Ch. 1851..1860

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1851-"Because Daddy said that the family is not peaceful now and it'll affect our quality of life. That's why we moved out. It's not just us. Even Uncle and his family are moving out," Rainie said.

Queenie knew that this was because of Allison's return.

Kids would not tell lies, especially a little girl like Rainie.

Queenie nodded, indicating that she understood. With a gentle smile, she said, "Alright, Rainie, you can go upstairs to play."

"Alright, Grandma." Rainie got up and headed upstairs with little steps.

Queenie's heart faltered when she saw the child's back. 'If only Bianca was in the country. If she was around, the family would be a happy family.'

Luca stood in Jack's study and watched him search for his oil paintings in the collection rack. She did not say a word.

Apart from loving to drink while socializing, his other hobby was collecting oil paintings.

However, due to his status, he did not reveal this hobby of his.

"Oh, Luca. I should apologize for the things that have been happening lately." Jack took out an oil painting and placed it on the table. He apologized to Luca.

Luca looked at him, astonished. "I beg your pardon, Mr. Norman?"

"I'm talking about the blind date with Enoch," said Jack while taking off the cloth that was covering the oil painting. "I learned about some of the things that happened later on. Enoch has given you a lot of trouble, hasn't he?"

Luca nodded and did not hide it from him. "A little. Actually, it's not that much trouble."

"Are you saying this only because you're afraid I might punish him?" Jack asked. If a civil servant were to be targeted by his superior, that would be the end of his career.

Luca shook her head. 'Why should I be afraid that Enoch will be punished?

'I didn't do anything. Even if Enoch is really punished, what does it have anything to do with me?'

Luca was worried that Jack might tell Luke this so that he could avenge her.

"Back when I first introduced Enoch to you, it was because I thought that he was a decent guy. I didn't expect him to be such a burden. I got to know all of this through Mrs. Norman. It seems I owe you an apology," Jack said. If he had known much sooner that Luca was Bianca, he would not have done such a thing.

"I'm the one who should be blamed for this issue. If I had made myself clearer before this, none of these things would've happened.” Luca shouldered all the blame herself.

Jack shook his head. He changed the topic after realizing she did not blame him and Queenie.

After putting down the oil painting, he called out to her, "Come, these are the oil paintings I recently collected. Come take a look and give your comments on them."

Luca nodded with a smile.

While both of them were evaluating the oil paintings, Queenie knocked on the study's door and came in. She said to them, "The chef has prepared dinner. You guys may come down and have dinner."

Luca heard it and nodded. She turned around and noticed that Queenie's expression was much better now.

Jack kept the oil paintings and said, "Let's go. Call the kids to come down and have dinner."

Queenie nodded and sighed silently when she saw both of them. It seemed that Jack had been treating Luca better since two days ago.

The moment she entered the study, she had a feeling as though both of them were father and daughter.

'What did Luca do?

'How did she make Jack change into another person?'

Queenie saw Luca walking to the playroom next door, and after calling out to the kids, they headed downstairs together.

The three kids walked happily beside her. Queenie wanted to call the kids to go over to her side, but when she opened her mouth, no words came out.

Luca was really close to the kids. If Queenie called out to them, it would make her seem ignorant.

After Luca and the kids accompanied Jack and Queenie for dinner, they sat in the living room and had tea.

After some time, Jack took out a photo album and said happily, "Luca, do you want to have a look at the old photos of me and Mrs. Norman from when we were younger?"

Luca was curious about their past. After all, she was not by their side in the first two decades of her life. She immediately nodded and said, "Sure. I would love to see them."

Jack placed the photo album in Luca's hand. "This photo album contains all our memories, from the time I got to know Mrs. Norman to when we got married. There are also photos from a few events that

happened later on. They're all photos of us. You can slowly go through the album."

Queenie saw Jack passing the photo album to Luca. Indeed, that album contained all their photos together. novelbin

She had a habit of collecting photos of herself and Jack to keep as memories. As for the other album, it contained photos of them and Leia.

It was Bianca that Queenie did not get the opportunity to create a photo album for.

Luca opened the photo album, and the first photo in it was a photo of Queenie and Jack when they were young.

Both Queenie and Jack were wearing the most fashionable clothes in the 70s.

Tommy was sitting beside her. He pointed at the photo and asked, "So this is grandpa and grandma when they were young?"

"Yeah," Luca answered.

Tommy praised, "Grandma is so pretty, and Grandpa is so cool!"

Jack was thrilled at the child's praise and laughed. "Oh Tommy, you're so good with your words."

Luca smiled at Tommy upon seeing how sweet of a talker he was before flipping to the next page. "When was this taken?"

She pointed at one of the photos and asked.

Queenie took a glance, then looked at Jack.

Jack was looking at her as well. "You're the one who arranged these photos. Why don't you explain?”

Queenie then said, "This was when Jack was about to propose to me. He brought me to a park. He had planned the proposal with his colleagues. In the photos after that, you can see when the proposal took place."

Luca nodded and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Norman to have planned a proposal."

Jack scratched the back of his head, feeling embarrassed. Back then, he was indeed very careless but was fortunate enough to have his colleagues remind him. Queenie was not one of those conservative women but a celebrity. If he wanted to increase his chances of a successful proposal, he had to make sure the proposal was trendy.

Hence, with the help of his colleagues, he planned a proposal.

"It was all because I was afraid Queenie might not agree to the proposal if I did it casually," said Jack.

As Jack spoke, Queenie began to recall the past. At that time, she never expected the future to turn out like this.

She then said while feeling shy, "You were the one who planned the proposal. I didn't ask for it!"

"Yes, it's all because you deserve the best." Jack nodded. He said the sweetest words in front of the kids.

Luca smiled, and the sound of the kids' laughter was heard.

"The kids are still here." Queenie did not expect Jack to say such a thing in front of the kids just to coax her.

"It's alright. Today is our wedding anniversary. Sweet talk is important to show them how good their grandparents' relationship is," Jack said while looking at Luca, who was still flipping the pages of the album to look at more photos.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1852-Queenie's face was red, and she started feeling embarrassed.

Jack was usually a straightforward person and would seldom say such honeyed words. However, with Luca and the kids present today, he was acting rather unusual.

Rainie said from the side, "Grandpa and Grandma do have a very close relationship."

Luca smiled and softly squeezed the child’s little hand. After all, girls were different from boys. What they desired was different as well.

Just then, the servant served sliced fruits and cake. Queenie said, "Come, have some cake and fruits."

Kids loved sweet stuff, so they all took a slice of cake.

Rainie was considerate and served her grandparents a slice of cake each. Then, she served another slice of cake to Luca. "Ms. Luca, have some cake."

Luca shook her head and said, "No thanks. You go ahead and help yourself."

Rainie nodded and sat down beside her. She started taking small mouthfuls of cake, enjoying herself very much.

Luca continued looking at the photos. When she saw one of the photos, she noticed the date stated on the photo. It was the year she was born.

In that photo, Jack and Queenie were both standing side by side with bright smiles on their faces.

She pointed at the photo and asked, "Mr. and Mrs. Norman, when was this photo taken?"

Jack looked at the photo and was astonished. Then, he looked at Luca.

'It’s impossible that Luca doesn't know that’s the year when she was born...'

Luca was also looking at him.

Queenie placed the cake down and looked at the photo. Her gaze seemed focused as she explained, "This photo was taken the year I found out I was pregnant. At that time, I was pregnant with Bianca. It had only been about a month, and my tummy wasn't that big yet."

