ask Mr. Crawford to come with you.”
If only a few people in A City were able to stop Perrie’s crazy behavior, then other than Percy, the other person would certainly be Luke Crawford.
Should she ask Luke to come along?
Luca was hesitating. Luke was probably together with Tia upstairs…
“Luca, did you hear me?” Nina realized Luca was still not talking, so she asked anxiously.
“I heard you. But I think Mr. Crawford is busy now, and I’m too embarrassed to ask him. I’ll go alone. Remember to protect yourself, and don’t open the door for him until you hear me.” Luca told her as she did not plan to ask Luke to come along.
Besides, he was dating Tia now. Even if they were not, she was in no position to ask for his help.
Nina replied immediately when she heard what Luca said. “You don’t have to ask him. I will, and both of you will come together. Let me call Mr. Crawford.”
Before Luca could say anything, Nina hung up the phone.
She thought that if Luke was willing to help, that would be best. After all, Perrie would have to show some respect to him.
However, if she were to ask Luke to come along herself, then she would rather fight with Perrie.
Luca stopped thinking about this. After she took off the white-colored lab coat, she asked Rhett to ask for leave on behalf of her. The reason was that she was not feeling well.
After what had happened at the apartment, this would be the best reason to ask for a leave. Luke would not know about it either. After Luca was informed that her leave was approved, she left the company immediately.
She took the elevator and came to the ground floor. When she was about to hail a taxi, a Bentley stopped in front of her.
She recognized this car. It was Luke’s.
When Luca thought if she should just turn around and leave, Luke pushed the car door open and got out of the car. He stood up straight and was staring at Luca.
“Dr. Craw, where are you going?” Luke asked.
“I’m not feeling well. I’d like to go to the hospital. I’ve already taken leave,” Luca said, but she was secretly wondering. Was he not talking to Tia upstairs? Why was he down here at this time and even driving his car?
Could it be Nina? Before she hung up earlier, she told her that she would inform Luke.
If he was truly going to Nina’s apartment, then Luca had just shot herself in the foot by telling him that lie just now.
“Get in the car,” said Luke.
Luca stood there. She had just lied, and her eyes were shifty. She was quietly blaming herself for responding too quickly.
She was always unable to calm herself down whenever she ran into Luke.
When Luca was feeling frustrated, she heard him speak again, “You’re bringing Nina to the hospital, right? Let me send you over.”
Luca nodded her head once he finished talking. She confirmed that she was going to Nina’s place. She got into the car without delay.
“Give me the location,” said Luke. He did not think much after he received Nina’s phone call. However, what surprised him was Nina telling him that she had informed Luca as well.
Nina and Luca only got to know each other not long ago. Even so, both of them got along like sisters, just like Bianca and Nina back then. Their close relationship astonished him.
Luca was fastening her seat belt and telling him the address of the neighborhood where Nina was staying.
“There?” Luke raised his eyebrows.
Luca gave him a confused look. There were many districts in A City. The neighborhood that Nina was staying in was considered high-end, but it was nothing compared to the districts and locations of Luke’s properties.
“Is there anything wrong with that neighborhood?” Luca asked, but she already had an answer in her heart. They might be thinking the same thing.
“Nothing. Let’s go.” Luke did not tell her Perrie had a property in that area.
When Perrie first bought that apartment, Luke had even asked him why he chose that apartment. After all, he was not short of cash and there was no need for him to rent the apartment to earn a living. Moreover, Perrie would never stay in that apartment.
The facilities of the neighborhood were not considered the finest.
At the time, Perrie only smiled mysteriously and said, “I’m saving it for later. It might play a role.” novelbin
It seemed like this was the reason why.
It was working hours now. There was barely any traffic on the roads in A City. Luke stepped on the accelerator and sped up. Soon, they were reaching the entrance of the neighborhood.
Nina had informed the guard earlier, so the guard let them in immediately.
Luca had accompanied Nina to survey the area before. She had a good memory, so she was able to point out the building Nina was staying at successfully.
Luke had just stopped the car when Luca already unfastened her seatbelt and pushed the car door open in one go.
She was worried about Nina, so she did not care about what Luke would think of her.
Luke watched her run off in a hurry as if she was worried about Nina’s situation. At the same time, it looked like she wanted to fight with Perrie.
He had listened to every word of their conversation through the surveillance camera when she was talking to Nina on the phone earlier.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1485-It was because he had heard her conversation with Nina and found out about the whole matter that when Nina called him for help, Luke did not have to spend much time trying to figure out what had happened. He agreed immediately.
Luca only remembered about Luke after she took two steps forward. When she turned around, he was already out of the car and closing the car door.
She said, “Mr. Crawford, let’s go up now?”
Looking at her being truly worried about Nina’s situation, Luke nodded his head and entered the apartment with her.
Luca walked into the elevator and pressed the button instantly. As she watched the number on the elevator screen slowly going up, she could not stop herself from thinking about Nina.
