Ch. 2451..2460

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2451-“Put it on. Be careful." Luke handed Luca a new safety helmet.

Luca put on the helmet after she thanked Luke.

She could not help but let out a sigh. It had been a long time since Luke did foundation work. However, he was still as attentive as he was before when he got the job.

It was dangerous to walk in the old ancestral hall. There never had been any injuries or accidents caused by the building collapsing, but the place was in ruins. It could collapse anytime.

Luca put on the safety helmet while Brian walked toward them and said respectfully, "Mr. Crawford, is there anything I can help with?" "What year are you in?" Luke asked. It would be fine if they could help him to carry the tools. If they could not, Luke would rather ask them to leave than stay here and cause trouble for him.

"I'm in my second year. I've learned the basics of how to measure the area. Austin is in his first year," answered Brian. The surname for most of the villagers was Crawford, followed by the surname Hart.

"The first-year student can go back home. We don't need him here," said Luke. He did not need someone who could not be of help here.

Besides, Luca was more capable than these two college students.

Even though it had been years since she engaged in the architectural industry, she was still capable.

Austin had already found out Luke's identity. After he knew that Luke had won many international awards, he quickly came forward and said, "Mr. Crawford, please take me along with you. I can help."

"…" Luke did not say a word. He picked up the measuring tool.

Luca was beside him to help him.

Then, Austin spoke again, "Mr. Crawford, I'll do whatever you want me to do. I won't cause any trouble for you and your assistant."

Luca shot a glance at Austin. She reckoned that he must have found out about Luke's identity.

After all, many wanted to learn from Luke, but not everyone had the chance to do so.

"Mr. Crawford, I think he wants to learn. Let him stay," said Luca. They were just students. It was considered a good opportunity to have a chance like this that the others would never get.

Luca used to be an architect too. She understood how honorable it was to be able to learn from Luke.

At least, they could add something interesting to their resume in the future.

“Rearrange the design drawings with Brian," said Luke.

The old design drawings were brought by the village chief. However, after years of refurbishing and rebuilding the ancestral hall, it was already different from the original drawing.

Luke wanted the drawings to be arranged and updated to see if there was anything he could remodel so that they did not have to tear down the whole building.

After all, this ancestral hall was initially T Corporation's featured building.

Moreover, the village chief told him that there was a limited budget for the reconstruction. If there was anything they could save on, they would try their best to save the budget.

Luke intended to help the village to save more money.

"Okay, Mr. Crawford!" Austin became energetic. He picked up the drawings and began to study them with Brian.

"Let's start." Luke set up the machine and turned to look at Luca.

"Okay." Luca adjusted her safety helmet and began to help him to record the measurements.

Although it had been a long time since Luca did this, the tasks were easy for Luca as she had done this many times.

Luke could measure quickly, and Luca was able to record the measurements with him.

Austin sat on the stone bench far away and was working with Brian to take notes. He looked in their direction.

Austin realized Luca was not holding Luke back. He could not help but mumble, "I thought she only had a pretty face…"

Brian heard him mumbling. He shook his head and said, "That's why we shouldn't look down on others. He looks like a rich heir, and she looks like she can't do anything except have a pretty face. But the two of them are more capable than us."

Austin withdrew his gaze and replied, "We shouldn't look down on others, but we can't underestimate ourselves too. We'll be as successful as he is in the future."

Brian had never underestimated himself, but he was nothing like Austin. Austin looked up at himself and looked down on others.

"I'll strive to travel to A City and work in T Corporation after I graduate," Brian made up his mind.

"Don't expect him to hire you when you've only come in contact with him once," Austin tried to dampen his enthusiasm.

"That's not what I mean. It's just a goal. Besides, there's no way you can pull the strings to get into T Corporation, but you'll learn many things about architecture when you get there. T Corporation has created many champions who won architectural competitions!" Brian said with admiration.

Those who were able to get into T Corporation were famous among the students who studied architecture in their college.

Brian wanted to be a student their college would be proud of. He also wanted to learn more about architecture in a better environment.

"Look at how much you admire him. Do tell me when you get in there." Austin thought Brian was just trying to butter Luke up.

It was past morning. The measuring progress was going well as Luke was there. They would be able to enter the hall to measure the area and look at the situation there in the afternoon.

As Austin and Brian were there with them, so Luca thought it would be inappropriate for them to order takeouts. Although Luke did not ask them to help, they had been arranging the drawings all morning. It would make them look stingy if they bought takeouts for them.

Therefore, Luca suggested they head to a restaurant nearby for lunch.

Brian recommended a local restaurant that served good food to them.

Hence, the four of them got into the car and came to the restaurant.

There was no private room in the restaurant. They picked a table in the corner and sat down.

After they ordered their dishes, Brian said, “Mr. Crawford, you work fast. That's impressive."

Brian had gone out with his lecturer to take measurements a couple of times before. However, his lecturer could not work as fast as Luke.

Luke could finish so much work in the morning. His speed and efficiency were so much higher than the others.

"Not really," replied Luke. He was efficient but made sure of the quality and accuracy too.

"You're too humble. Our lecturer can't take the measurements as fast as you. Are we going to visit the main structure of the ancestral hall in the afternoon?" Brian asked.

Luke nodded. It seemed like although Brian was only in his second year, he knew a lot. Then, Luke replied, "We're going to see if there are any structures we can keep."

Brian complimented, "Honestly, the village chief had asked for the fees of a few architects before he looked for you. They claimed that the building had to be torn down. Not only were the design fees expensive, but the construction would also cost a lot of money too after summing everything up. That's why the village chief thought of reaching you to see if you can help."

Luke nodded.

Brian noticed that Luke probably did not talk much. He smiled and said nothing more.

Austin, who sat beside Brian, was secretly rejoicing. Brian was so busy fawning over Luke but failed to get what he wanted after being stubborn, huh?

Luca shot a glance at Luke and started a conversation with Brian, "Brian, which college you are studying now?"

Brian scratched the back of his head embarrassingly and answered, "It's just a normal college, the National University."

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2452-“I remember that the National University is one of the top five universities in architectural design," Luca recalled. Then, the expression on her face changed.

Only after she finished saying that did she realize what she had said.

Luca turned to look at Luke. He was calm, and he was not as surprised as she thought.

Normally, a 'foreigner' like her should not know so much about the local universities.

She thought it was unbelievable when there was no surprised expression on Luke's face.

Brian's face reddened as he was embarrassed to hear Luca complimenting his university. He shook his head and replied, "Even though it's in the top five, the faculty of architecture in our college is incomparable to Mr. Crawford's college. I'm planning to sit for the entrance exam for that college and see if I can take my master's there in my fourth year."

Luca withdrew her gaze. She smiled and replied, "Good luck to you."

Brian nodded. Then, he changed the subject of the conversation, "Ms. Craw, did you graduate from university with a degree in architecture?"

Luca should be nodding her head, but she graduated with a degree in biopharmaceutics in the information she submitted to Luke.

Luca shook her head and answered, "No."

"I thought you were studying architecture. You looked like you didn't have a problem with it when you were working together with Mr. Crawford," said Brian.

"Those are the basics. I studied some subjects related to architecture when I was in university." Luca had no choice but to bite the bullet and lie to him.

Luke took a sip of the tea and gave a faint smile. Luca was bad at lying.

Luke could even feel Luca had reached her limits lying to someone when he sat beside her. Luca had no choice but to keep on lying if he did not say anything.