Tommy heard it and looked at the photo. He then said happily, "So, you were pregnant with Mommy in this photo. Grandma, does that mean Mommy was in your tummy at that time?" "Yes.” Queenie recalled the tough time she endured when she was pregnant back then. Then, she recalled the incident that occurred much later when Allison ruthlessly kidnapped her beloved daughter, making her suffer from the loss of losing her daughter for more than 20 years.

"When I was pregnant with your mom, it was very tiring and tough. But no matter how tiring or tough it was, I wasn't afraid at all because she's our beloved daughter. Every day, we were looking forward to the day of her arrival. Hence, we were very happy. In fact, all parents in this world are the same. Even though your mom has forgotten a lot of things and even forgotten the happiness of being pregnant with you guys, you can't forget the kindness she had for you. Do you understand?”

The three kids looked at each other after listening to Queenie. Then, they all nodded their heads at the same time.

They loved their mother. Hence, even though lying was wrong, they would still lie to protect their mother. After all, they had gotten their father's permission.

She had never lost her memories and had always loved them.

Jack listened to Queenie educating the kids. It was as though she was afraid the kids might forget Bianca.

He said happily, "Rest assured. Lanie, Rainie, and Tommy are all very smart. They won't forget Bianca. Besides, it's not like Bianca isn't around anymore. She just went abroad to further her studies. Wait until everything is done, and she'll definitely be back. This is her home, and we're her family. We're her most stable source of support."

His words had a hidden meaning to them...

Jack was not hoping for anything else but for Luca to understand his intentions.

Regardless of what she was up to and regardless of what problems she was facing, her parents would always be there for her.

Luca was feeling melancholic while listening to Jack.

They were her family, but she could not rely on them.

After feasting on the desserts and fruits, Luca noticed that it was getting late. She was planning to bring the kids home. After all, they still had a part of their homework that had yet to be completed.

After expressing their intention to go back, Queenie offered to have the driver send the kids back, then send Luca back.

Luca felt troubled. She was staying in Luke's villa now, and it was quite far from the apartment.

It would be very tiring for the driver to go through the hassle too.

Besides, she had no idea whether or not Luke was already back home.

If the maid's shift had ended, no one would be there to take care of the kids.

Jack also thought about it, and when he was about to speak, Lanie spoke first, "Grandma, you don't have to ask the driver to send us back. Daddy has already arranged for Uncle Zander to fetch us

home."

Luca lowered her head to look at the kids. 'Luke has already arranged it?'

After arriving at the Norman household, Luca told Zander to go back first since Luca planned to stay a little longer. She said she would just call for a cab to bring the kids back home later.

She never would have thought that Luke had already made the arrangements much earlier.

Queenie nodded when she heard that and said, "Alright, then. It's getting late. Hurry and go home. Otherwise, you kids won't have enough energy for school tomorrow."

The kids nodded and left with Luca.

Upon returning to Zander's car, Luca looked outside the window and waved her hand to Jack and Queenie. Then, she said, "Start the car, Zander."

Zander answered and drove the car away.

Luca looked at the scenery outside the window. After leaving the entrance of the Norman household, she asked, "Zander, how long have you been waiting here?"

"Not that long. I came after Young Master Blanche sent me a message. I don't think it has even been half an hour,” Zander answered while driving.

Luca looked at Lanie, who was sitting in the front passenger seat. He was usually not talkative, but he spoke a lot tonight.

Besides, most of what he said was to protect her and to keep the secret of her living with them.

"You must have a lot of questions, right, Ms. Luca?" Lanie suddenly asked.

"Yea." Luca nodded.

"I think it's best if you ask Daddy. Daddy made us say all those things.” Lanie suddenly turned around and winked at Luca.

That pair of eyes looked just like Luke's—deep and rather intelligent.

She could not help but be in deep thought.

'Why would Luke make such an arrangement?'

Luca nodded, feeling puzzled.

Lanie turned around.

After returning to the villa, Luca and the kids entered together and noticed that Luke was not home yet.

The maid had already left after her shift as she was not ordered to stay back.

Luca brought the kids upstairs and made them show her their homework for her to go through them. Then, she had them all go take a bath.

When she was done checking their homework, the kids had already brushed their teeth.

Luca took a glance at the clock and said, "Alright, it's getting late. Off to bed now."

"Good night, Ms. Luca."

The three kids said at the same time.

Luca smiled gently and watched them enter their respective rooms. She then looked at the time and thought that Luke should return soon.

She sat in the living room on the first floor and was hoping to wait until Luke returned so that she could ask for clarification.

She took out her documents and lay on the mat on the floor. She opened her laptop and started working.

She waited for Luke to return while working. That way, she would not feel bored.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1853-When Luke drove back home, he saw that the lights were still on.

He knew there was someone waiting for him.

This love that he had been waiting so long for made him feel a surge of warmth in his heart. There were so many others waiting for him to return, yet none of them could provide more warmth than Luca could.

Luke entered the house.

Luca had long heard the noises outside and was sitting on the sofa, waiting for him to enter. If it were in the past, she would definitely be scolded if he saw her sitting on the mat on the floor.

It was as though she did it subconsciously.

Seeing Luke made her feel chilly as though it was cold outside. She then got up and said, "Do you want a cup of warm water, Mr. Crawford?"

"Sure." Luke nodded. The weather was getting colder as the days went by, but with Luca around, he would always be instantly warmed up again.

Fortunately, she still returned to his side even after going through so many incidents.

Looking at Luca's back as she went into the kitchen and seeing her be busy for him made him feel as though they had gone back to three years ago...

Luca poured a cup of warm water and came back out. She had adjusted the temperature of the water so that Luke could drink it immediately.

Luke received it and drank it at once. Then, he looked at her.

Luca was also looking at him. The moment they looked at each other, she forgot the questions that she wanted to ask him.

Luke knew there was a reason why she stayed up so late just to wait for his return. Hence, he explained, "When you returned to the villa today, Mom was watching from outside.”

"She was outside of the villa watching me?" Luca was astonished. That was because in such a high- end villa area, unregistered cars could not simply be allowed in. Even when she came back in a cab, she had to get out at the entrance too.

If Queenie were watching her at the entrance, she definitely would have seen her entering the villa.

Luke nodded and said, "She knew I moved in here with the kids. If things took a turn for the worst, her thoughts would start straying when she saw you enter the villa.”

Luca came to an understanding. 'It seems that Queenie is still suspicious of me.

'No wonder she was being so weird today...'

"Mr. Crawford, how did you know she was watching at the entrance?" Luca could not help but ask.

"My friends saw it." Luke simply said a reason as he could not let her know it was Jack who notified him.

That was because to Luca, Jack would always side with Queenie.

Luca nodded. 'It seems that Queenie has started suspecting me again after I rejected Enoch."

"Mrs. Norman is so busy on usual days. Why did she stalk me." Luca was sad. The last time, she intentionally had the driver take another route, making Queenie think that she was staying in that apartment.

'No, Queenie shouldn't be suspecting me.'

Luke looked at her and said, "Perhaps something had happened."

While Jack managed to notify him in time, he did not explain the matter properly. It seemed that there was something off about this situation that he needed to figure out.

"I'll be more careful next time," Luca said. Since she had moved in, she did not plan to move out.

After all, now that the kids had left Crawford Manor, they needed her to look after them.

She would not be assured if she left them under the maid's care.

'I'll talk about it after Luke is done with whatever he's busy with.'

That was what Luca planned.

Luke took out a car key from his pocket and passed it to her. "From now on, you'll be driving this car."

Luca shook her head and said, "No thanks, Mr. Crawford."

