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Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2121-A better doctor... They must be talking about Luca, right?

Luke understood at once after summing up everything the old master had told them. He turned to look at Luca.

The moment Lanie mentioned finding a better doctor for Old Master Crawford, Luca could feel their gazes fall on her.

She lifted her head and looked at them.

Tommy added, "Daddy, Ms. Luca has good clinical skills. She was the one who noticed that there was a medicinal ingredient added to Great-grandpa's stew the last time. Why don't we ask Ms. Luca to do a check-up on Great-grandpa?"

"You mean to take his pulse.” Lanie turned to look at Luca after he corrected Tommy. "Ms. Luca, Greatgrandpa hates seeing doctors and the equipment in the hospital. Why don't you take Great- grandpa's pulse?"

Luca looked at the three of them, then she glanced at Luke.

They had already made themselves clear. How could she decline them?

She could not.

Besides, Old Master Crawford was kind to her. If he was really feeling uncomfortable, ignoring him was not something Luca would do.

"Alright." Luca nodded and agreed to it while the kids stared at her.

Lanie nodded and put on a stern expression on his face. "Ms. Luca, we'll leave Great-grandpa's health to you."

Luca looked at Lanie’s expression and turned to glance at Luke again.

The two of them were getting more and more alike.

The serious expressions on their faces were almost the same. Even the looks in their eyes were similar.

They were indeed father and son.

"I’ll try my best," replied Luca. She had no idea about Old Master Crawford’s health condition. That was why she dared not to guarantee that she could handle it.

The thought of Old Master Crawford reminded her of Old Man Rayne.

Luca wondered if he was doing well. Although he was taking medicines to recuperate his health, he would have to do a medical check-up every once in a while.

Luke could see that Luca was worried. He knew Luca must have thought of Old Man Rayne without a second thought. After all, the two of them were elders. Luca would certainly be reminded of him when they mentioned Old Master Crawford.

Luke said, “Let me bring you to the Rayne family's house when you're free. Perhaps you can check Old Man Rayne's pulse and health condition too."

"Sure." Luca was secretly surprised. How did Luke know what she was thinking about?

Luca was indeed thinking of visiting Old Man Rayne and Aunt Wanda.

She just did not have a good reason to do so. However, she would have a reason to visit them after Luke told her that he was bringing her to check on them.

"Daddy, I'd like to visit Grandpa Rayne too," said Tommy. He thought of paying a visit to the Rayne family's house when he heard that.

The kids loved visiting Grandpa Rayne compared to Grandpa Norman.

"It depends on our schedule. We'll bring you there if everyone has time." Luke promised the kids.

Rainie put down the cutlery and said, "Daddy, you can bring us there this weekend."

Luke turned to look at Luca. Luca was still busy with the research, and he thought Luca might have to work overtime this weekend.

"Ms. Luca is busy with her work lately. She has many things to do in the office," explained Luke. Even if they were going to visit the Rayne family's house, they would probably visit at night.

Luke had to handle M Group's project, and he had to prepare for the development of the western suburbs.

Even though he would be accompanying the kids back to Crawford Manor, he would still have to work.

Luca nodded. Since Luke mentioned this, Luca also hoped that the kids could understand why she was unable to keep them company.

Tommy complained with dissatisfaction, "Daddy, it's okay if you're busy, but can you please reduce Ms. Luca's work..."

"It's not up to me." Luke passed the buck to Luca. It was not up to him to decide how much time Luca had to spend on her work. If Luke was the one who called the shots, Luca did not need to head to the

office to hold a meeting about the research.

Luca explained, "I'm having some problems with my research, and I need to solve them."

"Can't Daddy solve them for you?" Tommy was still young. He did not know how things worked. He thought his father knew everything, and every difficulty he faced would be solved easily. "Daddy is a smart guy. Ms. Luca, let him help you!"

Luca turned to look at Luke.

Luke no longer tried to impress his kids by telling them that he could do anything. He confessed to Tommy, "There are people who specialize in certain industries. Ms. Luca is way better than me when it comes to research. I don't know anything about it."

Tommy widened his eyes. He refused to believe that his almighty Daddy could not even help in this matter.

"Daddy, you're embarrassing," Tommy uttered.

Luke was not angry that his youngest son found him embarrassing. He was easy-going and approachable in front of Luca and the kids.

He urged the kids, “Finish your dinner."

“Ms. Luca, are you going to be busy for the next few days?" Rainie asked.

“Yes, but everything will be back to normal after the problem is solved," answered Luca. She gave the kids buffalo wings and said, “Hurry up and finish your dinner. I'm giving everyone a surprise after dinner."

“What surprise is it?" Tommy pulled himself together once he heard that. His dim eyes brightened up as he looked at Luca.

“It's a surprise. If I tell you, then it won't be a surprise anymore." Luca pursed her lips. She suddenly realized that she had not given the kids the gifts she had bought for them in Russia.

Luca had been busy with work lately. Besides, Amur was still missing. That was why she forgot about the gifts.

The kids ate their dinner quietly without talking when they heard there would be a surprise for them later.

Luke did not say another word when he saw the kids eating their dinner quietly because of what Luca said. He thought that she was the only one who could quiet the kids down.

Even Tommy, who was the most talkative among the three of them, was eating his dinner quietly. He did not say a word after hearing Luca's words.

She understood her children the most...

After dinner, the three of them surrounded Luca excitedly, eager to know what surprise Luca had prepared for them.

Luca smiled and nodded, “Follow me."

The three kids followed behind Luca and walked into her bedroom.

“Take a seat." Luca pointed at her bed, signaling the kids to sit on the bed.

The kids climbed up the bed and sat on it.

Luca opened her drawer and took the gifts out. "I was planning to wrap them nicely before giving them to you, but I've been really busy these days. I didn't have time to buy wrapping paper either. This is for Lanie, and this one's for Rainie. And this is Tommy's."

She distributed the gifts to the three of them.

Tommy's eyes brightened up when he saw the gift. “It's a gift!"

"Yes. I went to Russia. Although I went there to work, I had to prepare something for you. Do you like it?" Luca sat on the dressing table's chair and looked at the kids with a smile on her face.

She felt happy as well when she saw the kids so delighted to receive their gifts.

"Yes. I like it, Ms. Luca. This is the best gift I've received this year!" Tommy looked at his gift. He wanted to bring it to school and show it to his friends.

He had received such a wonderful gift.

“Thank you, Ms. Luca. I like it," said Lanie.

Rainie took the dress out and held it close to her body. "Thank you, Ms. Luca. What a pretty dress."

Luca waved her hand at Rainie and said, “Rainie, come here.”

