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Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1591-Nina knew that this was normal after an operation, but when she saw that Anna did not even have the strength to speak, she still felt uncomfortable as if the scalpel had cut her body.
"The patient can eat normally now but we still need to pay more attention to her diet in the early stage. She can consume mainly liquid food. Are you planning to cook meals for her or order meals from the hospital?" the nurse on the side asked. She had seen many such scenes, so her voice was calm and emotionless.
"We'll get meals from the hospital." Nina controlled her emotions. Her work at Brilliant Architectural Design LLC was overwhelming. She had no time to prepare Anna's meals.
Although the food in the hospital was unpalatable, it was nutritionally balanced and beneficial to Anna.
Nina remembered that when Anna had her first surgery, she did not need to worry so much because back then, there was a man who took care of all these things for her.
All she needed to do at that time was occasionally visit Anna. She could still attend to her own affairs.
Percy provided the best in terms of what Anna ate and used in the hospital. He treated her as though she was his mother.
"Okay, she'll have the meals prepared by the hospital. Take this ticket to the cashier to pay the fee and then hand it to the person at the nurse station. In the future, the patient will have three meals a day delivered to her." The nurse gave her a ticket.
Nina came back to her senses, took the ticket, and looked at Anna's distressed appearance. She thought that it was ridiculous that she had unconsciously thought of that man.
Anna glanced at Nina and was about to say something but she opened her mouth and closed it just as quickly.
She had no strength to speak.
Nina was not in the mood to find out what Anna wanted to say to her. She knew that Anna wanted to rant about the discomfort she was feeling and money matters. There was nothing else.
On the other hand. novelbin
Luca returned to the office and did some experiments. At this moment, she was told by Jason to go upstairs.
She had no choice but to obey the boss' orders. She had to pause her experiment and ask Rhett to take over while she went upstairs.
"Mr. Doyle, good morning," Luca greeted Jason.
Jason yawned and did not look like he got enough sleep. He stood up and said, "Dr. Craw, you're here.
The boss is looking for you. Come with me."
Luca did not make a move immediately. She asked, "Why do you look like this? You didn't get enough rest?"
"Ugh, I drank with those Russians the whole night yesterday. They sure can drink. Without your medicine, I couldn't stand it and got drunk." Jason shook his head, trying to wake himself up a little.
'They went to socialize again last night...'
However, when Luke arrived at her home last night, he did not stink of alcohol. "You guys were entertaining clients again last night. It's hard work."
"It wasn't us; It was just me and Ms. Tia. Mr. Crawford was working overtime in the office yesterday. The Russians were very dissatisfied at first but they were alright because Ms. Tia coaxed them into
obedience. They're leaving at noon today," Jason said with a distressed look on his face. He was secretly glad that they were leaving. Otherwise, his body would not be able to take it.
Luca heard that, nodded, and said nothing else.
She walked to Luke's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in." A familiar voice came from inside.
Luca pushed the door and saw Luke, who was busy with his head down. She went in anyway.
"Mr. Crawford, what can I help you with?" She felt that she was up here too often.
"Translate this document for me." Luke handed her a black folder.
Luca picked it up and saw that it was all in Russian.
"Uh..." She was troubled and wondered if she had to do this full-time.
However, she knew that Luke understood Russian. Why did he need her to translate it?
"This document will be used in the meeting tomorrow. Can you get it done today?" Luke asked.
It turned out that the document was needed for an upcoming meeting. It was no wonder she had to translate it. This kind of work took a lot of time, and he had to deal with other tasks in the company. Naturally, he had no time to do this.
"Okay..." Luca could only agree since he had ordered her to. She flipped through the documents. There were a total of ten pages.
Her translation speed was not particularly fast, but she could still translate this ten-page document in one day.
"Go. This is an important document. To ensure that there won't be any information leak, the document can only be translated on this floor. There's a desk in Mr. Doyle's office. You can work there." Luke arranged a temporary workplace for her. Jason's office was much quieter than the secretary's room. She would not be disturbed if she worked there.
"Okay." Luca walked out with the folder and returned to Jason's office.
"Mr. Doyle." She stood at the door with the document.
"Dr. Craw? What did the boss ask you to do?" Jason propped his forehead in one hand. He was obviously suffering from a headache.
"He asked me to translate this document here." Luca pointed to the seat next to him and said.
"Oh, alright. Sit down, don't be shy," Jason said while he helped her to turn on the laptop. "You probably didn't bring your work laptop. You can use mine."
"Thank you," Luca thanked him and sat in the chair.
Jason smiled and replied, "You're welcome, Dr. Craw."
"By the way, doesn't the company have a Russian translator?" Luca asked. She wondered why Luke would ask her to translate such an important document.
It was an important document and the translator could not even leave this floor. ‘Does that mean he trusts me?'
Luca did not know how Luke's doubts toward her turned into trust so quickly. It was obvious that she had not brought any huge profits to the company and he was still suspicious of her a month ago.
"The company used to have a Russian translator but she's now on maternity leave. Since the company doesn't have much business in Russia, we didn't find someone else to replace her. In another month, the translator will be back to work. Maybe the boss didn't expect there to be such a big deal taking place now, so he had to trouble you to help translate,” Jason explained.
Luca nodded and saw the copier beside her. She asked, "Can I use it?"
"Do as you please," Jason said indifferently and started to work on his tasks.
Luca picked up the document and started to make copies one by one. She did that so that she could translate better.
That was because she knew that Luke did not like messy documents. When doing translation work, it was unavoidable to scribble and draw on the papers, so she decided to make copies.
Jason showed a meaningful smile when he saw what she did. "Dr. Craw, I didn't expect you to have such good habits."
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1592-"What?" Luca was thinking about Luke. She did not react immediately to what Jason had blurted out.
"I said that your habits when it comes to translation work are very good. When translating, you will inevitably have to scribble and draw on the document. It’s good that you've made a copy so that you won't ruin the original document," Jason said. Luca's way of working aligned well with Luke's habits.
He thought of the translator who was fired from T Corporation because she was lazy. The translator did not make a copy of the document but instead directly made notes on the original document. When Luke saw it, he immediately fired her.
Luca's actions would ensure that she would not step on Luke's tail.
Luca understood what he meant, nodded, and stapled the copied documents together. She sat down in a chair and got to work.
She read through the document, which was about the project that T Corporation would bid for.
Luca sighed. She was not sure if it was a coincidence. After she received the additional task from the Island of Despair, she began to become involved in this project. She used to be the person who attended to the Russian guests and now, she was involved with translating the document related to the project...
Jason heard her sigh and asked with concern, "How is it? Is it difficult to translate?"
"It's not too bad. It's just that some of the professional terms are more complicated. I'd need to check them before I can translate them,” Luca said as she opened the translation application.
Luca could understand most of the terms but she was not a professional, after all. There were still some professional terms that she did not understand.
She needed to use the translation application for the terms that she did not understand.
Jason nodded and said nothing.
While she was translating, Luca made notes on the copied documents. She was so occupied with work that it left her no time to overthink. She was halfway through the document when it was time for her lunch break.
Jason was about to go downstairs for lunch. He kindly reminded Luca when he noticed that she had yet to realize it was lunchtime. "Dr. Craw, it's lunchtime. Let's grab something to eat and you can continue after lunch?"