"If you continue to take cabs and get down at the entrance, you'll be easily spotted. With this car, you'll be able to drive in directly as I've already registered the car at the property department," Luke said. He got Zander to search the entire garage and find a low-profile car.

That was because Luca definitely would not accept cars that were too luxurious.

Luca looked at the car keys and accepted them after confirming that it was not a luxurious car.

"Thanks, Mr. Crawford," she thanked him. The reason why she accepted the car was so that she would not be exposed.

Luke was a public figure. Sooner or later, the reporters would know about him moving into this area. Hence, it would be better for her to drive the car in and out to prevent having her photos taken.

After getting the car keys, she packed up the documents on the table and said to Luke, "I'll go get some rest upstairs now, Mr. Crawford." "Alright." Luke did not stop her.

Luca returned to her bedroom. She did not think she had anything else to do. After giving it some thought, she remembered that she had not asked Luke whether he wanted supper or not.

He was busy and had only just come back. Perhaps he did not even have dinner.

Just when Luca was in a dilemma about whether or not she should head downstairs to ask him, there was a knock on her door.

She immediately opened the door. She looked at Luke who was outside and asked, "Do you still need anything, Mr. Crawford?"

"For the next three days, can I trouble you to look after the kids?" Luke said. He suddenly remembered he had to go abroad for some issues. She had yet to know about it.

Luca nodded in agreement. "That won't be a problem, but did something happen?"

"I'll need to make a trip to South Korea," Luke said. To be accurate, it was to send Allison there.

Speaking about South Korea made Luca think of Allison. "Is it because of Ms. Tanner?"

Luca nodded.

"Aren't you busy recently? Why are you still taking time out to go to South Korea?” Luca asked. The bidding had yet to be completed, and there were still lots of matters waiting for him to settle in the office.

"The main design has been completed. The remainder can be handled even if I'm away from the office," Luke explained.

He had long ago planned for Allison to leave the country. Initially, he wanted to wait till he had settled the current project before sending her abroad, but it turned out that Allison could not even wait for half a month.

Two days ago, she started going against Susan again back in Crawford Manor. If it were not for the servant and butler stopping her, perhaps they would have started a physical fight.

The servant who stopped her was even scratched twice in the face and was currently undergoing a few tests in the hospital.

Old Master Crawford was so mad because of this. He had no choice but to let Luke settle the issue as soon as possible.

After all, the manor was peaceful when it was just Susan there. Only when Allison returned did the manor fall into chaos again.

Hence, Luke decided to send Allison to South Korea for treatment.

Initially, he hired an interpreter to travel along with her, but Allison started acting unreasonable and insisted that Luke personally send her off. Only then would she agree to go.

Feeling helpless, Luke booked the flight tickets after he was done with the design work.

When Luca heard it, she was heartbroken over how he was overexerting himself.

'He has to travel back and forth. Even while sending Allison abroad, he still has to work...'

Allison was no longer a kid. Naturally, it would not be a problem for her to travel abroad alone, yet she still insisted on Luke accompanying her. It must have been her request.

She was obviously Luke's mother yet acted as though she was his creditor, constantly needing his concern and demanding his fortune. At the same time, she did nothing to help him with his work or family.

Luca did not know how she should help him. The only thing she could do was to promise him. She nodded and said, "Alright, Mr. Crawford. I'll take good care of the kids."

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1854-"If you're too busy, just give the butler of Crawford Manor a call. He'll arrange for a nanny to come over to take care of the kids." Luke knew that Luca had a lot of things to do. After all, she took on many jobs in T Corporation.

Later on, she would be much busier than she was now as she would be swamped with work and had to take care of the kids as well. He was worried she would be overwhelmed.

"Alright, I got it. Just rest assured." Luca nodded. Currently, all she could do was reassure him. He would no longer be as troubled once Allison was sent out of the country.

Luke looked at Luca, who was far away from him. Even the tone she used to speak seemed to carry a great sense of distance between them.

She was probably not as calm as she appeared. However, she was very good at putting on an act. Looking at her now, she seemed composed.

She was obviously concerned about him, yet insisted on putting on an act as though she was merely an employee obeying her superior's commands. This made Luke feel uneasy.

"Sorry to trouble you." It was clear he was feeling uneasy when he spat out such a cold statement. He then turned around and entered the bedroom.

Luca slowly closed her door when she saw him closing his door too.

'He looks unhappy...

'But I didn't do anything wrong. I didn't say anything I shouldn't have said either.'

Luca massaged her forehead. Most of the time, Luke's thoughts were hard to guess.

The next morning.

Luca got up and made breakfast for the kids. When she served the breakfast, she saw Luke carrying his suitcase downstairs.

This time, he did not bring a large suitcase.

Luca thought to herself, 'At this time of the year, the weather in South Korea is much colder than it is here. Looking at that small suitcase, I wonder if he brought enough clothes with him.”

He would come back once he sent Allison abroad, but it was a rushed trip. If he did not bring enough clothes, he would not have much time to purchase them.

The thought of it made Luca ask, "Mr. Crawford, South Korea is very cold this time of the year. Did you bring enough clothes?"

Luke heard her words and felt sad. 'She's obviously concerned about me, but her tone sounds so distant.' "I won't be away for too long, so the clothes I brought are adequate." Luke wanted to give her a reply that sounded distant as well, but after looking at her face and those familiar eyes, he was unable to stand firm with his decision. Hence, he still spoke a lot without him realizing it.

Luca nodded her head and said, "Breakfast is ready."

Luke was not in a hurry. Despite not being happy with how Luca was distancing herself from him, Luke still decided to have breakfast before departing.

He sat at the dining table. Soon, the kids changed their clothes and came downstairs with their school bags.

Seeing the suitcase in the living room made Tommy look at his father with a look of shock. "Daddy, are you going abroad for work?"

"Yeah." Luke helped himself to a bowl of porridge.

"Why didn't you mention it earlier?" Tommy said with much dissatisfaction. In the past, Luke used to notify him and his siblings much earlier before he went on business trips.

"It was a last-minute decision. I'll be back after three days." Luke could tell his son was dissatisfied from his comment and explained helplessly. It was a decision made yesterday, so he did not have time to tell the kids about it.

If it were not for Allison wreaking havoc, he would not have made such a hasty decision either.

Tommy pouted his lips and was obviously not dissatisfied.

Lanie was understanding and asked, "Daddy, are you going to send Grandma away?"

"Yes." Luke nodded. Among the three kids, Lanie was the calmest and smartest. His personality was also like Luke's. Hence, he was able to figure out his dad's plans in an instant.

Lanie nodded, sat on the chair by the dining table, and said, "Then, I wish you a safe trip, Daddy. I'll be waiting for your return with Tommy and Rainie."

"Alright. Hurry and eat your breakfast, then off you go to school," said Luke. Even though he would be leaving the kids with Luca and knew she would take good care of them, he still had to arrange everything appropriately.

The kids sat on the chairs and started eating their breakfast.

Luca had to go to work soon too. She sat on a chair and ate breakfast with them.

After eating breakfast, Zander sent the kids to school, while Luke drove to Crawford Manor to pick up Allison.

After Allison was out of prison, she became extremely good at creating trouble. Even though Luke had arranged for a driver to send her to the airport and said he would be waiting for her there, Allison was still dissatisfied and insisted on having Luke personally send her.

Luca watched as the kids were driven away by Zander, and after seeing Luke drive away as well, she went to the garage. She got into the car that Luke gave her and slowly drove out of the entrance of the villa.