Rainie brought the dress along with her and came to Luca's side.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2123-Tommy loved Luca's cooking. He was about to say yes when Lanie said, "It's okay, Ms. Luca, this is more than enough."

Tommy shut his mouth embarrassed ly.

Luke went into the dining room after coming downstairs and smelled the aroma of breakfast.

After seeing Luca in an apron, Luke knew that she had made breakfast.

"Daddy," the three children greeted simultaneously.

Luke's gaze fell on the three kids. He saw that they were eating breakfast with smiles on their faces, which gave him peace of mind.

"Good morning, Mr. Crawford," said Luca.

"Good morning." Luke sat on the chair.

Luca was about to scoop up some oats for him when Aunt Neile immediately said, "Ms. Craw, have a seat. I'll do it."

Luca sat on the seat next to Luke.

Aunt Neile ladled a bowl of oats each for the two of them and returned to the kitchen.

They were like a family of five, enjoying their breakfast in peace. Aunt Neile did not have the heart to spoil the mood.

"You didn't drive back yesterday, right?" Luke asked Luca and took a bite of his oats.

"Yes, I had to go to the suburbs and didn't know the way very well, so I took a taxi," replied Luca as she took a piece of bread for Tommy.

The kids loved the bread she made.

"Thank you, Ms. Luca," Tommy thanked her and took a big bite of the bread.

"Take my car back to the company later," said Luke. Since she used Amur as an excuse yesterday, she should be out of excuses today, which meant that she would have no choice but to say yes.

"Alright," Luca did not refuse this time as it was difficult to get a taxi at this time of day anyway.

Before she went to bed last night, she thought of where the problem might lie. However, all of the important documents were in the company, so she thought about going to the company earlier to test out her hypothesis.

If her guess was right, the research could carry on.

After breakfast, Zander sent the children to school.

On the other hand, Luca returned to the company in Luke's car.

It was still early, so the parking lot was fairly empty. After Luca got down from the car, she went straight to the other side of the parking lot.

Luke reminded her, “The elevator is over there."

“Mr. Crawford, I need to get some stuff from my car. You can go up first," said Luca as she turned back and headed straight toward where her car was parked.

Luke watched as she got into the car and closed the door. He looked away without saying anything and went up by himself.

She was still being evasive.

Even though everyone in the company was already suspecting their relationship, she still wanted to avoid the gossip and rumors.

Luca sat in the car and heaved a sigh of relief after she saw Luke leave.

She looked at her watch and waited for about three minutes before stepping out of the car and into the elevator.

After reaching her floor, Luca stepped out of the elevator and ran into Rhett.

"Good morning, Dr. Craw."

"Good morning, Mr. Link. Please bring the research-related documents to my office," instructed Luca.

Rhett was intrigued as he guessed that she must have a possible lead and immediately said, "Alright, Dr.

Craw. I'll go pull up the data now."

Luca returned to her office and opened her laptop after taking off her heavy coat.

Rhett quickly brought the files she asked for.

"Dr. Craw..." As he was about to ask her something, Luca said, "Go out first and close the door behind you. I won't see anyone this morning."

Rhett was stunned. What would the researchers do, then?

After seeing her open the file with a serious expression, he dared not say anything else, so he followed her orders and turned around to leave.

Luca began to focus on studying the documents and data.

After leaving Luca's office, Rhett returned to the conference room to see that several researchers were already waiting there.

"Mr. Link, is Dr. Craw here yet?" The researchers glanced at the time. Dr. Craw should have arrived by now, but she was nowhere to be seen.

"Dr. Craw has arrived. She asked for a stack of files and is working in her office." Rhett sat in a chair and looked at the researchers resignedly.

"If she's working in her office, then what about us?" asked a researcher. Their research was not making any progress at all, and they had no direction, so they needed Luca's guidance.

"I reckon that Dr. Craw might have a lead. We'll just have to wait and see," said Rhett.

The researchers had no choice but to just randomly flip through files of data.

When it was almost noon, Rhett glanced at the time and wondered if he should order food for Luca. At that very moment, Luca walked into the conference room with a pile of files in her arms.

“Dr. Craw," he stood up as he greeted Luca.

The other researchers also stood up one after another and greeted Luca. "Dr. Craw."

"I've found the root cause of the problem in the research data. Next up, we need to redo the steps for the experiment. Let's try to finish it within a week. Any questions?" Luca looked at them.

"No questions." The researchers were affirmative as the problem they faced before was not knowing where the error was. Now that they knew, there was no problem at all.

"There are some remarks in the data files, and I've divided the work for the research. If there are no questions..." Luca glanced at her wristwatch. "Go have lunch first. We'll officially start work after the lunch break."

"Alright, Dr. Craw." Everyone came to life as the problem they faced was about to be resolved. They finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

Luca looked at Rhett. "Mr. Link, can you order takeaway for me when you go out for lunch?"

"Sure, what would you like, Dr. Craw?" asked Rhett.

"Just get whatever, anything is fine. Hang it on my office door afterward. No need to knock," said Luca. Although she had found the source of the problem in the data, there were still some matters that she had to deal with.

"Got it." After Rhett agreed, he walked out with the others.

Luca looked at the empty meeting room. She took a deep breath and massaged her face.

She still had to keep working.

After returning to her office, Luca heard the phone on her desk ring joyfully.

She immediately picked it up and looked at it. It was Mo.

"Ms. Stone, what's the matter?" asked Luca.

"Dr. Craw, there's an important meeting that you need to attend this afternoon at Watson Biopharmaceuticals. Would you like to come to the company or join the meeting online?" asked Mo. Although Luca's research group was not at the company, they were still employees of Watson Biopharmaceuticals.

"What's it about?" asked Luca.

"It's about Dr. Albus and the company's plans for the next quarter. The manager wishes for you to attend the meeting in person as this meeting is rather important." Mo conveyed the manager's wishes. novelbin

Luca raised her eyebrows. Since Mo was trying so hard to persuade her, it would not make sense for her to still insist on attending the meeting online.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2124-“What time does the meeting start?" asked Luca.

"Around 3:30 in the afternoon, Dr. Craw, are you sure that you're able to attend?" Mo confirmed with her once again. It was not her who wanted Luca to come over but the bunch of old fogeys at the company.

She was just conveying their message.

"Yes," Luca gave her an affirmative answer. Although she did not know the point of the meeting, if it was about Dr. Albus, she would not expect the other professors to lend a helping hand.

When it came to their benefit, friendships and all that was fake.

She hung up the phone and folded her hands together. She felt bad as she thought about what had happened to Dr. Albus.

Half an hour later, Rhett walked up to Luca's office with a lunch box in his hands. He recalled her instructions and hung the lunch box on the door handle.

"Rhett, is that you?" Luca heard sounds.

