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Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1521-Tina nodded and said, “I wanted to invite you, but you said that you’re not into exercise. That’s why I invited Dr. Craw to go along with me.”

Zoey placed her plate on the table. “Yeah, I’d rather not spend my vacation time on tiring activities like hiking. There are many more fun things to do here. I’ve heard there’s a theme park and a karaoke center nearby, so I’d rather go to those places than hiking. Isn’t that so, Ms. Lynn?”

Jenni sat down on another seat at the table. She looked at Luca, wondering how she could be up and about when she nearly drowned the day before. She thought that Luca had faked the drowning to evoke Luke’s pity.

“It’s up to the individual how they want to enjoy their vacation, Zoey. I’m quite surprised, though, from Dr. Craw’s behavior in the pool yesterday, I thought that she’s not very active. Why are you going hiking today, Dr. Craw?” Jenni asked. Luca could hear the sarcasm in her voice.

Luca was deathly pale after she was fished out of the pool the day before. Jenni could not believe that she would be up and about today.

“Everyone has their strengths. Dr. Craw looked great in her swimsuit yesterday. She must work out regularly. Isn’t that true, Dr. Craw?” Tina spoke up for Luca.

Luca smiled. She did not answer the question but instead said, “It’s true that I’m not good at swimming.”

“If you’re not good at swimming, then you shouldn’t have stepped into the pool. You’re lucky that Mr. Crawford was alert enough to save you, but no one can surely say the next time. Please don’t misunderstand. I’m not wishing you ill will.” Jenni’s words were tinged with jealousy. Luca was not her superior at work, so Jenni was not afraid to offend her.

Luca only smiled and said, “Thanks for your concern. I’ll be careful from now on.”

“Heh,” Tina smirked and began to eat.

She and Luca did not stuff herself with food because they would be hiking later. They packed some drinking water and buns before leaving the hotel.

They did not walk to their destination because they wanted to conserve energy for the hike. Instead, they took the tour car so that they could appreciate the view of the mountain villa too.

“Don’t mind what Ms. Lynn said earlier, Dr. Craw.” Tina had been working in the company for a long time. Even though she did not know everyone too well, she could guess what Jenni was thinking earlier.

It was quite obvious that Jenni had a crush on Luke…

“I didn’t mind what she said. I feel sorry for her though. She probably has a wild imagination or something,” Luca said nonchalantly while looking out of the window. It was sunny, yet the wind was cooling. That was the perfect weather to go hiking. novelbin

Tina understood what she meant. She nodded and said, “That’s right, we ought to leave her to her fantasies.”

Luca smiled when she heard Tina’s words.

Tina looked at Luca and said, “You look so charming when you smile, Dr. Craw. You ought to smile more. Don’t be an ice queen. There’s already an ice king in our company.”

Tina did not mind taking a dig at Luke when he was not around.

“Do I usually look so cold?” Luca chuckled. Tina’s words usually made her smile, no matter if she was Bianca or Luca.

Tina was Luke’s best secretary. She treated everyone the same. She did not join any cliques, and she maintained the same distance from everyone. That was why Luke trusted her.

“I can’t say that you’re cold, but you look very good when you smile. In fact, you remind me of… uh, the morning sun. It’s bright and gentle, but not too warm…” Tina said, deliberately hiding something.

She did not say that Luca looked like a certain person when she smiled.

That person was Bianca Rayne, the wife of the CEO…

She remembered that she had not seen Bianca for a long time. According to Luke, Bianca was still traveling overseas.

Even though Tina suspected that it was not the case, she was somewhat glad that Bianca was not around. Usually, Bianca would come to the company once or twice every week to throw tantrums.

Bianca had been very paranoid ever since she lost her memories. She was afraid that he would have an affair with the female employees in the company. Despite Tina being an employee of Luke and nothing more, Bianca nevertheless harassed her relentlessly.

“You’re exaggerating…” Luca felt a twinge of bitterness in her heart.

She would smile if she could.

She imagined that Luke liked her because she was pure and gentle.

When she returned, she decided she would be cold and distant toward everyone.

That way, Luke would definitely not fall in love with her, and Abel’s plan would fail.

The tour car eventually arrived at the foot of Mount Jadeite.

T Corporation had booked the entire place, and most of the employees were not interested in hiking. The place was almost totally deserted.

“There’s not many people here,” Luca said.

“Of course. Didn’t you notice that there weren’t many people at the restaurant when we had our breakfast earlier?” Tina said while tipping the tour car. “Last night, they were enjoying the nightlife here, and they only went to bed at three or four o’clock in the morning. They’re not going to wake up so early to go hiking!”

Luca went to a roadside stall and bought a map of the area.

“Miss, do you want some drinks or something else?” The man at the stall asked.

Luca noticed that there were some trekking poles for sale. She considered that hiking up Mount Jadeite can be a considerable challenge, so she bought two of them and handed one to Tina.

“Hold on, let me get a map,” Tina picked up a copy of the map and prepared to pay.

“I’ve already bought one,” Luca said.

“I’m afraid that we might wander off the trail and get lost. Each of us should have a copy,” Tina said.

Luca nodded in agreement.

After buying the items, they prepared to hike up the mountain. Suddenly, Luca heard Jason’s voice coming from behind. “Dr. Craw? Tina? You’re here to hike up Mount Jadeite too?”

Luca turned around. Not only was Jason there, but Luke was there too…

‘What a coincidence…’

Did Tina tell Luke that they were hiking? Did Luke come here just so that he could keep an eye on her?

It was only hiking. She was not going to do anything unmentionable…

“Huh? Mr. Crawford and Mr. Doyle? Are you here to hike too?” Tina turned around, feeling quite surprised.

“That’s why we’re here, isn’t it?” Jason looked at the map and the trekking pole in the women’s hands.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1522-Tina could see that the two men were here to hike up Mount Jadeite. She shot a glance at Luca. Luca did not enjoy crowded places, but two more people did not crowd up the place at all…

“Why don’t we go together?” Tina asked.

Luca did not say anything. She knew that Luke would definitely be joining them the moment she saw him.

Even if Tina did not invite them, they would be hiking up the same trail anyway. It did not really matter if Tina invited them.

That was why Luca kept quiet.

“Mr. Crawford? What do you think?” Jason turned his head to look at Luke.

They did not mean to follow Luca. Luke was tired of working during vacation time, so he suggested they hike up Mount Jadeite. Naturally, as his assistant, Jason had to go too.