After arriving at the office, she found a parking lot and parked the car. Then, she took the elevator and headed upstairs.

When the elevator stopped on the first floor, she coincidentally bumped into Tina.

Tina walked into the elevator and saw Luca. She then greeted warmly, "Good morning, Dr. Craw." "Good morning, Tina." Luca nodded.

Tina was holding onto a cup of coffee and breakfast. She asked, "I bought breakfast, Dr. Craw. Do you want to join me?"

"No thanks. I've already eaten," Luca thanked her politely and rejected her kind offer.

When Tina heard the words, she did not pursue the matter further. She suddenly recalled that Luca had come from the basement floor, so she became a busybody and asked, "Did you drive your car here today, Dr. Craw? Did you buy a new car?"

Luca recalled that the car Luke gave her was not a brand new car. She then shook her head and said, "It's an old car."

"I thought you didn't own a car. I always see you taking a cab to work," said Tina with a smile.

Luca explained, "I just returned from a foreign country and wasn't familiar with the traffic rules here. That's why I didn't dare to drive a car. I just recently got my driving license."

Tina nodded. "So, that's how it is. Oh yeah, do you know? Boss has suddenly gone on a business trip and will be away for three days. For the next three days, it'll be Mr. Doyle handling the issues in the office.”

"Oh really? Where did the boss go?" Luca asked, pretending to be clueless about it.

"No idea. My. Doyle didn't say a word about it. Perhaps it's an emergency issue. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left at the eleventh hour. I hope it has nothing to do with this project, or all our efforts throughout this period of time will go to waste," Tina said. Many people hoped that this bidding would end with success and they could gain huge rewards.

"I don't think it's that. Let's just focus on our jobs.” Luca comforted her. She could not say a word about Luke's family issue.

"Oh right, the translator who was on leave is coming back to work. From now on, you guys will work together for any translation work. Her office will be in our secretary's room," Tina said.

Luca looked at her. "Isn't she going to share my office with me?”

"There isn't a translator who has their own office. All the translators in the company are under one department, and that's on the 13th floor. Of course, you were initially just a secondment. Besides, you occupy a much higher position, so you were arranged to have your own office," Tina explained.

The translator's office was not initially on this floor, but Jason had arranged it at the last minute so that Luca could better communicate and work together with her. He arranged a seat in the secretary's office for the translator who had just come back from her leave. This way, Luca would not have to go back and forth from one place to another.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1855-"So, that's how it is." Luca nodded, indicating she understood.

Upon arriving at the office, both of them stepped out of the elevator at the same time.

Tina looked at the time and said, "I think Alya has already arrived at the office. Why don't I bring you over so you two can introduce yourselves?”

Luca knew that Alya was the translator who had just come back from her pregnancy leave. She nodded and said in agreement, "Alright."

After all, they would be working together for the next half a month. It would be a wise move to introduce herself to her now.

Tina entered the secretary's office and indeed, Alya was already sitting inside. Tina greeted her with a smile. "Alya, long time no see. I've been waiting for you to return to work. How have you been? Is your baby obedient?"

Alya looked at Tina and smiled. "Long time no see. The baby is obedient. If it isn't because the company needed me to return, I really wouldn't want my pregnancy leave to end. I want to accompany my baby longer."

Tina smiled and made an introduction. "Here, let me introduce you to Dr. Craw. During this period, she's been the one taking over your job. It's going to be a little hectic for the coming half a month, so our boss decided to have you two work on the translation jobs together. Dr. Craw, this is Alya."

Luca looked at Alya who was standing before her. She was different from other mothers who had just delivered. She maintained her figure very well. Hence, her figure was still slim even after just giving birth.

She smiled and greeted Alya, "Nice to meet you, Alya."

"Nice to meet you, Dr. Craw." Alya had been hearing about Luca for a long time. She was a researcher at Watson Biopharmaceuticals. However, due to some special reasons, her entire research laboratory was shifted to T Corporation.

Besides, their boss even freed out an entire floor just for it.

During her leave when she was unable to work, Luca took up her job and became a Russian translator for the company as well. Furthermore, their boss even gave her her own office on the top floor.

None of the translators in the company had ever received such treatment. Hence, the news about Luca receiving special treatment had already spread to their department.

Alya secretly rejoiced that Luca's original job was not as a translator. Otherwise, she would not have been able to keep her job here.

After all, the treatment Luca received had surpassed any treatment a regular translator could hope to get.

After introducing herself, Luca returned to her office. Yesterday, she brought her incomplete work back home because she had to bring the kids to celebrate Jack and Queenie's wedding anniversary with them at the last minute.

She planned to finish what was left of her work before she was assigned more work.

After two hours, Luca's phone rang.

She looked at it and saw a new message. She clicked into it, and it was a message from Luke, informing her that he was already on the plane and was about to take off.

Her finger swiped over gently, and she looked at the message for half a minute. After thinking for some time, she replied: [Have a safe trip.]

On the other hand.

Luke received Luca's message that just contained four words. Despite just looking at the words on the cold screen, he could still feel the warmth.

The announcement was soon played, informing passengers that the plane was about to take off.

Luke set his phone into flight mode and placed it in his pocket.

Allison, who was sitting beside him, had seen everything he did earlier. She had also spotted the smile on his face and was feeling uneasy.

Apart from Bianca, her son treated everyone else coldly—even her. After growing up, he seldom showed a smile on his face.

However, earlier, he was smiling while looking at his phone.

"Is it news about Bianca?" Allison asked. She had not seen her daughter-in-law since getting imprisoned.

She heard that Bianca had lost her memory, and since then, she had never once visited Allison. As her mother-in-law, she found Bianca's behavior very inappropriate.

Only after she was released from prison did she learn that Bianca had ditched her family and gone to travel abroad.

As a mother-in-law, she was definitely dissatisfied. Bianca, as her daughter-in-law, did not carry out her filial duties when Allison was sick.

However, Allison did not fly into a temper.

That was because she knew that Luke cared about Bianca.

Furthermore, she currently relied on Luke. If she were to talk bad about Bianca in front of him, she would be despised by him.

With how much Luke cared about Bianca, he would probably not hesitate to abandon her for Bianca's sake. Hence, no matter how much trouble Allison caused, she would never drag Bianca into her mess.

"No." Luke kept his phone. Despite knowing that Luca was Bianca, he could not treat Luca as Bianca.

He would not do that in front of other people as well.

Otherwise, it would risk exposing Luca's status. There was definitely a reason why she was not willing to expose her identity right now. Perhaps there would be a great danger if her identity was exposed.

Luke was not willing to witness that scene. Hence, he allowed her to continue putting on an act to deceive him and others.

Allison pulled on her mask a little and said, "If it's not about Bianca, why were you smiling?"

Luke did not say a word.

Allison continued asking, "Since my return, I've never received a call from Bianca. You and her..."

Before she finished speaking, Luke interrupted, "She lost her memory and is currently traveling abroad. She doesn't remember you."

Allison pouted. "Even if she doesn't remember me, you guys would've still mentioned me, right.

Luke did not say a word.

Allison said, "In the past, you were always eager to cling to Bianca after you got off work. Now, you allowed her to travel abroad by herself. Did you have a change of mind."

Luke still did not say a word. He listened to the announcement on the plane. He folded both his arms across his chest, and from his expression, it could be seen that he refused to talk.

Allison continued saying when she saw him not talking, "Actually, she's not that great of a woman to begin with. Anyway, I don't like her being my daughter-in-law. Besides, I heard that she was taken to an improper environment after she was met with that incident. If you have no feelings for her anymore, then just hurry and leave her. You don't have to worry about offending the Norman family. Even though Jack currently holds a very high position, he can't do anything if you bring up his daughter's past. Besides, with the Crawford family being so powerful, who do you have to be afraid of?