Luca would not be able to hold on any longer.

"I see. Ms. Craw, you're pretty impressive too." Brian began to admire Luca too.

Sure enough, the people around Luke were as outstanding as he was.

Brian told himself that he had to put in more effort too.

Although Austin could not be bothered to listen to their conversation, he felt like he could not fit in. Hence, he asked, "Ms. Craw, what did you study in college?"

Luca was startled for a moment. She could not help but wonder how much longer they were going to talk about this.

“I studied biopharmaceutics, and I studied abroad." Luca had no choice but to answer him. Then, she turned to look at Luke.

Luke was still drinking his tea. There seemed to be a slight curve on the corner of his lips.

Was Luke happy?

Luca tried to think about what made Luke happy when they were talking to each other.

She pondered for a moment and the interesting part of their conversation was Brian complimenting the faculty of architecture of his university.

However, Luke was not someone who would be happy to receive compliments about his university.

Many people complimented him on the regular, so he would not be happy just to hear someone compleminting his university.

Hence, what amused Luke so much that made him smile?

Austin began to doubt her when he heard that she studied biopharmaceutics abroad.

Would someone who graduated abroad come back to work for Luke?

Besides, it was something completely different from her profession.

There must be something going on between the two of them. After all, Austin noticed that the family name of Luke's wife was Rayne when he was looking up Luke's information, while the family name of the woman in front of him was Craw.

Austin was secretly excited as though he had found out something shocking.

The waitress served their dishes on the table. "Let's eat. We have a lot of work to do in the afternoon." Luke's words saved Luca from the awkward situation.

Brian nodded and had lunch with them.

Luke only ate the dish placed in front of him as he was unfamiliar with the two boys sitting in front of him. It seemed like they were unaware of using the serving spoon either.

Luca noticed that, but the two boys in front of them were inexperienced too. She was too embarrassed to remind them.

She called the waitress and ordered a set meal.

It did not take long for the waitress to serve the meal. Luca looked at the meal set and frowned, "Why did they add the cilantro…"

Brian was not sure about the situation. He looked at her set meal and said, "Ms. Craw, just take the cilantro away if you don't eat it."

"But the smell of the cilantro will remain in the dish. It's a waste if no one eats it. Mr. Crawford, why don't you eat some?" Luca placed the set meal in front of Luke.

"Okay." Luke knew what Luca meant and did not reject her offer.

Even though Luke only helped him with the food in front of him, the two boys would help themselves with the food too. Luca noticed that, and that was why she deliberately ordered another set meal and found an excuse for him.

Luca was as attentive as before.

After lunch, the four of them returned to the ancestral hall.

The village chief stood in the ancestral hall and asked with confusion, “Where did you go?"

“Chief, we went out for lunch just now," said Brian.

“You're already eaten? I brought lunch for you." The village chief shook his head. Luke came here to help them without charging them. That was why he asked his wife to prepare more when she was preparing lunch.

“I've eaten," said Luke. He headed to the machine and began to work.

“What about these…" The village chief looked at the lunch boxes and said helplessly.

“Chief, you can take them back," replied Brian. He sat down and continued to arrange the drawings.

“Okay. It's better than wasting them. I'll leave you to work." The village chief picked up the lunchboxes and headed out.

Austin said disdainfully, "I didn't expect the chief to prepare lunch for us when he has always been tightfisted."

“Chief is just trying to save money," replied Brian as he shook his head. Austin truly had a sharp tongue.

Austin would be losing out if he behaved like that after he came out to work.

Austin did not say anything. He thought Brian said so just to please the village chief.

The rest needed to have a good relationship with the village chief, but he did not need that.

Austin thought he would be leaving X City sooner or later. He would not have anything to do with X City when the time came.

Luca did not say anything when she heard the conversation between the two young boys. She continued to assist Luke.

Their work went smoothly as two people were there to help them. They thought they would be working until midnight. However, they completed their work and were done taking all the measurements by seven in the evening.

Now, Luke had to draw the designs himself.

Brian watched Luke keep the tools back in his toolbox, and he asked excitedly, “Mr. Crawford, do you mind taking me along with you when you're designing?"

Luke paused for a moment. He shook his head and said, “I'm going back to A City in two days."

What he meant was that even though he took Brian along with him, he would not be able to participate in the whole process.

That was why there was no need to do so.

Brian was disappointed when he heard that. However, his college was in X City, and the holidays were almost over. There was no way he could head to A City.

"Okay, Mr. Crawford. I'm looking forward to seeing your design," Brian smiled and replied.

Luke left there with Luca after he packed his stuff.

Austin blew a whistle and glanced at Brian, who was disappointed and mocked, “Even if he were staying in X City, he wouldn't ask you to go along with him. Just give up."

"How do you know that?" Brian rolled his eyes at Austin.

The two of them were not that close. If it were not for the task this time, Brian could not be bothered to talk to Austin for another second.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2453-"He's completed most of the designs, so you wouldn't be much of a help anyway. Plus, he would need to credit you if you partake in the designing. He wouldn't be that stupid," said Austin

"I just want to learn. I never expected him to credit me in the first place, so don't jump to conclusions." Brian was filled with disgust for him.

He left without looking back.

Austin watched him leave as he spat on the floor. "What is he putting on an act for? He didn't even gain anything from pretending to be polite to Luke for the whole day. Serves him right."

He turned to leave after finishing his words as well

Luke drove back to the Crawford Ancestral Home.

The Crawford Ancestral Home was still brightly lit up, and when they both walked in, Tommy went over to hold their hands. "Daddy, Ms. Luca, you're back!"

"Yeah, have you eaten?" Luca took off her jacket and hung it before patting his head.

Tommy nodded and said, "I've eaten. Have Daddy and Ms. Luca ate yet?"

"Not yet." Luke put the toolbox aside. It was around seven o'clock after they settled everything, which was when he usually had dinner.

Upon hearing this, Otto stood up from the sofa and said, "Mr. Crawford, Ms.Craw, I'll make you some food."

Otto had informed the kitchen to not leave leftovers for them as that was what Luke ordered.

However, the chefs had already gotten off work, so he had to cook.

Luca immediately said, "Mr. Muller, let me do it."

"How could I..." Otto shook his head as mistresses from wealthy families would never enter the kitchen.

"It's okay. I'll do it," said Luca as she released Tommy's hand and walked into the kitchen.

"But.." Otto was at a loss as Luca took the initiative to cook, so he looked at Luke helplessly.

"Let her do it. Are there ingredients in the kitchen?" Luke asked.

Although Luca had had a long day like him, at times when he was most hungry, he wanted to eat something Luca made for him.

"Yes, there are."

"I'll go take a look," said Luke as he headed toward the kitchen.

He was exhausted, but so was Luca, so he decided to help her out.

After entering the kitchen, Luke saw Luca holding the ingredients next to the refrigerator. He said, "Should we have pasta?"

Luca turned to look at him, and she nodded. "Sure."

At times like this, it would be easiest to make pasta.

Since Luke was willing to eat pasta, that would be the best option.

She took out the vegetables and protein, as well as a bag of spaghetti, with a simple pasta dish in mind.

"It's ready-made pasta, are you okay with that?"

"Yup, you make the best sauce," said Luke.

Making and kneading pasta dough would take a lot of effort, so to speed things up, ready-made pasta would make things much easier.

The reason why Luca's pasta tasted good was all because of the sauce anyway.