Fortunately, Jason enjoyed hiking. novelbin

“We’ll go together,” Luke said. He went to the stall to buy a map and two trekking poles, then handed a trekking pole to Jason.

“Thank you, Mr. Crawford,” Jason said as he took it.

Luca spread the map open and studied it while the two men talked. There was nothing much to study anyway; it was only one way up.

“Let’s go! Let’s go!” Tina said cheerfully. She was not nervous even though her boss was there.

She knew Luke’s personality very well after working for him for so long. He might be serious when it came to working, but he was quite amiable otherwise, despite maintaining a cold demeanor.

Luca folded the map, stuffed it in the pocket of her tracksuit, and walked up the mountain with Tina.

The scenery on the mountain was beautiful. The four people make frequent stops along the trail to admire the view. No one complained that they were tired, nor did anyone make any disheartening remarks. It was quite a relaxing trip.

Luca said nothing as she watched Tina take photos with a miniature camera.

Many people would record everything they saw during their journeys. She used to be like that too.

Whenever she traveled somewhere with Luke, she would look for someone to take a couple of photos of them together. Once home, she would print those photos and label them with the date and place. She imagined that when she was older, she would be able to share those memories with him and their children.

After all that had happened to her, Luca did not want to take any more photos.

Tina took several photos of the scenery and asked Luca, “Dr. Craw, can you help me take a photo?”

Luca nodded, took her camera, and stood up from her resting spot. The two men were resting, and Tina was the only one going around taking photos.

Rest stations were available at regular intervals along the trail. They were quite well-maintained.

After Tina struck a pose, Luca took several continuous shots of her.

Happily, Tina took the camera from Luca and browsed through the photos Luca had taken of her. “It’s so nice to be hiking with someone else. That saves me the trouble of bringing a tripod or a selfie stick.

These photos are amazing, Dr. Craw!”

Luca smiled. “I didn’t put too much effort into it.”

“The angle, lighting, and timing are perfect! And you said you didn’t put much effort into them? I don’t even need to edit these photos. You’re amazing, Dr. Craw. Why don’t I take some photos of you? I’ll send you the photos after we get back,” Tina said.

Luca shook her head. “It’s fine. I don’t have a habit of taking photos.”

“What do you mean? You don’t need a habit to take photos. Alright, you go and stand over there. It’s a nice view. My photography skills might not be as good as yours, but you’re beautiful anyway so it doesn’t really matter.” Tina was quite excited to take Luca’s photos.

Luca glanced at Luke and Jason. They were both looking at her.

“It’s fine. I don’t really want to.” She was even more reluctant to have her photos taken when the two men were looking at her.

“Come on, Dr. Craw.” Tina saw that Luca continued to sit there. She went over and took her hand.

Luca had to stand up, and Tina brought her to the gazebo. She was standing right in front of a cliff, so the view was great.

Tina said, “Alright, stand there and don’t move. If you’re not used to looking at the camera, you can look somewhere else, as long as you don’t move.”

With no other choice, Luca turned her head to look to the side.

She felt awkward looking at the camera because Luke was sitting behind the camera.

She stood there while Tina took a few photos in a row before letting her go.

“What do you think, Dr. Craw? Not bad, right? It would be better if I brought my DSLR camera along, but it’s too troublesome to bring it here,” Tina said.

Luca thought that Tina’s photos were not bad, but she could see her awkwardness in those photos.

It was not that she did not like her photos taken, but she felt awkward because Luke was staring at her. Even though she was looking elsewhere, she could still feel his gaze on her body.

“Not bad,” Luca said.

Tina thought that Luca’s praise was not enough. She handed her camera to Luke and said, “Take a look, Mr. Crawford. My photography skills aren’t any worse than Dr. Craw’s, right?”

Luke looked at the camera. In the photo, Luca was standing there awkwardly, but the scene was a fine sight.

He could feel his heart skip a beat.

He only felt like that when he looked at Bianca’s photos. However, looking at Luca’s photos gave him the same sensation.

Perhaps things had begun to change after what happened yesterday…

He remembered that he would often dream of Bianca whenever he slept. In the later part of the dream, Bianca’s face would morph into Luca’s. He did not know why he felt that way.

He stood up and said, “Has everyone rested enough? Let’s continue.”

Tina wondered if she had been too forward or if Luke was not as amiable as she thought.

She put the camera away and continued walking along the trail with Luca.

At the maple forest, they took some more photos. Luca was happy to take Tina’s photos, but when Tina offered to take Luca’s photos, Luca would come up with excuses to decline.

However, Tina managed to convince her to take some photos.

They continued hiking up the mountain. Eventually, they reached a crossroads.

Tina studied the map and said, “Both paths lead to the summit, but the scenery is different. Which one should we go to?”

Luke said nothing. Jason smiled and said, “We’ll leave the decision to the ladies.”

“I want to go here, but the other path…” Tina thought for a while and had an idea.

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Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1524-Luca could feel dull pain spread from her waist to the rest of her body. She had injured herself.

The pain caused tears to fall from the corner of her eyes.

Suddenly, Luke felt a twinge of pity for her. “Can you stand up?” He asked.

Luca nodded. “Yes.”

Luke looked at the tree behind Luca. The vegetation was quite dense at this part of the mountain, and the trees were quite old with thick trunks. She had slammed into the tree in full force, and it must be very painful. If she were unfortunate, she might even suffer a hairline fracture.

However, she was lucky to be stopped by the tree. Otherwise, who knew where she might end up?

The forest was natural. Even though the owners of the area had taken every precaution to ensure the visitors’ safety, there was only so much they could do to alter the natural landscape.

If the tree had not broken Luca’s fall, she would have suffered a greater injury, or worse, rolled off a cliff.

Seeing that Luca was struggling to get up, Luke reached out. “You need help.”

Luca pressed her lips together and grabbed his hand. With the trekking pole in her other hand, she pushed herself into a sitting position, then spent the next half a minute trying to catch her breath.

Luke did not rush her. He waited patiently for her to catch her breath. In the meantime, the sky became darker, and thunder could be heard in the distance.

It was going to rain soon.

Luca looked up at the sky, thinking they should not linger there.

Not only would the path be slippery, but it would also be dangerous to be under a tree if the rain turned out to be a lightning storm…

She gritted her teeth and tried to stand up, but the pain on her waist caused her to fall forward and land on Luke’s chest.