Luca snapped out of it. After she finished typing out a translated sentence on the laptop, she glanced at the time and found that it was noon.
"Ah, I'm not hungry. I want to continue translating. I'll eat later," Luca said with a smile.
Jason said disapprovingly, "You have to eat even if you're not hungry. You can continue working after you've eaten and rested. You're translating pretty fast. I'm sure you can finish it in the afternoon. The medicine you gave me last time was wonderful. Let's go, I'll treat you to lunch as thanks."
What he said was heard by Luke, who was walking to the door.
His gaze sank. ‘Are they going for lunch together?'
It seemed that the two got along quite happily after drinking together one time.
Luke was upset. He asked her to sit there to do translation work, not to build a good relationship with Jason.
He walked to the door and squinted at the two of them.
Jason was by Luke's side all year round. With just one look, he could tell that the boss was upset. He stood up straight and said, "Boss, good afternoon. Are you going for lunch?"
"Bring me a set meal," Luke said. He wanted to go downstairs for lunch and bring Luca with him but when he heard Jason invite Luca to lunch, he was no longer in the mood to do so.
"Okay, what set meal do you want?" Jason felt that this little bit of calm was the peace before the storm. He wondered if he had done anything to piss Luke off. After he thought about it, all he had done was ask Luca to lunch, which Luke overheard.
‘Could it be that the boss got upset when he heard me inviting Luca to lunch?'
It seemed that he was not imagining things before this. Luke's attention and feelings toward Luca were out of the ordinary.
"Whatever." Luke looked at Luca, who was still sitting in the chair but had stopped working.
‘Will she go for lunch with him?'
Luke thought to himself.
Jason glanced at the two of them. One was looking down at the document in front of her while the other was looking at her. He stood there like a third wheel and felt awkward.
He tactfully found a way out for himself and said, "Dr. Craw, if you don't want to eat, I'll get something for you. Do you want the same thing as Mr. Crawford?"
"Okay, thank you." Luca chose to stay there and continue working.
Luke's eyes flickered when he heard her reply. He was happy that she did not agree to go out with other men.
Although the DNA report was not out yet, he had already thought of her as Bianca. After all, no one could imitate another person to that degree.
When he heard that, Jason immediately walked out with his phone in hand. His head was still a little sore from the hangover but after being triggered by Luke, he felt as though all was well.
He left as though the soles of his feet were oiled.
Luca lowered her head and continued to work.
Luke looked at Luca, who acted as if everything had nothing to do with her, and ordered her, "Bring the laptop and documents to my office."
Luca was stunned and stopped typing. When Luke was about to leave, she stood up and asked, "Mr. Crawford, is there anything else?"
"Jason talks too much. It'll affect your progress." Luke finished speaking and left without looking back.
Luca glanced at the work that was halfway done. She knew she had no choice, so she picked up the laptop and document before walking to Luke's office.
Jason talked too much and she was now forced to work in Luke's office.
Luca was reluctant. Although Jason occasionally talked a lot, most of the time, he was occupied with his work. He did not affect her work at all.
However, if she went to work in Luke's office, it would be different. It would feel like she was being watched by him all the time. It was as though her disguise was about to be exposed.
Luca felt uncomfortable.
Since Luke told her so, she had no choice but to go.
Luca walked into the office. Luke pointed to the sofa next to him and then pointed to the seat opposite him. "You can choose any seat."
She took a look and decided to work on the sofa.
The sofa was more comfortable. However, it was not conducive to work if she put the computer on the coffee table. She knew that it was better to sit opposite him. novelbin
However, sitting across from him meant that he was in sight no matter where she looked. Luca thought about it and decided that the sofa was the better option.
Luke watched her walk to the sofa with the laptop and sat down. The laptop was on her lap while the document was beside her.
'Won't she get tired from working like this?'
Luke did not say anything. He wanted to see how long Luca could last.
She sat on the sofa and occasionally felt Luke's eyes on her. She never once looked up and ordered herself to continue to focus on the work in front of her.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1593-Luca felt helpless while she was translating the documents. Her back was aching after she worked on the sofa for a while.
She could not work in peace being stared at by Luke like this...
Her efficiency was even worse than when she was in Jason's office...
Luca did not dare to say anything. She resisted the urge to look his way even though she knew that Luke occasionally gazed at her.
After half an hour, her efficiency was greatly reduced.
There was a knock on the door and Luke said, "Come in."
Jason opened the door and walked in with two takeaway boxes in his hand. He did not see Luca when he returned to the office and noticed that the laptop and document were missing, so he guessed that Luca must have gone to Luke's office.
That was why he walked in with the takeaway boxes.
Sure enough, she was there.
"Boss, Dr. Craw, your meals are here." Jason had bought them the same set meal. He handed one of them to Luke and left the other on the coffee table.
He did not say anything and just backed out of the office before closing the door. He was thinking whether he should inform Tina to not go to the CEO's office even if she had something to talk to Luke about.
Luke opened the takeaway box and looked at the woman working on the sofa. She did not seem like she wanted to eat.
"Let's eat," he said.
Luca stopped typing on the keyboard, nodded, and put the laptop aside. She picked up the takeaway box that Jason got her and opened it.
Jason had ordered a set meal for her and it included meatloaf.
Luke did not dislike meatloaf, and Jason was not aware that Luca disliked it.
Luke looked at Luca the moment he saw the meatloaf. She was also looking at him.
"There's meatloaf in here," he said.
Luca nodded and glanced at the takeaway box. Fortunately, there was not too much of it, so she planned to just put it aside. After all, there were other dishes that she could eat.
"If you don't want to eat it, give it to me," Luke said.
Luca raised her eyebrows and hesitated for two seconds before standing up and walking in front of him. "Mr. Crawford, is this not enough for you?"
"No, it's just that I don't like it when food is wasted." Luke cleared his throat. He had not started eating his food yet. He stretched out his hand and moved the meatloaf from Luca's takeaway box into his own.
Luca watched as he did it and did not stop him.
She did not know that Luke liked meatloaf. However, seeing him place the meatloaf into his takeaway box, she could not help but wonder if he liked eating meatloaf or he picked it out because he knew she
did not like it.
If it was the latter, then he had become thoughtful. She almost could not recognize him.
Luke would not treat outsiders like this...
Luca was suspicious. When she saw the man's next move, she was sure that it was likely because of the latter.
That was because after Luke placed all the meatloaf into his takeaway box, he moved a few pieces of chicken into her takeaway box.
"Mr. Crawford, this..." Luca's voice was hoarse as she was shocked by his actions.
"I don't like it," Luke said.
Luca watched his movements silently. How could she not know what was on his mind after being his wife for so many years?
It was not that Luke did not like chicken chop but he did so because he wanted to swap dishes with her. The reason was simple. It was because she did not like meatloaf.
Luca looked at the takeaway box that he pushed over. She was about to take it to the sofa to eat when he said, "Eat here. Don't dirty the sofa."
Luca wanted to tell him that she was not a child and she would not dirty the sofa.
However, she had to go along with what the boss wanted.
While they were eating, Luca could feel that Luke would look at her intermittently. She did not know when this change started because there were not many interactions like this prior.
She quickly finished her meal and just wanted to go back to the sofa.
After she ate, Luca packed the takeaway box. She knew that Luke was a clean freak and made sure she did not drop anything on the table.
