After eating their dinner, Luca and Amur set out together. They were careful to cover their tracks. Instead of heading to their destination directly from the apartment, they took several detours before going there. The sky was already completely dark by then. "I've scouted the location earlier, and I've found a flaw in their security. If we go in from there, we won't be discovered," Luca said. They were already dressed in tight black clothes and wore masks. Amur nodded and let Luca lead the way. They stood at the side of the mansion. That was a blind spot that the security cameras could not detect. The lights in the mansion were brightly lit. Obviously, the owner of the mansion was inside. Amur had already investigated his target. The mansion belonged to him, but his mistress lived there. Without fail, the wealthy businessman would spend the night at the mansion every Monday. He would usually keep a low profile whenever he visited the mansion, so he did not bring too ma
Even though Amur could not see Luca's smile behind the mask, he could tell that Luca was smiling because her eyes were curved like crescent moons. "Let's go," Luca said. Amur was taken aback. He remembered that Luca had said the same thing when she stood up against Abel to protect him. Whenever he was bullied by other mercenaries on the Island of Despair, Luca would fight them, and she would always say "Let's go" whenever she was done. Amur reached out and grabbed her shirt sleeve to stop her from going. Luca turned around and looked at Amur doubtfully. "Let me handle the rest," Amur said. Luca might also be trained on the Island of Despair, but she had never taken a human life. Amur did not want her innocence to be taken away by killing, so he would do all the dirty work himself. Luca knew what he was thinking. She smiled and handed the spray can to him. "Knock them out first before doing the deed. Don't harm the woman." "I know." Amur nodded and took the spray can
Luca was busy for the rest of the day. She wanted to work overtime when she remembered what she had promised Luke the day before. Her phone began to ring when it was time to go off work. She recognized that the string of numbers was Queenie's phone number. Luca answered the call. "Hello." It was the first time she had received a call from Queenie, so she had to pretend that she did not know who the other person was. Queenie could not help but be emotional when she heard that slightly familiar voice. "Is this Ms. Craw?" "Yes, I am. Are you Mrs. Norman?" Tears welled up in Luca's eyes as she listened to the voice. When she had first reunited with Queenie, Queenie's voice was slightly quivering, just like how it was now. "Yes, yes I am. Do you remember me?" Queenie was shocked that the woman recognized her voice in just one sentence. "Your voice is very gentle and friendly," Luca said. "Also, you sound a lot more energetic. Are you feeling better now?" "I'm feeling a lot
Luca followed Queenie and walked to the sofa to sit down. She looked at Jack and Queenie, saying, "Mr. and Mrs. Norman, you can just call me Luca. Ms. Luca sounds too formal."Jack and Queenie glanced at each other. They both smiled gently. "Okay, Luca sounds nice. We want to be more casual too but were afraid that you would mind.""I don't mind," Luca answered almost immediately. She did not mind at all. When she decided to appear at Norman Residence, she was already prepared to be in contact with Jack and Queenie for the long term.Hearing them call her Ms. Luca made her feel even more distant from them."Well, then you should call us Uncle Jack and Aunt Queenie." Queenie loved Luca’s sincere and gentle character."Uncle Jack and Aunt Queenie," Luca went along with Queenie’s wish.Queenie was overjoyed and quickly poured her a cup of tea as she said, "I’m sure you’re exhausted from the journey here. Come, have a cup of tea to warm your stomach."Luca was not tired from the car
Luke's words reminded Luca of something. She looked at Queenie and said, "Aunt Queenie, can I check your pulse?"When Queenie heard it, she immediately rolled up her sleeve and placed her hand on the coffee table.Luca then put her finger on Queenie’s wrist where her veins were and checked on her.Luke looked at her actions, which were similar to how Johann would do it. She seemed professional.Two minutes later, Luca motioned to Queenie to switch to her other hand and continued to check her pulse.After a while, she withdrew her hand.Queenie asked, "Luca, how’s my body doing?"Luca chuckled softly and said, "Aunt Queenie, you have nothing to worry about. Continue to take the concoction and your body will get better day by day. You can stop taking it in another half a month."The effects of the herbal concoction were much better than expected, so she reduced the length of Queenie’s treatment cycle."Really?" Queenie asked in a surprised tone. She thought that she would have t
Luca frowned when she saw the mercenary who was walking toward her. ‘Sure enough, Abel is here.’He even knew that she was coming so he asked a mercenary to bring her to him.Luca followed the man without any hesitation.After they arrived at the top floor, the mercenary said, "The boss is in the innermost room."Luca walked over and found that the door of the suite was unlocked. She did not bother to knock before storming in.She followed the sound of glass clinking and found Abel on the balcony."You’re here." His tone was eerily calm.Luca frowned and wanted nothing more than to smash a bottle on his head when she saw how casual he was acting. "Why did you do what you did on Sunday night?" She resisted her impulse and knew that it was not worthwhile to pick a fight with him now.Abel looked up and finished the red wine in his glass. "I was giving you and Luke an opportunity. How did it go? You got what you wanted on Sunday night. Are you happy? You should be thanking me."
On the other end, Luke received a text from his subordinates on his way back from Norman Residence.While he was waiting for the traffic light, he clicked on the text and saw that Luca was in the photo. The photo was taken on that same day. She was dressed exactly the same as early that night.Luke called Zander and asked, "Did you send Luca back?""Mr. Crawford, I sent Ms. Luca back but she got off at an intersection in front of her apartment. She told me that she wanted to get something and asked for me not to wait for her." Zander did not dare to miss any details and told Luke everything that he remembered.Luke responded, "I see."After that, he cut off the call.He glanced at the photo again. ‘Luca lied when she told Zander she wanted to buy something. The truth is that she was going to the Westin Hotel. What was she doing there?’Luke thought back to the time when Luca told him that he would not be able to find anything when he wanted to dig into the matter. ‘How did she
‘Does he have too much time?’After Dr. Cole finished speaking, Luke also said a few words. He mentioned that the spots for the off-site training were limited and the opportunity was rare. He wanted them to discuss who should go.Everyone looked at each other. ‘Does he want us to sell our work and fight for the chance?’Luca continued looking down. Most of these so-called off-site training was for people to go have fun, which to her, felt meaningless.That was why she kept quiet when everyone started the discussion.When everyone was trying their best to put their names forward, Dr. Cole noticed that Luca had been quiet so he asked her, "Dr. Craw, what do you think?"Luca looked at him suspiciously, then glanced around and noticed that everyone was looking at her. ‘What do I think? I have no opinion.’"I’ll go along with the company’s arrangements," Luca said.Luke's expression was stern. Her reply had everyone’s gaze shift toward him.Dr. Cole nodded and looked at Luke as w