After breakfast, Johann walked in with a medical report in hand and announced, “The report is out, and Jason will bring in the receipt in a short while. Arrangements for your discharge are complete, Mr. Crawford.”Luke stood up and said, “Let’s go, then.”Johann looked at Luca who stood at one side and asked her, “Dr. Craw, I suppose you’re still taking part in the off-site training today?”Luca nodded. She woke up early today, so she might be able to rush there.“I have nothing planned for today. Why don’t I give you a ride?” said Johann with a smile.Before Luca could reply, Luke interjected, “Is the car downstairs?”“Yes, Boss.” Jason nodded.“We’ll send Dr. Craw over to the training site,” said Luke. He then looked over at Johann and continued, “You don’t need to entertain Dr. Park.”Johann shrugged as he listened to the avaricious words and said, “Alright then. By the way, I asked forensics yesterday and they said the report on the blade should be out by today.”Jason cou
Luca did not need him to remind her about it. She looked in Dr. Albus’ direction and nodded.Since she did not say anything, Rhett chose not to either. After all, he just wanted to remind her, but she seemed calmer than he was. Not even a veteran like Dr. Albus could have a temper like hers.After Luke dropped Luca off at her destination, he went back to the office with his kid.After arriving at the office, Jason frantically pushed open Luke’s door before he could even get to work. “Boss, Miss Norman is waiting for you in the lobby. She said she has something important she wants to talk to you about.”“Which one?” Luke replied coldly, not bothering to raise his head.Jason replied, “Leia Norman, Mrs. Crawford’s younger sister.”When Luke heard her name, he suddenly remembered that she was here as well. He rejected outright without even thinking about it. “I have no time for her.”Jason knew he would say that, so he passed on Leia’s message. “Boss, Miss Norman said she has somet
Leia was stunned. Just as she was trying to figure out his words, Jason pushed the door open.“Please leave, Miss Norman.”Leia left just like that and was dissatisfied. She suddenly realized something. Queenie had mentioned before that she could come back as long as Luke gave the word. It turned out this was what she meant by that. Apart from Jack, even the man in front of her was stopping her from going back!She ignored Jason as she raised her pitch. “Why are you doing this to me? I want to go back!”Jason frowned when she raised her voice. He knew that this was not going to be easy to handle, so he walked out and spoke to the secretary, “Tell security to come up here, please.”Leia knew she was going to be dragged downstairs. She shuddered and fell to her knees, “Brother-in-law, I beg you. I just want to go back home.”She had never wanted to call him her brother-in-law, but now, she had no choice but to give in.Luke glared at her coldly. Her cries for help sounded like ins
Tommy stared blankly at her with tears in his eyes as if he would bawl his eyes out if she said she did not like him.Luca was mad at herself. She thought she had hurt his feelings with the tone of her voice.“Ms. Luca, I won’t bother you. Please don’t dislike me.” Tommy rubbed his eyes as he tried to contain his tears. Just the sight of him would melt anyone’s heart.“No, I don’t dislike you. Stop overthinking.” Luca grabbed his hand and said, “I just went to the supermarket. Guess what I bought?”Tommy still had tears in his eyes as he looked up at her. At least he was somewhat distracted now. “What?”“Your favorite snack,” replied Luca as she opened the drawer. She was going to be here for two weeks and would meet Tommy anytime, so she prepared them.She picked up a bag of chips that kids liked and handed it to him. “Here you go. Treat this as an apology from me. Don’t be sad, okay?”“You didn't do anything wrong.” Tommy was very happy when he saw the bag of snacks that he li
The car remained where it was. When she got out of the cab, she noticed that it was an ordinary car.As it was an ordinary car, she could not tell if the car belonged to Luke or Abel’s men.She did not walk over. Instead, she walked into an alley. The moment she went in, she heard the sound of car doors opening. She then quickly turned the corner. Since she was quite familiar with the place, she managed to avoid them.The spies looked at each other helplessly. She must have realized their presence…As a result, they failed their mission…After Luca was sure she lost them, she walked over to her destination. She then knocked calmly on the metal door.After a while, an enormous man walked over and opened the door. “Who are you looking for?”Luca did not panic as the man glanced at her from top to bottom. She replied, “I’m looking for Solomon.”“What business do you have with him?” The man let his guard down as he looked at the frail-looking woman in front of him. He lit a cigaret
Luca pulled the needle away and circled her arm around Solomon’s neck. There was a vicious expression on her face which sent a wave of terror across the two other men.“What… What are you… doing…” Solomon had some trouble speaking with his neck being choked like that.“Just testing the drug.” Luka glanced at the man's face. The venom would take some time to work. It seemed that she had to stay for a while longer. “Why don't we wait and see if the venom works before we talk?”Solomon shuddered for a moment. The force applied to his neck was so strong he could not break free. He knew what would happen if he did not administer the antidote in time, so he begged. “Please don’t. Let’s… Let’s talk about it.”As he said those words, he signaled his lackeys with his eyes.Luca noticed the slight changes in her opponent's movements, so she tightened her grip. “If you dare do anything funny, you might just endanger someone’s life.”Solomon shuddered once more. She was just a frail Eastern