She had always been dissatisfied with Bianca. Even when Bianca reunited with Jack and Queenie, Allison was still dissatisfied.

Seeing now that Luke had another woman by his side, Allison hurriedly advised him.

Luke did not say a word. It was as if Allison's nagging was not directed toward him as he shut his eyes and ignored her.

Allison saw that he was not giving her any reaction and continued to say, “I'm saying all this for your own good. I heard that Yuri's family has expanded their business. If Louis agrees, they'll definitely support Louis and come for your position. Now, Bianca is abroad and the Crawford family no longer needs to rely on political power. You don't like Bianca anymore, so just get rid of her. Go find a young, pretty woman with clean family background. It's much better than waiting for that woman."

"My feelings for Bianca have never changed in the slightest." Luke suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1856-Allison was a little surprised. Then, she burst into laughter. Her grin was too wide without her realizing it, which caused her skin to stretch and left her in pain.

Fortunately, she was wearing a hat and a mask. Otherwise, everyone would have been able to see her contorted features.

Luke took in a cold breath when he heard her laughing, and his face still remained composed.

Allison calmed down when she was no longer in pain. Recently, she seldom took the medication prescribed by Luca. Hence, her skin had become much more sensitive. Sometimes, when she did large movements, her wrinkled skin would stretch and cause her to be in pain.

She looked at Luke, and the latter did not show any expression of concern.

Allison was used to it and did not need his concern either. All she cared about was the money she received.

"Did you think I wouldn't know about what had happened during my time in prison? If you still love Bianca, then why were you two sleeping in separate rooms? At the end of the day, you're just a germaphobe and still mind her past." She was not bothered about whether or not her words would anger Luke. After all, everyone had the same thought, so she might as well just say it out.

Luke tilted his head and looked at Allison, but it only made him irritated.

'It seems that she has been too free and started gossiping with the servants to know about past matters.

'Otherwise, how would she know that Bianca and I slept in separate rooms back then?'

Seeing that Luke was not talking, Allison then said, "Actually, this isn't a big problem. Just divorce if you guys have no more feelings for each other. Besides, given your current situation and Bianca's unstable emotions, you'll likely gain custody of the kids."

Luke opened his eyes and looked at her coldly. All this while, it had been Bianca helping her out, yet Allison said such a thing. "Are you done talking?"

Only then did Allison notice that Luke was angry. She kept quiet because Luke's cold gaze seemed as if he would throw her out of the plane at any moment.

The plane slowly took off.

Luke shut his eyes and ignored Allison.

The flight attendant came to serve desserts and drinks. Allison saw the food that was placed before her and noticed it was almost noon.

She woke up late and did not get to have breakfast before Luke arrived to pick her up.

She was a little hungry now...

Even though they were in first class, there were still people around. Allison dared not take off her mask in public. She had no choice but to bear with her hunger and wait until she got off the plane.

On the other hand.

It was noon. Queenie came to the provincial capital and gave Enoch a call.

Enoch immediately met up with her when he received the call from Queenie.

Due to his unique status, Queenie booked a private room in a nearby Western restaurant and waited for Enoch to show up.

After 15 minutes, Enoch showed up.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Norman. A member of the public suddenly appeared in the office and I had to handle their matters first, so I'm late.”

Queenie shook her head, indicating it was alright. "It's alright. Have a seat."

Enoch sat opposite Queenie. Before the latter could speak, he asked, "I'm guessing your trip here this time is regarding Luca, right?"

"You're a smart guy, Enoch." Queenie nodded. Yesterday, after Luca brought the kids back home, she thought about it for the entire night and chose to believe in Luca.

After all, she had believed from the very start that Luca was not the type who would destroy other people's families.

Queenie thought that Luca was a good person. If it were not because of Bianca, she would not have overthought matters.

"Seeing that you called me out today, you must have already checked things through.” Enoch was excited. 'If she has found out that something is going on between Luca and Luke, she'll definitely stop their relationship at all costs.”

At that time, not only would Luca be a failure but her intention of getting Luke and living a good life through him would be gone.

The thought of it made Enoch excited.

'It's her fault for not choosing me!'

Queenie noticed the excited look on Enoch's face and felt disgusted.

She did not expect that in addition to stalking, Enoch also had a strong sense of revenge. 'Thank God Luca didn't like him. If she had ended up liking him, something bad would've happened in the future.' "I did verify things. Actually, things are not like what you think." Queenie took a deep breath and suppressed the uneasiness within her.

In the past, she would have absolutely avoided talking with someone like Enoch.

Enoch was stunned and stopped smiling. 'Things are not like what I think?'

"Did you make a mistake, Mrs. Norman?"

Queenie shook her head and said, "Luca is an employee of T Corporation. Because of fate, she got close with the kids. When Luke is working overtime, she would go over to spend time with the kids. It's not like what you think."

"Impossible." Enoch immediately denied it. He did not believe that a single man and a single woman staying in the same house would still remain in an innocent relationship.

"Stop being stubborn, Enoch. All you saw was Luca entering the villa, and not what had happened inside. I've already clarified the matter. I'm only telling you this today so that you won't let your mind stray anymore. The reason Luca rejected you was because she thought you guys weren't a match and nothing else. From now on, don't think about unnecessary things. After all, if such a thing were to spread, it'll do you no good," Queenie advised him.

Listening to Queenie siding with Luca made Enoch have a dark expression.

Queenie noticed it and sighed. "Enoch, you're a young lad. You should know that you can't force a relationship."

"I know," Enoch replied immediately. If it were not for Jack, he would have started barking.

'They claimed that she was a good woman with clean family background. In reality, she's such a player and a woman who sells herself for money. She made me waste so much time and effort.'

Hence, no matter what Queenie said, it would not change Enoch's perspective.

Besides, he found her nagging rather irritating.

Queenie was dumbfounded.

Enoch snapped out of it and noticed that the words he blurted out were rather rash.

He scratched his head and explained, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Norman. I know that you can't force a relationship. The reason I told you about it was that Mr. Crawford is your son-in-law. Since they're both innocent, then that's great."

Queenie let out a breath of relief. Looking at his expression now, nothing seemed to be wrong.

"It's good if you're able to think things through, Enoch."

Enoch got up and said, "Yes, I've thought through it, Mrs. Norman. If there's nothing else, I'll excuse myself."

Queenie stopped him. "Aren't you going to have lunch?"

"There's a lot of work in the office. I have to rush back. I'll just order something and have it delivered. You should enjoy your meal. I won't bother you anymore," Enoch said. At this moment, he despised Queenie as well. 'She looks gentle, but in truth, she's not at all reliable.

'Otherwise, why would she have introduced Luca to me?'

‘Now, she's even helping them clear their names. Honestly speaking, the reason she came looking for me and said those things is just that she doesn't want to air her family's dirty laundry in public.'

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1857-After Enoch left, Queenie let out a breath of relief.

She hoped this issue would end and no more trouble would crop up.

In the afternoon, Luca was still busy at work.

That was because the department downstairs had sent a few documents that needed to be translated. Hence, Luca and Alya started dividing the workload.

Alya took the initiative to take up a larger workload.

Luca did not say a word. She was just meant to substitute the translator from the start, so now that Alya was back, it was only normal that she take up a larger workload.

If it was not because she had to follow up with other tasks and was very busy at the moment, she would have directly gone back to the research laboratory downstairs. No one would have commented anything about it.