She took the box outside and planned to throw it into the trash can outside.
The takeaway box had a strong smell. She remembered that Luke would never throw takeaway boxes in his office's trash can.
Luke watched her walk out with the takeaway box. 'How could someone who's eating here for the first time know to do this?'
Most people would see the trash can in the corner of his office and choose to throw their trash there. This was the first time Luca ate in his office but she chose to throw the box outside.
'No one would believe it if she's not Bianca.'
Luke was a little excited when he thought of that. Even though the DNA test results were not out yet, he had proved once again that the Luca in front of him was Bianca.
Luca came out with the bag and bumped into Jason.
"Dr. Craw, are you full?" Jason had a cup of coffee in his hand. He glanced behind her and made sure Luke was not there before he dared to chat with her.
"Mm." Luca nodded.
"How's the set meal? It's my first time ordering from them," Jason asked with a smile.
Luca thought about it for a while and decided against telling him that she did not enjoy eating meatloaf. After all, there were not many such opportunities where he would have to order food on her behalf.
"It's delicious. The dishes are rich, the taste is good, and the texture is decent as well," she commented.
"I'm glad that you like it. All the best for the work that you have left on hand," Jason said with a smile and returned to his office with his coffee.
Luca sighed. She needed the cheering up for the work she had left...
She could not work efficiently being stared at by Luke, coupled with working on the sofa.
Luca glanced at the assistant's office. She, too, wanted to get back to her work...
After a while, Luke also came out with his takeaway box. He saw Luca looking wistfully at the door of the assistant's office with a big frown on her face.
‘Why is her expression like that?'
"Cough, cough." Luke cleared his throat.
Luca snapped out of it, nodded at him, and said, "Mr. Crawford, I'm going back to work."
"Mm." Luke nodded and had a slight smile on the corner of his mouth as he watched her hurriedly walk back to the CEO's office.
Although he was not satisfied with her performance, he was willing to accept this tiny flaw.
Luca returned to the sofa, thinking that he would not comment on it.
Sure enough, Luke walked in after he threw away the takeaway box and did not say anything when he saw her sitting on the sofa working.
Luca put the laptop on the coffee table. She translated a sentence in her head and then typed a sentence on the computer. Her efficiency was slow.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1594-After a while, Luca adjusted her posture. This time, she put the laptop on her lap and lowered her head to translate the document.
She felt a slight pain in her neck after working like this for a while.
Luca wondered how Luke did it. He always sat on the sofa to go through the documents on his laptop in an upright posture and never seemed tired.
However, now that she was doing it, she was very tired.
Luca could not take it any longer and patted herself on the back. She looked up at Luke, who was concentrating on reviewing documents.
She pursed her lips and thought about it for a while before placing the laptop on the coffee table. She then squatted on the floor.
She felt much more comfortable like this. She was feeling much more comfortable working at this height compared to when she was sitting on the sofa...
Luca had just squatted for a few seconds when she heard Luke say, "Get up."
She raised her head and met his gaze. He was looking at her while speaking...
Luca explained herself, "Mr. Crawford, I'll just squat for a short while..."
"What will others think if they come in and see you like this?" Luke's tone was cold without any warmth. It was a stark difference compared to how he had acted in the afternoon.
Luca thought to herself that it was not the best image to present. However, those who went into Luke's office would knock on the door. If someone knocked on the door, she would just get up and it would not
affect anyone at all.
However, she knew that he would never accept this explanation.
Luca had no choice but to stand up and sit on the sofa. She only squatted for a while, so her feet were not numb. However, she felt a little tired.
"If it's uncomfortable to work there. You can sit and work here." Luke pointed to the seat opposite him and gave her one more chance to choose.
Luca was no longer stubborn after seeing her work efficiency decrease. She put the document on the laptop's keyboard, walked to the opposite side of him, and sat down.
If she continued working on the sofa, her efficiency would be poor and she would have to work overtime.
Luca did not want to work overtime. She just wanted to quickly translate the rest of the document and then get off work.
Luke watched her sit across from him. He flipped through another page of the document he was holding and continued to scan through it.
After Luca set everything up, she continued to work.
It was lunch break but neither of them had the intention to take a break. They worked silently and did not speak to each other until Luca's laptop notified her that the battery was low.
She stopped her translation work and glanced at Luke. She had a company laptop and all of the employees used the same model, so she assumed that Luke would have a charger with him.
"Mr. Crawford, do you have a laptop charger?" Luca broke the silence.
Luke glanced at her laptop. His work laptop was different from the brand used by the company's employees. He shook his head, picked up the phone, and instructed Jason, "Bring me a laptop charger."
After a while, Jason walked in with a charger.
"Boss, here's the charger you asked for." He put the charger on the table.
Luke nodded.
Seeing that Luke had no further instructions, Jason left the office.
Luca plugged in the charger and wanted to connect it to the power socket but she had a problem.
There were no power sockets on her side.
The sockets were all on Luke's side.
"Mr. Crawford, can I trouble you to help me?" Luca picked up the end that was going to be connected to the socket and handed it to him.
Luke took it and helped her plug it in.
The screen of her laptop suddenly lit up. Luca saw it and resumed her translation work.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Jason called Luke through the internal line. "Boss, the front desk called and said that Ms. Tia is in the lobby. Do you want to meet her?"
The volume was a little loud and Luca could hear everything.
'Tia. Is she here to ask Luke for credit?'
Luca remembered that Jason mentioned she had drunk with the Russians the night before. It was likely that they had taken advantage of her.
"No, tell her that I'm busy." Luke turned the request down without a second thought.
Jason was taken back. 'How could the boss reject Ms. Tia after asking her for help? He refused to meet her without even thinking about it... How ruthless...'
He replied, "Okay, I know what to do."
As soon as Luke hung up the call, Jason immediately replied to the front desk, "The boss has something to do now. ou can send her away."
After the front desk receptionist received the instructions from Jason, she said politely to Tia, "Ms. Tia, our boss is in a meeting now and has no time to see you today. Would you like to make an appointment for another day?"
When Tia heard that, her expression changed.
The man who was in contact with her yesterday was unavailable today? Was he telling her that she meant nothing to him after she helped him entertain the Russians?
Tia could not believe it. She was unwilling to believe that Luke took advantage of her. She told herself that he was probably busy with work.
'So what if he's busy? I have no clients today anyway. I have the time to wait.'
Tia had given up many clients who wanted to consult with her to allow more opportunities and time for her to be in contact with Luke. She wanted to make him be more attentive to herself.
Therefore, Tia was not willing to give up.
"He's in a meeting? That's okay, I can wait," she said, not intending to leave.
The front desk receptionist was not sure how to proceed. Jason meant for her to shoo Tia away but even after she used the excuse that Luke was in a meeting, she could not send Tia on her merry way.
She looked at Tia with a smile on her face. Women like her who pestered their boss were annoying.
They seemed to think that they would get special treatment after meeting him once or twice.
The front desk receptionist said, "Ms. Tia, please wait here. Once the boss' meeting is over, I'll inform him again."
"Wait here? I'm a friend of your boss. I helped him deal with some business partners previously. If I have to wait, I should wait in the reception room upstairs." Tia immediately launched an attack.
The people waiting here were people who wanted to work with Luke. They were people who were waiting for business opportunities.