Amur nodded but he did not mention what mission it was.“So you were carrying out your mission at that place?” Luca asked again.“Yes,” Amur replied and noddedSolomon was a well-known black market dealer, but he was different from others. His products were popular, but he had a terrible character.There was a kind of drug that Abel sought after.However, Solomon was not the original seller, so it was quite difficult to get the goods. After a few trials and tribulations, Abel managed to get information that Solomon had a customer who wanted the same drug, hence he ordered a batch of them.That was an opportunity for him, so success would have to depend on whether their plan worked out or not.Luca smiled as she listened to Amur’s explanation. There was no reason for him to lie. In that case, Luke’s poisoning had nothing to do with Abel.She breathed a sigh of relief. Then, she could not help but tease Amur, “Amur, you should not have been tied up like that.”Even though the th
Luca brought Tommy back to the hotel room. The child started to yawn the moment Luca closed the door. She turned around and saw the sleepiness in his eyes. "When is your Daddy coming back?" She patted his head and asked him. Tommy shook his head, indicating that he did not know. Luca did not want to keep Tommy up when he was already so tired. She decided to let Tommy sleep first while informing Jason about it. "If that's the case, let's go to bed," she said. Then, she went to the bed and pulled the blanket back. Tommy grinned happily and clambered onto the bed. After Luca tucked him in, she said, "You can sleep first. I'll go and take a shower before sleeping. Is that alright?" "Yes, Ms. Luca." Tommy closed his eyes obediently. Luca dimmed the lights and went into the bathroom with a new set of pajamas and her phone. She sent a message to Jason, telling him that Tommy was resting in her room, then took a quick shower. After taking a shower and changing her clothes, s
“You don’t need to remind me. I was going to check anyway.” Abel shot Luca a chilling look.She took a step back and stayed silent.Abel turned to the pale-faced Hera and said, “If you’ve got low blood sugar, get up and eat something.”“I’ll eat now,” Hera replied, sitting up.Luca handed her the takeout.Abel glanced at the food and then frowned at Luca. “Why didn’t you make breakfast this morning?”“I was busy,” Luca explained with a calm indifference, her expression unwavering. She showed no fear, even under Abel’s questioning.Hera suddenly found herself admiring Luca. Everyone feared this man, yet Luca remained composed even when facing potential punishment. Not just anyone could pull that off.At the thought of this, Hera opened the takeout and kept quiet.Abel narrowed his eyes, glancing between Hera and Luca. His gaze was not exactly gentle as he muttered, “Stop eating this junk. It’s bad for you.”“I know, babe. Just this once. After this, I’ll have what Luca cooks f
Hera panicked the moment she heard that. “I trust her!”Luca and Shanks were both watching her.Hera repeated herself, saying, “I trust her, okay? What kind of treatment does she need? I’ll cooperate with anything. But what about Abel…”“I’ll tell him it’s just to help improve your overall health,” replied Shanks. Then, he turned around, opened the medicine cabinet, and started preparing the prescription.Hera let out a sigh of relief. As long as Abel did not find out about her health condition, that was all that mattered.If he knew she was unwell, he would send her back to A City. Without free medical help and no way to make extra money, she would be in serious trouble.“Thank you,” said Hera.“Wait outside,” instructed Shanks.“Okay.” Hera carefully stepped out.Luca, however, remained where she was, waiting.While preparing the medicine, Shanks asked, “Do you know which acupoints to target for her?”“Yes,” Luca replied confidently. As long as she checked Hera’s pulse, sh
“There are a lot of issues.” Luca did not hide anything and handed Hera the phone.Hera looked at it and frowned.“I can't understand any of this.” Hera felt dizzy just looking at the text, let alone the long list of medical terms. It was giving her a headache.“Look at these summaries and indicators. Compare the values on top with the normal values at the bottom, and you'll see what I mean,” explained Luca.Hera did not trust her. Therefore, Luca decided to let her see for herself. Seeing it with her own eyes would prevent any doubts later.Luca pointed out how to read the test results, and after a moment, Hera managed to understand the report. Her face turned pale. “How can there be so many problems?”She looked at Luca and questioned, “Did you fake this?”“I don’t have the power to make the medical center fake anything. Besides, the report has the medical center’s official stamp. If you don’t believe me, you can go directly to the medical center and ask for the official cop