Rhett thought his movements had disturbed her and said apprehensively, "Yes, Dr. Craw. Sorry for disturbing you."

"It's okay. Come in," said Luca.

The office door was pushed open, and Rhett walked in with a bag. He was surprised to see thick files piled up on her desk.

"Dr. Craw, you should eat first," he said.

"Just leave it here." Luca lifted her chin and continued typing away on her keyboard.

Rhett left the lunch box on the corner of her desk.

"By the way, come with me to Watson for a meeting at three in the afternoon. The meeting starts at 3:30 p.m.," said Luca.

"Alright, Dr. Craw." Rhett nodded.

"Go out first and come remind me when the time comes," said Luca as she worried that she would lose track of time while working.

"Got it." Rhett walked out and closed the door behind him.

Luca did not even raise her head and continued to work while staring at the documents as well as her computer screen.

Zoey saw Rhett come out of Luca's office and asked curiously, “Mr. Link, has Dr. Craw had lunch yet?"

“Not yet. I just delivered her lunch," replied Rhett.

Zoey nodded, indicating that she understood.

Rhett casually asked, “Why are you so concerned about Dr. Craw all of a sudden?"

“No, I'm not... I was thinking that if Dr. Craw had not eaten lunch, I would order food for her. You've seen how busy she is because of the data problem. It's not good for her to starve herself." Zoey waved her hand in a hurry.

“You're right. It's a good thing we have Dr. Craw. She came back from Russia three days ago and already found the problem in the data. We were working on it for a week and couldn't even find where the problem was.." Rhett's words were full of admiration for Luca.

“She found the problem already?" Zoey was taken aback and could not help but praise, “Dr. Craw is too awesome!"

“Exactly. I've learned so much from Dr. Craw. You saw how we struggled with the data problem. We wouldn't have been able to carry on with the drug research without her," Rhett expressed his admiration for Luca with a hint of resignation in his tone.

The data problem was discovered when Luca left for Russia

At the time, Luke had ordered them not to disturb her, so he worked with the researchers in the office to find out what went wrong.

He did not think that they still would not have found the problem after her return.

“You're right. Dr. Craw is the person in charge of the research, after all. I previously heard that Dr. Craw entered the company with this research project and that it was like her own child. Of course, one would understand their child better than anyone else." Zoey may not know much about drug research, but she still understood some of the reasoning behind it.

Rhett listened to her words and nodded in agreement.

Zoey glanced at the time and said, “Mr. Link, I need to go back to work now."

"Alright." Rhett also turned around to swipe his card and walked into the lab.

After Zoey returned to her workstation, she picked up her phone and reported to Luke: [Mr. Link had bought lunch and delivered it to Dr. Craw.]

Right as she arrived at work this morning, Zoey was called upstairs by Tina.

She thought that Tina was the one looking for her but then realized that it was Luke. He had specifically ordered her to watch over Luca and to inform him whether she had eaten on time, if she had to work overtime, or if she had to take time off to go out for some special reasons.

It was not a difficult request, and it was requested by her boss, so Zoey agreed in an instant.

At noon, she realized that Luca did not go downstairs to eat, so she stayed here to observe her. After seeing Rhett come out of Luca's office, she intentionally snooped around to find out what was going on.

When she found out that Luca had food delivered to her, she reported it to Luke.

After seeing that the message was successfully delivered, Zoey recalled Rhett's words and immediately reported again: [Also, Dr. Craw has found the problem with the data.]

Half a minute later, Zoey received a reply from Luke.

[No need to report this.]

Zoey looked at the message notification. He did not compliment her for reporting in detail, nor did he say she did not report enough. Instead, he said that she did not have to report on work matters?

The thing Mr. Crawford cared about the most was whether Dr. Craw had eaten on time or not?

As expected, the rumors that were circulating in the company were true. Luca was the apple of Luke's eyes. Nobody could do her wrong.

[Understood.] Zoey snickered and replied as envy inexplicably filled her heart.

She wanted a man who cared about her too, just like how Luke cared about Luca.

However...

Zoey recalled the never before seen wife of the CEO that Tina mentioned. Although Luca was favored by Luke, their relationship would never be out in the open.

He had a legitimate wife, after all. What difference did it make that Luke favored Luca?

She was undeserving of such description. She may be favored by him, but she did not have the status.

Zoey looked at Luca's office door which was tightly shut and could not help but shake her head.

Even if it was true love, Luca still got herself involved with a man who had a wife and children. Honestly, she did not quite agree with Luca's behavior.

Even so, what did it matter? Even if the majority of the company thought the same as her, there was no point in it.

They still had to put food on the table, so they did not dare say a word.

Even though Luca did not treat the people in this department badly, Zoey was still not very fond of her.

She wondered why Tina admired Luca so much.

As Zoey was stroking her chin while musing, her phone rang. She frowned when she saw that it was Jenni.

She did not want to pick up, but she still did as she remembered that Jenni had helped her before.

“What is it, Ms. Lynn?"

"I'm outside your office. How about we go downstairs and eat together?" said Jenni on the other end of the call.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2125-“Ms. Lynn, I've already eaten. You can go by yourself." Zoey declined Jenni's invitation. She looked up at the office door to see that Jenni was indeed standing there.

She could not come in, yet she still insisted on standing there as if she was determined to get her to come out.

Zoey felt helpless as Jenni was not afraid to stand there and cause trouble.

There were several floors in the company that had confidential documents, such as their floor. They kept many important documents. Although losing those documents would not pose a threat to T Corporation's operations, Watson Biopharmaceutical's operations would be affected.

Therefore, the company's employees avoided the floors with important documents as much as they could as to not get themselves into trouble when the surveillance cameras were checked in case something happened.

"It's only been half an hour and you've eaten?" Jenni was doubtful.

"I brought some food from home. Ms. Lynn, I still have work to do. I'm sorry," Zoey said vaguely while wondering why Jenni was so hard to deal with.

"Zoey, are you avoiding me?" Jenni stared in the direction of Zoey's desk and asked.

To get better lighting, one wall of the office was only a meter long, while the rest of the walls were made of glass.

Thus, someone from the outside could see what was going on inside Zoey's office through the glass.

"You're overthinking, Ms. Lynn. It's just that Dr. Albus's matter is causing a huge commotion, so our department is rushing the research. We don't have much time," said Zoey. No matter what, Jenni was

still an executive in the company, so she did not dare to offend her.

All she could do was find excuses.

Jenni was still skeptical. "Regardless of how busy you are, it's still lunch break right now. Plus, what does the research have to do with you?"

"I'm the assistant. I need to help organize the information. Ms. Lynn, there are many important documents on this floor. I'd advise you to be more aware." Zoey hinted vaguely.