They were told that the security measures in this district were pretty good, so Luca had no idea how Perrie managed to get in.
Could it be that he entered in Percy’s name? Judging from how much Percy cared about Nina, if he knew Perrie did such a thing, he would skin him off.
While Luca was thinking about this, the elevator had reached the floor. The moment the elevator door opened, she heard the sounds of knocking.
“Nina, I know you’re in there. Get the hell out!” Perrie yelled without caring if he would disturb the neighbors. He knocked on the door but there was no response. He even kicked the door.
Luca shot a glance at Luke. There was no expression on his face. It was uncertain what he was thinking about.
She dashed out of the elevator and pushed the man who kept knocking on the door away.
Perrie did not expect he would be pushed away by a woman. After he regained his footing, he narrowed his eyes as he looked at the woman who was much shorter than him. From his gaze, he looked like he wanted to pick a fight. “Who are you?”
“I’m Nina’s friend. Please don’t disturb her. Otherwise, I’m going to kick your *ss!” Luca said while staring into his gloomy eyes. She was fearless.
“Friend?” Perrie laughed scornfully. Her? Kick his *ss? That was hilarious.
“I’d advise you to know your place. Get lost!” Perrie came here looking for Nina today. Although the woman in front of him had already got on his nerves, it was not up to the point that he would lay his hands on her. novelbin
“I’m calling the police if you’re not leaving.” Luca took her phone out of her pocket. Although that sounded stupid, Luke was still behind her. She had better not do anything with him here.
Hence, she could only threaten Perrie.
Perrie had never been afraid of the police. He stopped knocking on the door and said, “Oh? I didn’t know that the police also dealt with matters like this. I’m just pursuing Nina. Tell me, what can the police do to me?”
Luca was stunned. “Pursuing her?”
“My brother doesn’t want her anymore and I can’t put up with how pitiful she is, so I’m here to pursue her. I’m showing mercy on her. Why? Does this have anything to do with you? Or are you just jealous and that’s why you came to mess things up?” There was a malicious smile on Perrie’s face.
After he knew Nina had moved out from Percy’s villa, he could not wait to take action.
He had given her a chance to escape back then. This time, no matter what Percy was doing, Perrie refused to miss the opportunity. Hence, he wanted to pursue Nina.
It was just that this woman was way too difficult. She rejected him and even refused to see him.
Perrie had never been rejected this way.
“Well, you’re just imagining things. My friend doesn’t want to see you. Please leave immediately and don’t ever disturb my friend again!” Luca looked at the cheeky smile on his face as she pulled a long face and warned him.
Perrie laughed, taking her seriousness lightly. He thought that she was just pretending. “You’re just jealous, right? Never mind, it’s not like I can only be with one woman. If you’re willing to, we can—”
Luca could not help but lift her hand and slap Perrie right on his face.
Perrie was stunned after getting slapped in his face. He widened his eyes in disbelief, staring at the person in front of him.
“Who are you?” He had never been slapped by a woman before. It was three years ago since the last time a woman dared to do anything to him. That person took advantage of the fact that she was Luke’s woman and did that to him daringly.
How dare this woman…
“Once isn’t enough, huh? If you wanna mess around, then get out of here. Go mess around in another woman’s house. Don’t disturb my friend here.” Luca stood up straight as she faced Perrie’s gloomy expression fearlessly.
If he dared to throw a punch at her, then he would be the first to start it. She would be defending herself if she fought with him.
She was utterly furious, so she could not be bothered about the fact that Luke was still standing in the elevator and had yet to come over.
Although he did not make his way over, Luke could still hear their conversation and the sound of that slap.
Luca slapped Perrie in his face. Did she come here not knowing who Perrie Mallory was?
He was famous for being vindictive. Only a few people could run away from getting into trouble with him.
However, Luca had just simply slapped him. Luke was unsure if he should tell her about it, but he was impressed with Luca’s bravery.
“You idiot b*tch!” Perrie changed his mind after he got slapped in the face. He did not want to force Nina to come out now. He only wanted to slap the woman in front of him. The woman did not spare him when she hit him. There was still a burning pain on his face now.
Luca slightly lifted her head and looked up. She noticed that he was already clenching his fists.
A man like him would certainly take revenge for getting slapped in public.
Perrie lifted his hand. Right as he lifted his hand and planned to repay the slap that she had given him, Luke’s voice sounded. “Stop.”
Perrie looked at Luke in surprise as he watched him walk out of the elevator.
“Luke?” His voice was filled with confusion.
“What are you doing here?” Luke asked him with a calm voice, but there was a terrifying touch in it.
“I’m just pursuing a woman,” Perrie replied in disdain, “Are you going to deal with this matter too? The woman in there is the woman my brother dumped. It’s up to me how I wanna pursue her. Luke, it’s none of your business, right?”
“Are you sure about that?” Luke questioned him back.