“I heard from the boss that he's coming because of Vivian.” Gale paused for a moment before adding, “But never mind, you don't seem interested in her affairs anyway. I'm just letting you know he's on his way.”Gordan frowned. Ray was coming for Vivian?What could that ugly woman possibly need?“What do you mean by that?” asked Gordan.Gale smirked. “If you and Ray meet, that’s bound to end in a fight. And since you can't win against him, you might want to mentally prepare yourself, or better yet, find somewhere else to stay. It’d be safer that way.”Gordan's expression darkened. “If you have nothing nice to say, just zip it.”Gale grinned, clearly pleased with himself like he had just hit a sore spot.Gordan exhaled sharply. “Of all times, why is he coming to A City now? He’s just making things worse.”“It can't be helped. Vivian's situation is urgent.” Gale covered his mouth mockingly after he said that. “Oh, right. I forgot you don’t like hearing about her.”Ray wanted to br
Luke sat in the villa, staring at Luca’s message.He was worried.For a moment, he considered calling her, but then he remembered that there were surveillance cameras everywhere on her side. He dismissed the idea immediately.Her safety came first.Luke reminded her: [Take care of yourself. Don’t worry, I’ll handle everything. Just focus on keeping yourself safe.] The worry in his heart refused to subside, but at this moment, there was no better solution.“Boss, you’re worried about your wife, huh? If you really can’t stand it, we can sneak you in again during the next shift change, just like last time,” said Gale.It had been his idea last time.Now, the real Lucius was still locked up in the basement of the villa.It had been nearly a month. Luke had forced him to take the antidote Luca had recreated. The man was still alive, proving the antidote worked perfectly.“That plan is too risky.” Luke put his phone away. His gaze was dark and thoughtful.“Risky, sure. But at lea
Luca had not expected Abel and Shanks’ relationship to be like this.It seemed Abel still did not trust Shanks.Shanks continued, “Abel isn’t someone who trusts people easily. He doesn’t trust anyone. You think he’s devoted to Kassy now, right? That’s just his obsession. He's allowing Kassy to receive my treatment, but if it were him… No matter if he were blind or crippled, his safety would always come first. If he were seriously injured, maybe he’d accept treatment, but he definitely wouldn’t do it right away.”Luca stayed silent. Shanks really understood Abel well.Abel did not trust anyone—not even Kassy.Calling him paranoid would not be an exaggeration.Luca felt like they were getting off-topic, but she had never seen this side of Shanks before.In her mind, he was always buried in his work at the lab, only leaving for meals and sleep. Other than that, he was practically never outside.The lab was like his home…“Are you troubled by Hera’s situation?” Luca asked directly
Hera was startled by Luca's words.The refusal that had been on the tip of her tongue suddenly got stuck in her throat.“I…” Hera hesitated, feeling conflicted. Leaving Abel might not be such a bad idea. At least she would not have to live in constant fear.She was finally realizing how unpredictable his moods were. At first, she thought it did not matter as she could still look at other men. She just had to ensure there was no physical contact. In reality, even if she so much as glanced at someone, Abel's expression would darken with anger.It was frustrating. Now, the only person she was allowed to look at was Gerald. Still, what was the point of just looking at Gerald?At that thought, she lifted her gaze to Luca.Luca added, “I’ll give you five minutes. If you refuse treatment after that, I’ll take the medicine back to Mr. Shanks and won’t try to convince you again.”Hera's heart tightened. She did not even need five minutes. She had made her decision within 30 seconds.“I’
“If Abel finds out that Hera's body isn't suitable for organ donation to Kassy, what do you think he'll do?” asked Shanks.He already knew the answer, but he still wanted to hear Luca’s thoughts.“He has invested a lot of time and money in Hera. If he gets nothing out of it, he won’t let her off easily,” Luca said bluntly.Luca and Shanks were on the same page.They did not have a good relationship with Hera, but they had no intention of ruining her either.Hera’s personality was unpleasant, but that was not enough for them to hate her so much that they wanted to see her suffer.“What methods do you think he’ll use?” Shanks asked again.Luca was silent for a long moment.Shanks already knew the answer, yet he still wanted her to say it out loud.After thinking it over, she finally said, “There are plenty of ways he could go about it, but no matter what he chooses, Hera’s fate is sealed. She’s as good as dead…”She lowered her gaze, her tone firm and certain.Shanks nodded.
Hera heard that Luca had returned and immediately went to find Shanks. She narrowed her eyes.That woman went to see Shanks. Could she be talking about her?The thought made Hera uneasy. She had a nagging feeling that something was wrong with her medical report.However, when they left the medical center earlier, Abel asked Luca when the report would be ready, and she said it would be available tomorrow.Hera turned to Gerald and said, “Take these back for me first.”“Alright.” Gerald carried the bags as he walked away. He could not help but wonder what exactly Hera bought. These bags were really heavy!Only after Gerald went upstairs did Hera slowly make her way up as well. Her room was on the third floor, but she stopped when she reached the second floor. She glanced around to make sure no one was watching before heading toward the laboratory.The door was closed.Instead of knocking, Hera pressed her ear against it, trying to eavesdrop.However, the laboratory was special