"T Corporation vacated this floor for Watson. What important things could there possibly be? If you don't want to go eat, then forget it. Let me warn you, Zoey. Don't think that because you have a stable job now, you don't have to build good relationships. I'm telling you, I had originally invited some executives in the company to introduce you to. I didn't think that you would... Forget it. Since you're so close-minded, don't blame me for not bringing you along," Jenni could not help but ramble on after being rejected.

What important documents? Watson was merely one of T Corporation's subsidiaries.

No matter how important the documents were, could they be as important as T Corporation's documents?

Jenni pouted and walked toward the elevator.

She saw how arrogant Zoey has become after she got a stable position as an assistant. Did she forget who brought her into T Corporation in the first place?

Zoey sat in her office chair as she looked in the direction Jenni left and could not help but shake her head.

She did not believe that Jenni had her best interests at heart.

Zoey remembered when she first graduated from college, she wanted to settle in A City and find a job here. However, even after so many interviews, she still could not get a job. Her relatives then introduced her to Jenni, saying that she worked for a big company in A City and that she could ask Jenni for help.

Thus, she did.

However, she did not go empty-handed. After some bribes and paying for many meals, Jenni finally said that T Corporation was hiring an assistant and that she would let her try it out.

She just provided her with a direction and did not take care of her at all.

Employees were not allowed to get into T Corporation through the back door anyway. Jenni was not really in a position of power.

Zoey only had herself to thank for passing the interview. It had nothing to do with Jenni at all.

It was just that Zoey found out about it much later. At that time, she truly thought that Jenni had a high- ranking position in T Corporation.

Zoey could not help but shake her head as she remembered the past.

T Corporation was her dream place to work, and she thought that Jenni was able to put in a good word for her at that time, so she was naive enough to have given her a generous bribe.

On the other hand, Jenni had shamelessly accepted it.

Tina walked in with files in her hands and knocked on the office door. She saw Zoey stare blankly with her hands on her chin. “What are you thinking about?"

Zoey immediately stood up. "Tina, what brings you here?"

"I came to deliver some documents." Tina walked into the office and placed the documents on her desk. "These documents were sent over by Watson. The front desk thought they were Mr. Crawford's documents and sent them to the secretary's office, so I brought them to you."

"If that's the case, you should've let me go get them." Zoey was embarrassed after hearing Tina's explanation as Tina had a higher position compared to her, yet she had to personally make a trip here. That was not how it should be.

"It won't make a difference. Why were you staring into blank space?" Tina asked with a smile.

"It's nothing. I just thought of the past." Zoey shook her head and did not hesitate to explain as she had been working with Tina for some time and knew what kind of person she was.

“I met Jenni at the elevator entrance just now. Did she come here to look for you?" Tina asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, she asked me to go downstairs for a meal, but I told her that I had already eaten," replied Zoey.

"She wanted to eat with you... I bet she just wanted to gossip," Tina said thoughtfully.

"I think so. She's been looking for me for two days in a row. I bet she wants to gossip about Dr. Craw." Zoey could not help but shake her head.

"Did you." Tina looked at her and paused.

"I didn't say anything. She can't get in anyway." Zoey hurriedly shook her head. Thank goodness Jenni could not come in. Otherwise, she would stay here 24/7, trying to pry on Luca's affairs. After all, she regarded Luca as her love rival.

Little did she know, she did not even qualify to be Luca's rival.

"Great. It seems like you took my advice. We're in no position to gossip about the boss' affairs. Let's just focus on our work," said Tina as she patted the thick stack of files.

"By the way, Tina. Have you been having trouble sleeping lately?" Zoey looked at Tina's face and frowned.

"Is it that obvious?" Tina touched her face. She was indeed having trouble sleeping and had dark circles around her eyes, hence the heavy makeup these days.

"Your concealer can barely cover your dark circles and eye bags at this point. No offense, but if you really can't sleep at night, you can go to Dr. Craw for some medicine to help you sleep," said Zoey. Rhett had mentioned to her before that Luca had developed a sleep aid that was better than sleeping pills. It would not cause any side effects or dependence.

She mentioned it on purpose, considering how much Tina had helped her in the workplace.

Moreover, Tina seemed to be on good terms with Luca, so Luca would definitely give it to her if she asked.

"Dr. Craw even has this type of medicine?" Tina said surprisingly. The reason she could not sleep was that she could not get a hold of someone.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2126-"That's right. Dr. Craw's medicine is effective and doesn't come with side effects or dependence. It's much more effective than the sleeping pills prescribed at the hospital. It just hasn't entered the market yet. She made it herself and takes it as well. It's quite safe," said Zoey. Rhett had told her all of this.

As for how Rhett knew about it, she did not ask.

He must know much more than they did, Rhett was Luca's assistant, after all.

"Dr. Craw is brilliant," Tina spoke highly of her, but she had no intention of asking Luca for the medicine.

She was only suffering from temporary insomnia. As long as she cleared her mind, she would be able to return to her old sleeping habits.

"You seem to be in bad shape. If this issue persists, your work will be affected too," said Zoey as she looked at Tina's haggard appearance. If she had not known that Tina was not seeing anyone, she would have thought that she just got dumped.

"Let's talk about it some other time." Tina shook her head. She could not bring herself to ask for medicine from Luca.

However, she did want to talk to Luca about something else. Did the missing person have something to do with Luca? When she thought of this, she asked again, "By the way, is Dr. Craw in her office?"

"Yes, she is. Tina, since you're close with Dr. Craw and have spent time together before, she'll definitely help you," said Zoey.

Tina nodded. Although Amur and Luca did not share the same parents, they were still siblings. Luca must know about Amur's whereabouts.

After leaving the assistant's office, she walked up to Luca's office door and raised her hand to knock on the door.

"Come in." Luca's voice sounded.

After hearing her voice, Tina mustered up the courage to push the door open. "Dr. Craw, are you free?"

Luca was eating while looking at documents. She looked up when she heard that it was Tina's voice and grabbed a tissue next to her to wipe her mouth. "Oh, it's you, Tina. I'm free. What's the matter?"

Tina saw her eating while looking at documents and kindly reminded, "Dr. Craw, eating like this will cause indigestion."

"It's no big deal. What's wrong?" Luca knew that Tina certainly did not come over to chit-chat. Plus, lunch break was almost over. Even if she did come to chit-chat, now was not the time.

“The thing is, I have some personal matters to ask you about." Tina clasped her hands together, then stretched them out again out of nervousness.

Luca noticed her little movements and pointed to the seat next to her. "Have a seat first, then talk."

Tina sat on the couch. "Why don't you finish your meal first?"

"I'm pretty much done. You go ahead." Luca pushed the lunch box aside and looked at the person on the couch. Tina's nervousness did not seem to go away.