The familiar masculine scent, intensified by the sweat from the hike, assailed Luca’s nostrils. Luca could feel the warmth of Luke’s body on her cheek.

They were so close together…

Before Luca could come to her senses, she felt someone hand her a trekking pole, which she instinctively grasped tightly.

The next moment, Luke picked her up in a bridal carry.

“Ah!” When Luca realized what was going on, her feet were off the ground. One of her arms instinctively went around the back of Luke’s neck, while her other hand held two trekking poles.

Luke ignored her cries of surprise as he walked toward the stone path.

Even though Luca did not weigh much and Luke had no trouble carrying her, Luca could to squirm away. “I can walk by myself, Mr. Crawford. This’ll be very tiring for you.”

She wanted to keep some distance away from him, so she tried to straighten her back, even though it was tiring for her to do so.

The pain on her waist tried to make her loosen her back muscles, but she could not loosen up no matter how hard she tried.

Luca wondered if she had been cursed. She had met with an accident for two consecutive days, and Luke had carried her like that for both times.

If she were not cursed, why would she suffer a leg cramp in the pool, and why would she roll down a mountain?

“You’re hurt, and you won’t be able to walk fast. If we don’t reach the gazebo in time, we’ll be caught in the rain,” Luke explained while keeping his gaze on the path in front of him.

Luca bit her lip, feeling that she had become his burden once more.

She wanted to keep a distance from him so that she did not become a burden. She did not expect that she had not changed even after three years.

She was a burden before, and she remained a burden…

Luca curled up a little when she arrived at that thought. She felt horrible. Luke noticed her movements. When he lowered his head to look at her, he was surprised to see that her eyes were full of sorrow and grievances.

They looked like Bianca’s eyes whenever she was sad…

“Don’t move…” Luke was worried that she might distract him.

“I’m not feeling very comfortable like this. Why don’t I ride piggyback?” Luca suggested, thinking that if she needed Luke to carry her, she would rather ride piggyback.

She could not stand looking into Luke’s eyes.

Those eyes did not have warm love like before. How she wished that she could tell him that she was Bianca!

Luke looked around and noticed a large boulder nearby. He placed her on top of it, then turned around and crouched down.

He was telling her to get on…

Luca hesitated as she looked at him. A roar of thunder could be heard.

If they lingered, they would soon be caught in the rain. She slumped onto Luke’s back.

Feeling the weight behind him, Luke said, “Hold tight. I don’t want you to fall.”

Luke felt uneasy. Either way, she could not avoid physical intimacy. “I’ll be careful.”

She did not put her arms around him.

Luke did not force her. He stood up, and the inertia caused Luca to lean backward.

Instinctively, she reached around Luke’s neck.

Luke continued walking forward. Luca’s actions did not slow him down.

Luca realized that her actions had brought the two of them physically closer. Blushing, she rested her body on his back and said nothing.

They had to take a detour to go around the rocks. It started raining before they could reach the gazebo.

It was a drizzle at first, but it soon became heavier.

“The rain is too heavy, Mr. Crawford. Why don’t you put me down? I can walk,” Luca said while tightly hugging his neck. She hoped that she could make things easier for him.

When the rain fell on the ground, it made the hard soil wet and slippery.

Even though Luke was wearing hiking boots, the risk of falling was ever-present.

“We’re almost there.” Luke pressed his lips together. He continued walking forward without putting her down, though he was walking at a much slower pace than before.

Luca thought for a while and put one of her hands above him, hoping to block some of the raindrops that were splashing on his face.

The rain became heavier and blurred her vision.

Luca kept her hand up to block the rain for him. There was only so much she could block, but it at least kept his vision clear.

Boom! Luca heard the sound of thunder. She lifted her head and saw lightning flash across the sky.

The situation had become more dangerous. They could risk staying within the woods.

Luke walked faster when he noticed that.

Ten minutes later, they were out of the woods. Luke followed the stone path and eventually reached the gazebo. There, he carefully put Luca down on the stone bench.

After Luke’s hands were free, he sat on another stone bench.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1525-Luca put the trekking poles away. She saw that Luke’s hair was dripping with water. She thought of taking the paper towels from her backpack to dry his hair, but her backpack was not waterproof, and the paper towels had already turned into a pile of mush.

There was nothing she could do about that, and she closed her backpack.

Luke had always kept an impeccable appearance, so Luca was quite surprised to see that unkempt side of his. In any case, her appearance was in the same sorry state.

“What do we do now, Mr. Crawford?” Luca asked for his opinion.

Luke took out his phone. His clothes were soaked, and his phone could not be turned on. “Can you use your phone?”

Luca took out her phone from her backpack. Her phone had been enhanced by the people on the Island of Despair, so it was waterproof.

Even so, it had already turned itself off. She looked at Luke and said, “I can only turn it on after it’s dry.”

Without a usable phone, they could not call Jason or inform the villa staff about their predicament.

“We’ll have to wait for the rain to stop,” Luke said decisively. That was all that they could do.

Luca nodded. Her waist still hurt, and it would be too risky for them to walk down the mountain in the rain.

Meanwhile, Jason and Tina managed to reach the summit right before the rain started. Jason looked down the other path and waited for Luke and Luca to arrive at any time.

“Why isn’t Mr. Crawford and Dr. Craw here yet?” Tina wondered. She had studied the map, and the two paths were almost the same distance. Moreover, Luke and Luca were in good health, so they should not have been so much slower than Jason and Tina. Could something have happened while on their way up?

Jason looked at the sky. He was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery. It would be raining soon.

A staff member saw that Jason and Tina had no intention of leaving. He went up to them and reminded them, “Are you going to stay here for long? It’s going to rain, and it won’t be letting up any time soon. Why don’t you go down the mountain by cable car?”

“We’re still waiting for our friends. They promised to meet us here,” Tina said. She looked at the dark, roiling clouds and guessed that a storm was coming.

She had checked the weather forecast earlier that morning, and it had said that the skies would be clear. That was why she had proceeded with the hiking plan.

Tina was quite frustrated. A storm on the mountain was much more dangerous than a storm on level ground.

“Mr. Doyle, why don’t you give Mr. Crawford a call?” Tina said.

She dared not call Luke. She was the one who suggested the race, and she was afraid that Luke might blame her.

Jason nodded. The rain started to fall the moment he took out his phone. Lightning flashed in the sky.

