Tina furrowed her brows and refuted, "Yes, the grilled chicken is a little greasy. But it's not a big deal for us since we're still young. Our bodily functions and digestion are still working well. We won't put on weight if we exercise. We won’t dare to eat this when we get older, so we’ll maintain our body shape."Ms. Reid planned to mock them for not taking care of their diet. It suddenly got on her nerves when she was being insulted like this.She intended to insult Luca. After all, she had nothing to do with her, so Luca could not lay a hand on her. Hence, nothing would happen even if they insulted each other. However, she did not expect Tina to speak on behalf of Luca. Other than Mr. Doyle, Tina was another secretary of Mr. Crawford's whom he highly valued. Many years had passed and a few secretaries came and left but Tina never got fired. Even so, there was nothing going on between Tina and Mr. Crawford. Those people who loved to gossip could not get anything on her, and
After Luca returned to her room, she tossed and turned on the bed. She could not fall asleep.She planned to leave in the middle of the night. Hence, she decided to take a nap first. However, she did not expect herself to sleep for so long on the high-speed rail, so she could not fall asleep now.Luca sat up and touched her forehead. Then, she looked at the time. There were still two hours till midnight. It would be too early for her to leave now. However, she was afraid that she could not wake up later if she took some medicine to sleep. She had to look for Amur before it was too late.Luca could only spend time watching videos on her phone helplessly. Luke bringing all the employees for a trip to B City had become hot news in A City. Luca accidentally saw a news report about it when she was scrolling through some videos. She glanced at the comments below the video in passing.Some people left their comments under the video, expressing their thoughts about how rich he was.
There was no anesthetic left…Luca looked at the wound that was deep enough to see the bones. The wound needed multilayer mattress stitches, and the pain would be double of usual. Amur knew she was worried if he would be able to stand the pain. He pursed his lips and looked at her. “Don’t worry. I want you to close the wound.”Luca looked at him for a few seconds. The wound had to be closed, and they could not wait any longer.“Where are the supplies?” she asked after having decided to close the wound for Amur. “They’re in the drawer.” The man pointed at the cabinet beside and said.Luca opened the cabinet. The supplies were pretty complete except for the anesthetic.She poured some Povidone-iodine on some cotton and quickly cleaned his wound. Then, she began to close the wound. The needle poked into his flesh. Amur did not yell or scream. He lowered his head and stared at Luca, who was focused on stitching his wound. The wound on his arm was rather nasty, but she was not af
Luca clenched her teeth and glared at the man. He was here listening to her conversation with Amur, which was inconvenient for her. Amur knew she wanted to do what was best for him. She thought they could have each other’s back. However, he would be worried if she joined the mission. “It’s alright.” He could not say much about it. He could only comfort her with a simple few words.Luca stood up and looked at him seriously. "How is it alright? You're injured. Be careful next time, do you hear me?"“Yes. I’ll be careful.” Amur nodded. It was part of his plan to get injured this time. The mission given to him was to gain someone’s trust, so he deliberately took the stab for that person.However, he did not expect to be stabbed so badly."And don't ignore my messages. Haven’t you seen how many messages I've sent you? You didn't even reply. Even if you're busy with your mission, don’t you have the time to reply to my messages?" Luca pulled a long face as she continued lecturing him.
The next day.It was still early in the morning. Luca was still in bed when the doorbell rang.She rubbed her eyes. It took her a few seconds to realize that she was in the hotel and someone was knocking on her door.Luca sat up and quickly got out of bed. She walked to the door and looked through the peephole. It was Tina who was standing outside. She picked up the cup on the door, then unlocked the door.Tina smiled and greeted her when the door opened, “Good morning, Dr. Craw.”“Good morning.” Luca’s eyes were a little itchy. She could not help but rub her eyes.Tina apologized when she saw Luca bleary-eyed. She looked like she had not woken up. "I'm sorry to have woken you up, Dr. Craw."Luca shook her head. “It’s alright. Besides, it’s getting late. I was the one who woke up late. What’s the matter?” She could not blame Tina for waking her up. After all, she had only slept at four in the morning. She thought that she would take some pills since she had no plans today an
Luca kept yammering. The more Amur listened to her, the more touched he felt. How wonderful would it be cared for by her forever?She had seen him when he was at the weakest moment in his life. She encouraged him to be brave and grow up. He had also seen her when she was at the lowest point in her life. He had silently kept her company. They had been through so much together but she had never fallen for him. Was he not good enough? He was indeed not good enough compared to the one in her heart. Luca asked again when she did not hear any reply from him, “Amur, are you listening?”“I’m listening. My wound is fine. I’ve changed the dressing. Don’t worry.” Amur snapped back to his senses and replied to her.Luca was relieved when she heard him.The doorbell rang. She wondered if it was Tina at the door. She said to Amur, “That’s great. Stay safe. I’ll talk to you later.”Amur wanted to ask her what she was busy with since she came here for a trip. However, she hung up the phone
The swimming pool was 50-meter long. Two laps would be a hundred meters. Luca stood far away and watched them compete with a lack of interest.“Dr. Craw, it might be boring now. But it’s going to get exciting when it comes to the women’s team,” Tina blinked playfully. “Oh?” Luca looked at her."Most of the employees in the company are young. Look at how sexy and pretty they are. They'll do their best to win the competition," said Tina. To be fair, there would be a champion for the men's and women's teams respectively.Luca understood what she meant. She was trying to say that the competition between women was always fiercer than men.Luke only appeared when the competition for the men's team was about to end. He was wearing his sunglasses and was casually dressed. He looked peculiar as everyone surrounding him was in their swimwear. His appearance heightened the atmosphere at the swimming pool.The female employee beside Tina could not help but murmur in a soft voice. "Why i
Luca stood beside the pool and casually did some stretching. Jason saw that they were almost done warming up and said, “Ready, set, go!”The few of them jumped into the water.Luca was no exception. She did the right posture and jumped right into the water.Everyone on the team was trying their best to swim as fast as they could to win the prize and leave a good impression in front of Luke. Luca wanted to relax, but the thought of Luke watching her came across her mind. She pursed her lips and held her breath to keep swimming.Jason was watching the situation in the swimming pool. Everyone was fiercely competitive except for Luca…Her swimming posture was way too special. It was indescribable, and she was far behind from the others. When Luca was swimming forward, she could hear loud cheers and claps at the same time. Some of them were cheering for her.However, she was unable to chase after the rest. She felt like she had been swimming for a decade although it was only 5
“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