Tina had always been confident, whether it be at work or outside of work. Luca figured that something was troubling her, which made her behave that way. novelbin

After having that thought, Luca looked Tina up and down carefully. She noticed that Tina was not looking so well as if she had not slept for days,

Tina adjusted her breathing and faced Luca, but she did not know where to start.

"Tina, have you not been sleeping well for the past few days?" said Luca when she noticed that Tina was not saying anything.

Tina froze. "You noticed it too."

"Your complexion looks bad, and you have eye bags and dark circles. You don't look like yourself." Luca shook her head.

Tina could not help but smile bitterly. She was indeed not herself anymore. The old her used to be dashing, but now, she was like a jailbird who had to think carefully before uttering each word. With no news of Amur, it was like her sky had fallen down.

She realized that she had feelings for Amur.

However, Amur could not even care less about her.

Therefore, there were two possible explanations for why she could not get a hold of Amur. One, he realized that she had feelings for him and was purposely avoiding her. Two, something had happened to him.

"I've been suffering from insomnia lately," said Tina after gathering her courage.

"I have medicine that helps with sleep. Do you need it?" Luca opened the drawer. She predicted that she would have to stay here in the future, so she brought a few pills to the company.

"No need. There's a reason why I can't sleep. You see, I haven't been able to get a hold of my friend, so I'm anxious..." Tina gazed at her.

Luca could tell from her eyes.

She was worried and helpless.

Luca pointed out bluntly, "Do you like that friend?"

"No, no, it's just that this friend has helped me before and he means something to me, so." Tina quickly denied it.

"I see." Luca knew that Tina did not want to admit it, so she just went along with it.

"Dr. Craw.." Tina took a deep breath and said everything that was on her mind, "You actually know this friend of mine. It's your brother, Amur. We've been keeping in touch, but he hasn't replied to any of my messages for the past few days, nor has he answered my calls. I was wondering if something has happened to him?"

Luca was stunned. Amur?

She would never have thought that Tina had a crush on Amur...

When they first met, Luca did not feel the presence of any sparks between them. When did they become so close?

“Dr. Craw, that was rude of me. I'll be leaving.." Tina noticed Luca's expression and knew that Amur had not once mentioned her in front of Luca.

"Tina, wait a minute," Luca hurriedly shouted at her when she saw her stand up and was about to walk out. "I didn't expect you to be so close to Amur."

"He helped me before. That's how we have each other's contact numbers," explained Tina.

"I see. Amur has recently gone back to Russia to take care of family matters. So, his domestic phone is switched off. He didn't bring it with him either. It's only natural that you can't reach him," explained

Luca.

"He went back to Russia?" Tina was taken aback and felt lost.

This was not much different from completely ignoring her.

Besides, it was hard to meet someone when they were overseas.

Moreover, he had no plans of keeping in contact with her. Otherwise, he would have told her in advance if he wanted to.

Luca saw through Tina's expression.

In the workplace, she may be a sharp and decisive female secretary, but when it came to emotional problems, her feelings were written all over her face.

She said on behalf of Amur, "Yes, it was all very sudden as the family asked him to go back to deal with some matters. He went back with only a passport and a bank card, nothing else. That's why you can't contact him. If it weren't for the fact that he remembered my phone number, I wouldn't have known about it either.."

Tina blinked.

"I'm sure you're aware that Instagram is not very popular in Russia, so he can't reach you. But he'll be back once everything has been dealt with over there. I'll tell you first thing when he comes back," said Luca. It was a good thing that someone had fallen for Amur.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2127-As of right now, Amur was under the same circumstances as her. It was not appropriate for them to be emotionally involved with people who were not from the Island of Despair.

However, Luca was confident that she would get Eler and Amur off the Island of Despair.

“Is that so?" Tina's heart stirred slightly. If what she said was true, then Amur was not ignoring her on purpose.

He just did not have a way to contact her.

Tina felt better now. Although Luca was unaware that there was something else going on between them, it was no longer like in the olden days when one had to report to family members after making an acquaintance...

After seeing the spark in Tina's eyes, Luca smiled and said, "That's it. Not only you, but it's hard for me to get a hold of him too. He's been busy ever since he went back to Russia. He practically has no time to check his phone."

"Even you can't get a hold of him?" Tina was shocked. How busy could he be?

"He's too busy. When things have been taken care of, he'll come back," said Luca. She did not tell her not to worry, but everything she said so far was to reassure her.

"It must be tiring." Tina could not help but let out a sigh, yet she dared not let Luca see through her heartache.

"It should be fine. He's a man. The more he puts himself through, the more he'll love his wife in the future." Luca looked at Tina and thought that she and Amur were quite compatible.

When they were still on the Island of Despair, Luca and Eler had discussed what kind of woman Amur would get together with once they left.

After all, Amur was the only man left in Eler's family.

This was why the continuation of their bloodline was important to their family.

Luca would never have thought that her unintentional act would bring two people together.

Tina seemed to be quite satisfied with Amur, but she did not know what Amur thought of her.

Luca made up her mind that when Amur returned safely from his mission, she would start to pull some strings.

Tina nodded in agreement. Amur was different from the men around her, which was why she could not control her feelings for him.

Tina glanced at the time to see that lunch break was almost over and stood up. “Dr. Craw, I'll go back to my office now."

"Okay." Luca knew that Tina was already relieved and did not say anything more.

As Tina was walking up to the door, she thought about something and turned around again. "Dr. Craw, I have one more favor to ask."

"What is it?" Luca looked at her.

"I've indeed not been sleeping well lately. Can you give me a couple of pills to aid in sleep?" Tina still asked her for the medicine at the end.

Although she knew that Amur was not ignoring her on purpose, she would still be restless as she would still miss him.

She would start imagining things, especially in the dead of night after work.

Tina knew that if this persisted, it would affect her work and her life. Hence, she thought that at least she could get some rest with the help of medication.

"No problem." Luca opened her drawer and took out the medicine she had initially prepared for herself. Now that she had found the cause of the problem in the data, though, she no longer had to sleep in the office.

Tina took them and asked, "Dr. Craw, how much is it? I'll transfer the money to you."

"No need. It's not worth much anyway. Plus, it's just for my personal use. It's not on the market. It's purely traditional medicine, so it's not expensive. Just take it," said Luca while shaking her head.

"Thank you, Dr. Craw. I'll go back to work now." Tina held the medicine in her palm.

"Alright." Luca nodded and waited until Tina had left her office before burying herself in work again.

At three o'clock, Rhett punctually knocked on Luca's office door.

"Come in." Luca glanced at the time and massaged her forehead. She did not realize that it was already three.

Rhett pushed open the door and walked in as he reminded her, "Dr. Craw, it's three."