“Oh no, Mr. Crawford and Dr. Craw are not here yet,” Tina said worriedly. While she looked at Jason trying to reach Luke, she comforted herself by thinking that Luke and Luca were probably taking shelter from the rain somewhere.

“Mr. Crawford isn’t picking up,” Jason said after making several attempts. Luke did not pick up the call even until it cut off naturally.

“I’ll try to call Dr. Craw.” Tina took out her phone and called Luca. No one answered.

“How is it?” Jason looked at her grimly.

Tina shook her head.

The staff member walked over and asked, “Are your friends not here yet? The rain is getting heavier. If you don’t go now, you might be stuck here for a while.”

“What should we do…” Tina was clueless as she stared down the other path. She asked, “Our friends are coming up from this path, and I can’t reach them on their phones. Can you help us search for them?”

The staff members looked at each other and said, “The rain is so heavy now, Miss. We can’t do that.”

“Yes. You don’t have to worry too much about it. They’re probably seeking shelter somewhere. We have staff members around the clock. You should go down the mountain first, and if they show up, we’ll take care of them and send them down if the situation permits,” another staff member said.

Jason was silent for a while. Eventually, he said, “I think we should stay here. If the rain lightens up, we’ll try our luck by going down the other path.”

The staff member did not agree with Jason’s decision. Once it started raining, it was hard to tell when it would stop. He said, “Maybe your friends have already left when they saw the sky darken. How about this? I’ll give you my number, and you can go down the mountain now. If you don’t find your friends at the foot of the mountain, you can contact us, and we’ll search for them once the rain lightens. What do you think?”

Jason could tell that the rain was only going to become heavier. He thought that Luke might have already gone down. Seeing that Tina’s hair was scattered in the strong wind, he accepted the staff member’s suggestion, and they took the cable car down.

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At the gazebo, Luca felt her waist ache.

She pressed her lips and tried to change various positions. She alternated between propping her chin and half-reclining, trying to make her waist comfortable.

Luke noticed what she was doing. He asked, “Does your waist still hurt?”

“A little.… Luca told him the truth; she could not deceive him anyway.

The rain became heavier and heavier. Luke noticed that the stone benches in the gazebo were already wet. Luca could not sit on them. He said, “Try resting your feet on the bench.”

Luca did what Luke suggested, but that did not alleviate the pain at all. In fact, it hurt even more. She was frowning, and Luke could tell that she was in pain.

Luke looked at the stone table in the center of the gazebo. He wanted to make Luca feel better, and it was not the time to consider etiquette.

“Why don’t you lie on the table?” He said.

Luca lifted her head in shock and looked at the table. The table was for tourists to put their items, not for lying…

“You’ll feel better if you lie on top.” Luke knew what she was thinking.

Luca knew that she would be uncomfortable if she stood or sat. Only lying down could take some of the pain away.

She accepted Luke’s suggestion. She stood up, sat on the stone table, then slowly reclined.

The table was quite big, and it managed to fit her entire body if she curled up a little. Luca was pleased to find that it was quite comfortable.

Luke turned his head away.

Luca thought that the situation was quite awkward. She looked out of the gazebo. The rain continued to fall heavily and showed no signs of stopping. She considered themselves lucky because the gazebo was big enough.

“Mr. Crawford, how long do you think the rain will last?” She asked the question she had been thinking about.

Luke looked outside and said, “Who knows? It might last through the night.”

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1526-It was the first time that Luca had to lie outdoors with no regard to her image. She wondered if she would have to spend the night with Luke here.

If the rain continued, it would not be very convenient for Jason and the others to find them…

After lying for some time, Luca thought that the hard stone surface was quite uncomfortable. She slowly flipped to the other side and happened to meet Luke’s gaze.

She was surprised. When did he start looking at her?

“Are you uncomfortable?” Luke noticed that she was not lying still. Perhaps it was caused by the injury on her waist.

“No, it’s just that the surface is quite tiring to lie on. I just wanted to change sides,” Luca half-closed her eyes to avert his gaze.

Lying on the other side was a little easier on her back, but her clothes were wet, so it was not very comfortable.

She did not mind the wet clothes too much, but she knew that Luke was a clean freak.

Even though Luke was sitting there calmly, Luca could guess that he was seconds away from freaking out.

“Mr. Crawford,” Luca called out softly.

“Mm,” Luke replied. He was not in the mood to talk.

“Why did you come to Mount Jadeite today?” Luca asked. She thought that it was quite awkward if they did not say anything. She also wanted to know if he had instructed Tina to invite her.

If that were the case, what did he want from her?

“Exercise,” Luke said. As busy as he might be at work, he would find some time to exercise.

He did not want to lose out in any aspect of his character.

He looked at Luca and saw that her eyes were still half-closed. Was she suspecting that he had deliberately arranged the hiking trip?

However, he had not arranged for them to meet up. He did not know that Tina was going to Mount Jadeite too.

The only event he arranged was the swimming competition the day before. He did not expect that Luca would recover so quickly from the accident.

Usually, someone who had suffered a leg cramp and nearly drowned would be out of commission for one or two days. He was surprised that Luca was already fit enough to go hiking the next day.

Luca thought for a bit and realized that it might have been a mere coincidence.

She shifted a little to find a better position but realized that Luke was still looking at her. Immediately, she stopped moving.

The rain became heavier. Gusts of wind battered the gazebo, and Luca shivered.

Her clothes and hair were still wet. If this went on, she thought that she would freeze.

The wind in the fall was not as comfortable as that in summer.

Luca discreetly reached behind her and tried to massage her back.

It was not as comfortable as someone else doing it, but it did bring some relief to the discomfort on her spine.

Luke noticed what she was doing. He stood up.

Luca watched him walk around the table and stop behind her. Thinking that he wanted to leave, she immediately stood up. “Where are you going, Mr. Crawford?”

Luke sat down on the stone bench next to her and said as though issuing a command, “Lie down.”

Luca looked at her, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally lay down.

Her back was still facing him…

Her clothes were dark-colored. Even though they were soaked through, they did not show the skin underneath. In any case, she had already given birth to four children for Luke, so he had already seen whatever there was to see…

Luca tried to keep that thought in mind so that she did not feel so awkward.

The next moment, she felt Luke’s warm palms wrap around her waist.

Instinctively, she tried to dodge.

“Don’t move,” Luke said softly and continued to wrap his palms around her waist.

Luca dared not move. All the muscles in her body were tautly stretched, and her attention was focused on the pair of palms around her waist.

