When Luca turned away, her hair gently swayed in the direction of her movement. Luke caught a whiff of her shampoo. His heart skipped a beat as he took in the slight fragrance. As far as he remembered, Bianca did not use perfume, and the smell of her shampoo blended naturally with the fragrance of her body. Luca stepped out of the car and turned around to look at Luke, who was still sitting in the car. "Mr. Crawford?" She called out gently. Luke came to his senses and stepped out of the car. They went into Tommy's room one after another. Tommy had stopped crying when he knew that Luca was coming, but his eyes remained puffy and bloodshot. "Daddy, Ms. Luca…" His voice was soft and shrill, as though he had a lot of grievances. Luca could empathize with Tommy. A fever was an uncomfortable experience, and it was normal for Tommy to be unhappy about it. "Tommy, are you hungry?" Luca went to the bedside and asked. Old Master Crawford had already gone home, so she did not fe
From Luke's expression, Johann could tell what he was thinking. He rubbed his chin and tried to speak up for Dr. Blake. "Don't be like that. Any head physician in our hospital has to be a skilled doctor. You can't blame him for what happened to Sis; none of us knew what happened, including me. It's only thanks to Dr. Craw that her condition improved, so you shouldn't think that Dr. Blake is incapable. Also, your tantrum has scared all the people in the internal medicine department. It took me a lot of effort to convince Dr. Blake to stay on duty tonight." Head physicians need not take the night shift, but Johann could not trust the other doctors to take care of Tommy. That was why he went to convince Dr. Blake to stay back. Luke did not say anything. He did not want other doctors to take care of Tommy. Tommy was Bianca's favorite child. If the real Bianca eventually returned, she would be sad if she found out that Tommy was ill. Johann took Luke's silence as consent. He turne
Luca stopped moving when she sensed Tommy's reaction. She continued to pat Tommy's back. The caretaker yawned and went to take her position on the other bed. Luke turned off the lights. The only source of illumination in the room was a small table lamp next to the couch. Luca slowly dozed off as she listened to the child's even breathing. She let her guard down, even though Luke was still observing her. A while later, she sensed that the child's body temperature was beginning to rise. She placed Tommy on the bed and sat up straight. The table lamp near the couch cast a long shadow from behind her, and she could not see Tommy clearly, so she turned on the bedside lamp. Tommy's face was a much redder color. His fever had returned. Luke noticed her movements and asked her, "What's wrong?" "Tommy's fever is back." Luca rang the bell. Dr. Blake and the nurse quickly came into the room. "Is Tommy having a fever again?" Dr. Blake asked and inserted a thermometer in the child
After breakfast, the hospital corridors began to fill up with people. Luca guessed that the results of the bacteria culture test should be out by any time now. As expected, Johann came to the room half an hour later with the report in his hands. "I've read the report. Indeed, Tommy's fever is caused by a bacterial infection," he said. Luke frowned when he heard that. That must be Bianca's going. The child did not have any external injuries, and he only ate the food from Crawford Manor. There was no other way he could have gotten a bacterial infection. Thinking of what Bianca told him earlier, he realized that it was not a lie for him to free her. He had always believed what Bianca said. That was why he had asked Johann to treat Tommy's illness to be something more than a regular fever. There was no other reason why Bianca could so accurately predict Tommy's fever even though she was confined in the mansion… "I have to say that this is a rare bacteria in this region becaus
"How could she do that…" Amur said while clenching his fists. Even though he did not want Luca interacting with the children too often, he could not help but be angry at what Bianca had done to Tommy. That reminded him of what Abel did many years ago. To quickly expand his influence, Abel attacked several nearby villages and abducted their inhabitants. Anyone who was not fit enough to be a mercenary would become an experimental subject, and no one cared if they lived or died. Abel was physically weak, and he nearly became one of those experimental subjects. Fortunately, he was still very young, and the mercenaries in charge of training them thought he still had room to grow. That was why he was spared of that fate. After he met Luca, he trained hard so that he could become stronger. Luca was angrier than he was, but she managed to control her fury. She analyzed the situation for Amur, "I'm guessing that the impostor Bianca is now held captive in Luke's mansion, and Gale and
All the researchers were in their respective laboratories performing their research to secure the next stage of funding. That was why Rhett thought that Cole would be in his laboratory rather than in his office. Seeing that Luca was so insistent, he did not say anything. Luca walked in front of the manager's office and knocked on the door. "Come in." A voice was heard from within, which made Rhett surprised. Luca opened the door and went inside, and Rhett quickly followed behind. Cole was sitting on his chair, dressed in his white lab coat. He smiled and greeted the woman in front of him, pretending that he was oblivious to what happened in Luca's laboratory. "It's you, Dr. Craw. How can I help you? Are you taking the day off again?" Luca shook her head and told him about the situation in her laboratory. Cole acted as though he was shocked after hearing what Luca had to say. "How is that possible? I hope that you're not joking, Dr. Craw. Your research is far ahead compared to
Dr. Cole waved his hand and asked Talia to leave after he heard her repeated assurance.After Talia left his office, he picked up his phone and called Jason to report on the situation. He took the opportunity to wash the problem off his hands as well. Jason did not comment after he listened to what Dr. Cole had to say. All he did was acknowledge the situation.After Dr. Cole put down the call, he touched his chin and thought about it. He could not sense anything from Jason's tone and wondered whether Luke would take Luca’s side once again.He was not entirely confident.After Luca left Dr. Cole's office, she went straight to the laboratory. The staff had already cleaned up the mess, including the broken experiment instruments."Is everything sorted out?" she asked.One of the researchers handed her a few sheets of paper and said, "Dr. Craw, we just checked and these are the data that have been wiped clean. The computer archive has been completely deleted as well and we don’t k
"Are you sure that the computer's backup data can't be repaired?" Luke asked. His tone was still calm after such a serious incident.The research progress of the new drug was disrupted, and the expected profits would be affected as well. However, he seemed to be indifferent."I’m not certain. We have to wait until the relevant technicians check on it to know for sure," Luca said. She returned to her seat and quietly moved her chair farther away. She thought that it was best she kept a distance from Luke. The farther, the better."The company is going to go through a comprehensive upgrade of the system and the team will have their hands full with that. If you know some talents who are skilled with computers, feel free to make a recommendation." Luke flipped through the data, his expression still flat.Luca smiled upon hearing his words, and she replied, "Mr. Crawford, I don't know anyone like that. Maybe you can ask the other staff and Dr. Cole."Luke was turning the page and pause