"Alright, let's go." Luca picked up the car keys and her laptop before walking out of her office.

Zoey was sitting in her office when she saw Luca and Rhett walking toward the elevator. She hurriedly went out and asked, "Dr. Craw, where are you going?"

"I'm going to Watson for a meeting. Is there a problem?" asked Luca.

"No, it's just that there may be some documents that require your signature later." Zoey made an excuse.

"Is it urgent? If it's not, just leave them first and we'll talk about it after I come back from the meeting." Luca pushed the button for the elevator. It would take about 20 minutes to get from T Corporation to Watson. Not to mention it was snowing now and the roads would be slippery. Hence, she did not have the time to deal with paperwork right now.

There were many senior professors at Watson. It would not be good to keep them waiting.

"It's not urgent, Dr. Craw. You should go to the meeting." After Zoey found out where she was going, she helped press the elevator button.

After the elevator reached their floor, the doors slowly opened.

Luca walked in and nodded as she said, "I'll go over first. You can just send the documents directly to my office and leave them there."

"Got it." Zoey nodded.

After the elevator doors closed, she took out her phone to report to Luke: [Dr. Craw brought Mr. Link along with her for a meeting at Watson.]

After sending the message, Zoey walked back to her office and worked on the documents while sitting in her office chair.

Luca and Rhett arrived at the underground parking lot.

"Can you drive?" asked Luca.

"I can, Dr. Craw." Rhett nodded.

Luca handed him the keys. "Let's just go there together. You drive. I'm a little tired."

"No problem." Rhett took the car keys.

Luca chose to sit in the backseat. She wanted to rest for a bit, and that was why she let Rhett drive.

The car slowly drove out of T Corporation's building, and Luke's phone vibrated at the same time. Gale's subordinate had sent him a message.

[Ms. Craw has left the company's building.]

Luke glanced at the message and replied with only two words: [Follow them.]

Even though she was going to Watson for work, he could not take the risk again.

After sending it, he continued to work on the documents.

Rhett drove steadily while Luca rested in the backseat.

23 minutes later, the two of them reached Watson.

After Rhett parked the car, he glanced at Luca in the backseat and saw that her eyes were still shut. He did not know whether she was asleep.

As he was hesitating whether to wake her up, Luca asked with her eyes closed, "Are we here?"

"Yes, Dr. Craw. We've arrived at Watson," replied Rhett.

Luca opened her eyes, then picked up the coat beside her and put it on. "Let's go."

"Alright." Rhett unbuckled his seat belt and pushed open the car door.

Both of them verified their work IDs and made their way to the laboratory floor.

Mo saw them walk in and immediately went up to greet them. Although she did not work at T Corporation, she still had friends who did. Hence, she was aware of the rumors about Luke and Luca.

Thus, she was a little more cautious when she saw Luca.

"Dr. Craw, you're here." Mo's attitude was respectful.

"I need to go to the conference room, right?" asked Luca.

"Yes. This way, please." Mo led the way for her.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2128-Luca followed Mo's lead and walked into the conference room.

There were already two professors waiting in the conference room.

When they saw Luca walk in, the two professors said one after another, “Dr. Craw, you're here. It's been too long." novelbin

"Long time no see, Professors." After receiving the warm welcome from the two professors, Luca knew what was going on.

It seemed that the rumors from T Corporation had reached this side as well.

The two companies were not deeply associated, but somehow, gossip still managed to find its way here. Luca had resigned herself to it.

"Yes, it's been a long time. Have a seat." Dr. Linwood looked at Luca and thought that since she was close with Luke, he should not offend her.

After seeing how attentive Dr. Linwood was, Dr. Jackson was unwilling to fall behind. He asked Mo, "When will the other professors and general manager arrive? They should know that Dr. Craw's time is very precious."

"Everyone, please wait a moment. I'll go inform them again." Mo could not do anything but watch as the two professors fawned over Luca with their flattery.

This was reality.

Besides, Luca shared that kind of relationship with Luke. If they got closer to Luca, they might even be able to get more research funds in the future, which would make their research a whole lot easier.

"Be quick. We promised to meet at 3:30. Look at the time now!" said Dr. Linwood with a look of disappointment. He then smiled at Luca and said, "Dr. Craw, would you like some coffee? Let my assistant make you a cup."

"No, thank you." As always, Luca chose to keep a low profile, so she picked a corner seat and sat down. She opened her laptop, and just then, a thought occurred to her. She asked the two professors, "By the way, what's the agenda for this meeting?"

"Did Ms. Stone not tell you? How careless of her," said Dr. Linwood as he frowned.

"She did tell me, but the new quarter isn't here yet. Why is the manager in such a rush?" said Luca. The new quarter would only arrive after the new year, but the new year was still a month away.

"It's all because of Dr. Albus. The company had planned to use his research as the first revenue. Now that the plan has fallen through, the manager must've called for this meeting to have us speed up the research progress to quickly increase the company's sales," Dr. Linwood explained to her.

Luca nodded her head, indicating she understood.

That was her guess too.

“But our research is nowhere near completion..." Dr. Linwood looked at her and added, “Dr. Craw, your research made the most progress at first. How is it going now?"

"There were some data errors some time ago, but we've found the problem and we're speeding up the research so that it can enter the market," Luca replied without holding anything back.

"I see. Then your drug can be marketed soon." Dr. Linwood heaved a sigh of relief. It was good for her to take the lead. That way, their research would have a chance to take a breather.

"If everything goes as planned, you're right." Luca heard footsteps and glanced up at the door.

Several professors and managers walked in at the same time.

The general manager did not give them a chance to exchange pleasantries and dived straight into the topic. "Since all the professors have arrived, let's begin the meeting."

The conference room was pin-drop silent as everyone waited for the manager to speak.

"Mr. Crawford has sent out the news of the press release yesterday and terminated Dr. Albus' contract. Later on, Dr. Albus will be held accountable for this incident. So, to all the professors here, if Dr. Albus had said or done anything to you, you can tell me. In case something happens in the future, all of you will need to bear the responsibility and consequences," the general manager hinted.

Although Dr. Albus was the main professor in charge of that project, it would still require a great deal of effort to single-handedly betray the research.

Therefore, the general manager believed that someone among them had sided with Dr. Albus for their benefit.

After hearing what the general manager had to say, one of the professors said unhappily, "What do you mean by that?"

"I'm not trying to offend anyone. I'm just following the orders from above and conveying the message to everyone," explained the general manager.

Luca frowned as she listened to the general manager's words.

There was no way that was what Luke meant.

Jason would not carelessly convey messages either, so it was either this manager was lying, or someone was putting words into Luke's mouth.