Luca picked up the documents and walked back to her office.

Alya saw her figure that was leaving and said with a sigh, "It's good to have your own office."

Tina, who was sitting in front of her, heard it. She said with a smile, "Alya, do you think our secretary's office isn't good enough?"

Alya did not expect Tina to reply to her in this way. 'Everyone has been saying that Luca had some connections. Otherwise, how could she be given special treatment?'

She did not believe that Tina was not aware of it. She lifted her head to look at the person in front of her, shook her head, and said, "It's nice. I find that this floor is much better than the office downstairs."

"Then why do you keep sighing? Alya, it's more important to do your work properly," Tina warned softly.

The matter regarding Luke and Luca was not something ordinary employees like them could talk about.

Besides, it was only normal for Luca to receive special treatment as she was indeed very capable.

After all, Tina had witnessed with her own eyes how Luca did not need to use translation software or look things up on the internet to translate a document related to architectural design.

There were lots of professional terms in the document too.

Back when she just started this career, she was unable to translate those terms but Luca was familiar with those professional terms and was able to translate them quickly.

No translator, who had just gotten involved in the architectural field, would be able to achieve such a feat.

Not only had Luca mastered many languages, but she also had medical knowledge, researched medicine, and knew about architectural design...

Alya understood what Tina was trying to say and smiled awkwardly. "I just said it casually. Don't take it to heart."

Tina did not say another word.

Luca had invited lots of trouble. Not long after she started working in Watson Biopharmaceuticals, she started receiving special treatment. Hence, others began to feel jealous of her. It was fairly normal.

Tina took a sip of her coffee and was thinking about whether she should give Luca a reminder.

However, Luca would only be working on this project for another half a month at most. When the project ended, she would probably return downstairs and take charge of the work in the laboratory.

She heard from Zoey that the research downstairs was about to be completed. If it was not because Luca was sent upstairs, their research would have been completed long ago.

Tina thought for a moment and decided not to say a word.

Luca was smart. She would be able to sense some things even without needing people to point them out to her.

After Luca left the secretary's office, she returned to her office and was busy until the evening.

When it was approaching after working hours, she received a call from Abel.

"Take some time tonight and come to a place. I'll send you the address later," Abel said and did not tell her the location. He just ordered her to show up.

Luca frowned, not knowing where he wanted her to go.

"Where do you want me to go?" she asked.

"You have no right to ask. All you have to do is bring along Dr. Albus' research paper.” After Abel said that, he hung up the call.

'Dr. Albus' research.'

Luca opened her mailbox and instantly understood the situation. Abel had started making his move.

She kept her documents that were printed and placed them in a folder.

This was Abel's order. It meant that he had gotten everything prepared and was going to make her betray Luke bit by bit.

Luca sighed. Just then, she received an email.

The time and location were stated in the email.

The location was relatively remote. Luca frowned as Abel was asking her to go over at such an early hour.

The kids would still be awake, but the maid would have already ended her shift.

Even if the kids were already asleep by then, she could not leave the house. After all, it would not be safe to leave them alone at home.

Luca thought through it and decided that she could not make the maid work overtime to look after the kids as Luke would eventually find out that she had gone out.

In the end, she thought of a person to help her out.

Luca gave Nina a call.

“Good afternoon, Luca," Nina answered the call, and her voice sounded very happy.

Luca sighed. Ever since Nina and Percy's misunderstanding was resolved, Nina's mood had been getting better as the days passed.

"Nina, are you free tonight?" Luca asked. If it was not because Abel insisted on her going to that location, she would not be troubling Nina to look after the kids.

"Tonight? Yeah, I'm free," Nina immediately answered without giving it a thought.

"Well, I'd like to ask you for a favor..." Luca was feeling embarrassed. After all, asking Nina to come over to look after the kids would mean that she was taking away Nina's time with Percy.

"What happened? Just tell me. You don't have to hesitate." Nina knew that Luca must have encountered a problem, which was why she thought of her.

Even though they had not known each other for long, Luca had helped Nina countless times. No matter what, Nina would gladly return the favor.

"Mr. Crawford is on a business trip for the next few days, and he left the kids to me. He told me to help look after them. However, I need to head out for a moment tonight. I'm worried about leaving the three kids at home. I can't bring them out with me either. So, I'm calling to ask if you're free to help me look after the kids. It'll probably just take an hour." Luca had no choice but to ask for a favor from Nina.

"Look after the kids? Sure, no problem," Nina answered carefreely. Those three kids were Bianca's kids. She had a good relationship with the kids all this while. With the kids being so obedient, it would be easy to look after them. Hence, Nina thought that it was not a problem.

"Thanks. I'll treat you to a meal next time." Luca let out a breath of relief when she heard Nina agree. At least, she had settled the issue with the kids.

"What time will you be going out tonight?" Nina asked.

"Nine o'clock," Luca answered. In the email, Abel wanted her to arrive at the location by ten o'clock. Hence, she needed to depart by nine.

"Then how about treating me to a meal tonight? I'll head over to your place after work," Nina said immediately. She would inform Percy about it as she would not be going back to save the hassle of traveling back and forth.

"Alright, no problem. What do you want to eat?" Luca was fine with it and agreed.

"Anything is fine as long you're the one making it. I'll talk to you later. I have a customer here." After Nina was done talking, she ended the call.

Luca placed her phone aside. When she planned to continue with her work, her phone vibrated. She picked it up and noticed it was a message from Luke.

He had safely landed at Hamilton. He was arranging for Allison to be admitted to a hospital.

Luca glanced at the message, and even after being in deep thought for some time, she still did not reply to the message.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1858-If she were Bianca, she would have a lot of advice and words of yearning to tell him. She would ask him to focus on dealing with the matter at hand.

However, she was Luca, not Bianca.

Even though there were thousands of words in her heart, she could not say anything because she was in no position to.

Luca thought about it and replied, "Okay."

She then put down her phone and got down to work.

Until she got off work, Luke did not text her.

Luca guessed that he was busy.

After all, they were not involved in any way or form. There was no need for him to update her on his schedule all the time.

Seeing that it was time to get off work, Luca packed up some documents and prepared to leave the office.

After Alya placed the translated documents in Jason's office, she was surprised to see Luca heading off. "Dr. Craw, are you done for the day?"

"Yes." Luca nodded. Alya had taken over most of the workload. Since she was done with her part and considering that Nina would be over for dinner, she wanted to get some fresh groceries to cook for Nina.

Alya nodded thoughtfully.

Luca turned around and left.

Alya watched her clock out and hurried back to the secretary's office.

Everyone in the secretary's office was working overtime.

The day before she came back, she was briefed about all of the company's current projects. It was a special period, and almost everyone in the company had to work overtime.

Maybe, the only person who could get off work on time was Luca.

To Alya, Luca's punctual departure from work was classified as special treatment.

"Tina, I just saw that Dr. Craw get off work. Is she allowed to get off work so early?" Alya could not help herself from gossiping with Tina.

"Anyone can leave the office after they finish their work," Tina said while she dealt with the documents she needed for the next day.

"How can she finish her work so fast? I still have half of the documents that need to be translated. How is it possible for her to finish so soon..." Alya felt that Luca had not finished her work.

Tina coldly glanced at the documents on her desk and reminded her, saying, "When we assigned the tasks, you took the initiative to take over most of the documents. Naturally, your workload is heavier. Dr. Craw has fewer documents to work on, so, of course, it would take less time for her to finish her work."

She knew that Alya was just pissed that Luca left work on time.