'I'm nothing like these peasants.'
These people just wanted to get a piece of the pie from Luke, while she had done everything in her ability to help Luke.
"Uh, give me a moment." The front desk receptionist could not do anything but did not dare to let Tia up either. She called Jason.
After he heard what the front desk receptionist said, Jason sighed upon realizing they were being cornered.
Their boss wanted to quietly kick the ladder but the 'ladder' was unrelenting and difficult to deal with.
In desperation, Jason replied, "Ask her to wait in the reception room on the third floor. Also, tell her that you'll only know if the boss is free after he's done with his meeting."
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1595-="Okay, I understand." The front desk receptionist nodded, picked up an elevator pass, and waved it on the sensor.
With this restricted card, Tia could use the elevator to get to the third floor only.
The front desk receptionist respectfully handed the card as she said, "Ms. Tia, please go to the reception room on the third floor and wait there. We’ll keep you informed if the boss has the time to meet you after he’s done with his meeting."
"The third floor?" Tia's eyes grew wide at the news that they were only allowing her into the reception room on the third floor.
Previously when she went to the reception rooms, she always went to the ones on the tenth floor or above. Never once had she gone to a reception room on a floor lower than the tenth floor.
"Yes, this is what Mr. Doyle said. The reception room on the CEO's floor needs to be disinfected. Oh no, what I mean is that except for the reception room on the third floor, which was disinfected yesterday, all other reception rooms are being disinfected today. He told me to not let any guests go to the other reception rooms." The front desk receptionist tactfully thought of an excuse.
Even if Tia was suspicious of the reason the front desk receptionist gave, there was no way for her to verify it. Tia thought that the option she was given was still better than waiting in the lobby, so she took the card and walked to the elevator.
After Jason got a call from the front desk receptionist saying that Tia had settled down, he called Luke on the internal line and told him exactly what the front desk receptionist said.
When Luca heard Jason saying that Tia would not leave and was waiting in the reception room on the third floor, she was secretly overjoyed.
The reason for her reaction was simple. She saw how Luke kicked down the ladder. He did not give Tia any special treatment just because she helped him.
Although it was ungrateful of him to do this, it seemed that Luke was not interested in Tia.
It seemed that he had only approached Tia for a specific reason and those scandals were fake.
Luca secretly rejoiced in her heart, and her work efficiency improved after that. Before she got off work, she translated the entire document and even checked it twice. She found no translation or grammatical errors, so she sent the translated document to Luke's work mailbox.
"Mr. Crawford, the document has been translated," Luca said while she handed both the original and copied document to Luke.
Luke opened his mailbox and went through it. After five minutes, he said, "Mm, not bad. You can head off now."
"Okay. Thank you, Mr. Crawford." Luca stood up and put away the laptop, intending to return it to Jason.
Luke looked up at her and said, "I mean, you can leave work earlier today."
Luca was stunned. She glanced at the time and it was almost time to get off work. After she went downstairs to check on the progress of the experiment, it would almost be time to get off work anyway.
She looked at the documents piled up on Luke's desk. Although he had been working very efficiently the whole afternoon, the unprocessed documents came more quickly.
It seemed that he had to work overtime again.
Luca asked, "Okay, I see. Mr. Crawford, do you need me to pick Tommy up from school today?"
"No need." Luke thought about it for a few seconds and said, "Zander has time today to pick him up from school."
"Okay." Luca wanted to spend some time with Tommy because she was not sure when this peace would be broken but since Luke said that she did not need to, she would not insist on picking Tommy up.
She left slightly disappointed.
After Luca left, Luke picked up the intercom and called Jason.
"Is Tia still in the reception room?" he asked. He had made her wait all afternoon and wondered if she was still there.
"Yes, Boss. Ms. Tia is still waiting for you in the reception room on the third floor. Are you going to see her now?" Jason had asked the front desk receptionist to keep an eye on Tia and inform him if she got impatient and left.
However, up until they were about to pack up, the front desk receptionist had yet to call him. He could only assume that Tia was still waiting downstairs.
It was obvious that Tia had wonderful perseverance. After an entire afternoon, she was still waiting for Luke.
If it were someone else, they would have left long ago.
When Luca returned the laptop, she happened to overhear what Jason said. She quietly put the laptop on the table but did not leave.
On the one hand, she planned to thank Jason in person for lending her his computer. On the other hand, she wanted to know what Luke intended when he asked if Tia was still around right after she left.
‘Is he going to see Tia? If he wants to see Tia, there's no need to go behind my back to do it...'
When Luca thought that he might be going to see Tia behind her back and he only put it off because she was in his office before this, she could not help but feel sour.
Luke replied, "No, tell her that I have an urgent matter and have left the office."
Luca heard the voice on the other end of the phone. Luke still did not want to see Tia. The corners of her mouth could not help but raise as the sourness in her heart was swept away.
She felt wonderful.
Although she was no longer Luke's dearest, she felt content that no other woman was as well. novelbin
"Okay, I understand," Jason said and hung up the call.
Luca cleared her throat and said, "Mr. Doyle, thank you for today."
"Dr. Craw, you're welcome. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't know where to find a Russian translator to help translate such a lengthy document," Jason said.
"What about Ms. Tia?" Luca pointed downstairs and gestured.
"Ms. Tia's proficiency in Russian is good but she's not well-versed in the corporate world. It's fine for her to entertain the Russians but it might be better to find a university student to translate the document than to let her do it. Dr. Craw, it doesn't seem like you felt any pressure to translate the document. You have a certain understanding of business, right?" Jason asked curiously.
Luca nodded and replied, "I took a similar course in university."
"You have some knowledge in architecture too, yeah? Otherwise, it wouldn't have been this easy for you to finish the translation," Jason said. In addition to the relatively professional business terms, the rest involved a level of command in architectural design.
However, Luca went through the entire process without a complaint. The translation process went pretty smoothly.
"I learned a little about it when I was in university too. I'll go down first." Luca was afraid that he would continue to ask and she would have to explain everything, so she left in a hurry.
Jason looked at Luca as she left. He smiled, called the front desk, and relayed Luke's message.
Tia waited all afternoon for nothing.
When Luca returned to her office, the lab's researchers had already gotten off work. Rhett gave her a summary of the experiment.
Luca wondered if she should leave work earlier. Ultimately, she took the experiment summary home to read.
After she clocked out, Luca took the elevator to the first floor and bumped into Tia, who seemed furious.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1596-Luca knew why she was in such a foul mood. Tia waited the entire afternoon to see Luke only to be informed that he had left the company.
Of course, she was angry.
When she saw Tia lose her temper at the front desk receptionist, Luca did not want to provoke her and left directly.
Tia saw Luca leave casually and threw the card back to the front desk receptionist. She quickly walked to Luca and said, "Dr. Craw, are you off work?"
Luca looked at her provocative appearance and stopped walking. "Yes, it's time to get off work."
When that was mentioned, Tia was massively annoyed as she thought that Luca mentioned it on purpose.
She waited in the reception room for the whole afternoon but was not able to see Luke. At that moment, she could not help but throw her temper at Luca. "I didn't expect you to be so free that you can get off work on time."