Even though her clothes were wet and cold, she could still feel the warmth from his palms.

Luke was massaging her back. He was not doing anything else.

“Is this the part where you hurt yourself?” He asked.

The voice that came from her back made the tips of her ears grow hot. His fingers were exactly on the spot she had bumped into the tree. The massaging made her a lot more comfortable.

“Mm,” Luca replied very softly. Her voice was slightly shaking.

After knowing that he had found the right spot, Luke lessened the strength on his fingers. He did not know the extent of the injury, so he was not going to press too hard.

He continued to massage Luca without saying a word.

Luca guessed that it would be another half an hour before her phone was dry enough to be turned on.

Luke’s hands did not stop for the next half an hour, and Luca was becoming more and more embarrassed. The moment Luke’s hands stopped, she immediately sat up.

“Doesn’t it hurt anymore?” Luke noticed the deftness in her movement. He would have thought Luca was faking her injury if he had not seen her crash into the tree with his own eyes.

“It feels a lot better…” Luca realized that she had moved a little too quickly and wondered if Luke thought she was pretending.

Luca sat down on the stone bench. After stretching her back muscles too abruptly, they began to hurt again.

Luke did not say anything.

The sky began to darken. Luca looked at her phone and tried to turn it on to no avail. Perhaps it had been soaked in the rain for too long, and the internal parts were still wet.

She did not know what time it was.

She glanced at Luke and noticed that he was wearing a wristwatch like he always did.

“What time is it, Mr. Crawford?” She asked.

Luke glanced at his watch and replied, “Three o’clock.”

“It’s already three o’clock…” Luca mumbled. Her training made her able to withstand hunger, but Luke…

‘He has gastric problems…’

If the rain continued through the night, would Luke be able to bear with the hunger?

“Are you hungry?” Luke asked.

Luca shook her head. “I’m not hungry.”

Of course, she was lying. She did not eat a lot at breakfast, and she had been hiking for half of the day. The food in her stomach had long been digested.

However, she could bear it.

Luke did not say anything. He took out the bottle of water that he had bought at the stall and drank a mouthful.

Luca remembered that she had a bottle of water too. She took it out from her backpack but hesitated.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1527-Luca had drunk from the bottle earlier…

Luca saw that Luke had gulped down more than half of the water in his bottle. She could tell that he was thirsty and tired. She thought for a while and said, “Mr. Crawford, I mixed some glucose in my bottle. Do you want to drink from this?”

Luke looked at her and said nothing.

“But I already drank from it. It’s okay if you mind it…” Luca thought he did not want to drink from the same bottle as her. When she was about to keep it in her backpack, Luke opened his mouth.

“You should save it for yourself,” he said.

He thought that Luca needed more nourishment than him because she was hurt. They only had two bottles of drinkable water between them, and looking at the heavy rain outside, they might have to spend the night there.

That was why Luke did not want to take the bottle from her.

“Alright then…” Luca thought that he was disgusted by the offer. She did not say anything and put the bottle back into her backpack.

The strong wind continued to blow. Luca felt that her tracksuit was already dry, but the undershirt…

The undershirt was not going to dry. The contrast between dry and wet made it more uncomfortable than ever.

Luca had the urge to remove her undershirt, but they were outdoors, and Luke was watching…

She had to bear with it.

The sky continued to darken. The light in the gazebo and along the mountain path gradually lit up. Luca felt forlorn when she looked at the lights.

Fog began to rise, and visibility was low. The lights in the distance were but a dim blur.

She could only hear the sounds of wind and rain.

Luke did not say anything. She did not say anything either.

Luca wondered how people in ancient times passed their time. The people who knew how to read could read some books, but what about the common folk? Did they turn off the lights and go to bed once the sky grew dark?

She looked at Luke. There was nothing in the gazebo to entertain them, and she could not find any conversation topic. It was as though they were in two different dimensions.

They were so close to each other, yet so far…

Luke could sense Luca looking at her. He turned his head to look at her.

Luca was surprised. She quickly turned away.

However, it was too late. Luke could tell that she had been looking at him. Earlier in the afternoon, they stopped talking to each other after Luke refused Luca’s offer of a drink.

He wondered if she misunderstood her.

Suddenly, he remembered that he would not drink from a bottle that someone else had drunk from. Bianca was the only exception.

When Luca offered him her drink, he refused the offer not because he was disgusted by her germs, but because he thought she needed it more than he did.

Luke sensed that he did not really mind sharing the same bottle with Luca.

‘Why is it like this…’

He realized that, given another set of circumstances, he would take the bottle from Luca and drink from it without any resistance…

Luke was quite surprised by that thought. It had only been a few months since he started interacting with Luca, but he had fully accepted her presence in his life!

He could not believe it…

Luke gazed at Luca intently, thinking and pondering what she had done to make him accept her so readily.

Was it because her eyes were like Bianca’s, or was it her voice?

He immediately rejected that thought. If that were the case, the impostor Bianca looked exactly alike. However, he had never once cared for the impostor in three years.

Was it because her cooking tasted like Bianca’s, and that had made him accept her?

Luke could not find the answer. Suddenly, he asked, “Can you sing?”

Luca was taken aback. ‘Wait, is he talking to me? Did he just ask me if I can sing?’

She turned around to look at the man. From the dim light cast on Luke’s face, she could see that he was focusing on something.

Had he been looking at her with that gaze?

What could he be thinking when he gazed at her?

“Can you sing?” Luke asked again. He remembered that Bianca had a gentle and clear voice, and he loved her singing.

“I can’t.” This time, Luca heard the question clearly. She did not hallucinate.

“Sing something for me,” Luke said, as though he did not hear her reply.

“…” Luca was speechless.

Luke continued to stare at her. “You grew up in Russia. You should know some Russian folk songs, right?”

Luca nodded. Eler had sung songs often while they were in captivity. Other than training, eating, and sleeping, there was nothing else to do on the Island of Despair.

Eler loved to sing songs from her hometown. After listening to them a few times, Luca could pick up the melody. Eler praised her voice and taught her all the folk songs she knew.

That was why Luca knew.

She looked at Luke. He seemed determined to get a song out of her tonight. With no other choice, she began singing one of the songs that Eler taught her. She even made sure that she pronounced the words correctly.