Perrie knew Nina must be hiding behind the door listening to them. He purposely said it out loud, “My brother is getting engaged to the Johnston family’s daughter. How is it possible for him to be fooling around with her? If he still wanted to hang out with her, he wouldn’t have asked her to move out, right? To be blunt, my brother would never want the women he’s gotten tired of back. Of course, he doesn’t care about what I’m doing.”
What he said was mean and hurtful. Luca wanted to rip his mouth off when she listened to him.
At least Percy was a normal man. How could he have such a sh*tty younger brother?
She clenched her fists, and the veins on the back of her hand popped out.
If Luke were not here, Luca would kick Perrie’s *ss and teach him how to behave!
Luke listened to every word Perrie said. If Percy knew about this, he would definitely beat Perrie up. What a pity he did not manage to record it in time.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1486-“Did Percy ever tell you about his plans?” asked Luke.
Perrie’s expression changed to dismay. Indeed, he was merely just someone who followed the orders given to him in the Mallory family. Perrie had a wild personality, and he did not care about handling the affairs of the Mallory family. Basically, he was not involved in the family’s plans.
He only followed what Percy said. He had no idea what he was planning this time.
Although many of the plans were executed by Perrie, it was still Percy who took the credit. He did not care about it at first, but he held some resentment after Luke said that.
He looked at Luke’s calm expression as if he knew what Percy’s plan was.
Could it be that there was something he did not know about and Percy had another plan?
“Luke, you’ve been minding your business in the past. Are you doing this today for the woman in there or the woman out here?” Perrie was suppressing the anger in him because he could not seem to figure out if Percy really had another plan. He dared not to act recklessly now.
His gaze fell on Luca as he stared at her from head to toe. After looking at her carefully, this woman was totally different from Bianca. Although Luke had freed himself from misery, he was not even that attentive to Bianca.
It looked like the relationship between these two was not what he thought it was. Regardless, the woman in front of him was his cup of tea.
Perrie suddenly had a terrible idea in mind. Since the woman in front of him dared to slap him in his face, then he would let her have a taste of regret.
No one was ever left unharmed after putting their hands on Perrie!
Luca felt as if Perrie was looking at her as though she was his prey. Even if he did not say anything, she knew that he was up to good with that stare.
She had slapped Perrie, and this man would make her pay for it sooner or later.
However, she was not afraid of him.
Luke was standing there, looking at Perrie closely. With Luke around, it naturally made Perrie not dare to put his hands on Luca.
Luke listened to Perrie but did not answer him. Instead, he asked calmly, “Are you still going to stick around?”
Perrie sneered, and he touched his face where Luca had slapped him. It seemed to have swollen up. This woman was much stronger than other women, but she was wild enough. He liked it.
“Just wait.” He leaned slightly closer to Luca and warned her.
She had completely offended him this time.
Nina heard that as well from behind the door. Even though everything was taking place outside the door, she did not have to take a look to know that Perrie must have said that to Luca.
He would not dare to say that to Luke.
Luca did not mind his words. She waited until he left before she knocked on the door and said, “Nina, he’s gone. You can come out now.”
“Alright. Let me move the cabinet away first,” Nina replied. Right after she said that, there were noises of furniture being moved away.
After a while, the door opened.
When Luca watched Nina walk out of her apartment, she asked caringly, “Are you alright?”
“I’m alright. I’m perfectly fine.” Nina shook her head, indicating that she was fine. She glanced at Luke, then looked at Luca again. She thanked them both. “Thanks for everything today. If it wasn’t for the both of you, I don’t know when Perrie would stop messing around here and leave.”
Luca let out a sigh. Luke was the one she should be thanking today.
If she had scared Perrie away herself, he would probably come looking for Nina again in the future.
However, it was different since Luke showed up. Perrie did not have the guts to do anything more, and what he said just now was intriguing as well.
Did he know about Percy’s plan?
“The one you should be thanking the most is Mr. Crawford,” said Luca. She was just being honest. She had nothing else in mind.
Luke did not care whether others thanked him out of sincerity or not. He would not feel much about it. However, when he heard what Luca said, it was inevitable that some sort of feeling flashed across his heart.
It was light and quick. It was gone before he was able to know what it was.
Nina nodded at Luke. The conversation between him and Perrie had made her even more puzzled. However, every time she thought of Percy, there was a surge of pain in her heart, so she might as well not think about him anymore.
She would not feel upset as long as she did not think about it. With that thought in mind, Nina did not question more about it. Instead, she said, “Thank you for your help, Mr. Crawford.”
“You’re welcome.” Luke kept his hands in his pocket. It was time to go back after settling the matter. His gaze fell on Luca.
Luca knew what he meant when he looked at her. She looked at Nina and said, “Nina, if there’s nothing else, I have to go first.”
“Aren’t you coming in for a cup of tea?” Nina invited them when she saw them leaving. After all, be unacceptable if she did not at least serve them a cup of tea.
Luca shook her head. “No, I have to go back to do my research.”
“I’ve got work,” Luke added right after Luca said so.
Nina could only nod and say, “Alright.”