"I completed what I needed to do for the day. It shouldn't be a problem for me to get off work on time. Ms. Tia, are you here because you have an appointment with Mr. Crawford?" Luca was a little impatient and did not want to pay attention to her but since Tia wanted to have a go at her, she deliberately said something to trigger her.
When Luke was mentioned, Tia's expression turned even more sour as she glanced around.
Due to her deliberately provocative behavior, many people were looking at her.
"Yeah, I wanted to talk to Luke about something but I didn't expect him to be so busy. He's such a workaholic to the point that he has no time to take care of his personal affairs." Tia deliberately acted like she knew Luke very well to save her dignity.
If it were not for what she had just seen in the office before this, Luca might have felt a little sad. However, she just thought that Tia was making a fool of herself now.
Tia did all these to get Luke. She understood that.
That was why she felt a little helpless, but she was not too upset about the situation. novelbin
Tia went all out just so she could be Luke's woman.
However, Luke...
Luca initially thought he had different intentions toward Tia, but after today, she knew that she had misunderstood him.
In that case, his focus was still on her, or to be specific, on Bianca.
On the one hand, Luca hoped that Luke could forget the past, start over, and live a good life with the children. On the other hand, she did not want him to forget her just like that.
She looked at Tia, who was in front of her. She was a poor lovesick woman. Luca was not sure how far she would go for Luke.
Luca had met a lot of people who were willing to give their all for Luke. They would not give up even if they hit a wall.
"I'll be leaving now." Luca did not uncover her lie and chose to walk out.
Tia looked at Luca with jealousy in her eyes. Although Luca acted innocent with Luke, her instincts as a woman told her that Luca was a powerful opponent.
Luca was even more powerful than Bianca, who was having a jolly time abroad.
Luca knew that Tia was watching her but she did not look back and walked right out of T Corporation's building.
While she was waiting for her ride, she received a call from Queenie.
"Luca, are you off work?" Queenie's voice sounded tired and a little apprehensive.
Luca guessed that Queenie was tired from taking care of Leia. After all, Leia was her adopted child for more than 20 years. Now that Leia was sick, Queenie could never bring herself to abandon Leia.
Her apprehension could be because she felt bad for troubling Luca.
"Mm, I just got off work. Aunt Queenie, are you okay? You sound a little tired," Luca asked, concerned.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired from standing." Queenie turned around and glanced at the entrance of the ward. Leia was still tossing around in the ward, making a fuss and demanding to be discharged. However, it was not the best idea for her to be discharged due to her current condition...
"By the way, Luca, you said that Leia's condition can be treated with herbal medicine, right?"
Luca stopped a taxi, got in the car, and replied, "Yes, it's true that she can take herbal medicine to recover, but she would need to drink it every day and the concoction is quite bitter. It's good for her body and can slow down the deterioration of her vital organs. I've already come up with the formula. If Ms. Leia agrees to the treatment plan, then I'll send you the formula tonight."
When Queenie heard that the formula could slow down the failure of Leia's organs, she immediately agreed. "Nothing else matters as long as it's good for her. Luca, thank you."
"Aunt Queenie, don't worry about it. How about this? I'll send you the formula when I get home. In the future, you can follow my formula and prepare the concoction that Ms. Leia will have to take once a day. If she consistently takes it, she'll see the effects soon enough," Luca said. She had an idea of the herbs that she could use when she first took Leia's pulse. However, she had to be careful with the dosage, so that was why she had yet to send the formula.
However, if Leia's situation could not be improved, it was not only her who would suffer but also Queenie.
Luca was reluctant to let Queenie suffer.
"Okay. Thank you, Luca. If she drinks that formula, can Leia be discharged from the hospital?" Queenie asked. Leia, who was stuck in the ward, made a fuss about wanting to be discharged from the hospital every day.
Her fragile nerves were close to a breakdown.
"Yes. You can also show the formula to the doctor to see if it needs to be combined with the medicine that she's currently taking. If he thinks it needs to be combined, then she can take both. Apart from that, please help me keep this formula secret," Luca said.
Queenie knew that Luca liked keeping a low profile and hurriedly agreed.
After Luca returned to her apartment, she bought some herbs at a nearby store and began to formulate Leia's medicine.
She had read the examination report but it was not very helpful. When Luca was formulating the concoction, she based it purely on her medical knowledge and intuition.
Although Shanks was from the Island of Despair, she had him to thank for the medical skills that she had.
Luca looked at the concoction and hoped that the recipe Shanks had given her before would work.
Queenie was soft-hearted and could not bear to see Leia suffer.
Queenie's life would get better only if Leia got better.
After Luca sent the formula to Queenie, she received a call from Luke.
"Where are you?" The voice on the other end of the phone was hoarse and low. It seemed to carry a touch of tenderness as well.
Luca listened and felt her heart beat faster.
When she put the phone close to her ear and listened to this voice, she felt as if Luke was in her ear, talking to her softly.
Luca replied subconsciously, "I'm in the apartment."
Luke noticed that she referred to it as an apartment, not a home. In her mind, she had not considered that house a home.
‘If that's not her home, where is it?'
The DNA test results were not out but Luke already had a feeling that he could look forward to seeing them.
"I sent a document to your mailbox. Please help me translate it. I need it by tomorrow morning,” Luke snapped out of it and said.
"Ah, okay." Luca listened to his commanding tone and felt as though the gentleness just now was just a hallucination.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1597-Luca breathed a sigh of relief. Although she craved Luke's tenderness, she was also afraid of it.
She was worried that she would be sucked into it and could not help but throw all caution to the wind.
After Luke heard her reply, he hung up the call. When she heard the busy tone, Luca came back to her senses, went into the bedroom to pick up her laptop, and then went to the living room to connect it to the internet.
Sure enough, she had received a document from Luke in her mailbox. She opened it and found that the document was all in Russian. After a brief readthrough, it seemed to be related to the architectural design project.
Luca frowned. It was not that the last-minute task made her a little annoyed and unhappy. She was just a little perplexed as to why Luke sent her another document relating to the project considering that it was a secret to the entire T Corporation. Even the previously translated document was completed under his supervision.
After she looked through it, there was not much to translate. She estimated that she could complete the translation in an hour or so.
Luca glanced at the time. It was getting late, so she downloaded the file and started translating.
On the other hand.
Luke looked at the computer screen and asked, "Is it done?"
"Mm, she has already downloaded the file and the program has been installed into her laptop. You can view the messages that she receives at any time." Adrian Daley handed the laptop to Luke.
Luke had asked him to design a program that would be automatically installed on the other party's laptop as soon as the file with the program was downloaded. With that, he could access all of the other party's documents.
Luke took the laptop and glanced at it. As long as the program was turned on, all the data from Luca's laptop would be downloaded to his laptop.
That way, he would know all of her secrets.
Percy, who was on the side, swayed his glass of red wine and shook his head as he said, "I didn't expect that there would be a day when you'd monitor other people's laptops in person. What a surprise."
Luke rolled his eyes at him and said nothing.
Percy asked, "What? Are you sure that she's your wife who has been missing for three years?"
"No." Luke turned off the laptop. He did not need to spy on Luca's privacy yet. He planned to wait until the DNA report came out tomorrow.
"Why did you install the program and are monitoring it yourself if you're not sure? If the DNA test shows that she's not your wife, what are you going to do? Will you uninstall the program?" Percy asked deliberately.