The song lasted for about three minutes. As Luke listened to her sing, he felt like a child being coaxed to sleep by his mother’s lullaby… novelbin

Luca’s voice was gentle, like Bianca’s. The way she carried the tune was also very reminiscent of Bianca…

Was she deliberately copying Bianca? Bianca rarely sang in front of other people. If Luca were from the Island of Despair, it must mean that she interacted with Bianca often.

There was no other explanation…

Soon, there was only Luca’s voice ringing in his ears. He could not hear the violent wind and rain outside.

After she finished the song, she looked at Luke, who had not said a word.

That made her feel uneasy. “Mr. Crawford?”

Luke came to his senses. He cleared his throat and said, “You don’t sound like you can’t sing.”

“I was only using my usual voice,” Luca said as she looked at the lights in the distance. It was a dreamy scene.

“That folk song was beautiful,” Luke said. He sounded as though he was praising the song, but he was actually praising Luca’s singing.

“I like that song too,” Luca said. Whenever Nyla threw a tantrum, she and Eler would sing songs for her to calm her down.

“Did you learn it from someone?” Luke asked.

Luca did not expect that he would strike up a conversation, though she answered, “There used to be a girl next door who would sing every day. I tried to emulate her. When she heard me singing, she offered to teach me.”

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1528-Luke listened to her earnest explanation. It was as if she was trying to cover up something. However, he was not able to verify what she said, so he did not say anything.

It was getting darker. Luke glanced at the time on his watch and found that it was already 11 o’clock.

Luca’s stomach started to gurgle. He immediately looked at her when he heard the sound.

Luca touched her stomach, embarrassed. The sound came from her stomach. She never thought that after a few months of living a comfortable life, her stomach would become so sensitive.

“You’re hungry?” Luke stood up, wanting to see if he could find anything to eat nearby.

There was a lot to eat in the mountains. Before it rained, he did not expect to be trapped here for so long.

“No, Mr. Crawford. Where are you going?” Luca saw him walk to the pavilion and stood up as well.

“I’ll head out to have a look. When we walked past the area today, I seemed to see a fruit forest,” Luke said.

Luca also remembered that there was a fruit forest with seasonal fruits hanging on the trees. However, it was not on the side of the mountain road but deep in the mountain. The rain was not as heavy now but the mountains at night were full of unknown dangers, especially on such a rainy and foggy day. One had to be careful when walking on the mountain road.

“Mr. Crawford, it’s dangerous to go in like this, especially when we don’t have a flashlight. It’s not a good idea to go look for food now.” She tried to persuade him to change his mind.

Luke frowned. If he left the mountain road, there would be no lights. It was indeed dangerous, but considering that she was hungry…

When he thought about how she was hungry, his subconscious reaction was to find something for her to eat.

He had always been omnipotent. In a situation like this, all he could think about was to take immediate action to find food for her.

“It’s fine,” Luke said.

Luca took out a water bottle that she had not drunk from all afternoon from her rucksack. “Mr. Crawford, I still have glucose water. Don’t go, the mountain is quite scary at night.”

She thought that to dissuade Luke from going to look for food, she could only show her weakness. His clothes were finally dry. If he went out and got under the rain again, she was afraid that his clothes would be wet the entire night.

After all, the fog on this mountain was so thick that the wind was moist.

When he heard that she was scared, Luke could not bear to leave her here alone while he went to the mountains to find something to eat.

In desperation, he gave up the idea of going to the mountain to find food for her.

Luca opened the bottle cap, thought about it, and then summoned up the courage to ask, “Would you like to drink some? If you’re hungry, you’re likely to lack sugar. Having some sugar will keep the body warm.”

Luke watched her hand over the water bottle again, and this time, he did not say no.

He took the bottle, then raised his head and poured some into his mouth. He did not drink much, just a mouthful.

Luca watched his movements and breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he did not touch the mouth of the bottle, at least he accepted it.

When he handed the water bottle back, she also took a sip. When she thought about how the night was long, she did not dare to drink more.

Seeing this, Luke frowned and asked, “Is this enough?”

“Yes, it’s enough.” Luca tightened the lid and put it back into her rucksack. “I used to go for training, so starving is common…”

“Training?” Luke frowned. He thought that she was good at fighting, which was where her agility came from. Now, it seemed that her agility was not all from practicing martial arts.

Luca realized that she had said too much and quickly said, “I’m interested in such things so when I have time, I’ll participate in training camps. Mr. Crawford, I’m sleepy. I’m going to bed now.”

She avoided the topic with the excuse of being sleepy. She knew she had said too much.

Luke looked at Luca lying on one of the benches. She did not say a word and it seemed like she was asleep…

The long stone bench was by the edge of the pavilion. It was just enough for one person to lie down on. The rain was not so heavy that it would splash in, so it was alright.

Luca lay down on the bench and kept an eye on Luke’s movements.

After lying down for half an hour, she opened her eyes and glanced around. Her gaze finally settled on Luke.

He was leaning against the railing and had his eyes closed.

On nights like this, there was nothing else to do but sleep.

Luca felt safe seeing that he was still here. She went back to closing her eyes to see if she could nap for a while.

It was midnight, and the temperature on the mountain gradually dropped. Luca woke up from the cold. She could not stand it, so she sat up and curled up into a ball. She hugged her shoulders to try to warm her body.

The sportswear that she wore for mountain climbing was not too thick. The cold weather on the mountain was making her shiver.

“Cold?” Luke’s voice suddenly entered her ears.

Luca looked over. The man who had been leaning against the railing had opened his eyes.

‘Is it because of my movements? Or did he wake up from the cold too?’

“A little…” Luca said softly as she stroked her arm.

“Come here.” Luke saw that she seemed to be very cold while sitting there alone. He felt bad.

He told himself that it was only tonight that such an exception would be made.

Luca looked at him, a little confused. ‘What is Luke going to do? Is he going to hold me?’

In the past, whenever she told him that she was cold, he would scold her for not paying attention to what she was wearing. At the same time, he would take off his coat and put it on her.

However, at this moment, Luke was also wearing sportswear and did not have a jacket on…

Luca thought about it and walked over. The rain was not as heavy as before they fell asleep. It should stop raining when tomorrow came.

Moreover, her phone was almost dry. In the morning, she could notify Jason and the others to come and help.

Luca walked over to him and sat down.

Luke pulled her into his arms.

Luca was shocked by his action and only spoke after a long time, “Mr. Crawford…”

“It’s just for tonight. You can’t tell anyone.” Luke’s tone was still cold. He would not have embraced her if she were not shivering.