Alya muttered, "Dr. Craw is different from us. I don't dare to give her so much work."

"That's true. She's not a translator, you are. This is within your job scope. If this project wasn't that urgent, she would've handed you all of the documents and gone home even earlier. Alya, it's a good

thing that someone is sharing your workload. Hurry up and finish what you have left for the day. These documents are needed for tomorrow." Tina reminded her mercilessly.

Luca was not a translator to begin with. It was not easy for her to deal with so many projects at the same time.

Alya did not know how to respond to that and went back to her seat. She complained about what had happened to the translation department.

However, everyone was very busy and no one responded to her complaints.

Alya missed her children who were waiting at home. She looked at the documents and knew that she could not reunite with her kids until she was done translating them.

With no other choice, she continued to bury her head in the documents.

Luca drove out from the underground parking lot of T Corporation. When she passed the entrance of T Corporation, she noticed an Audi was parked on the side of the road not far away.

She frowned. Her car drove by but she did not see the license plate number. However, the Audi was very similar to the one that Enoch drove the day before...

'It can't be him..'

All she felt was annoyed and angry when she realized that Enoch was likely involved in the reason why Queenie was watching her at the entrance of the villa the other day.

Fortunately, after she blocked him on all platforms, Enoch did not reach out to her through other means.

At least he did not continue to bother her.

Luca drove to the supermarket nearby, bought some groceries, and returned to the villa.

Nina had not come over yet and Luca estimated that she would be there in the next ten minutes or so. After she greeted the children, she hurriedly went into the kitchen and started to prepare dinner.

20 minutes later, Nina arrived. The maid went and got her. She drove the car in smoothly.

Tommy was happy when he saw Nina, but at the same time, he was also a little worried.

"Aunt Nina, are you coming over to spend the night again?" He remembered that Luca had her full attention on Nina the last time she came to spend the night here. The three of them could only stare at Luca's tightly closed bedroom door. They were not allowed to enter.

Nina knew that Tommy was worried that she would take up Luca's time and could not help but pinch his face. "Don't worry, I'll only be here for a while. I won't be spending the night here."

"That's wonderful! Aunt Nina, please have a seat." Tommy cheerfully invited Nina to sit down.

"Cheeky little one, were you worried that I'd spend the night?" Nina sat on the sofa with a big smile on her face. She took Tommy's hand and pretended to be serious.

Tommy shook his head immediately and replied, "No, no."

"How could you lie at such a young age? When your Daddy comes back, I'll tell him that you lied to me." Nina held back her smile and squeezed his cheek. It was fleshy and felt good.

"Aunt Nina, I'm sorry." Tommy hurriedly acted cutely.

"Okay, don't worry. I'm just here to have a meal and watch you for a few hours. I'll head home after that," Nina said.

Rainie asked, "Aunt Nina, you're here to keep watch of us?"

"Yeah, Luca is going to go out later. She's worried about leaving you alone, so she asked me to take care of you. Why? Do you not want me here?" Nina hugged Rainie, lowered her head, and kissed her cheek sweetly.

Rainie shook her head and said, "No, we welcome you to our home anytime. It's just that... Ms. Luca didn't tell us anything, so we're a little confused."

"Is that so? Maybe she planned to tell you later? Is she in the kitchen now?" Nina asked.

"Yes."

"Hurry up and do your homework. I'll go to the kitchen and see if I can help." Nina urged the kids.

She stood up, walked into the kitchen, and saw that Luca was busy in the kitchen.

"Do you need help?" she asked.

Luca turned around, saw Nina, and smiled slightly as she replied, "No need. The meal will be ready soon."

"Let me wash the dishes for you." Nina did not want to freeload, so she walked over and washed the dirty dishes.

Luca did not stop her.

"By the way, where are you going tonight?" Nina asked.

Luca was cooking and stopped when she heard Nina's question. She made up an excuse, saying, "Something happened to my brother, so I have to go back and check on him."

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1859-"Your half-brother?" Nina asked.

"Yeah." Luca did not know what to say, so she decided to use Amur as an excuse.

"To be honest, I envy you a lot. You and your brother are not related by blood but you're so close. Even those who are related by blood may not have as deep a relationship as the two of you," Nina sighed.

Luca knew that she was lamenting about her relationship with Jean. Their relationship was worse than those who were unrelated.

"What did your brother do?" Luca asked. She had been busy with a lot of things in the last couple of weeks. Since Percy had sorted out most of Nina's issues, Luca had not been checking in on her.

After her loud sigh, Luca remembered that Nina had problems with her relationship and family.

Especially with Jean.

"Jean? All he does is think of new ways to ask me for money." Nina sounded helpless as she said, "Since he couldn't get the money from me, he'd go ask Percy for it. I told Percy to not give him a single cent, so he has no choice but to ask my mother now."

"Did he succeed?" Luca knew that Anna was still in the hospital.

"Yeah, he did. If he cries in front of her a few more times, my mother will probably be willing to give her life for him. The medical expenses I set aside were all taken out by my mother and given to him. Do you know what happened next? There's no money in the account to be debited, so the hospital called me." Nina chuckled. There would never be a solution to the problems in her family unless Anna decided to be ruthless and ignored Jean.

"I assume that you've stopped depositing money into that account now, right?" Luca asked.

Nina put the cleaned bowls aside and started to tidy up the cutleries. "No, but I've gotten smarter. I don't deposit too much at a time, and I told the hospital that only I can touch the money in the account. That way, my mother will run out of money for him to squander."

"That's smart," Luca said. There would be no good ending to Anna spoiling Jean like that.

Jean was a terrible man. He worked with Pierre to kidnap Nina and even went as far as to take the money meant to save Anna's life.

It was as if the two of them owed it to him...

"Things aren't great, but they're not terrible either. Jean will still find opportunities to bother me. Since Percy and I have gotten back together, he seems to think that Percy will also support him for the rest of his life. I've told Percy that no one is allowed to help. Since he can't get any money from Percy, he's just causing trouble every day. It's so annoying." Nina washed the cutleries and put them aside.

"You have to be careful with him. He worked with Pierre to kidnap you before. He might do it again." Luca reminded her.

"I know. I don't think that Pierre has the time to bother me, though. I heard that he's busy dealing with the mess he created. From what Percy told me, the illegal things he did have caught the eye of relevant government bodies. He's being investigated. He's too busy to even take care of himself, so he probably won't have time to trouble me and deal with Jean." Nina said. Pierre had not been doing well. Otherwise, her life would not be so peaceful now.

"The Mallory family won't give up on Pierre. His problems will be solved sooner or later. You must protect yourself." Luca reminded her.

Although Abel agreed to hassle Pierre, he had yet to make a move. She could not figure him out.

"Don't worry, I'll protect myself. I'm even thinking about learning some self-defense techniques," Nina said happily. She watched as Luca added salt to the soup while she counted the corresponding soup bowls and cleaned them.

"It may be a little late for you to learn them now. You should just listen to Mr. Mallory," Luca said cheekily. She was happy to see a confident and optimistic Nina.

Nevertheless, no one could gain self-defense skills overnight.

She used to learn fighting skills from Rain. Back then, she thought that she could train and protect herself so that Luke would not have to worry.

However, after the three years she went through on the Island of Despair, she realized that these skills were not something that could be accomplished overnight.

It took her three years to get to where she was, and she paid a huge price for it.

"You're speaking as though he can protect me." Nina stuck out her tongue.

Luca plated the last dish. "I can't guarantee anything, but I do believe that if he can't protect you, no one can."