Dr. Linwood was also upset. "Dr. Albus' project encountered some problems at the beginning and several professors got involved. When things went south, we cooperated with the investigation as well. It's been proven that we have nothing to do with this. But are you saying that you're suspecting us?"

The general manager looked at Dr. Linwood with a stern face. "That's not what I'm saying. It's just that all of you were involved in the project at some point, so I just want to give you all a reminder."

"That means you're suspecting us. General Manager, you're not a research professor. You have no idea how complicated science is. Even if we had helped Dr. Albus, the data we saw would only be the tip of the iceberg. Betray the research? Who in the world would want that bit of data? Plus, we never even came close to the key data. Next time, think before you make slanderous accusations!" Dr. Linwood said coldly. Excluding the former manager, Dr. Cole, and Dr. Albus, Dr. Linwood had the highest seniority among them.

He was angry and for good reason.

Luca watched everything in silence. If this went on, she was afraid that they were going to quarrel even before they had officially touched on the meeting agenda.

The general manager frowned. He was not afraid of causing trouble. After all, he did not work in the laboratory but was in charge of managing the whole company. "That's not what I meant. I was just conveying the orders from above. Plus, if you say that you didn't do anything wrong, then so be it. With the way you're acting right now, Dr. Linwood, it makes me think that you're guilty."

"Mr. Crawford would never convey such orders. General Manager, did you misinterpret his message? Moreover, Mr. Crawford's people would take the initiative to look into whether anyone has done anything wrong. I suppose the focus of this meeting is not about Dr. Albus, is it?" Luca could not keep quiet any longer. If she let the general manager continue talking, Luke would lose all his credibility.

The general manager was stunned. He dared not utter a word after he thought about Luca and Luke's relationship.

He had no choice but to say, "Perhaps I misunderstood the boss' meaning..."

Luca remained silent.

"Let's move on, then. We'll officially start the meeting and discuss the upcoming development goals of the company," said the general manager.

Luca did not say anything and watched everything with a blank expression.

If the general manager had not used Luke's name to put pressure on these old professors, she would not have spoken up.

It was important to know that these old professors were very important to Watson.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2129-Although they could not treat these people as if they were gods, they could not offend them either.

Luca was worried that Abel would make a move in the later stages.

His pharmaceutical company was quite well-known in A City. Plus, Watson's welfare package was not the best, so if he made a proposal to these professors, he might be able to win them over.

The research results may also be taken away or even abandoned. If that happened, the research funds that were invested at the beginning would all be for nothing.

Luca would not sit back and give Abel such an opportunity. The general manager dared not express his suspicion of these professors again because of her relationship with Luke.

The meeting lasted for more than an hour.

As Dr. Linwood had said, the general manager put all his hopes for the company's performance on her research group.

All she could do was bite the bullet and agree to it.

After the meeting ended, Luca did not stay back to chit-chat with the other professors and left with the excuse that she still had experiments to do.

Dr. Linwood watched as Luca left and said to Dr. Jackson, “With Dr. Craw taking the lead, it takes the pressure off our research."

Dr. Jackson nodded in agreement.

The general manager listened to their conversation, and his face turned gloomy. He had originally planned to drive a wedge between the professors and Luke, but he did not expect that Luca would

rebut his words.

With Luca and Luke's relationship in the way, he dared not say too much.

The intentional provocation this time was considered a failure.

The general manager left the conference room with a dark expression.

Dr, Linwood watched as the general manager left before discussing with Dr. Jackson, "Jackson, did you get the feeling that everything the general manager said before the meeting was intentional?"

"Yes, it did seem that way. It was as if he was setting Mr. Crawford up, giving us the impression that he's..." Dr. Jackson was already 50 years old and knew the ways of the world, so he could see through whatever the general manager was trying to do.

Dr. Jackson was afraid that if Luca had not spoken up, the general manager would have gone on with his attempts.

It would be fine if the people knew the truth and were not led by the nose, but if not...

Dr. Jackson stood up and stacked the meeting documents together. “I never thought that the management of this company would be like this."

"It's only natural to have competition in a company." Dr. Linwood stood up as well and took the meeting documents in his hands. Then, he left the conference room with Dr. Jackson.

"That's why I still prefer to stick with academics." Dr. Jackson pushed his glasses. If Luke had not personally gone to the university where he taught to ask him to take up the position, he might still be teaching now.

Dr. Linwood laughed and said nothing more.

He and Dr. Jackson used to teach at universities, unlike the other professors.

Dr. Albus who was in trouble and the former Dr. Cole had taken the initiative to apply for a job here themselves. Everyone could see how that turned out.

However, they were not entirely desireless.

The reason they agreed with Luke to work here was mainly that they needed the funds from Luke's company to finish the research they had not been able to complete in the academic field.

To get the funding, they had to get on Luca's good side.

Luca was Luke's woman, after all. If she did not have a good impression of them, one word and Luke could cut their funding anytime.

There would be no way to carry on with the research at that point.

On the other hand.

After Luca and Rhett left Watson, Rhett sat in the driver's seat to drive while Luca remained in the backseat.

Rhett drove carefully and glanced into the rearview mirror. "Dr. Craw."

"What is it?" asked Luca.

"Nothing." Rhett was not sure whether his gut feeling was right. It had not been long since he graduated, and he had been following Luca ever since. There was not much internal conflict in their research group, so he did not have much experience in this area.

There were many things that he dared not make a judgment about.

"Do you have any doubts about the contents of the meeting?" Luca reckoned that he wanted to talk about this.

Rhett knew his boundaries. He would not say or ask whatever he was not supposed to.

Rhett took a deep breath and voiced his doubts, "Yes. Before the meeting started, I felt that the things that the general manager said were strange.."

Luca finished his sentence for him as she noticed that he dared not continue, "Like he was purposely trying to drive a wedge between Mr. Crawford and the professors, right?" "Right. So you think the same too." The corners of Rhett's mouth curled slightly upward as it seemed that his judgment was right.

“Of course. Otherwise, why did I voice out?" said Luca as she would not have spoken up unless she was forced to.

If she had let the general manager continue talking, perhaps there would not be another meeting. Those old professors would certainly look for Luke and cause trouble.

She had been at Watson for some time, so she knew exactly how those professors got into Watson.

"You're amazing," said Rhett. Although she was a research professor, she was still under the jurisdiction of the general manager.

She was not directly under him, but she was still considered his subordinate.

"What's so amazing about that? I was just assuming someone else's power." Luca looked out the window. It was not something worth bragging about. The fact that the general manager dared not say anything after she spoke was solely because of Luke.

They all thought that she and Luke had a special relationship, so they did not dare to offend her.

Even if the general manager was pretending to obey orders, he would not be so quick to expose himself.