Although he was hugging her, his tone was distant. When she heard what he said, she knew that she did not have a reason to lie to herself.

“Thank you.” Her heart was sore, but she could only thank him.

She thanked him for his concern, and at the same time, for his estrangement that let her know that this was not a dream. It was reality.

The reality was that even if she could receive the warmth of his body, it did not mean anything. The warmth in his heart belonged only to her former self.

Luca leaned into Luke while supported by his strong hands. She could still feel his warmth through their clothes.

Her body was warming up bit by bit.

Luca turned her head to the side, looked at the hand on her shoulder, and glanced at the time. In two hours, it would be dawn…

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1529-Luca leaned against Luke and silently endured the pain she felt in her heart.

The scene was what she had dreamed and hoped for countless nights. Now that she was able to curl up beside him, those dreams had come true.

However, she was still unhappy.

What Luca wanted was not his indifferent attitude. Even though the temperature of his body could warm her body, she was not close to getting the warmth and love from his heart.

She initially thought that Luke’s concern toward her was real.

However, it seemed that it was all fake. His attitude was cold, and she knew she had no grounds to ask him to treat her warmly.

“Get some sleep. It’s going to be dawn soon,” Luke said with his eyes closed.

Luca did not know how he knew she was not asleep. She leaned against him and closed her eyes.

At dawn, the rain stopped.

When the rain stopped, the birds in the forest flew out. Luca opened her eyes. When she heard the birds chirping, she knew that the weather was clear.

Luca raised her gaze. She wanted to take a look at Luke’s side profile before silently leaving his embrace. After all, she had received his warmth for about two hours. It was enough for her to remember it for a long time.

The moment she looked up, she met Luke’s eyes.

He had woken up and had been looking at her.

“Mr. Crawford, you’re awake…” Luca stood up immediately but she moved too fast and the pain in her waist shocked her.

She frowned and held her waist.

Luke noticed her actions and reminded her. “Be careful.”

After he said that, he took out his phone and tried to turn it on but the phone did not respond. He looked at Luca and asked, “My phone is dead. Can you turn yours on?”

Luca nodded and looked at the rucksack that she had casually put aside yesterday. She picked it up, opened it, and took out her phone.

After she pressed the power button, her phone lit up. “My phone can be used. I’ll notify Mr. Doyle.”

“Get him to inform the staff and take the cable car up the mountain. Have them clear the rocks,” Luke instructed. The staff could only go up the mountain after clearing the rocks in the way.

Luca was not in the best situation to go down the mountain. If he carried her down the mountain, it would be fine at first but after a while, it would be too much for his body to bear.

The best way was to find someone to clear the rocks on the mountain road. Then, he would carry her up the mountain and they would take the cable car down.

Luca nodded. The moment her phone was turned on, she called Jason.

The phone rang for a second and was immediately answered.

Luca guessed that Jason and Tina were probably going crazy from not being able to get in touch with Luke for one night.novelbin

“Dr. Craw, is that you?” Before she could speak, Jason, who was on the other end of the phone, asked anxiously.

“It’s me. Mr. Crawford and I are fine.” Luca let them know they were okay to reassure them and then relayed Luke’s words.

After Jason heard her, he immediately said, “Okay, stay where you are and don’t move. I’ll make the arrangements right away. Dr. Craw, if your phone has enough battery, can you share your live location?”

Luca glanced at her phone battery and felt bad. “That won’t work. My phone only has 50 percent of battery left. Anyway, we’re not far from the mountain but we don’t know how many rocks there are on the mountain road. Please have the villa’s person in charge bring more workers to clear them up.”

“Okay, I’ll arrange it right away,” Jason said and gave Tina a gesture to indicate that the two were fine.

Luke took Luca’s phone and said to Jason, “Get a doctor on standby as well.”

“Doctor? Boss, are you and Dr. Craw injured?” Jason was immediately concerned.

“I’m fine. Arrange it right away.” Luke finished speaking and ended the call. He glanced at Luca’s phone and found that her phone seemed a little different from the phones in the market.

It was a phone with two front cameras…

Luca took her phone and put it in her bag.

“Where did you buy this phone? It seems to be of good quality,” Luke said. His phone was also drenched in water but her phone could be turned on after a night while his phone was not at all responsive.

“A friend helped me make some tweaks to it,” Luca held the phone and explained casually.

Luke did not say anything.

The other side.

When he heard the busy tone, Jason quickly hung up and contacted Villa Almira’s person in charge. The person in charge was very frightened when he heard that his big client was stuck on the mountain because of rocks blocking the way and that someone was injured.

Although Villa Almira was luxurious, as long as Luke gave an order, it was easy for Villa Almira to be inspected by the relevant departments or even go bankrupt.

He immediately arranged for porters and called an ambulance.

Half an hour later, the group reached the top of the mountain. Jason pointed them to the right way and said, “It should be this road since it’s covered with rocks. Go down and see what’s going on.”

He believed that Luke would not fumble around. If he said that there were rocks, there would definitely be rocks and they must be in the way, causing them to not be able to walk on the normal mountain paths. It would explain the current situation…

The group went down in a mighty manner, and after they walked for about 200 meters, they began to find some gravel on the steps.

“What’s going on?” The person in charge looked at the gravel, then turned a corner and saw several rocks blocking the mountain road.

The rocks were about half the height of a person, and the other rocks were not small either.

“Didn’t I ask you to check the area regularly? Why are there so many rocks?” The person in charge asked the staff member who was in charge of the scenic spot.

“Sir, the rocks may have slipped down from the mountain when it rained last night.” The staff member knew that he was going to be in trouble and quickly explained.

Jason knew that this was their negligence. After all, mountain roads as such would usually be checked every two days. The staff probably did not expect this, so they slacked off.

“These rocks blocked our boss’ way yesterday. How could it have happened last night…” Jason uncovered the staff member’s lie.

The staff member choked and replied, “It’s been raining these past few days. I don’t know—”

“You don’t know?! I told you to check this area frequently. You must’ve been lazy, so you took joy rides on the cable car instead. That’s why you didn’t notice these rocks. Go and clean them up. Time is of the essence!” The person in charge knew that Luke was someone they could not afford to offend, while Jason was not someone who could be fooled by just a few words. Hence, he yelled loudly.

When the workers heard him, they immediately began to work. Some were moving the rocks while some were shoveling the rocks to the side.