"It's not that many want to hurt me. I'm just unlucky. I pissed off someone I shouldn't have, which led me to my current situation. I'm just an ordinary person. I'm so ordinary that no one bothers me when I walk on the streets." Nina sighed, then picked up the washed bowls and walked out of the kitchen.

'Who's not an ordinary person?'

Luca thought to herself. If it were not for Luke, she would be like an ordinary person too, striving helplessly toward the goal of establishing herself in A City.

Her days would be repetitive.

Instead, she was in a situation where she did not know what she would encounter next.

Luca sighed. She quickly concealed her feelings and took out the dishes.

After dinner, Luca saw that it was still early, so she guided the children to finish their homework. She then imitated Luke's signature as it was required.

Nina watched from the side and could not help but sigh in her heart.

Bianca had never done anything like this for her children since she lost her memory.

At that moment, Luca was more like their mother than Bianca.

Nina sighed once more when she saw how the kids surrounded Luca. 'Things might be better if Luca, not Bianca, is their mother...'

When Bianca first lost her memory, she often visited Crawford Manor.

She noticed that the kids would want to get close to their mother, but often, they were scared off by Bianca's resistance. They could only watch her dully.

In comparison, the three children surrounded Luca like they would with their mother. It was a heartwarming scene.

After Luca was done, she glanced at the time and said to Nina, "I'm going out in a while. Thanks for taking care of the kids."

"Don't worry, I'll watch them closely and put them to bed at half-past ten. Go do what you need to." Nina assured her.

Luca nodded and went upstairs to change.

The clothes she was wearing were inappropriate. They hindered the movement of her arms and legs.

Luca changed into all-black casual clothes and put on a thick coat, scarf, and gloves. She then went downstairs with a briefcase in her hand.

Nina saw her, nodded, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll be here waiting for you to come back."

"Okay." Luca glanced at the children and turned around to leave.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 1860-After Luca left, Tommy looked at his brother and said, "Lanie, where do you think Ms. Luca is going?"

"I don't know." Lanie looked at Nina. He never had a chance to ask since he found out that Luca was going out.

Nina said helplessly as the children looked at her, "She told me that she has to go see her brother. She'll be back soon enough. Since you've finished your homework, do you need to revise what you've learned today?”

Rainie replied, "Aunt Nina, we've memorized it."

"You read it twice and you understand all of it?" Nina sighed in her heart. She thought that it was normal that they were such fast learners since they were Luke's children. They had his excellent genes.

She wondered if she and Percy's future kid would be as smart as them.

After all, Percy's genes were also superb.

However, her genes...

Nina sighed. 'Forget it, my genes are not as good as Bianca's...'

"Aunt Nina, what are you sighing about?" Tommy looked at her curiously.

"I'm sighing about how my genes aren't as good as your mother's. It would be great if my baby can be as smart as you guys." Nina pinched little Tommy's cheek.

If her kids were as smart as them, it would save her a lot of trouble. She would not get cerebral hemorrhage when tutoring them, unlike the videos she often saw online of parents helping their kids

with their homework.

"You want to have a baby with Uncle Percy? Aunt Nina, hurry up and have a baby. We want siblings." Tommy urged her.

Nina's face turned tomato red at the mention of Percy. She picked up the remote control to turn on the TV and found the cartoon channel. "What nonsense are you talking about? You're a kid. Don't think too much about these things and focus on your cartoons. At ten, you'll have to go upstairs to take a shower and rest."

Tommy smiled cheekily and sat on the sofa without saying anything else.

On the other hand.

Luca walked out of the villa. She did not drive because Luke had given her a car and there was a dashcam on it. Even if she removed it, she was unsure if there were other surveillance cameras equipped. Hence, she did not dare to drive, lest her whereabouts be known to him.

She got a ride using a ridesharing app and asked the driver to take her to Amur's apartment.

After she arrived at the apartment, instead of going upstairs, she stood at the taxi stand and stopped another car.

The reason why it took an hour for her to get to her destination was that she was very cautious. She had to do what she told Nina so that she would not be suspected if something happened.

Luca watched an empty taxi slowly approach her. She stopped it and got in. She then told the driver the address provided by Abel.

The driver drove her there.

After Luca got out of the car, she found a corresponding residential building based on the address.

She looked at the dilapidated residential building and sighed. Abel liked looking for such dilapidated places as a stronghold every time. There was no advantage other than it being easy for them to run away if they were discovered.

Luca knocked on the iron door.

After a while, a voice came from inside, "Who is it?"

Luca replied in fluent Russian, "It's Ivana."

The door opened as soon as her voice fell.

Luca looked at the person who opened the door. It was a strong man with pale skin.

On the Island of Despair, except for those who often performed missions, everyone else's skin was as fair as his because they were underground all year round.

She could tell that he must have left the Island of Despair not long ago and had never been on a mission.

"Your proof?" the strong man asked in Russian with a dialect.

Luca took out her phone and handed it over. In addition to the unique tattoo, their phones could also be used as proof of their identity.

She did not have the tattoo on her because Abel had always planned to use her to get revenge on Luke. Hence, he did not make her get one.

As such, the only thing that could prove her identity was her phone.

The strong man took her phone, took out a special instrument from his pocket, and put it near the phone. The phone beeped, and he confirmed her identity before he let her in. "Come in. The buyer is waiting for you." novelbin

Luca walked in. Another man stopped her and said, "I need to search you."

Luca looked at the man's malicious eyes and knew that if she let him search her, she would be taken advantage of.

However, it was not the time to cause trouble. Thus, she stood up straight and raised her hands. When she saw that the man was about to touch her body, she warned in a soft voice, "Be careful where you place your hands. If you touch me inappropriately, I'll break your limbs once I'm done with the matter at hand."

The man was stunned. There were quite a lot of women on the Island of Despair because of the need for various missions.

However, there were very few like her who could instill fear in others just with words...

"Enough with the chit-chat," the man who opened the door said. He had no interest in Luca, so he began to search her body.

Luca held herself back as their hands checked her for prohibited items. She silently clenched her fists.

After the body search, the two men exchanged glances and said, "Go in."

Luca walked in.

In the living room of the residential building, there was a luxurious sofa that clearly did not belong there. The dark red leather was the color of human blood. Abel and a man she had never met sat on it.

Judging from the man's figure, it did not seem like he practiced martial arts. Luca thought that he was probably not someone from the Island of Despair but a buyer.

When the buyer saw Luca, his eyes lit up.

Abel noticed the buyer's expression and said, "Mr. Bailey, the information you want is in the hands of this woman. After you pay for it, the information will belong to you."

Bailey retracted his gaze and took a puff of the cigar in his hand. He was having a good time. He squinted at Abel and said, "Mr. Abel, is it appropriate for you to ask me to pay before I inspect the goods? "

"My business is all over the world. I have a certain reputation. The inspection you mentioned does not guarantee my rights. After all, I can give you the documents and it can be considered an inspection. You can produce the drugs based on the formula on the document, and that's also an inspection. Mr. Bailey, what kind of inspection are you talking about?" Abel took a sip of red wine and asked.

Bailey laughed and responded, "Mr. Abel, since I chose you, I trust you. As long as I can confirm that the document contains the formula of the drug, I'll transfer the money to you immediately."

Abel nodded, looked at Luca, and said, "Give the file to Mr. Bailey."

Luca clutched the briefcase tightly. Once she handed over the document, T Corporation would be put in an unfavorable position.

By then, it was no longer a matter involving Dr. Albus and his team but the entire T Corporation.

However, she had no choice but to give in as Abel's and Bailey's men were all around the building.