When Luca was about to leave, Nina came forward and held her hand. “Luca, you just slapped Perrie. Please be extra careful these days.”
Nina was worried that if anything happened to Luca, she would die of sheer guilt.
After all, if it had not been for her, Luca would not have offended that man.
“Don’t worry.” Luca patted her hand instead.
Luke watched as they interacted. Nina was this close with Bianca too back then.
Although Luca and Bianca had completely different appearances, Luke found the scene of Nina being best friends with Luca similar to when she was best friends with Bianca.
It was as if it was Bianca who was interacting with Nina.
Luca let go of Nina’s hands. She turned around and shot Luke a glance.
Luke did not say a word and just nodded his head before leaving together with her.
Nina watched as they left. The uneasiness in her eyes was getting stronger. She was more worried that Perrie would seek revenge on Luca now.
It was her who dragged her into this…
The phone that Nina was holding in her hands rang. It surprised Nina, and she lifted the phone. It was Jean calling her.
She rolled her eyes and answered the call. “What’s the matter?”
“You damned girl. How long has it been since you came to visit me in the hospital?” Jean said.
Nina asked irritatingly, “Say it. How much do you need for your medical bills this time?”
Anna O’Reilly was now seeking a new medical treatment. If the new medicine could get the disease under control, then there was no need for her to undergo the operation.
There were new advantages for taking the new medicine. Taking medicines was better than undergoing an operation. However, the new medicine was expensive, so Nina had to visit the hospital from time to time to pay the bills. She was pretty occupied lately, so she did not have time to go to the hospital. Jean must have called her to ask for money.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1487-Jean thought since she was being straightforward, he would not beat about the bush either. He said directly, “Transfer 20,000 dollars to me now to pay for Mom’s medical bills.”
“20,000 dollars?” Nina raised her eyebrows.
“You know how expensive the new medicine is. 20,000 dollars is cheap enough. Including the cost of the nursing expenses as well as the food expenses, we need money to pay for all of that,” Jean said without feeling an ounce of guilt for demanding such a huge amount of money.
Nina had already known that her brother was hopeless. Fortunately, she had been keeping her eyes on him.
“I’ll transfer 5,000 dollars later. That’s all,” said Nina.
Jean replied with a higher pitch, “5,000? How is that enough?”
5,000 dollars was just enough for Anna’s medical bills. It was not nearly enough to cover the food expenses and his living expenses.
“Yes, it’s not enough. I’ll transfer the money for Mom’s food expenses and nursing expenses to Aunt Susan. If Mom wants to have anything, Aunt Susan will get it for her,” said Nina.
Jean bit his lip. Anna mentioned that Nina seldom went to the hospital, so she did not know much about what had happened.
“5,000 isn’t enough to pay the medical bills. The medicine is expensive,” he said. He had no money left, so he could only take some money from Nina. After all, money was not a problem for her.
“I’ve asked how much Mom’s treatment costs. 5,000 dollars is enough. As for the extra 15,000, I’m not going to give it to you. If you’d like to watch Mom die, then you can take the 5,000 for yourself,” Nina
said heartlessly. Although Jean had turned into a bad person, he still cared about Anna.
It was because he knew that if he wanted money from Nina, he would need Anna to do that.
If Anna was gone, Jean could not get money from Nina anymore. Hence, he would not dare to take the 5,000 for himself.
As for the nursing expenses, Nina dared not give the money to Jean.
After all, he was not like he used to be. He was unscrupulous. Nina had to transfer the money separately.
When his intention was exposed, Jean swore, “B*tch!”
Nina heard it, and she paused for a moment when she was transferring the money. How hilarious it was. Her biological brother was scolding her with such words.
B*tch… Hah.
Nina’s heart was almost numb. She eventually transferred the money. “I’ve transferred the money to you. Mom’s life is in your hands, so it’s your choice to make. And times have changed. I’m broke, and I can’t afford to pay for your extravagant spending habits. Jean, get a job.”
“Hmph.” Jean hung up the phone angrily. He refused to listen to Nina’s advice.
Broke? He would not believe that unless the Mallory family went bankrupt. Only then would Nina be broke.
Nina listened to the busy tone of the call, smiled bitterly, and put down the phone.
After she transferred the 5,000 dollars, she transferred another amount of money to the care worker, Aunt Susan, for the nursing expenses and Anna’s food expenses.
Even though it was tough for Nina, she did not let Anna suffer. She was paying for the most expensive set meal in the hospital’s canteen for Anna.
…
On the other hand.
Luke and Luca got into the car after they left the apartment.
While Luke was driving, he did not mention anything about Luca’s silly lie.
Luca was reassured when she did not hear him asking her if she wanted to go to the hospital.
However, for Nina’s sake, she could not help but ask, “Mr. Crawford, regarding what you said just now about Mr. Mallory’s plan… Is it about Mr. Mallory and Nina’s future plans?”