"Then, I'll make bolognese pasta," Luca decided.

"I'll help." Luke picked up the vegetables Luca took out from the refrigerator earlier to wash them.

Luca took it away from him. "Mr. Crawford, let me do it. You can go do other work."

"I don't have anything to do for now," Luke said. She was busy in the kitchen because of him, so he could not bear to leave her alone.

"Making pasta is an easy task, I'll do it myself. If you really have nothing to do, tidy up the tools in the toolbox, in case Tommy opens it up to play later," said Luca. Tommy was not that naughty, but the tools inside were expensive.

In the eyes of an architect, they were not just mere tools as just using the right tools alone was like getting half the job done.

Even so, Luke did not move an inch.

Luca looked at him as she tried to tell him that making pasta was not tiring, nor would it take up much time. "The pasta will be ready to eat in 15 minutes."

Luke had no choice but to nod.

Luca poured water into the pot and turned on the stove. After washing all the vegetables in the sink, she heated up a pan to cook the minced meat.

After leaving the kitchen, Luke asked Tommy, who was reading a book in the living room, "Where are the others?"

"You mean my brother and sister?" Tommy put his book down and looked at him.

Luke nodded. He did not see the two older kids when he came back.

The three of them were usually inseparable.

"Mr. Percy is teaching them maths upstairs. I couldn't understand, so I came down." Tommy pouted to express how upset he was. "The math problem Mr. Percy taught was too difficult, and I haven't learned it yet, so I couldn't understand a thing."

"Percy is teaching them math?" Luke had an odd look on his face.

Tommy nodded and relayed Percy's words, “Mr. Percy said that he'll tutor his kids himself in the future and not leave it to the maid like Daddy, so he's practicing with Lanie and Rainie right now."

Luke's face was sullen. How dare Percy used his kids to practice...

The point was that Lanie and Rainie were smart. They did not need tutoring.

Luke picked up the toolbox and headed upstairs.

Tommy put down his book and shouted, "Daddy, I wanna go too."

The father and son went upstairs together.

Percy was explaining math problems to Lanie and Rainie on the second floor as he drew on a blackboard that he got from who knew where with a piece of chalk.

Rainie and Lanie each had a book in front of them, whereas Nina was on her phone.

If the person in front of the blackboard were not Percy, Luke reckoned that the atmosphere would be much more harmonious.

Percy was not cut out for teaching.

Percy heard footsteps while he was teaching, so he looked toward the stairs and saw Luke.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't disturb your kids' class."

"What can you teach them?" Luke placed the toolbox on the stairway and walked toward Lanie and Rainie.

"Daddy," Lanie and Rainie called out to him in unison.

"Hey, they don't understand the math problem I'm teaching them right now. Am I supposed to just not teach them?" Percy tossed the chalk aside. He had come up with many ways to entertain the children while he was looking after them for Luke.

Who knew all they could think about were their parents.

In the end, the only thing that could pique Lanie and Rainie's interest was math problems.

Moreover, he found teaching to be fun too, so he taught them more and more topics.

"They don't understand because they haven't learned it yet." Luke looked at the question on the blackboard. Because he usually checked their homework, he knew at first glance that they had yet to learn the topic Percy was teaching.

"Isn't this an elementary school topic?" Percy frowned.

Nina pursed her lips and smiled, then she said, "See, I told you that they hadn't learned it yet in their grade."

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2454-“Forget it, then. It'll be hard for them to learn if they don't have the basic knowledge." Percy did not expect to hit a wall while practicing with Luke's children.

"Mr. Percy, I understand it," Lanie tilted his head up and said.

Percy blinked and could not believe what he had just heard. "Didn't you say you haven't learned it yet?"

"I just learned it," Lanie said frankly.

"Mr. Percy, don't underestimate Lanie. He's really smart. Rainie's math is very good too," Tommy said proudly as he recalled Percy's words, saying that they could not learn it because the problems were too hard.

Rainie put down the pencil and said, "Mr. Percy, I've solved it too."

"You too..." Percy looked at Luke.

Luke said boastfully, "They're my children."

"Pfft, let me take a look." Percy picked up the children's books and looked at their solutions.

Lanie's solution was relatively straightforward like the one in the textbook, but without prior knowledge of the topic, there was no way he could solve the problem with a solution like that.

On the other hand, Rainie's solution was much more complex as it seemed like she solved it using all her math knowledge.

Percy put down the book.

"Mr, Percy, did we do it right?" Rainie took a look at Lanie's book just now and the answer was the same.

It was just that his solution was much simpler.

"It's correct, but why do both of you have different solutions?" Percy said. As expected, Luke's children were different from other kids.

"Lanie reads more books, so the solutions he knows are much simpler. I haven't learned this, so I can only use what I've learned in books to solve the problem," Rainie said as she rested her chin in her hand.

"How smart." Percy could not help but look at Luke.

Luke was also looking at Lanie while he recalled what his teacher said.

With Lanie's current ability, he could definitely skip grades.

However, he thought about how he had always been together with Rainie. If Lanie were to skip grades, Rainie would be lonely. Plus, skipping grades might not necessarily be good for the child, so he rejected the teacher's suggestion without much consideration.

Now, after seeing Lanie solve the problem easily, Luke felt that perhaps skipping a grade would be beneficial for Lanie.

Plus, if Lanie had already mastered all the knowledge, he would not be able to learn much if he continued to stay in his current grade.

“I heard that Mr. Crawford used to have good grades when he was in school too, so it's no surprise that his children are as smart as he is," said Nina. Furthermore, their birth mother had also done well in school.

She heard Jean mention before that when Bianca was studying abroad, she studied very hard and would bag several scholarships every year. On top of the money she got from part-time jobs, she did

not need to receive any allowance from home at all.

Percy was impressed. He nodded and muttered, "Then, our child must be smart too."

Nina smiled. The parents would not need to worry so much if their child was smart.

Now that she wanted to get pregnant, she wished that her child would be smart so that her job would be easier and she would not have to worry.

Luke's phone vibrated.

He took it out and glanced at it. It was Luca. She had finished making dinner and called him down to eat.

Luke placed his phone back into his pocket and said, "I'll go eat dinner first."

Nina was surprised. "Mr. Crawford, you haven't had dinner yet? But Mr. Muller didn't order them to leave dinner for you."

"Well, Luca made pasta," Luke said as he walked downstairs.

As soon as he walked into the dining room, Luca served up two hot bowls of pasta. After smelling the aroma, he could not help but say, "It smells familiar. Is it the same sauce?"

"Time was limited, so I just made a simple sauce with the usual ingredients." Luca handed him utensils.

Luke took it and had the first bite. The pasta tasted delicious, so he praised, "How could something you whipped up casually taste so good?"

"Do you want more? I have too much in my bowl..." Luca said. Her appetite was not big, but Luke's bowl was already loaded, so she had no choice but to put it into hers.

"You eat first. I'll take the leftovers." Luke took a big bite of pasta.

Luca was slightly stunned.

He was not used to sharing utensils with strangers, yet he still offered to help finish the rest of her pasta. She looked at Luke. He was eating elegantly, but she could tell that he really liked eating the pasta she made.

Plus, he basically inhaled it all, so he was clearly starving.

Survey work was pretty physically demanding, so it was only natural that he would get hungry since he did not eat much in the afternoon.

Luca stood up.

“Where are you going?" Luca instantly looked at her.