Jason looked at them and sneered, “Sir, it seems that the railings in your scenic spot are quite strong. If there were no railings, the rocks that slid down the mountain would all have gone to the cliff, right?”

There were railings in the way and the sliding force of the stone steps was not enough, so the rocks landed where they did.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1530-This incident was the staff member’s fault, and the manager knew that they were in the wrong. He said with a smile, “Villa Almira takes protective measures as such seriously. These stones are an accident. Don’t worry, I’ve already got someone to go down with food and water. They’ll look for Mr. Crawford and the others starting from the fork in the road.”

Jason showed no reaction toward the arrangement, and the manager was stumped.

The manager could only urge the porters to move faster when he saw Jason’s temperamental reaction.

An hour later, the stones on the mountain road were cleared. Jason looked at the figures in the distance and hurriedly ran down. “Boss.”

When he got closer, he realized that Luke was carrying Luca.

“Dr. Craw, are you alright?” Jason asked with concern. He knew that the situation was bad and Tina was in big trouble.

“I’m fine,” Luca said. She would not have to be carried by Luke if he had not realized that her waist was still hurting.

Jason did not know when Luke had started carrying Luca on his back, but he knew that it was tiring to carry someone up the hill. He quickly said, “Boss, why don’t you let me take over? I’ll carry Dr. Craw on my back.”

He had no other intentions than to ease Luke’s burden.

Luke glanced at him and replied coldly, “No need.”

With that said, Luke kept going.

When they got to the top of the mountain, Tina saw them and knew that the idea she proposed had caused this trouble. She immediately apologized. “Boss, Dr. Craw, I’m sorry. I didn’t know things would turn out like this…”

Luca noticed the guilt in Tina’s face. Indeed, if she had not suggested taking two separate paths, she might not have gotten hurt and she would not have been stuck on the mountain for a night.

However, the decision to divert from the original mountain path was not made by Luke alone. She had agreed to it as well…

Even though she got injured and was shivering cold and starving last night, it had given her the chance to feel Luke’s body temperature again.

Although he was not too warm, his body temperature was enough for her.

Luca shook her head to indicate that she was fine.

Tina still felt guilty and blamed herself. After she saw Luke put Luca down, she immediately stepped forward to help.

“Take the cable car down the mountain and send her to the hospital for a check-up,” Luke immediately ordered them.

The manager did not dare to delay for another second. After all, Luca had an accident in Villa Almira. If Luke wanted to make a big fuss, Villa Almira would be the party to suffer. He agreed immediately and arranged for them to go down the mountain by cable car.

Under the manager’s arrangement, the ambulance had already arrived and was waiting at the foot of the mountain.

Just as Luca stepped out of the cable car, she was carried into an ambulance.

Tina looked at Luke and said, “Boss, I want to tag along with the ambulance and take care of Dr. Craw.”

She was the one who came up with the idea, so she would take full responsibility for what had happened.

Luke nodded and Tina left with the ambulance.

Several of T Corporation’s employees started gossiping when they saw this.

Luke glanced at the employees and left on a sightseeing car. Instead of following Luca to the hospital, he chose to return to the hotel.

Even so, it still led to a mountain of gossip.

After all, Luca and Luke had spent the night together in the mountains.

Jenni listened to the gossip and felt furious. She immediately took out her phone and texted Tia. She told her everything that had happened in the past two days.

She had gotten closer to Tia but she did not consider her a friend.

After all, the other party did not regard her as a friend either and just wanted to use her to find out more about Luke.

Tia and Jenni both liked Luke, so Jenni shared the information that she deemed fit.

She did not want to tell Tia everything that had happened yesterday as she did not want to be harassed by Tia and have her ruin her vacation. However, she could not hold back the jealousy she felt in her heart when she thought of how the two had spent a night in the deep mountains. She even heard from the staff that Luke had carried Luca up the mountain. She ended up telling Tia everything.

She worked for T Corporation but she was not Luca’s boss, so there was nothing she could do.

She left it to Tia to deal with Luca.

“Ms. Lynn, what’s the matter with you? Why do you look so mad?” Zoey was a little slow and did not know about Jenni’s intense feelings for Luke.

She knew that Jenni was interested in Luke but what she did not expect was that her feelings for him were so strong.

Jenni snapped out of it and subconsciously held her phone tighter. She did not want Zoey to see her texts to Tia.

“It’s nothing. I just envy Dr. Craw for being able to get the boss’ attention,” she smiled and said.

Zoey felt weird when she heard Jenni’s reply. Then, she thought about it. Many people in the company adored Luke, but Jenni did not seem that keen on the surface. She thought that Jenni probably envied Luca for having the opportunity to be alone with Luke.

‘Them spending a night alone doesn’t mean anything, right?’

The entire T Corporation and A City knew that their boss had a soft spot for Bianca.

Although time could change certain things, at least until now, she had never seen Luke so eager toward anyone.

“Dr. Craw is injured. The boss is just making sure that his employees are taken care of.” Zoey comforted her.

Zoey knew that Jenni was jealous but she still had to say something to appease her no matter what she thought of the situation.

Jenni snorted coldly and walked toward the hotel.

On the other hand.

Luca was taken to the hospital by ambulance. After taking a CT scan and DR, the doctor confirmed that there was no bone fracture. Her muscles were injured but they would heal after a few days of rest.

As soon as Tina heard that Luca had no major issues, her uneasy mood finally relaxed a little.

She left and returned with the medicine. She helped Luca walk out of the hospital. “Dr. Craw, I’m glad that you’re alright. Otherwise, I’d have died of guilt.”

“This isn’t your fault,” Luca said.

Tina knew that Luca was just being nice. She was relieved that Luca was not pursuing the matter further. She hurriedly stopped a taxi and they went back to the hotel together.

After they got in the car, Tina updated Jason about Luca’s condition.

After Jason received Tina’s text, he immediately reported the situation to Luke and told him that Luca’s injury was not that serious.

Luke sat there and looked at his laptop screen. He kept silent.

Jason thought he was distracted and did not hear him, so he called out to Luke again, “Boss?”

“I heard you.” Luke’s eyes still did not shift from the computer screen.

Jason glanced at the computer screen. It was an old photo of Bianca. Considering Luke’s reaction, he knew that Luke was thinking of her again…

He shook his head and walked out quietly.

He knew that it was best to give Luke some space.

He counted and it had been three years since Bianca was kidnapped and she disappeared. He was not confident that they could find her. Even if they did, she might have been tortured and lost her sense of self…