Luca was not one who gossiped, but for Nina, she could not stop herself from gossiping about it. After all, it was an open question for Nina whether she would still be alive or dead in the future. Hence, Luca wanted to take the opportunity to know more about it. She could then probably advise Nina too.
“I’m not sure.” Luke knew she was curious, but he did not tell her.
Only a few knew about Percy’s plan, so Perrie did not know about it either.
Luca knew he refused to talk about it, so she took the hint and did not ask again.
“How long have you known Nina?” Luke suddenly asked. As far as he could tell, Luca met Nina through Sue Carter. Both of them only knew each other not long ago, but their friendship was developing a little too fast.
It was so fast that Luke even thought for a moment that the two of them had known each other for years.
“It wasn’t long ago.” Luca looked down. She had been expressing too much concern for Nina in front of him. Ordinary people would not have doubted that, but Luke was not an ordinary person. His doubts were not completely unreasonable.
After all, she was his suspect now.
“You care about her a lot.” Luke did not show that he was doubting her words.
“Nina’s a good person. I like talking to her.” Luca tried to use some other reason to explain why she was so close to Nina.
“Aren’t you up to something?” Luke continued to ask.
Luca paused for a moment and shook her head. “Is there anything Nina has to make me do that?”
Luke was speechless. What she said was indeed true. Nina was just an ordinary woman. What purpose could she serve Luca?
Could it be that Luca wanted to get closer to Nina to obtain the trade secrets of Brilliant? Luca did not have to. Brilliant was just a small company. Even if one of their employees was awarded the International Design Award and they became the hottest company, it was unlikely for Luca to want to steal any secrets from them.
Besides, there was no way Nina could obtain the trade secrets of T Corporation. She was not even interested in Mallory Corporation’s secrets.
Although it seemed strange for Luca and Nina’s friendship to develop that quickly, there seemed to be no conspiracy theories behind it. Perhaps it was really only because the two women hit it off.
Luca got out of the car at the entrance of T Corporation.
A few employees in the hall saw her and whispered to each other. It was because they recognized the car. It was Mr. Crawford’s car.
Luca was a little frustrated. She was planning to get out of the car at the previous junction and walk back to the office. It was to avoid her from being seen going in and out with Luke. However, Luke did not do that and even parked the car beside the road.
If it was the basement parking lot, that would be acceptable for her. Moreover, it was not after working hours now, so no one would be in the basement. If she did not take the same elevator with him, no one would even realize that they returned to the company at the same time.
However, he said he was going to park the car in the parking lot beside the road as he would be going out later. That was why he stopped the car at the company’s entrance and dropped her off there.
The car stopped. Luca had no choice but to push the car door open and shot a glance at the receptionist inside the building. She knew that the matter about her getting out of Luke’s car would be spread throughout the company soon.
She scurried her way to the elevator without considering whether Luke had already parked the car or if he was following behind her.
There was no need for Luca to turn around as she knew everyone was looking at her right now.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1488-Luca’s guess was correct. The rumors were already spreading by the time she reached the laboratory.
While working on their research, the researchers in the laboratory were talking about how she had left the building and returned with Luke.
They were still talking when Luca entered, and they were embarrassed because they did not manage to stop themselves.
She heard the last part of their conversation, though she walked back to her position without showing any expression on her face. All the researchers in her team were male; several female researchers had applied for an interview, but Luca rejected them all.
She thought that men were less prone to gossip, but it seemed that her preconception was wrong.
Most men were not like Luke, who showed no interest in gossip.
“You can continue talking,” Luca sat in her seat and put on goggles.
The researchers looked at each other. None of them dared to say anything.
Rhett came out of the cultivation room and saw that Luca was already back. He said, “You’re back, Dr. Craw. Why don’t you rest for a little longer?”
“I’m fine. Mr. Crawford brought me to the hospital, and they gave me some medication. I feel a lot better now,” Luca said.
The researchers knew that Luca was directing those words at them. They lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Rhett saw that she did not look unwell, so he did not ask any more questions.
She focused on her work until it was lunchtime.
Luca knew that she would be at the center of attention if she went to the cafeteria. To avoid trouble, she asked Rhett to take away some food for her.
Rhett agreed to it immediately.
Luca returned to her office and studied the data collected over the past few days. She did not care that the surveillance camera was capturing her every movement.
Luke was sitting in his office. He frowned as he looked at the computer screen.
Luca was in the frame. She was studying some documents, and she looked like she was going to skip lunch again.
‘No wonder she’s so thin. She doesn’t eat her meals regularly.’
Luke was taken aback when he realized that he had that thought in his head. He did not understand why he thought of that. Luca’s mealtimes should not be any of his concern…
A knock on the door was heard. Luke minimized the security feed and said, “Come in.”
Jason came in through the door with a lunch box in his hand. He handed it to Luke and said, “Your lunch, Mr. Crawford.”
“Just put it on the table,” Luke nodded and said.
Jason put the lunch box on the table.
“Mr. Crawford, the entire company is talking about how you and Dr. Craw had returned in the same car,” he said.