“I'm going to get a small bowl. The pasta is too hot, so I want to cool it down a bit," explained Luca as she walked into the kitchen. She rinsed a small bowl and brought it out. Then, she scooped some of the pasta into the small bowl.

After that, she ate it slowly.

Tommy walked into the dining room, and his eyes lit up when he smelled the aroma of the pasta. “Ms. Luca, the pasta you made smells so good."

Luke glanced at his son and asked, “Want some?"

Tommy nodded.

Luca thought that there would be enough. Since the kid had eaten dinner, he would not eat much anyway. When she was about to get another bowl, she heard Luke ask Tommy, "Are you not full from dinner?"

“I'm full!" Tommy answered.

“You've already eaten, yet you still want to eat. Do you want to get a stomachache at night?" It was not that Luke did not want the child to eat. It was just that Tommy could be a bit greedy at times and had no limit when it came to eating.

If he overate, he would suffer from the consequences later.

Tommy pouted. “But Ms. Luca's pasta smells too good..."

Luca thought about how his tummy would feel uncomfortable if he ate too much. It was not that she did not want to give him the pasta, but she was just afraid that he might go out of control and get a stomach ache later, so she said, “Wait until tomorrow morning. I'll make you breakfast tomorrow."

“Really? Ms. Luca, don't you have stuff to do tomorrow?" Tommy's eyes instantly lit up.

“Nope. We're done with everything we need to do outside, so we don't need to go out tomorrow," Luca explained to the child.

"Awesome! In that case, you'll have to make breakfast for me tomorrow, Ms. Luca," Tommy said while nodding.

“No problem," replied Luca as she smiled while seeing him run out to the living room.

Luke frowned and said, “You're spoiling him."

“I'm just feeding him what he wants to eat, and the kid is growing, so isn't giving him nutritious food that he wants to eat a good thing?" Luca did not think that she was spoiling Tommy.

In fact, this was how she expressed her love for her son as a mother.

Luke nodded as Luca's food was indeed delicious and nutritious at the same time.

He took another big bite, and it tasted incredible.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2455-He liked Luca's cooking despite being an adult.

Tommy was just a child, so of course, he would like it too.

Luca saw how much he liked it, so she picked up a new spoon and scooped some more into his bowl.

“That's enough for me," said Luke.

“These are the leftovers." Luca considered Luke's large appetite and made a bigger portion specially for him.

A smile appeared on his face while he ate contentedly.

After having two small bowls of pasta, she could not finish the rest.

Luke made sure that she could not eat anymore before he took the bowl and cleaned it off.

Only then did he take a satisfying sip of water from the cup at the side. “This pasta is even better than the meal this afternoon."

“Some of the dishes in the restaurant this afternoon were not bad. We should bring the kids there when we have the chance." Luca suggested. Brian's recommendation was great, but Luke missed out on a number of dishes because of his mysophobia.

“Sure," Luke agreed.

He could not miss out on good food, and he wanted to take the kids out to eat too, so there was no reason for him to say no.

After having the pasta, Luca did the dishes.

Luke went upstairs and made use of his time by designing the blueprint for the ancestral hall.

After the New Year, T Corporation would get more projects. If he delayed the work, he would be snowed under.

Luca walked out after doing the dishes and saw that the living room was empty.

She went upstairs and saw that the children were in the second-floor living room playing a puzzle game. She went over to take a look.

“Ms. Luca, do you want to play with us?" Rainie invited her

Luca shook her head. “You all go ahead. I'll just watch."

“Okay." Rainie turned her head back and continued to play with them.

Luca watched for some time before asking, “Where did Nina go?"

Tommy scrambled to answer, “Ms. Luca, Ms. Nina and Mr. Percy went back to their bedroom."

Luca responded. Since they had gone back to their bedroom, she would not disturb them.

"Ms. Luca, if you're bored, go talk to Daddy," Tommy suggested as adults might feel bored watching kids play with kid toys.

"Mr. Crawford should be working on the blueprint right now. I'd better not disturb him," said Luca. When Luke was designing, it was better for her to not interrupt him.

"Ms. Luca, are you going back to your bedroom tonight, then?" Rainie turned around to look at her.

"I don't know." Luca brushed her bangs aside and sighed. "Rainie, I think your bangs are getting a little too long."

"They are." Rainie nodded.

"How about I help you cut your hair tomorrow?" said Luca. The little girl loved having bangs, but her bangs had almost grown to her eyes.

"But Ms. Luca, isn't it said that you can't cut your hair in the first month of the new year?" Rainie also felt that the bangs were poking her eyes, but she recalled the old wives' tales she had heard before.

Lanie said, "That's an old wives' tale. What are you afraid of?"

Luca was stunned. He was right.

"Help me cut my hair then, Ms. Luca." Rainie looked toward Luca.

"Okay." Luca nodded and agreed to help the child cut her hair.

She played games with the kids until it was bedtime before walking to the master bedroom.

Luke had been sitting behind his desk and drawing the entire time.

Luca went up to take a look. Although she could not see the full design, she could tell that he had designed every corner attentively.

She withdrew her gaze and said softly, "Mr. Crawford, I'll go take a shower."

"Okay." Luke's gaze never left the computer screen.

Luca walked into the bathroom with her pajamas, and not long after, the sound of water splashing came from the inside.

Luke paused, and the corners of his mouth brimmed with happiness.

Half an hour ago, he was standing at the bedroom door, which was already open. He heard movement in the living room.

Luca's conversation with the children was just like how she used to care for the kids.

The children's moods were also lifted after talking to her.

Luke knew that Luca loved the children. Otherwise, she would not go through so much for them. Everything she did, she would have them in mind.

He had to try harder to make her admit her true identity in front of him and her children soon.

When Luca walked out of the bathroom after showering, Luke had already put away the blueprint and computer.

He would typically work until two or three in the morning if he was busy drawing and designing.

Luke stood up and explained, "I'm a bit tired today."

Luca nodded. They did stand for a long time today, so she quickly said, “Hurry up and take a shower, then go to sleep."

"Okay." Luke got his pajamas and walked into the bathroom.

Luca applied skincare products on her face and could not help but overthink when she heard water sounds coming from the bathroom.

When she learned that Abel decided to locate her here to carry out the mission, she did not think that she would have such intimate contact with Luke...

The thought of spring almost passing made Luca's anxiousness grow.

Ring, ring. Luke's phone on the desk rang.

Luca walked to the bathroom door and shouted inside, "Mr, Crawford, your phone is ringing."

"Who's calling?" Luke turned the water down a bit and asked.

"I don't know.." Luca did not look at Luke's phone as it held much private and confidential information like the company's safe.

"Answer it for me," said Luke.

"Okay.." The phone rang non-stop, so Luca had no choice but to answer. She picked up the phone and glanced at it. It was an unfamiliar number.

She pressed to answer, "Hello?"

"You are.." On the other end of the phone, a woman's voice could be heard.

The other party was hesitant, but Luca could tell who was calling Luke from those two words.

The person on the other end of the phone was Allison.

"Who are you?" Luca pretended not to know and continued to ask.

There was silence from the other end of the phone as if she was checking the phone number. After a few seconds, Allison's voice sounded again. "I should be the one to ask this question. Who are you? What are you doing with my son?"

"..." Luca listened to Allison's arrogant tone and was somewhat helpless.

No matter what she had gone through, Allison still did not know how to give in.

If she had turned over a new leaf and decided to become a good mother, her future would not be so difficult.

