Luca opened his friend request but hesitated for a long time. She wanted to accept the request, but her rationality told her that she should not. The fewer interactions with her, the better it was for him and the children. She struggled internally for a long time before putting her phone back into her handbag. She did not accept his friend request. She knew Luke's character very well, and she knew that he would not ask her directly to accept the friend request. All she had to do was to wait three days for the request to expire, and she should be off the hook. Meanwhile, Tommy was sitting next to Luke. "Daddy!" He exclaimed when he saw Luke end the video call. "Don't disturb her," Luke said and handed the phone back to him. He knew that Tommy would be bored, so he asked Jason to buy several children's books. "I'm not disturbing Ms. Luca at all. Can't you see that she's so bored?" Tommy pouted and protested. Luke stood up as though he did hear what Tommy said. Seeing th
William noticed that Luca was looking at him, so he waved to her. "Hey, what a coincidence! We meet again. I'm William. Do you remember me?" Luca planned to use the same trick as in the morning. She pretended not to understand him, looked away, and continued to eat her food. William glanced at Paul when he did not get a reply from Luca. Paul said, "Why don't you try the translation app you downloaded earlier?" William nodded and opened the translation app on her phone. With the app, Luca could not use the excuse that she did not understand English. Dr. Albus watched the scene unfold and remembered how Luca had given him the cold shoulder earlier. A mischievous thought brewed in his mind. "Do you need something from Dr. Craw?" William paused and smiled. "Dr. Craw? Is Craw your name?" Luca frowned when she heard the student call out her name. Did Dr. Albus deliberately do that? She turned her head to look at her surroundings. Thanks to William's presence in the restaurant
Paul smiled and shook his head. "I'm not interested in Russians, bro. No matter what you want to do later, I'll be there to support and help you. Don't worry, I've heard that Russians aren't as cold as they make themselves out to be. Once you claim her body, I'm sure that she'll fall for you as well." William puffed out his chest confidently. He knew that no woman who had slept with him could resist his charms. "Of course." "I'm helping you because I don't want to see you looking like a walking corpse after she rejected you," Paul said as he continued driving. "Thanks. Let me know if you need my help next time." William thought that Paul was a good friend. Paul smiled but did not say anything. He had to focus on the signal because his tracker was not a very good one, and the signal would be lost if the tracker went too far away. The signal eventually stopped at the hotel. Paul glanced at the six-star hotel in front of them and frowned. "Bro, I think the woman stays here." "
William shot his friend a glance, angry at his mocking tone. "Shut up!" He said. "I told you that I'd help you." Paul walked toward them with a sinister expression on his face. "No!" William refused because he knew that Luca was on her period. "Why not? This is the only chance you're going to get, William. Are you sure that you won't regret it?" Paul said as he stood in Luca's way. "The conference is a one-day event, and that woman won't show up in the university tomorrow. Also, I guess that she isn't from New York either. Don't tell me you want to go into a long-distance relationship, do you? How foolish. Aren't you satisfied if you could claim her for just one night?" Luca slowly clenched her hands into fists when she listened to his words. She did not want to get physical just now because she did not want to cause trouble. Moreover, William was only a university student. However, the two boys seemed to have other plans in mind… "What do you want?" Luca said. Paul loo
Luke waited next to the car door. When Luca stepped closer, he opened the car door but did not get in. Instead, he gestured to invite her in. They were quite close to each other. For a split second, she could catch Luke's scent in her nostrils. Tommy was sitting in the car. He was very excited when he saw Luca. "Come in quick, Ms. Luca!" Luca could not stop looking at Luke's arm. The light was too dim, and she could not see the extent of his injuries. She bent over and stepped into the car. Luke closed the car door, then stepped into the car through the other door. "Hotel," he ordered the driver without using too many words. The driver responded, then started the car. Tommy looked at Luke with eyes full of concern. "Daddy, does it hurt?" "It doesn't hurt," Luke said. He glanced at his arm coldly, seemingly unperturbed by the slash wound. Tommy stopped worrying when he heard his father say that. He gestured a thumbs-up at him and said, "You were so cool just now, D
Luke stepped out of the bathroom after taking a shower. He was dressed in the hotel's bathrobe, and he draped the towel around his neck. His hair was still dripping with water, and his body was still coated in a layer of vapor. His demeanor lacked his usual seriousness. Instead, he looked sensually carefree. Luke dried his hair with his towel as he walked over and sat on the couch. He placed his arm on the coffee table, indicating that he was ready for Luca to dress his wound. Luca opened the bottle of rubbing alcohol after making sure that it was suitable for her use. "This will sting a little," she reminded him. "It's fine." Luke's voice was slightly hoarse after the hot shower. "Daddy's isn't afraid of pain," Tommy added. Luca dipped a cotton swab into the bottle, then gently rubbed it over his wound. Luke had avoided getting the wound wet when he took the shower earlier. After cleaning away all the dried blood, she noticed that the wound was quite deep. She sighed and
After finding out that the tracker was cheap and mass-produced, Luca was almost sure that the incident was unrelated to Abel. She smashed the tracker into pieces and tossed it into the trash can. She was a lot more relieved when she found out that Abel was not involved in the incident. After washing her face and brushing her teeth, she lay on the bed. Meanwhile, the police arrested William and Paul and brought them to the police station. Jason followed behind the police car so that he could see the incident to its completion. William and Paul were handcuffed and placed in the same room. They waited for the family lawyer to arrive before the questioning started. "What should we do now?" William asked worriedly as he looked at his handcuffed hands. He was born in a wealthy family, and even though he had frequently gotten himself in trouble since he was young, he had never been arrested by the police before. His family might be rich and influential enough to bail him out, but
"He's like this because he's a little hurt. Don't be scared. I'll go downstairs to get something, and I'll be back soon, alright?" Luca comforted Tommy. Luke had a weak pulse, and he had thrown up earlier. She could not find any other symptoms of his poisoning. She knew that she could not wake him up, and there were thousands of poisons that could cause the same symptoms. Without being able to know what poison it was, all she could do now was to stabilize Luke's condition. "Alright," Tommy nodded and said. "I'll look after Daddy here." Luca saw that Tommy was still holding Luke's phone. "Give me the phone." Tommy trusted Luca, so he handed the phone to her. Instinctively, Luca entered the passcode she knew Luke last used, and she did not expect to be able to unlock it. "Your Daddy needs to go to the hospital. I'm using the phone to make a phone call, and I'll also go downstairs to get some medicine. Stay here and look after Daddy, alright?" "Mm," Tommy nodded and replied.