“Mm,” Luke replied impassively. He had already expected that to happen. Moreover, he did that on purpose.
“Now, should we let Ms. Tia know about it?” Jason asked.
“She has eyes in the company. She’ll know about it,” Luke said. Letting Tia know about it was part of his plan.
Jason wondered if he should praise Luke for his shrewdness…
The plan was sure to put Luca in a tough spot.
Anyone could see that Tia had a crush on Luke. Luke’s plan involved letting Luca come into contact with Tia and letting Tia know that Luke and Luca shared some sort of relationship.
Tia would definitely misinterpret something, and she would confront Luca about it.
The tales from earlier that morning were still circulating in the company. If Tia knew about it, she would definitely treat Luca as a rival.
“Enjoy your lunch, Mr. Crawford. I’ll be downstairs.” Even though Jason felt sorry for Luca, he was not going to say anything.
Luca might have saved his daughter’s life, but her identity remained mysterious, and he dared not take her side. He did not want to disrupt Luke’s plans and miss out on the opportunity to save Bianca.
After all, Bianca was Luke’s true love.
“Wait.” Luke suddenly remembered that Luca was still in her office and had not eaten lunch.
Jason looked at him. “Is there anything else, Mr. Crawford?”
Luke stared at the lunch box for several seconds. Eventually, he shook his head.
Jason nodded and left the office.
Luke had nearly asked Jason to buy a lunch box for Luca. He wondered why he had that thought; he could not bear to see her working through lunchtime without eating. After all, she should not sacrifice her health for the company.
However, the words stopped at the tip of his tongue.
There were other reasons why he helped Nina, and he had deliberately stopped at the building entrance. Those were part of his plan, but sending Luca a lunch box was not part of his plan.
That was why Luke stopped himself.
Tia quickly found out about Luke and Luca traveling in one car. In order to confirm her suspicions, she also asked her informant about the time it happened.
Luke should have been in a meeting at that time, so why did he travel somewhere else with Luca?
Unless…
The fires of jealousy raged in Tia’s heart. She guessed that Jason and Luke were in cahoots to deceive her, and that was why Jason had told her that Luke had a meeting, when instead Luke had wanted to go out with Luca.
Tia clutched her chest. The burning sensation in her chest made her feel uncomfortable.
Was Luke actually not interested in her? Why would he do so?
He had asked her to help Luca, then dismissed her with a made-up excuse. Did he not have any feelings for her?
‘That can’t be the case…’
Tia could sense Luke’s affection toward her. What was going on?
She wanted to find the answer, but she could not seem to find it no matter what questions she asked herself. Eventually, she arrived at one possibility.
Luca must be taking the opportunity to try to seduce Luke too.
Luca pretended to be distant and aloof, but she was secretly trying to win Luke’s heart.
What was worse was that Luke seemed to be falling for it. Otherwise, he would not have asked Tia to give her psychological treatments or dismiss Tia from the company with a made-up excuse, then leave with her privately.
“This is ridiculous!” Tia slammed the table angrily and stood up. “I won’t let you get what you want, Luca Craw. I can deal with Bianca Rayne, and I can deal with you too! I’ll dig out the deepest secrets in your mind and expose them to Luke Crawford! We’ll see if he’d still be interested in you!”
In Tia’s experience, she could tell that the elements of fear one faced during hypnosis were usually not recent incidents.
That applied to the wall of blood Luca saw!
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1489-Tia assumed that something must have happened in Luca’s past for her to be so afraid of blood, and the murder incident at her apartment only deepened that fear.
Anyone who had a fear of blood must be hiding a dark past.
Tia thought of dredging that dark past and telling Luke. Luke would definitely stay away from Luca after that.
Arriving at that thought, she clenched her fists and picked up her phone.
Sophia knocked on her office door. “Ms. Tia, your next client is waiting for you in the consultation room. She has an appointment with you.”
Tia stopped typing on her phone. ‘I know,” she said impatiently.
“Are you going over now?” Sophia asked. Usually, patients would not mind waiting for their doctor, but Tia’s next client was someone they could not afford to offend. That was why Sophie was so nervous.
“I’ll go over in a bit,” Tia said impatiently. She was typing a message to invite Luca out for lunch.
“Ms. Tia, I don’t think you should let the client wait for too long?” Sophia said. She dared not open the door without Tia’s permission.
That was one of Tia’s hard-and-fast rules.
Losing her patience, Tia opened the door and said, “The client doesn’t have to wait if she can’t wait. We have so many consultants here. Can’t you arrange another one for her? I’m busy now.”
Sophia tucked her head into her shoulders and said, “But Ms. Tia, the client is the wife of the mayor.”
They could not afford to offend the wife of the mayor. If they did so, they would probably find it hard to survive in A City.
Tia was taken aback. Her mind had been occupied by fantasizing the illicit relations between Luke and Luca, and she had forgotten about such an important meeting.