Luke would not have to run away to X City to avoid her.

Luca knew that it was not easy for Luke, so when Allison asked her who she was, she replied, "Mr. Crawford is busy. You're Ms. Tanner, right? He'll call you back later."

"Oh, I know who you are. You're my son's lover, right?" Allison could finally tell whose voice it was.

She kept thinking that the voice was somewhat similar to Bianca's.

However, her people had told her that after Bianca's throat was slashed, her voice was ruined and had become rather hoarse now.

If she did not know this, she would have thought that the person on the other end of the phone was Bianca.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2456-Luca was filled with disgust after hearing Allison's words.

Luke despised her to this extent, yet words like this could still come out of her mouth.

What lover...

If she had not been kidnapped, she would still be Luke's wife.

Allison noticed that she did not say anything, so she shouted, “Where's Luke? Put him on the phone."

“Ms. Tanner, Mr. Crawford is busy right now." Luca did not mention that Luke was in the shower as that would be too ambiguous.

"It's the holidays. What could he possibly be busy with? Tell him to answer the phone." Allison was rather aggressive. She might be a little afraid of Luke, but she was not afraid of Luca at all.

She reckoned that Luca would want to get on her good side after becoming Luke's lover.

Luca could not do anything with Allison. She knew that she would call non-stop if she hung up, so she had no choice but to say, "Mr. Crawford is really not available right now. I'll let him know when he's done and have him call you back, okay?"

Allison did not appreciate her kind words. Her piercing voice hurt Luca's ears.

"Who the hell are you to talk to me like that? I'm his mother. Put him on the phone immediately! Right now!"

Luca put the phone farther away

She could still clearly hear Allison's shrill voice. "You think that after sleeping with my son, you've become a member of the Crawford family? You're nothing without my consent. I advise you to get on

my good side while you still have the chance. Otherwise, I'll make my son break up with you!"

Luca was growing impatient as Allison thought too highly of herself.

She was stubborn, arrogant, and refused to listen to what anyone had to say, so she could only keep quiet.

"I see you're not taking me seriously. I'll make Luke break up with you now. Do you think you're so great just because you're pretty? If I make Luke dump you. He'll definitely do as I say."

Luca was about to say something to calm Allison's rage when the phone she was holding got snatched away.

She glanced back. Luke had already walked out of the shower and was holding the phone in his hand.

Allison's voice was loud, so her words could be heard even if he did not hold the phone close to his ear.

Luca looked at Luke resignedly.

All those harsh words Allison said just now... How much of it did Luke hear?

Luca was about to say something.

Luke put his index finger in front of his lips, signaling her to keep quiet. Then, he took her into his arms in one swift motion.

Luca was taken aback, and by the time she could react, she was already fully embraced by him.

Allison could not hear anything on the other end of the phone, so she was in a fury. “How dare you ignore me? You're just a doxy with the face of a vixen. You only know how to seduce men by taking off your clothes. When I tell Old Master Crawford, you won't even be able to live in A City!"

Luke's eyes grew deep. Allison had been quarreling with Susan all these years, so her arguing skills had been constantly improving, and her words grew harsher.

Words like these would only come from the mouths of women on the street at best.

However, it was Allison who said these filthy words.

Luca dropped her gaze. The words were indeed harsh, but she could not do anything about it.

She was Luke's mother. What could she do? If it were someone else, she would have slapped them twice already.

Luke suppressed his anger and opened his mouth, "You called me to curse at people?"

Allison froze. All the words in her mind that she wanted to use to scold Luca had disappeared, and she was in fear.

"Luke, you.." She stuttered uncontrollably.

"The words you just said—" Luke said slowly.

Allison immediately interrupted, "That woman wouldn't let you answer the phone. That's why I said those things."

Luke did not want to listen to her explanation and directly touched on her sore sport. "Back then, what did you do to crawl into my father's bed and have me?"

Allison's tone instantly sharpened as she could not accept this mockery. Back then, she had also relied on her looks to seduce Zachary. Then, she found a way to get pregnant with Luke. This reminded her that everything that she had now was from climbing into someone else's bed.

It was just like the words she used to scold Luca. "What are you trying to say? I'm your mother! Did that woman tell you to say such things?"

"..." Luke did not answer. He straight away hung up and blocked her number.

This was Allison's new number, so she was able to call him.

"Mr. Crawford.." Luca saw that he was acting cold and had a sinister look on his face, so she knew that he was really angry.

"Don't take her words to heart," said Luke as he knew that Allison's mouth was vicious.

Luke was even a little upset that he let Luca pick up the call and made her sit through Allison's malicious words.

"I'm fine." Luca shook her head.

She knew that she was not actually a mistress.

It was just that her current identity did not allow her to say a lot of things, and many truths had to be buried by lies.

Luke did not say anything more about the Allison situation after seeing Luca's calm expression.

She was Bianca. She knew how Allison was.

“It's getting late. Let's go to sleep," said Luke.

Luca's eyebrows furrowed as the commotion Allison caused made her feel uneasy. "Mr. Crawford, why don't you have a good talk with Ms. Tanner..."

"Talk about what?" Luke lifted the corner of the blanket and sat on the bed before looking at her.

Luca said, "She changed her number to call you. She might have something important to tell you."

They did not touch on anything important during the call, nor did they bring up the subject. Before Allison could make her appeal, Luke hung up and even blocked her number.

SIM cards were not unlimited as they were tied to identity cards, so it would be hard for Allison to get more SIM cards to call Luke.

"If she had something important to say, she wouldn't have wasted her time on such vituperation." Luke stood up and took her hand, then he walked to the bedside with his other hand gently stroking the back of her neck.

Luke knew that this move could easily make her tremble, so he did it on purpose.

"Mr. Crawford.." Luca's mind went black with his touch, and she could no longer think of words to help Allison.

Her body subconsciously shivered as the man's movements sent a signal into the depths of her marrow, her cells, and her nerves. Her body could not help but tremble with Luke's movements.

"Don't reject me." Luke's voice was low and hoarse like a demon luring her into an abyss with him to feel the pleasure of indulging themselves.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2457-"Luca..." Luke whispered in her ear, and an enchanting melody circled in the air.

Luca felt like she was going to melt from his passion.

"Mr. Crawford, I.." Her voice was hoarse, and her mind went blank. She had completely forgotten what she wanted to say, and she could only feel her legs go limp. Then, she and Luke both fell onto the bed.

The mattress was soft, so it did not hurt. The surrounding temperature kept rising as Luke's kiss grew deeper and deeper.

Luca gave up struggling and sank in with him.

The night grew darker.

Some were in love, and some were exasperated.

Allison threw her phone onto the sofa and paced back and forth in front of the coffee table.

"Ms. Allison, if the call can't go through, then stop calling. Mr. Crawford may be busy right now," Sophian advised her kindly after seeing the state she was in.

Allison crossed both her arms in front of her, and the wrinkles on her face deepened with anger. It made her look even more terrifying. "He hung up on me for that woman!"

Sophian listened to her helplessly.

She had been here persuading Allison for almost an hour.

Allison was unwilling to give up and kept calling Luke but to no avail as Luke had blocked her after the first call.

Sophian reminded her to calm down before she was about to call Luke.

Who knew that the woman would answer the phone, and the moment she picked up, Allison began to spit out insults.

Although Sophian disliked Luca and was even jealous of her, she put herself in his shoes. Would he be okay with his woman getting insulted like that?