"No," Luke answered without a second thought. He put the laptop aside and raised his glass.
"Tsk tsk, you still want to peep at her privacy even if she's not your wife? She's not a commercial spy. It's not good for you to do this." Percy mocked him. He was having fun looking at how duplicitous Luke was acting.
Luke glanced at him sideways. If Luca was not Bianca, he would not uninstall the program because her habits were so similar to Bianca's. He wanted to find out the secret that she was hiding.
Percy shook his head and took another sip of red wine.
"Pierre has been on the move recently." Luke reminded him.
"What he does is within my control." Percy was calm. Most of the time, he was not bothered with his younger brother.
Regardless, they were brothers. If Pierre got himself into trouble, Percy would help solve it.
Luke said, "He's interested in Nina. If you don't deal with it soon, your wife may run away."
"Don't curse me." Percy became nervous when Nina was mentioned. He did not want Luke to notice it, so he said, "It's useless for you to drag me through the mud. You'd better pay attention to your Dr. Craw." Percy did not want others to mention Nina.
"You do you, I do me." Luke meant that as long as Percy did not get involved with Luca, he would not mention Nina.
"Right." Percy nodded. Even though they were friends, he did not want anyone to interfere in his relationship with Nina.
"Also, thank you for the program. I'm heading off now." Luke stood up since the task had been completed.
Percy teased him. "You're just going to head off? Adrian helped you so much but you're not going to buy him a meal? He worked overnight to rush this program for you."
Luke glanced at him and said coldly, "It'll be Old Master Crawford's birthday in two weeks. I have to go back and prepare for it. Order whatever you want to and send me the bill." He planned to throw a big celebration for Old Master Crawford's birthday.
However, the butler could not do it alone and Susan was unreliable. As Old Master Crawford's grandson, he planned to handle it himself.
"Okay, go." Percy waved his hand. He was just teasing Luke.
Luke left with the laptop. When he returned to Crawford Manor, the children gathered around him with their homework in their hands.
"Dad, the butler has already checked our homework. You just need to sign off on it," Tommy said with a smile.
Luke put down the laptop, picked up a pen, and signed his name on the children's exercise books.
Old Master Crawford, who was sitting on the side, watched this scene and sighed. "Have you been busy with work?"
"I'm alright." Luke put away the pen after he signed Rainie's workbook.
"Your work is keeping you occupied and you don't have much time to take care of the children. Luke, it's time for you to think about it and find someone to help you share the burden." Old Master Crawford reminded him.
Luke looked at Old Master Crawford and suddenly regretted telling him about the fake Bianca.
He only told him the truth to avoid being interrogated. Luke did not expect that Old Master Crawford would keep urging him to find a new wife after he knew about it.
Luke was hesitating on whether to tell Old Master Crawford of his suspicions but decided against it for the time being.
Old Master Crawford seemed to like Luca a little more. If he knew that there was such a possibility, he would make a move. It would not be the best thing if Luca noticed it.
If Luca was Bianca, there must be a reason why she was lurking by his side with that identity.
"Grandpa, have you chosen a hotel for your birthday banquet?" Luke asked.
Old Master Crawford felt a headache when the words ‘birthday banquet' were mentioned. Several hotels wanted to be the venue for the event so they had been taking turns to please him for the last two days.
The gifts and discounts kept on coming.
Old Master Crawford did not enjoy dealing with these things. He waved his hand and said, "The hotels are all good. I'll leave it to you to decide. If you don't know which to choose, just draw lots."
Luke raised his eyebrows and replied, "Okay."
"That's it, right?" Although Old Master Crawford enjoyed a crowd, it was only limited to his family members.
He felt that it was troublesome to hold such a large birthday banquet.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1598-"I'll let you draw the lots to decide which hotel we'll be going to," said Luke as he took a piece of paper out of his briefcase and tore it into four equal squares.
He had specifically picked the hotels and planned to let the old master decide which one he would prefer to celebrate his birthday party at. Hence, he knew all the hotel names. He folded the papers after writing down the hotel names on them, then he placed them on the coffee table.
What Luke did had caught the children's attention. They stood beside the coffee table and looked at Old Master Crawford.
It was a pretty good idea to solve the problem. Old Master Crawford drew one of the papers casually. "This will be it."
"Alright." Luke opened it and looked at it.
"Daddy, what hotel is it?" Rainie was curious.
"Hotel Viking," answered Luke.
Rainie immediately replied, "Didn't Mommy participate in the design of that hotel?"
There was a deafening silence in the living room after she said that.
Rainie realized that she might have said something wrong, so she quickly added, "I'm going upstairs to sleep. Goodnight, Daddy. Goodnight, Great-grandpa."
"Come on, come on. It's time for bed." Old Master Crawford shot a glance at Luke. Back then, he could notice the subtle changes in Luke's expression whenever someone mentioned Bianca.
However, Luke looked unusually calm at this moment.
Something was wrong...
Old Master Crawford was eager to know if he had found out anything, but Luke stood up and headed upstairs before he managed to say anything.
Old Master Crawford glanced at the butler beside him. "Do you know what happened to him?"
Mr. Griffin shook his head. "Young Master Luke wouldn't tell me anything even if something did happen."
"Keep a close eye on him," Old Master Crawford ordered. He would send someone to find out since Luke refused to tell him about it.
"Yes," answered Mr. Griffin. How was he supposed to find out if Luke intended to keep the matter to himself? He helped the old master when he saw him standing up.
The following day.
Luke drove to the hospital after he sent the children to school. novelbin
He came too early. Johann had yet to put on his white coat when he entered his office.
He glanced at the time when he saw Luke walking in, and he said in a teasing manner, "You're so early. You couldn't wait to know the results, huh?"
Luke rolled his eyes at him.
Johann surrendered at once. "Alright. I'm not going to make fun of you. And it's early, so they're probably still doing the report. You might have to wait for another half an hour."
"Sure," replied Luke. He could wait for half an hour. There were some things he would have to wait for.
Johann put on his white coat and looked at the time. He said, "I'm going for my ward round first. I'll get the report for you after that."
The DNA test this time was extremely important. He did not feel assured to leave the matter to someone else to handle after the incident with Bianca's impostor. Hence, he decided to take the matter into his own hands. The people who helped with the test were those he personally knew well.
"Alright," Luke replied. He picked up his phone and opened his mailbox. There was a flicker in his eyes when he saw the translation text that Luca sent him last night.
Johann knew Luke was feeling anxious, but the results could not be rushed. He left the office and went for his ward round. He headed to the diagnostics center only after he finished the ward round and solved the minor issues the patients were having.
He was carrying the freshly printed report in his hands.
Without delay, Johann handed the report to Luke. "This is the DNA test report. I haven't read it. Here you go."
Luke picked up the report. It was only a report consisting of a few sheets of paper, but it was surprisingly heavy when he held it in his hands.
Once he turned the page, the truth would be revealed.
What would he do if Luca was not Bianca?
The moment Luke began to wonder if Luca was Bianca, he already noticed that he had different feelings toward Luca.
However, Bianca was the only one who had ever made him feel that way for a woman. He would not be able to handle it if he found out Luca was not Bianca.
Johann got anxious when he saw that Luke was not opening the report. "What are you doing? Open it now."
What Johann said made him no longer hesitate. He opened the report right away, skipping the glossary of genetic terms and turning to the last page.
