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
"No, but I feel a little thirsty and want to drink some water," Bianca said and looked at the maid.The maid nodded and poured a glass of water for her immediately.The nurse stepped forward with a smile and said, "You can drink water after your blood is drawn. If you have the appetite, you can also have some oats. Try to eat something light for the next few days."Bianca looked at the needle and became alert. "Why do you want to draw my blood?"She remembered that Abel said not to go for blood tests because her blood type was different from the real Bianca.Luke was a smart man. There was a higher chance of her getting exposed if she went through with the blood test. Seeing her strong reaction, the nurse explained patiently, "You’ve been hospitalized for 24 hours, but the high fever is recurrent. We need to do further examinations to find out what's going on with your body."Bianca shook her head and turned her down. "I'm fine now. It's okay, I don’t need to go for a check-up
After Rhett left, Luca continued to browse the net and read the news.She thought of Amur when she saw the news of a wealthy businessman who was brutally murdered in his villa. She took out her phone and called him.However, it seemed that his phone was turned off.With no other choice, Luca had to put down the phone. She thought that Amur should have arrived at the Island of Despair by now, but for some reason, her heart just could not settle down.Luca’s expression turned solemn when she thought of what Abel said.The phone rang. Luca picked up the phone and glanced at it. It was a call from an unfamiliar number based in A City.Luca picked it up and a kiddish voice sounded from the other end of the call. "Ms. Luca, I'm Tommy!"Of course, she knew who was on the other end of the phone.Luca chuckled softly, and the sadness in her eyes melted away when she heard Tommy’s voice. "I know. Why did you call me? Isn't it time for school?""I borrowed the teacher’s phone to call you
Luca knew that several of them were looking at her but she walked out of the laboratory with the documents in her hand without a care in the world.Rhett quickly grabbed the other documents and followed her.After they walked out of the laboratory, Rhett looked back at his colleagues who were working overtime. He could not help but whisper what he was thinking about, "Dr. Craw, you’ve been acting a little abnormal today."In the past, Luca was the most diligent and serious in the Technical Department.When the researchers were lazing around in their office, she was spending all her time in the laboratory doing experiments and running comparative analyses of various data."Is that so?" Luca knew what he meant by that."Yes." Rhett touched his chin. There was no one around him, so he could speak whole-heartedly. "Dr. Craw, I’ve asked around and it seems that the other professors’ research progress is pretty good, especially Dr. Cole’s... "Although the other professors had no sens