Luke picked up the piece of paper with the course meal written on it and glanced at it. He handed it to the manager without making any changes to it. “We’ll pick these for the banquet.”Luca was startled. Had he made his decision? Was Luke not going to consider it again?The manager did not expect Luke to make his decision so quickly. He confirmed with him after glancing at the piece of paper. "Mr. Crawford, are you sure you want this course meal and there are no further changes?"“Yes.” Luke ordered, “Leave the dishes we selected her and take the others away.” The manager replied to him and hurriedly asked the waiters to take the other dishes away.After three minutes, only the dishes that Luca picked were left on the table. This was the first time the manager saw someone picking the dishes so quickly. He said happily, “Enjoy your dinner.”He left the private room with the other waiters.Luca and Luke were left alone in the private room. Luca stopped and looked at the man
If she were some other woman who got kidnapped and was threatened with a knife, she would have been so frightened till she started begging for mercy or she would just pass out. However, Luca was unusually calm. She did not cry or ask for forgiveness even when someone was holding a knife in her face, which was covered by a gunny bag.She was different from the others.The man who held the knife was slightly surprised. He sneered and kept the knife away.Luca could sense that the knife was kept away. She said, "I can't breathe with the gunny bag over my head."“Cut the nonsense. Believe it or not, my brother and I will kill you right now!” Another man was feeling uneasy because of her unusually calm demeanor. He was trying to frighten Luca with his loud voice."I know both of you don't want me to see you, that's why you covered my head with a gunny bag. I’m guessing you're also wearing masks right now. How are you going to explain to the mastermind behind you if I run out of brea
The three of them sat on the rug while staring at Luke. They did not say a word.“I took Tommy’s hair for a DNA test.” Luke nodded and admitted that he took the child’s hair for a DNA test.The three of them suddenly got excited. Lanie asked, “Daddy, did you find out where Mommy was?” “Yes.” Luke’s gaze fell upon the three of them as he looked at their faces one by one. Be it Lanie, Rainie, or Tommy, Bianca had spent a period of time away from their lives. Lanie and Rainie were still fine with it. He raised them all by himself since they were young. Hence, they were only upset after Bianca was kidnapped. It was not hard for them to get used to it.However, Tommy was raised with Bianca around him. He cried so much and it took a lot of time for him to get used to her absence.Luke spent so much time keeping him company to cheer him up.“Is Mommy back?” Tommy looked at him with a look of disbelief. “Your Mommy has always been around you. It’s just that her looks have changed,
Tommy got even more depressed when she did not pick up the call. It was nothing like last time. There was not even a loading page this time. He sent Luca an audio message. “Ms. Luca, are you busy? I miss you. Please send me a message after you’re done with your matters.”Tommy put down the tablet after the message showed that it was successfully sent. He walked out of the bedroom looking depressed. The excitement when he knew Luca was his mother a few minutes ago had disappeared all of a sudden after she rejected his video call request.Mr. Griffin saw Tommy and came to him. He asked with concern, “Young Master Tommy, what happened? Did someone bully you?”Tommy lifted his head and looked at the butler, complaining, “Mr. Griffin, Ms. Luca isn’t picking up my calls!”“Ms. Luca?” Mr. Griffin was wondering who Ms. Luca was. Was it Dr. Craw?“Yes. I sent her a video call request just now. She didn’t pick it up. Sob, sob, sob. Does that mean she doesn’t like me anymore?” Tommy rubb
Luca was secretly upset when she heard what he said.She thought she might have a chance to escape once her legs were untied, but although she was able to walk freely now, she could not get out of here.The blindfold was taken off as well. Luca looked at her legs. Indeed, there were two big iron balls chained to her feet. She was always cuffed with two big iron balls when she underwent physical training on the Island of Despair back then. Hence, such weight was nothing to her. However, her hands were tied up. There was little chance for her to escape. Luca did not look around. She stared directly at the three masked men in front of her. She knew they would not simply touch her after listening to their conversation. She was still safe for now.She had been behaving herself to let their guard down.Indeed, the three men left the room when she did not say anything or struggle.They kept a light on for her even though they had left the room.Luca looked around the room and notice
Nina did not stop worrying even as she watched Pierre leave. She leaned beside the car door helplessly, watching the man’s back. Although she could not see his face, it seemed like she was still able to imagine how ruthless his expression was at this moment.This was insane…Nina felt uneasy. As she recalled the vivid images in her head of him threatening her, he must have done something.Still, what had he done?A worried expression appeared on Nina’s face when she thought of his treacherous means. She was not afraid if Pierre were to do something to her. However, she was afraid that Pierre would hurt the people around her. It was because he was a vindictive man…Nina suddenly thought of Luca. The only person around her who had offended Pierre before was Luca…She would be the one to suffer if Pierre wanted to do anything…Nina took her phone out of her bag at the thought of this. She dialed Luca's phone number, planning to tell her to watch out for herself.When she called
That was the only way left. Luca closed her eyes and lay down on the bed as she listened to the footsteps of the two men leaving. She did not see how many ropes he carried in his hands. However, she knew there were at least six ropes tied around her hands just from looking at the man’s gestures earlier.It had become even more difficult for her to break free now.Luca thought she would not be able to save herself anymore. It was too difficult for her, and she did not have much energy left. She could only rest up and wait for another chance.The next day.Jason realized Luca did not check in at her new office. Thus, he went downstairs to look for her. It was then he found out that Luca was not in the office downstairs either.She did not come to the office at all.Jason knew she was not someone who would not skip work without giving notice. Hence, he called her and noticed that he could not get through to her phone. He immediately informed Luke about this. Luke frowned and k
The policeman heard him repeating the same words. When he was about to explain to him what the conditions were to classify someone as having gone missing, the other policeman grabbed his arm.“Mr. Crawford, please give us the information about the missing lady. We’ll try our best to look for her.”Luke picked up his phone and called Jason.He answered the phone call after two beeps. Luke then ordered the person on the other end of the call, "Send Luca's details to my phone.""Yes," Jason replied immediately. He was able to sense how nervous Luke was just by listening to his voice. Luke received the message with Luca's details after a minute. He handed his phone to the policeman. "She left after having dinner with me last night. She didn't go home. Please help find out where she is as soon as possible.""Yes." The policeman noted down Luca's details on his phone and left.The policeman who was grabbed by the arm looked at his colleague and asked with confusion, “We can’t take th