The probability of Tommy and Luca being mother and son was 99.9%...
"What is it?" Johann looked at Luke staring at the report while frozen in place. He was dying to snatch that report from Luke and look at it himself. He reckoned he would have done that if he were not afraid of Luke's death stare.
"She's Bianca," replied Luke. He was shocked and a little bewildered at the same time.
"Really?" Johann grabbed the report from him, and he saw the end of the report. He felt happy for Luke. “Congratulations! She's fine, and she came back to you."
He had witnessed for himself how deeply in love Luke was with her. Now that Bianca had returned, he was naturally happy for them as Luke's friend.
Johann thought of telling Percy about it, but when he saw the expression on Luke's face, it seemed that the man was not excited at all. Apart from astonishment, there was only confusion on his face.
He patted Luke's shoulder. “What's wrong with you? Are you alright?"
"Luca is Bianca," Luke repeated as if he was reminding himself about it.
“Yes, she's Bianca. It's been three years. I didn't expect her to be so capable now. Your wife is really something else!" Johann exclaimed. Previously, Bianca was clueless about medicine. However, she came back as an expert in the medical profession.
“She's Bianca. But why did she come back with a different face? Why did she approach me with another identity?" Luke asked.
Johann did not consider that much, but his smile was frozen after Luke posed such questions.
Yes, Luca was Bianca. However, everything that she was doing now was very suspicious.
She loved Luke so much. Even though something might have happened which caused her looks to change, it was suspicious that she did not acknowledge Luke and her children upon her return.
She was different from the Bianca she used to be.
Johann only thought of this after he felt happy for Luke. Even so, no matter how hard they tried to find the answer, Bianca was the only one who could answer their questions.
He asked, “Are you planning to expose her?"
“Shred the report," Luke glanced at the report and said.
Johann furrowed his brows, but he still put the report into the shredder. Listening to the shredding sound of the machine, they knew the report was in shreds now.
It was because Luke had emphasized to not leave any traces behind in the hospital.
It indicated that they would have to do the test again if they wanted to get another report.
Luke did that only because he did not want anyone else to know about it, and at the same time, he did not plan to expose Luca.
Luke stood up after he watched the machine shred the report into pieces. “I'm not going to expose Luca. She must have her own reasons, and it must be related to the mastermind behind her."
There must be a reason why she returned with a new face and a new identity after being kidnapped.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1599-"Alright, I got it. I'll keep this a secret," Johann nodded and said.
Luke left the hospital and returned to T Corporation. Jason served him a cup of coffee not long after he entered the office.
"Boss, do you need me to postpone the meeting until afternoon?" he asked. Luke did not inform him in advance today and came late to the office. Hence, he took the liberty of postponing the meeting. He needed to ask for his opinion now.
Luke glanced at the time and asked, "Did Dr. Craw come to the office?"
"Yes. Looking at the time, she should be doing experiments downstairs." Jason reckoned.
Luke took off his coat and ordered, "Don't postpone it to the afternoon. Get ready for the meeting now. Ask Dr. Craw to take the minutes."
Jason had been nodding his head, but he was startled when he heard that Luca would be taking the meeting minutes.
Had Luca's job changed? Why would she take the meeting minutes?
However, Jason had no choice but to follow his boss' orders. He answered, "Yes, Boss. But what if Dr. Craw is busy?"
After all, she sometimes could not be interrupted when she was experimenting. As he did not inform Luca about it in advance, there was a possibility that Luca would not be able to take time off from doing her experiments.
Luke shot him a cold glance.
Jason shivered for a moment. He must have talked too much. Luca had to attend the meeting no matter whether she was free or not. It was for no other reason but just because T Corporation belonged to Luke Crawford.
He added, "I'll inform Dr. Craw and the other executives to get ready for the meeting."
Jason left the office after that.
Luke was a little stunned when she was notified by Jason. Did he just ask her to take the minutes?
They were having such a confidential meeting, yet he actually asked her to take the meeting minutes. This was...
Luca recalled the mission she was assigned. Every action that Luke made had indicated that he wanted her to be involved in the project.
If that was the case, the information about the tendering that she had to steal would be an easy task for her.
Jason listened to the silence from the other side of the phone. He was secretly praying that she would not reject him. Otherwise, he was the one who had to suffer. “Dr. Craw, are you available?"
"I'm available. But I'm not familiar with the task..." Luca felt a little awkward.
"It's alright as long as you're able to understand what they're talking about and take the minutes. The project they'll be discussing during the meeting this time revolves around the translated text you did. I'm guessing you've gotten a rough idea on the topic after going through the document?" Jason tried to not pressure her too much.
Luca was speechless. Indeed, she understood what it was about, and she was knowledgeable in architecture design too. Taking minutes for this meeting would be easy for her.
"I got it. Is the meeting taking place ten minutes later?" She agreed to take on the task.
"Yes." Jason let out a sigh of relief. He had butterflies in his stomach when Luke asked Luca to attend the meeting and take the minutes. He even wondered if he should be the one taking the minutes instead to make things easier for Luca.
She was a researcher, after all, not a wordsmith.
Tina walked in after Jason hung up the phone. She asked, "Mr. Doyle, are we having a meeting later? Which secretary do we need to assign to take the minutes?"
Tina had always been responsible for this.
Jason shook his head and replied, "There's no need to arrange that. Our boss has already made the arrangements."
"The arrangements have been made? But we weren't informed about that. I don't see the other secretaries doing anything yet, so who did he ask to take the minutes?" Tina was confused. The person who was assigned to take the minutes would always have to get ready in advance.
"Dr. Craw." Jason put the recording pen in his pocket.
"What? Did I just hear that right?" Tina thought she was hearing things. Was Luca not doing her experiments downstairs? Why was she being transferred upstairs to take the minutes?
"Yes, you did. The boss asked Dr. Craw to do it. So, all of you can take a rest. Oh, please take these printed documents to the meeting room later and get the coffee ready. That's all." Jason picked up his laptop.
"Why was Dr. Craw asked to attend the meeting? That's not right. Did you get it wrong." Tina walked toward him and took the documents into her arms.
"I didn't. He even emphasized it. It's probably because Dr. Craw is the only one who can speak Russian. No one among the secretaries knows how to speak Russian, so we have to trouble Dr. Craw to do it." Jason thought of an excuse to brush Tina off.
However, Tina was not a fool. Although Luca knew how to speak Russian, the people who were attending the meeting were from their company. It did not matter whether one knew how to speak Russian or not.
Even so, she did not expose him despite understanding what was going on. She nodded and said, "We'll have to thank Dr. Craw. The translator will be back in a few weeks. After that, there'll be no need to trouble Dr. Craw anymore."
"Yeah," Jason replied and carried his laptop to the meeting room downstairs.
Luca brought her laptop along with her when it was almost time for the meeting. She slowly made her way upstairs. She had left everything in the laboratory to Rhett. Hence, she was not worried about the experiments.
What she had to do now was to focus on taking the meeting minutes.
Luca saw Jenni when she entered the meeting room.
Was she part of the meeting too?
Luca thought she was only a manager in the company. She did not expect Jenni to play such an important role in T Corporation that she was even eligible to attend this meeting...
Jenni saw Luca too. She was a little startled. “Dr. Craw? Did you come to the wrong place?"
