Jason smiled wryly when he saw Tommy's frustrated expression. He shook his head and went back to work. Five minutes later, he stood up and said to Tommy, "Hey, Little Mr. Crawford, I can't do anything if you miss Ms. Luca, but I can bring you to someone else. Do you want to go?" "Is it Madam Tina?" Tommy asked. Tommy chuckled. Luca and Tina were about the same age, but to Tommy, the former was a "Miss" while the latter was a "Madam." Tina would lose her mind if she found out about it. "Yes. I'll need to attend a meeting with Mr. Crawford in a while. Why don't you go to Madam Tina's office?" Jason said. He did not want to leave the young child alone in his office. "Alright then." Even though Tommy missed Luca, he did not want to burden Jason with extra trouble. Jason took his hand, and they left the office. After handing him to Tina, he rushed to Luke's office to remind him that the meeting was almost starting. It was already half-past nine when the meeting ended. Tina
'Did he skip lunch and dinner again?' Luca remembered the scene at the hospital earlier. She heard that he had been keeping watch in the hospital for the entire night, which meant that he probably had not eaten a proper meal since the plate of spaghetti at her house the day before yesterday. Tommy noticed her hesitation. He wagged her hand. "My Daddy has gastric problems, Ms. Luca." 'Right, he has gastric problems…' Luca gently pinched Tommy's hand and said, "I only have spaghetti, vegetables, and eggs at home, so I can't cook something too fancy. He can come and eat if he doesn't mind that." She sighed to herself. She could not bear to see Luke torture himself after all. 'He must be tired all these years, having to take care of the company and the children…' "Daddy won't mind it at all. Your scrambled eggs are great," Tommy said with a grin. He ran back to the car and told Luke who was sitting in the driver's seat, "Daddy, Ms. Luca promised to cook for us. Let's go." L
"Thank you, Ms. Luca!" Tommy thanked Luca and continued eating. Luke noticed that Luca was very gentle toward Tommy. Over the past three years, he knew that many people had tried to be nice to Tommy so that they could get closer to Luke, but none of them had managed to do what Luca did. Her care toward the boy seemed to be genuine. She was not faking it at all. Luke picked up his fork and began to eat. Luca felt slightly relieved when she saw that Luke had started eating. It was the third time sitting at the same dining table as Luke. Every time, she could not process her feelings. Fifteen minutes later, all the plates were swept clean. Luca stood up and cleared the table. Tommy yawned. Luke noticed that it was already eleven o'clock. Usually, Tommy would have already been in bed, but today was different. "Tommy is sleepy, Mr. Crawford. You should send him home." Luca also thought it was already quite late. When Tommy heard that, he shook his head and said, "I'm not
Cole's expression sank even more, which confirmed Talia's guess. Talia had expected that Cole would be selected to join the off-site training, but the results were out of her expectations. Disregarding Cole's sullen expression, Talia continued asking, "So who got selected?" "Luca Craw, and Dr. Albus!" Cole sat sullenly on his office chair. As the manager of the Technical Department, it was a huge embarrassment that he was not selected for the off-site training. He said sternly to the woman in front of him, "What happened? Can't you even do a simple job?" Talia felt quite aggrieved that Cole was blaming her for it. She knew about the deal between Cole and Dr. Albus. Cole was the only one who had benefited from the deal, and she did not see a single cent from it. If Cold had not accepted Dr. Albus's bribe, he would definitely be selected. She thought that it was wrong for Cole to blame her. After all, she managed to make friends with all the researchers' assistants except for
After Luca ended the call, she hastily typed up a leave application form and went to Cole's office. She knocked on the door and only went in after the person inside gave his consent. She placed the form on the table and said, "I need to take time off work, Dr. Kidman." Cole narrowed his eyes. If it were before, he would not ask too many questions. After all, if Luca had lagged behind on her research, it was beneficial for him, but now… He was angry that her research had progressed so quickly despite taking time off work frequently. Even the veteran researchers could not catch up with her. Cole took on the demeanor of her superior and sighed. "Dr. Craw, how many times have you taken time off work this month?" Luca did not answer. She knew that Cole was unhappy that she had taken his spot in the off-site training trip, and her attendance at work had nothing to do with it. "There might not be a written rule about how much time off an employee can take, but you've been regularl
Luca was silent as she listened to Queenie admonish the caretaker. Queenie was a gentle woman, and she would even be kind toward someone who had taken advantage of her. However, she used harsh words on the caretaker because of Bianca. Luca's heart wrenched, though at the same time, she felt jealous. She should have been the recipient of Queenie's love and concern. Abel had taken that away from her, and she could only bear the pain silently. The caretaker felt aggrieved. "I don't make the decisions, Mrs. Norman. Madam told me to keep it a secret, and I dared not tell anyone." Queenie could empathize with the caretaker, and she could only blame Bianca for being ignorant. The concoction was supposed to help Bianca feel better, but she had suffered because of her own caprice. Queenie looked at Luca worriedly and said, "What should we do now, Luca?" "Drink the concoction." Luca pulled her hand away and said. "Will she recover if she drinks the concoction?" Queenie asked, thi
Luca pressed her lips together and swallowed her words of rejection. "Sorry to have troubled you," she said stiffly. Luke nodded and left the room, and Luca followed behind him. Bianca watched as the two people left the room one after another. She wished that she could step between them, but her condition did not allow her to do that. Meanwhile, Dr. Blake was still amazed that acupuncture could awaken an unconscious patient. He glanced at the trash bin in the room; there was a pile of needles inside. What he did not know was that Luca had only used two of them. Dr. Blake asked, "How do you feel now, Mrs. Crawford?" "A little tired…" Bianca answered. If she was resuscitated, there should not be major problems to her health. "I'm glad that you're feeling better." Dr. Blake heaved a sigh of relief. He still had his suspicions, but it was nonetheless good news that she managed to wake up. "I'm fine." Bianca wanted to sit up, but she did not have the strength to do so. Dr.
"Were you at the hospital just now?" Mo followed behind her into the elevator and wanted to probe more."Yes, I came from the hospital." Luca was unfazed with her questions and pressed the elevator button.She was almost certain that Bianca and Mo partnered up when she came to the company to look for her the last time. Otherwise, how would she know that Bianca was hospitalized?’Mo replied, "Then, is Mrs. Crawford doing better?""She’s doing much better," Luca answered casually. "Since you care about Mrs. Crawford so much, why don’t you visit her at the hospital?"Mo was stunned. She had seen the news of Bianca's hospitalization from social media but she never went to visit. Even if they were friends on social media, the gap between their status was like heaven and earth.‘Bianca may not want me to visit her…’"I've been...relatively busy these days," Mo explained with an awkward smile on her face.Luca nodded and did not expose her.After the elevator reached their floor, the