It made sense for Luke to hang up on Allison.

However, Allison was so angry this time because Luke hung up on her for an irrelevant woman.

For a moment, Sophian had no idea what to say.

Allison was still furious at the thought of Luke getting charmed by a woman and falling head over heels for her, just like how he did with Bianca.

“No, I have to do something!" She picked up her phone.

Allison opened her messages and looked through her contacts to find Bianca's number.

Sophian looked at her searching for an unnamed contact and asked curiously, "Ms. Allison, who's this?"

"Luke's wife!" Allison said and sent a message to Bianca. [Are you there?]

After she was released from prison, she was aware of all the things that had happened to Bianca.

The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was not good in the first place, so when she found out that Bianca lost her memory and left the country in disgrace, she had no intention of contacting her.

Besides, Bianca was also somewhat working against her.

Therefore, Allison did not feel the need to contact her.

Luke did not care about Bianca now anyway.

After seeing the empty chat history, Sophian knew that Allison did not have a good relationship with Luke's wife.

There was not even a single chat log.

Although it was a new phone, they did not even wish each other a happy new year.

Allison held the phone and sat on the sofa, waiting for Bianca to reply.

"If not for the fact that I have something urgent to tell her, I wouldn't contact this woman."

Sophian listened to the tone of her speech and could tell that she seemed to be dissatisfied with Luke's wife. She was secretly surprised, but she could also understand why.

One would be incredibly unlucky to have a mother-in-law with a temper like Allison's.

If Allison did not look for her, it was only natural that she would not approach her too.

Five minutes later, Allison still did not receive anything from Bianca. She frowned, and the displeasure in her heart grew bigger.

Sophian said, "Ms. Allison, I heard you mention before that your daughter-in-law has lost her memory, right?"

"So what if she has?" Allison looked at the message she sent. It was delivered, which meant that Bianca did not delete her number.

"Then she probably doesn't know who you are. Why don't you give her a call?" Sophian suggested.

The reason why Allison was so anxious to get in touch with Luke was that she had a problem. Allison had an old friend who said that he was going to help her invest in a low-risk, high-return investment.

If it were someone else, she would not have believed them.

However, this was an old friend of Allison's, and it occurred to her that she had to use a lot of money in the future, so she agreed and invested all of her money into it.

Not even two days later, the man ran away with her money.

He blocked her everywhere. She even went to his home, but no one was there.

Allison had given her entire fortune to that man, and now, it was all gone. Instead of making a police report, she thought of looking for Luke and telling him about it.

She wanted Luke to help her get the money back and solve her current dilemma at the same time.

Allison was used to splurging, but now that she did not have much money left on her, she could only last a few days.

Allison thought that Sophian was right, so she nodded and called Bianca.

Bianca did not answer, and it kept going to voicemail.

“How dare she not answer my calls?!" Allison's face grew sullen.

Sophian said, "Perhaps she didn't check her phone, or maybe it's the timezone difference."

It was close to midnight where they lived, and it was late at night in many other places.

"Ms. Allison, why don't we try again during the daytime?" Sophian had stayed up with her until now and could not stand it any longer. She wanted to go rest.

"No way, this matter can't be resolved in one day. My heart feels like it's been burned by flames. You don't know this, but Luke no longer sees me as his mother, so I need to solve this problem." Allison was restless.

"Other than the Crawford family, who else can contact Mr. Crawford?" Sophian understood that Allison refused to call the police for the sake of her ridiculous reputation.

If she called the police and the Crawford family found out about it, Allison would be ashamed.

"Now that you've said it, there is one person... Luke's assistant." Allison thought of Jason.

She immediately called Jason.

Sophian wanted to stop her, but it was too late. She glanced at the time. It was already midnight.

Most people would have already gone to bed by now.

However, Allison still had an arrogant look on her face. She did not care whether the other party was sleeping or not.

The call went through and Jason's voice was heard. "Hello, who's this?"

"This is Allison Tanner." Allison was not embarrassed to hear the muddled voice on the other end of the phone at all.

Besides, Jason worked for Luke, which meant that he worked for her too.

Jason instantly came to his senses. He glanced at the number to see that it was an unknown number. He hurriedly said, "Ms. Tanner, Happy New Year."

"Don't talk nonsense with me. Help me contact Luke and tell him I have a very urgent matter to talk to him about. I need him to call me right now." Allison instructed him to relay the message in a commanding tone.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2458-Jason felt a tingling feeling on his scalp when he heard what Allison said.

Her commanding tone was the same as before.

He did not agree to her request right away but instead asked her, "Ms. Tanner, is there any reason you're looking for the boss so urgently?"

Allison did not want to tell him that someone scammed her out of all of her money. After all, Jason had a decent relationship with Luke. She said with a firm tone, "It's none of your business. It's something important, so tell him to give me a call now."

Jason was not that stupid to ask her why she needed him to relay the message.

From what he knew of Luke's temperament, he would not be bothered to talk to Allison if he could block her number.

What was more, Allison would never reach out to Luke through him. She would only reach out to him every time she could not get in contact with Luke.

Jason glanced at Sue, who was next to him. She rolled over as if their conversation miffed her.

He lifted the blanket, got out of bed, walked out of the bedroom, and closed the door before he said to Allison, "Ms. Tanner, it's likely that Mr. Crawford has already gone to bed at this hour. I'll pass him the message tomorrow morning."

"I said now!" Allison was driven up the wall. 'How dare a mere employee bargain with me?!'

"I'm sorry. Not only is it the holidays but it's also after hours. I can't help you convey your message to Mr. Crawford now. If you need to talk to him urgently, you can contact him yourself." Jason had a good temper, but his attitude became unwelcoming considering how poorly Allison acted.

"You..." Allison did not expect Jason to turn her down. It was driving her up the wall.

Sophian knew that something was wrong. It would be impossible to contact Luke if she offended Jason. She threw caution to the wind and said loudly, "Mr. Doyle, hello. Please pass the message to Mr.

Crawford tomorrow morning, then. Thank you and rest well."

Allison glared at her.

Sophian had no choice but to hang up the phone. She explained, "Ms. Allison, if you offend Mr. Crawford's assistant now, no one will be able to contact Mr. Crawford for you."

Allison threw the phone on the coffee table.

Sophian sighed, picked up the phone, and said, "Ms. Allison, it's fairly late. We'll just wait until tomorrow."

Allison snorted coldly to express her dissatisfaction. "He's just an assistant. How dare he speak to me like that?!"

Sophian felt helpless and cast down.

‘How did Allison survive in Crawford Manor before I met her? How did she fight against the Crawfords and Madam Susan with her violent temper? Could it be that she always used Luke as a shield to survive in Crawford Manor?'

"Ms. Allison, you're asking him for a favor. It's not that he doesn't want to help, but you need to consider that he's Mr. Crawford's assistant. It's late. If Mr. Crawford has gone to bed and he disturbs him, he'll have pissed off his boss... That's why he turned you down." Sophian persuaded her patiently.

Everyone would understand the logic.

Allison did not pay Jason his salary. He would not offend Luke for Allison's sake!

Allison finally calmed down as she processed what Sophian said.

Sophian was right.

Even so, the anxiety she felt did not allow her to calm down.

Sophian knew that Allison would not be able to sleep tonight, so she suggested, "Didn't you bring the sleeping pills prescribed by the doctor when you came back? Why don't you take one, rest well, and talk to Mr. Doyle again tomorrow?"