She realized that she had to attend to the client immediately and personally. “Pour her a cup of coffee. I’ll pack up a bit and go over.”
“Yes,” Sophia nodded and said. She turned around and went to the pantry.
In a hurry, Tia quickly finished the message and sent it to Luca. She put her phone on the table, picked up her briefcase, and left the office.
It was half an hour later when Luca saw Tia’s message.
She declined the invitation without giving it a second thought.
She knew that Tia had a crush on Luke, and there must be some ulterior motive for inviting her to dinner. Maybe she wanted to find out more about Luca’s thoughts, or maybe she wanted to declare dominance.
In either case, Luca did not want to be there.
Luca replied: [I’ve been quite busy recently. Maybe another time. Thanks for the invitation though.]
After putting the phone away, she saw Zoey come in with a stack of documents.
“What’s that?” Luca asked.
“These are insurance policy documents, Dr. Craw. The company bought travel insurance policies for everyone for the trip to B City, and we just received the policies today. This one’s yours.” Zoey handed
the topmost document to Luca.
Luca took the document and looked at it.
B City was quite far away from where they were. Not only did Luke bring all the employees there, but he also purchased travel insurance for anyone. He was quite generous indeed.
“Mm, thanks.” Luca put the document in her drawer.
Zoey smiled, then went away to distribute the documents to the other researchers.
Luca stayed for a little longer after office hours to finish the experiment on hand. When she was about to leave, she received a call from Tia.
She answered it and said, “Hello.”
“Hi, Dr. Craw. I’m Tia.” Tia’s voice was heard.
Luca was taken aback. She thought she had declined the invitation, but it looked like Tia was not going to give up so easily.
“Hello. Is there anything?” Luca sounded cold and distant, a stark contrast from Tia’s enthusiasm.
Tia had just sent off the mayor’s wife. When she returned to the office and saw Luca’s reply, she was not quite happy about it, so she gave Luca a call to invite her for dinner.
Luca was a mature adult. She should know Tia’s implications behind the invitation for dinner.
“I invited you for dinner earlier this afternoon, and I saw your reply. I was wondering if you’d agree if I asked you over the phone,” Tia said. “It’s nothing much. A friend’s younger sister was thinking of venturing into pharmaceutical and health sciences in college, but I’m not too familiar with that industry. That’s why I wanted your professional opinion about it.”
She did not say anything about Luke or psychological counseling so that Luca would agree to meet.
Luca understood that it was only an excuse. She replied, “I got my degree overseas, so I don’t know anything about the colleges here. Moreover, I graduated so many years ago, and I don’t think I’ll be of any help. I can hook your friend’s sister up with my assistant if you want. He graduated this year, and he should know more than I do.”
Tia did not expect Luca to find another excuse to decline the invitation.
“Oh, is that so? But my friend’s sister is thinking of studying overseas, Dr. Craw. How about…”
Before Tia could finish her sentence, Luca said, “Excuse me, I have a call coming in. Please wait for a moment.”
“Ah, okay.” Tia was not very happy that she was interrupted, but she could not reprimand Luca either.
To her, Luca was only a stranger. Tia could not do anything to her.
Luca immediately ended the call after that.
While Tia listened to the busy tone, she realized that something was amiss. She looked at the screen and realized that the call had ended.
She gripped her phone tightly and waited. Luca did not call her, so she called back.
She received the automated message that Luca’s phone was switched off.
Tia immediately turned red with anger. She hurled the phone onto the couch.
Meanwhile, Luca had made up an excuse to end the call, then immediately turned off the phone.
She could not be bothered to deal with Tia.
Many women wanted to gain Luke’s affection. Come to think of it, none of those women ever got what they wanted.
That included herself. Even though she was walking freely in this city, she was actually trapped in a cage she could not escape from.
Luca tidied up her desk, then clocked out of work.
When she opened the door at Luke’s apartment, she noticed that the slip of paper she slit through the door had fallen onto the floor.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1490-Alarm bells rang in Luca’s head. Her hand on the doorknob was shaking slightly.
If the slip of paper was on the ground, it could only mean that someone had been there. Even though the security measures at the apartment were much better than her previous apartment, Abel would definitely have a way to sneak in.
There were very few things in the world that could stop Abel.
Luca took a deep breath. What should she do if the person inside was Abel? She would not mind it if it were her apartment, but she was in Luke’s apartment…
Luke had probably installed surveillance cameras in the apartment. If Abel was inside, would Luke be able to see him through the security feed and therefore find out his plans?
If he could, she would be free.
Luca did not know what to make of the situation. Eventually, she took a deep breath, braced herself, and opened the door.
She was mentally prepared to see Abel behind the door.
The moment she opened the door, she heard sounds from the television. Instantly, her mind went blank.
It sounded as though someone was watching a cartoon.
Luca rushed into the living room. When she saw Tommy sitting on the couch, her wildly beating heart gradually calmed down.
‘Thank goodness it’s not Abel. Luke won’t discover anything just yet…’
Luca was immediately taken aback. Why would she be glad about that?