When the thought occurred to her, her heart skipped a beat. The way the general manager behaved was not entirely like a display of his absolute power, but rather like he was accomplishing something.

Could he be from the Island of Despair?

Luca bit her lip as she had not realized this before. Now that she had, her face took on a ghastly expression.

Abel must have planted people in T Corporation and Watson.

Was one of them the general manager?

Luca's fingers tapped rhythmically on the leather seat.

If the general manager was one of Abel's people, she must give Luke a hint to keep him alert...

Even if he did not work for Abel, having someone like him in Watson would bring nothing but harm to the company.

Therefore, they had to get rid of the general manager!

Rhett sensed Luca's unusual tone and glanced at the rearview mirror again. Her expression became worse and even more serious.

At that moment, he could not even utter the words of comfort that were on the tip of his tongue.

After returning to the office, Luca glanced to see that it was almost six o'clock.

Rhett and Luca hurried upstairs, intending to see how the research in the lab was going. However, when she passed by the assistant's office, she was called by Zoey, "Dr. Craw, you're back."

"Yes." Luca did not stop and walked straight to the lab.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2130-Zoey hurriedly walked out and said, “Dr. Craw, are you going to the lab?"

Luca stopped in her tracks and looked back at her. "Yes, what is it?"

"Dr. Craw, Mr. Crawford is waiting in your office..." Zoey informed her. Luke had just come downstairs looking for Luca. After learning that she still had not returned from her meeting at Watson, he decided to wait here.

After hearing that Luke was waiting for her, she started to feel all warm inside. She turned around and made a gesture to Rhett, signaling him to go in first.

Rhett nodded and walked toward the lab.

Luca looked back at Zoey and asked, "How long has Mr. Crawford been waiting?"

Zoey glanced at the time and replied, "About ten minutes. He knew that you were still in a meeting at Watson, so he went straight into your office without telling me to inform you."

Luke was the boss of this company, after all. Hence, she watched him walk into Luca's office without stopping him.

"Got it." Luca turned around and walked back to her office.

Since Luke was there, she could not leave him hanging just for the sake of work.

Luca pushed the door open to see the man sitting on the couch with his phone in his hands. His eyes were glued to the phone screen.

She knew that he was not playing games on his phone but dealing with work.

In the hands of others, a phone could provide all kinds of entertainment—shows, chatting, or games. However, in Luke's hands, he mostly used it for work.

He was either dealing with emails and files or talking to relevant people about work.

"Mr. Crawford, what brings you here?" asked Luca as she closed the door so that passersby could not peek inside.

"I'm waiting for you to get off work." Luke put down his phone and looked at Luca with tenderness from deep down inside him.

Get off work?

Luca said in dismay, "I'm afraid I won't be done early today, Mr. Crawford. If you're getting off work, perhaps you can go back first."

"Did you forget the promise you made to the children?" Luke reminded her.

Yesterday, Luca had promised to take Old Master Crawford's pulse, but it was only Friday today...

“I might need to go on a business trip to the next city for the next two days, so I won't be here," Luke said resolvedly, and because of that, he had set the dinner tonight.

He presumed that Luca would be able to make time for it, so he did not notify her in advance.

"In that case, wait for me to pack my things," said Luca as there was no way she would go to Crawford Manor alone. Besides, Susan already thought that she had an ulterior motive. Therefore, to avoid any disputes, she would choose to go only when Luke was going—even if she was only going to take Old Master Crawford's pulse.

With Luke there, Susan would restrain herself from provoking her.

"Take your time. It's still early," said Luke as it was the usual time to get off work, so they would not be late.

Moreover, he had informed them that he would be bringing Luca and the kids back for dinner tonight at the last minute. Hence, the cooks and the maids must be busy making more sumptuous dishes right now.

After all, Old Master Crawford liked Luca.

Luca hurriedly packed up the files on her desk and put them in the safe.

Luke looked at her scurrying figure and casually asked, "Were you at Watson for a meeting?"

"Yes." Luca nodded as she entered the safe's password in front of him without trying to cover it up.

The whole company belonged to him anyway. If he wanted the information in the safe, he did not even need the password. He could just carry the entire safe away.

"What was the meeting about?" asked Luke.

After bringing up the contents of the meeting, Luca put the files into the safe and closed the door to turn around and look at Luke. "It was about the next quarter. Because of Dr. Albus' situation and Dr. Cole's failed research, the general manager was very anxious and wanted to us to produce some sales as soon as possible. So, the development plan for the next quarter was decided in advance."

Luke nodded without making any comments.

Luca had planned to inadvertently reveal the general manager's wrongdoings when Luke asked further, but she did not expect him to not say a word.

Her expression was somewhat hesitant and uneasy.

"What's wrong? Is the plan putting too much pressure on you?" asked Luke.

He was concerned about Luca as her experiment was at the forefront of Watson. This meeting about the next quarter's plans would definitely put a lot of weight on her shoulders.

"No, it's just that the general manager lambasted the professors there because of Dr. Albus' matter, saying that it was a message from above. Mr. Crawford, was that your intention?" Luca decided to say it directly.

She would rather come off as emotionally unintelligent to Luke than to see Abel's plan succeed.

Even if the general manager was not working for Abel, he still did not bring anything to the table in terms of Watson's development.

"No." Luke understood that she was uneasy because of the general manager's behavior.

He guessed that Luca was concerned about him and that the general manager's behavior would affect the professors' impression of him, which would eventually affect the company.

Luke was very calm, and the expression on his face remained unfazed. However, he was in fact uncontrollably jumping up and down with joy inside.

Luca cared about him!

He simply denied it without criticizing and asking too much.

Luca understood him.

Although Luke did not say much, it did not mean that he did not care. Moreover, Luke had personally invited several old professors there, which indicated his determination to be at the top in the pharmaceutical industry. Hence, there was no way he would not deal with this matter.

Therefore, she was relieved that Luke would handle it.

After successfully letting him know about it, Luca let out a sigh of relief and picked up the briefcase at the side. “Mr. Crawford, I'm done."

“Let's go, then." Luke glanced at the time on his wristwatch and said, "Zander must've picked up the kids by now too."

Luca nodded. Getting off work with him while talking about the kids... It seemed like something a married couple would do.

She knew that she could not long for this kind of life, but she could not help but feel happy.

It was all because she loved Luke so much.

Even if they were not intimate, she cherished these little memories several times more.

The two of them walked out of the office together.

Zoey sat on her office chair and watched as Luke and Luca left together. Luca clocked out at the punch card machine next to the elevator while Luke waited beside her.

The two stood there, and although they did not behave intimately, they looked like the perfect match.

Zoey watched from afar, and it seemed as though she could sense the gentleness from Luke that he usually did not show to the public.

This scene was too beautiful.