"Okay." Allison was persuaded by her and gradually calmed down.

Although she still could not calm down in her heart, she knew that she could not do anything but rest.

Sophian breathed a sigh of relief seeing that Allison had stopped throwing a tantrum. She was afraid that Allison would go all out and burn the bridge with the Crawfords and everyone related to them. ...

Jason frowned at the busy tone on the other end of the phone.

When he was about to return to the bedroom, Sue came out and looked at him, confused. "Who called you at this hour?"

"It's the boss' mother." Jason said helplessly, "I woke you up?"

Sue shook her head and said, "I'm thirsty and want to go get some water."

"I'll get it for you," Jason said. He then walked to the kitchen to bring her a glass of water.

"Thank you." Sue took a sip and said, "Mr. Crawford's mother called you to reach out to Mr. Crawford?"

"Mm." Jason nodded.

Sue knew that Allison would only contact Jason when she could not reach Luke.

Sue glanced at the time and could not help but complain, "Is there something wrong with her? She called you at this hour because she wanted you to contact Mr. Crawford? Come on."

"Never mind her. I'll talk to my boss tomorrow." Jason yawned and put his arms around Sue's waist. "My love, let's go back to bed."

"Mm." Sue put the glass on the table. She was not in a hurry to clean it up and went to the bedroom with Jason. novelbin

Before he lay down, Jason took another look at his phone, thinking whether he should mute it.

He never had the habit of muting his phone. With Luke, there was no real rest even during vacations and breaks.

If the boss and T Corporation needed him, he must return to his post immediately.

"What are you thinking about?" Sue asked after seeing that he did not lie down.

"I was wondering if I should mute my phone." Jason did not want to be disturbed by Allison again.

"Did you hang up or did she?" Sue asked.

"She hung up. Why?" Jason looked at her suspiciously.

Sue yawned. She knew why he was struggling. It was because he was worried about missing Luke's texts and calls.

However, Luke had been pretty quiet these past few days. He probably did not need Jason for anything, so it would not be a problem even if he muted his phone.

"Since she hung up, you don't have to worry. She won't call you again," Sue affirmed.

"How do you know?" Jason was surprised. ‘She knows about Allison's stubbornness better than me?'

"Don't forget, I used to be close to Bianca. Women hang out and talk about their families, husbands, and troublesome mothers-in-law. I know about how horrible Allison is." Sue did not have a good impression of Allison because of her ability to cause drama.

"Okay." Jason believed her, put the phone on the wireless charging station to charge, then lay down and continued to sleep with his arms around Sue.

The next day.

X City.

Luke was content both physically and mentally when he woke up. As he was satisfied, he felt that the air in the room and life was sweet.

He took a look at Luca, who was beside him.

She rolled over and was still sleeping...

Luke glanced at the time. Even though she had promised to prepare breakfast for the children, it was still early. He did not plan to wake her up yet.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2459-Luke got out of bed lightly to not wake Luca.

However, while he was washing up in the bathroom, Luca opened her eyes when she heard the sound of water.

She picked up the phone on the bedside table, glanced at the time, and then put the phone down.

It was still early.

Luca remembered that she had promised to prepare breakfast for the children, so she immediately sat up.

The discomfort came instantly.

Even the previous time when Luke was drugged, he seemed to have restrained himself and did not go too far.

However, this time, Luke was in a sober state but acted recklessly with her. She could not say no and eventually fell asleep.

She did not know when she fell asleep, but when she opened her eyes, the sun had already risen.

Luca looked out the window. Although there was a day curtain to block it, the faint sunlight that shone into the room showed that the weather was great.

After a few days of snow, they finally got a day of good weather.

Luke came out of the bathroom. He stepped forward and planted a wet kiss on her forehead when he saw that she had sat up. "Did I wake you up?"

His wet lips pressed against her forehead, causing her to feel a scorching heat.novelbin

Luca shook her head and said, "It's about time to wake up anyway."

"Sleep for a little longer." Luke did not forget the passionate night that they shared. As she used to say, all her strength was exhausted.

"I'd better get up. I can't sleep anymore." Luca shook her head, her feet feeling weak the moment she stood up.

Luke had expected it and immediately supported her.

Luca looked at Luke helplessly. His intemperance from the night prior made her body feel sore and weak...

"Sit down." Luke helped her sit on the edge of the bed.

Luca rubbed her sore waist and said, "It's getting late. I promised to make breakfast for the kids today."

"They'll understand if you can't cook for them," Luke said. He did not want to overwork Luca.

Luca shook her head and insisted. "I made a promise to them, so I have to do it. Let me try to take a few steps. I'll get used to it."

Luke frowned and did not make a move.

Seeing this, Luca stood up by holding onto the bedside table. Her hands were on her waist as she slowly took several steps forward. After getting used to the discomfort in her body, she slowly paced to the bathroom and closed the door.

Luke could not do anything with Luca's stubbornness. She had always been stubborn since he met her. All he wanted was for her to rest more.

However, just because she had promised the children and did not want to disappoint them, she insisted on getting up and even refused to let him help.

Luke was a little jealous of the kids.

Luca cared about their children more than she did about him.

Luke stood up, opened the closet, grabbed a change of clothes for Luca, and walked out of the bedroom.

He saw Tommy squatting beside their door after he opened it. He was reading a book without bothering them.

When he heard the door open, he looked up at Luke and asked, "Daddy, is Ms. Luca awake?"

"She's awake. Why did you get up so early?" Luke knew his son was waiting for Luca instead of him when he saw Tommy squatting in front of their door.

However, Luke was surprised that Tommy did not storm into the bedroom as soon as he woke up.

"I'm waiting for Ms. Luca," Tommy said as he glanced at the bedroom. He saw no one around and asked, "Where's Ms. Luca?"

"She's washing up in the bathroom. What time did you get up?" Luke looked at his son. Even if it was for school, Tommy would never be up this early.

Although the kids were responsible, each of them had difficulty getting out of bed. In the past, the nanny had to set at least two alarm clocks for them.

They would not get up until the second alarm went off.

During the holidays, they would sleep for half an hour more than usual. He also set a rule that the kids were allowed to get up late, but they could only get up an hour later than usual.

The children accepted his rules.

"I got up not long ago." Tommy turned his head sideways. He had a nightmare last night that Luca left them without a second thought. As such, he woke up early and waited there.

Luca walked out of the bathroom and heard Tommy's voice. She looked toward the door and said, "Tommy?"

"Ms. Luca!" Tommy closed the book he was reading and ran straight to her. "Ms. Luca! I'm so glad that you're still here. I thought Daddy lied to me!"

Luke stood at the door and had a lot of questions when he saw their son holding Luca's hand. "What did I lie to you about?"

Luca looked at Tommy with confusion. 'What did Luke lie to him about?'

"I dreamt that Ms. Luca left us last night. I thought Daddy was lying to me..." Tommy explained, disgruntled.

"..." Luke was left speechless. Those who did not know the context might think that he had done something to Tommy.

Luca's heart throbbed when she heard what Tommy said, but she still pretended to be calm and comforted him, saying, "Tommy dear, I didn't leave. Dreams and reality are the opposite."

"I was scared, so I squatted at the door waiting for you as soon as I woke up." Tommy pouted aggrievedly, and there were tears in his eyes.

Luca could not help but feel distressed when she saw his expression. 'He's insecure.'