When Tommy heard the footsteps, he turned over with a grin on his face. He leaned on the couch and said, “You’re back, Ms. Luca!”
Luca nodded. She looked around the living room and saw no one other than the boy.
“Why are you here, Tommy?” Luca put her briefcase near the couch. She thought Luke was careless to leave the child alone in the apartment.
“Daddy brought me here, Ms. Luca,” Tommy said with a grin. “When we got here earlier, we couldn’t get you on the phone, so Daddy and I came in by ourselves.”
Luca nodded after hearing the explanation. The apartment was locked by a passcode, and she did not change it. That was why Luke was able to enter.
However, she thought it was wrong to keep the child there by himself.
“Did your Daddy leave after that?” Luca said while patting the child’s head. She did not expect that Tommy would come, and there were no snacks or fruits in the apartment.
“No,” Tommy replied and pointed toward the bathroom. “Daddy is taking a shower inside. When he went to pick me up from school, a lady deliberately bumped into him and smudged some lipstick on his suit.”
Luca felt relieved when she heard that Luke did not abandon the child here.
However, she could not help but chuckle imagining Luke’s reaction when the woman bumped into him. She was used to such antics from other women who tried to get close to him.
She knew that Luke was a clean freak. He would change his clothes and take a shower whenever another person left a mark on his clothes or body, as though those people would spread a contagious virus to him.
“Ms. Luca, are you angry?” Tommy asked worriedly when he saw that she was not saying anything.
Luca shook her head. “I’m not angry.”
“I thought you’re angry when you didn’t reply. Daddy said that he let you stay in the apartment, and we shouldn’t have come in without your permission.” Tommy leaned closer to Luca and grinned. “Daddy couldn’t wait any longer though. He really wanted to take a shower.”
He knew that Luca adored him, so he hoped that his smile would make Luca forgive their transgression.
Luca smiled and stroked the boy’s head.
It was only after Tommy’s reminder that she realized Luke had given her the apartment, and they should not have come in without her permission.
“It’s alright,” Luca said. The apartment was much closer to Tommy’s school, and Luke still had some clothes there. It was not surprising that they would visit her.
“I’m glad that you’re not angry,” Tommy said with a grin. Immediately after that, his stomach began to growl.
It was not very loud, but Luca heard it anyway.
She raised her eyebrows and looked at the child. “Are you hungry?”
“A little, but don’t mind me. Daddy will be taking me home for dinner soon,” Tommy said. He missed Luca’s Luke told him that Luca was still recovering from the injury and was not in the condition to cook.
Tommy did not throw a tantrum and remembered what his father said.
“I don’t have any ingredients here either,” Luca said.
Even though Rhett had bought lunch for her, she left it in the office and only ate it at about four o’clock, when she began to get hungry. She was still full after work, so she did not go to the supermarket to buy food.
Also, she had finished the food the maid had left her.
Tommy stared at Luca with his innocent eyes. “Aren’t you going to have dinner, Ms. Luca? Why don’t you come with us?”
Luca thought that it was not appropriate to accept their invitation. “It’s fine. I don’t think I should go along.”
Luke should be bringing Tommy back to Crawford Manor to have dinner. She had no reason to go along.
“Why?” Tommy asked while clinging to her arm.
“I’m not hungry,” Luca said.
She heard the bathroom door open. Luke walked out.
He did not take his shower in the bathroom that was attached to the bedroom because Luca was staying there. Instead, he used the common bathroom.novelbin
Luca noticed that the set of clothes he had changed into was from the maid’s bedroom. She did not expect that Luke was so considerate about her privacy.
“Mr. Crawford.” She stood up and greeted Luke. Tommy was still clinging onto her, and he said, “You’re done showering, Daddy.”
“Mm,” Luke said impassively. He looked at Luca and said, “There’s no shower cream in the common bathroom, so I took the bottle from the attached bathroom. I hope you don’t mind it.”
‘Shower cream…’ Luca suddenly felt the tips of her ears grow hot. Fortunately, her long hair covered them.
‘Only people who live together would share a bottle of shower cream…’
Luca pretended to brush her hair to check that her ear was indeed scarily hot.
“It’s fine,” she said.
Tommy looked at the two adults and said, “Daddy, let’s not go home and eat dinner tonight. Why don’t we go to a restaurant?”
Luke turned his head to look at his son. He did not say anything because he knew the boy was not done talking yet.
“You’ve used Ms. Luca’s shower cream today, and we should thank her in some way. Ms. Luca hasn’t had dinner yet, so why don’t we take her out to a restaurant?” Tommy said using his most adorable voice, in case his father did not agree.
“Alright,” Luke agreed without waiting for Luca to reply.
“Don’t worry about it, Mr. Crawford. It’s nothing major,” Luca tried to refuse. No matter how expensive the shower cream might be, it was not going to be worth as much as a meal.”
She did not want to go so that she did not have too many interactions with Luke.