"No, she didn't. Dr. Craw, please sit here." Jason greeted her and pointed at the right seat next to the CEO's seat.
Luca nodded and sat down on the seat assigned to her.
Jenni asked, "Mr. Doyle, what is the meaning of this? Shouldn't Dr. Craw be working in the laboratory downstairs?"
Jason understood what she meant, and he answered, "It's the boss' arrangements. The meeting document was translated by Dr. Craw this time, so he asked Dr. Craw to take the meeting minutes. Why? Is there something wrong with the arrangement?"
Jenni heard what he said and could not help but complain, "Is that appropriate? Asking Dr. Craw who works in a lab to do the paperwork? Is this a joke?"
"Why not? Dr. Craw can speak fluent Russian. That's why she helped with the translating, and our boss has gone through the translated document too. There's nothing wrong with it. Why can't Dr. Craw replace the translator when you can come to the meeting on behalf of your division manager?" Jason was a little fed up with her annoying behavior.
She was just here on behalf of her division manager. What made her think that she was better than the others?
Luca immediately understood when she heard that. Jenni did not have a high position in T Corporation at all.
Jenni's face was flushed red out of embarrassment after what he said to her. She explained, "I didn't mean to attend the meeting on behalf of my division manager. I came here only because she was feeling unwell and she went to the hospital."
"You're not the only one who can be here on behalf of someone else. The others can do that too. Dr. Craw is capable enough." Jason no longer looked at her. He stood up, planning to distribute the documents.
Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1600-Jason had spoken on behalf of Luca. Jenni pouted and did not continue to speak.
She was unconvinced. Luca was merely a researcher, yet she was still able to participate in such a big project meeting.
If the project succeeded, it would be the largest architectural design project of the year for T Corporation...
People who took part in the project would receive a bonus reward and commission when the time came. The most important thing was that one could gain Luke's recognition.
Luca listened to the conversation between Jason and Jenni. She was not bothered by it. What she had in mind was why Luke asked her to attend the meeting.
Attending the meeting was equivalent to her being partly involved in the project.
Luca switched on her laptop. It had been a long time since she took minutes. She thought for a few seconds, then she opened a folder.
Jason placed the recording pen beside her hand and said, “Dr. Craw, you can use the recording pen if you don't have one."
Luca indeed did not have one. She took it and thanked him with a smile on her face. "Thank you."
Jenni, who was sitting there, sneered when she saw this scene. Luca was using her good looks to hook up with Jason and Luke. How shameless.
Jason distributed all the documents to everyone in the meeting room. Luke entered the meeting room right after he finished distributing them.
Those people in the meeting room who were busy talking about the company's matter fell silent all of a sudden. They turned to look at the man with the strong aura sitting down on the CEO's seat. They said in unison, "Good morning, Boss."
"Get ready for the meeting." Luke sat down and opened the document and laptop in front of him.
Luca looked down. The distance between both of them was very close as the seats were side by side. She could feel the man's breath. Her hands trembled slightly as she switched on the recording pen.
Jason handed Luke the data, and the meeting officially began.
Luke was chairing the whole meeting. He talked about every detail in the tender planning that should be dealt with and asked every department to be prepared for it.
Luca was taking the meeting minutes while listening to their discussion.
It had been a long time since she did this. It was a little difficult for her to do it now. She could barely catch up with their discussion.
The meeting lasted for three hours. It seemed like it would end after their lunch break.
When the meeting finally ended and everything had been discussed thoroughly, the employees started to leave.
As Jenni watched the rest leave, she was thinking of showing off in front of Luke. Hence, she mustered her courage and came up to Luke. “Boss, I have some personal thoughts about the project this time. I'd like to have a moment to share them with you."
Luke stood up and glanced at Jenni. Then, he continued to tidy up the meeting documents. "Who's this?"
Jenni was startled and felt embarrassed at the same time. However, she knew that she would not always be given a chance to display her skills in front of Luke. Besides, T Corporation had so many employees, so it was normal for him to not remember her.
Jason almost burst out laughing, but he forced himself to hold back his laughter because of his professionalism. He said, "Boss, this is Jenni from the planning department. The manager of the planning department isn't feeling well today, so she took a sick leave. Jenni came to attend the meeting on her behalf."
Luke nodded as his gaze fell on Luca. Her fingers were still hitting the keyboard rapidly. It seemed like she was completing the last part of the minutes.
He knocked on the table in front of her.
Luca was stunned for a moment. She lifted her head and looked at him. "Mr. Crawford?"
"Come to my office later," Luke ordered.
"Ah, alright." Luca had no idea what he was thinking about but she had no choice but to say yes.
Jenni would have thought that he was saying that to her if he had not knocked on the table. However, she knew she was being completely ignored at this moment.
It was Luca again. She could attract Luke's attention by just sitting there!
She was indeed a seductress...
Jenni stared at her resentfully, and her hands were clenched into fists.
She had a good idea and refused to give up the chance to get Luke's attention. "Boss, I." Luke ignored her, and he left without looking back.
Jenni stood there, dumbfounded. Even if he refused to listen to her, he should have at least given her a response. What the hell was that?
Jason shook his head and reminded her, "Boss doesn't like people overstepping their authority. You have a superior. If you have any good suggestions, you should report them to your superior. If your superior decides to implement them, then she'll report to our boss."
Jenni was unconvinced. "My superior is in the hospital."
"She's not going to be in the hospital for the rest of her life. You'll only make others feel like you can't wait to overstep your superior's authority if you're in such a hurry to do these things." Jason tidied up and gave her another reminder. "All you have to do is do your part well."
Luca stood up and left with Jason without saying anything.
Jenni was stomping furiously as she watched them leave. At first, she thought she could get Luke's attention, but based on what Jason had told her, Luke had probably given her a bad review in his heart.
No way! She had to do something.
After Luca left the meeting room, she got into the same elevator that was heading upstairs together with Jason.
She carried her laptop in her arms and thought of Luke's order just now. She was feeling slightly nervous. She could only ask Jason if he knew something. He had always been beside Luke, so he must know something about it.
“Mr. Doyle, why do I feel like Mr. Crawford wants me to participate in the project this time?"
Jason grinned as he nodded, then he said, "It seems like it. But if you're asking me why the boss wants you involved, I truly don't know."
"But my research has reached the most important stage. Tell me, can I..." Luca hesitated.
She did not want to participate in the project this time, but she would not be able to get the tendering document if she withdrew herself. However, if she participated in this, she would be forced to do something to put Luke at a disadvantage.
"I'm not sure about this. Why don't you try to talk to the boss? He might have some other arrangements," replied Jason. novelbin
Luca nodded as she watched the elevator reach the top floor.
She walked out of the elevator and headed to Luke's office. Before this, she never thought that she would be going in and out of here regularly again.
The office's door was left open as if it was waiting for her.
Luke stood beside the window. He heard noises, so he turned around and looked at Luca.
"Mr. Crawford, I might need some time to arrange the meeting minutes," said Luca. They were communicating in English without using any foreign languages throughout the entire meeting just now.
"Don't worry about it. Move to the office next to Jason's from tomorrow onward," Luke ordered.
"Ah, do you mean you want me to participate in this project?" Luca was struggling as she asked the question she had been keeping in her mind.