When he was younger, she did everything she could to take care of him, but she did not expect to be kidnapped when he could start remembering things. That affected him and made him more sensitive and fragile.

Luca changed the subject as she did not want Tommy to think of such an ominous dream. "Have you washed your face?"

Tommy sniffed his nose and shook his head.

He was in front of the master bedroom as soon as he woke up but did not go in. He was worried that he would affect their rest.

"Go wash your face and brush your teeth. I'll go downstairs and make you a delicious breakfast," Luca said.

"Okay." Tommy pressed his face against the back of Luca's hand to feel her body temperature. When he confirmed that she was indeed there, he slowly released her hand and returned to his bedroom.

Luke watched as Tommy walked into the bedroom before he looked at Luca.

Luca picked up the clothes on the side, smiled at Luke, and said, "I'm going to change before I go downstairs to make breakfast."

"Okay," Luke said with a low voice.

What Tommy said made his heart feel heavy.

If he could not resolve Luca's matter, she would be forced to leave at any time and there were great unknowns about what would happen in the future.

He had to move faster.

After Luca changed her clothes, she walked out of the bathroom and found that Luke was no longer in the bedroom.

She walked out of the bedroom door and noticed Luke standing on the balcony. It seemed like he was smoking...

Luca stared at his back for a few seconds before she looked back. She took the elevator to the first floor because her body was weak and sore. She bumped into Nina just as she was about to walk into the kitchen.

"Nina, why did you get up so early?"

"I slept early last night. Are you going to prepare breakfast yourself today?" Nina was in a good mood. The corners of her mouth could not help but rise into a smile when she spoke.

Twins In Her Womb: Sir President Please Be Gentle Chapter 2460-Luca saw how happy Nina seemed. 'People will be in good spirits when they're happy.'

She nodded and said, "Yes, I promised the kids yesterday, so I have to honor it."

Nina heard the faint hoarseness in her voice and immediately noticed her exhausted demeanor. She quickly asked, "Luca, did you catch a cold? Your voice is a little hoarse..."

"No, I'm just tired from working yesterday." Luca made up a random excuse.

'My voice is hoarse all because of Luke...'

"No wonder. You must have been tired from being an assistant yesterday. You're so tired but still insist on making breakfast for the children. Why don't you take a break..." Nina followed her into the kitchen.

Luca touched her face. 'Do I look that bad..'

She did not pay much attention when she was washing up.

"It was snowing lightly yesterday and I stood outside for a long time. I was sitting and working most of the time, so it's normal that I feel a little tired," Luca explained in a casual tone.

Nina nodded in agreement.

"Making breakfast isn't a complicated matter. It'll take me about half an hour," Luca said as she opened the refrigerator to take out the ingredients.

"I'll help you. I'm not very good at cooking, but I've become interested in it recently," Nina said.

Percy got a maid to take good care of all aspects of her life over the last few years, so she had not made any progress in her amateur cooking skills over the years.

Nina wanted to learn how to cook with Luca seeing how amazing of a cook she was.

She wanted to prepare a sumptuous dinner for Percy herself.

Luca smiled at her and said, "Are you thinking of cooking for Mr. Percy?"

"Yeah, I haven't cooked a meal for him yet, so I want to learn how to cook." Nina admitted to her feelings openly. She used to be shy about their relationship, but now that they were legally married, she would unabashedly acknowledge their loving relationship.

"Cooking isn't difficult. If you want to learn, I'll share some recipes with you, all of which are my secret recipes," Luca said.

"Will the food taste the same as when you make it?” Nina thoroughly enjoyed Luca's cooking.

Percy had also praised how delicious it was.

"Yes." Luca nodded. She came up with all the recipes on her own.

When she lived with the Rayne family, her life was difficult although her grandfather and father loved her with everything that they had. She would occasionally go hungry.

She had to study and cook by herself. She was very talented at cooking, so over time, she developed a set of recipes that suited her taste.

"That's great, Luca. Thank you!" Nina thanked her.

"I'll pass you the recipes later. Let's start with 10. Try to figure it out for yourself and let me know if you don't understand anything," Luca said.

Nina was not stupid. Luca believed that she could figure it out with some detailed instructions.

"Okay, thank you!" Nina thanked her once more. With Luca's help, she believed that she would be able to prepare a sumptuous dinner for Percy when she returned to A City.

"What can I help you with now?" she asked.

"Help me wash the greens," Luca said. She planned to cook a rich breakfast since it was breakfast and Percy and Nina were around.

"Okay." Nina put on an apron, rolled up her sleeves, and helped with washing the vegetables.

On the balcony.

When Percy was about to go downstairs, he saw Luke on the balcony, so he went back to his bedroom, put on his coat, and opened the glass door of the balcony.

"What are you doing?" he asked, only to see Luke smoking when he got close.

Although the sun was out, Luke was smoking in the cold, so Percy thought that something was wrong with him.

"There's something on my mind." Luke put out the cigarette.

The ash fell on the snow and was instantly extinguished.

Percy raised an eyebrow and said, "Dr. Craw?"

Luke glanced around to see if Luca was around.

"Don't worry. My wife just texted me that she's downstairs learning how to cook from Dr. Craw." Percy knew why he was looking around.

Neither Luca nor Nina could be there for their conversation.

When Luke learned that Luca would not come up, he said in a neutral tone, "I haven't found the location of the Island of Despair."

"They've become more alert since you joined hands with the Russian police to eliminate them the last time. It's normal that we can't find them for the time being." Percy analyzed.

Not only were Luke's men looking, but Percy was also mobilizing his forces to search for them.

There were also foreign forces involved. They were all looking for the Island of Despair.

However, the person in charge of the Island of Despair was cunning. Even though there were many forces after them, they were not able to find any trace.

Luca was the only one that knew where the Island of Despair is.

However, she could not tell them about it.

Luke was unsure how the other party was controlling her to the point where she still did not reveal anything to Luke even in such a situation.

"I have a hunch that the Island of Despair is still where it was." Luke narrowed his eyes.

He was a businessman, and it was taboo for any businessman to act on a hunch.

However, Luke's hunch was inexplicable, and he was firm with it, which was why he got someone to monitor the former site of the Island of Despair.

"Although there are still several islands near the old site of the Island of Despair, your men are monitoring the area day and night. It's impossible that your men wouldn't notice them if they're still there. So, do you want to change..." Percy suggested.

He had already suggested that to Jim Holston.

Instead of having a group of people monitor a deserted island, they should be searching elsewhere.

"I'm not giving up," Luke said. He insisted on monitoring the site.

Ray's men had conducted investigations. They parked every case around the world that was not claimed by any organization under the Island of Despair.

With so many cases, the Island of Despair was definitely growing in terms of manpower.

Therefore, they need a large base to accommodate these people.

The Island of Despair was different from other crime organizations.

Those working under other crime organizations were bold and did not have to worry about their family members being affected. They had free space and time to live like normal people.

However, the Island of Despair's management style was strict. Only those who were high-ranking could contact the outside world.

As such, the Island of Despair needed a big place to keep these people in captivity.

Percy patted him on the shoulder. He was unsure of how to comfort him at that moment.

"We have so many people. I don't believe that we can't find them. We'll search all over the world. It's just a matter of time." Percy said.

If time permitted, they could indeed run a global search.

However, they did not have that kind of time.

Luke had been carefully watching Luca's expression whenever Luca listened to the children speak. He could tell that she had a lot on her mind.

There was not much time left for them.

He had to move faster.