When Queenie thought about how Luca might take Bianca's place and that her darling daughter might lose the man she loved, Queenie strongly suppressed the idea of visiting Luca even though she took pity on her after learning Luca was injured and hospitalized. She did not visit her for all the reasons mentioned."I’m fine." Luca listened to her concern and remembered that when she was hospitalized, she had hoped that Queenie would come to visit her.However, who was she to ask Queenie to visit her?Everything was in her head.A warm current rushed through her heart now that Queenie expressed her care for her.She was caring for her..."You’re fine? Your face still looks a little swollen. Are you sure you’re okay?" Queenie looked into Luca’s eyes, which she had always found familiar. Luca was doing her best to help Leia but she thought about Luca as the enemy before this and did not even go to visit her when she was hospitalized.Queenie felt guilty.She should not have done t
Luca nodded. She was relieved that Luke was going to have a chat with Jack and Queenie.After all, Leia did not have the money to buy the organs she needed from the black market. She was only worried that Queenie would not want to see Leia suffer and give her the money to do so.If she did that, Jack would be impacted badly.After Luke drove Luca back to the apartment, he received a call from Jason and hurried back to the company to deal with work.Luca returned to the apartment and turned on the TV. The economic segment happened to be playing. She opened the refrigerator and heard the news that Pierre's company was in the final stages of signing a contract to collaborate with a well-known foreign company.Economists pointed out that if this partnership was successful, Pierre's company would become one of the top ten companies in A City at record speed that many young entrepreneurs could not even hope of achieving. Luca frowned when she heard what the economists said. She picked
Leia did not care about her body’s indicators because she did not understand the reports.All she could think about was whether she could go for a transplant.After she found out that she was ill, she started her research and found a lot of information. Many data showed that those who were like her in the later stage of the disease would usually choose to go for a transplant operation to save their lives. In modern science, such transplant operations had been done many times. Most patients could survive.As such, Leia planned to go forward with this plan.After Johann finished explaining, she asked, "Dr. Park, I'm in such poor health now. Can I join the queue for an organ transplant?"Johann was startled. ‘She wants to wait for an organ transplant?’"Yes, Dr. Park. I know that many patients can lead normal lives again after going for a transplant. Leia is still so young, and it’s sad that this disease will trouble her for the rest of her life. Can you put her in line for an organ
On the other hand.Luke got two calls when he was dealing with urgent company matters. One of the calls was from Johann, who told him that Leia had the idea of illegally buying organs from the black market.The other call was from Allison's lawyer. He received a notice confirming that Allison would be released from prison next Monday.The coming Monday was four days from then.Four days later, Allison would be released from prison. In her current situation, she would definitely cause trouble when she returned to Crawford Manor.Luke hung up after he told the lawyer that he would arrange for someone to pick her up from prison. He called Johann after and asked, "Do you have any good plastic surgeons to recommend?"Johann knew who he was asking for and immediately said, "The best has already said that your mother's face can't be fixed with surgery. There’s no way to cure her even if we can get a good doctor. If someone says she can be cured, he or she must be a swashbuckling lia
Luca blinked. She thought that it would take a lot of work to get Luke to share his worries with her. She did not expect to achieve her goal so easily. Her few words made him admit that he was facing some troubles."What happened?" Luca continued to ask cautiously.She was worried that Luke would be unhappy and stop sharing.It was not that she wanted to spy on the secrets in his heart but she could not bear seeing Luke drinking to ease his worries.Luke stared at Luca for a while.Luca felt awkward. She almost thought that there was something on her face, or that he was confused from drinking and the alcohol got to his head, so he stopped talking.Before she could speak, Luke said, "My mother… You've met her.""Yes." When Allison was mentioned, Luca had a rough idea of what happened. She had heard that Allison was going to be released from prison but she did not ask in detail about when.She knew that Allison should be getting out of prison soon seeing Luke’s current state.
Despite that, Luca did not do as he said nor make use of the opportunity.‘What’s her intention?’Luke stood up and walked steadily. Although he had been drinking, he paid attention to the amount he drank. Compared with the usual amount of alcohol that he usually consumed, he was only slightly drunk. It was not an issue.He only acted drunk to put on a show for Luca.However, Luca did not respond to his flirting even after he said so much. He was unsure of what she was planning.Luke could not wait to find out Luca's plan so that he could work out corresponding responses to keep her by his side.In any case, he found nothing even after he looked into it. Even so, he told his men to keep investigating.They had not even found out the organization that was controlling Luca behind the scenes.Luke was getting more frustrated.He walked into the master bedroom. There was a faint and elegant scent in the room. It belonged to Luca. With her scent and after drinking some wine, he kne
Susan was stunned. ‘Give me the ownership of a villa? How tempting...’Nevertheless, no matter how luxurious the villa was, it would never be as palatial as Crawford Manor. If she and Louis moved out, although they would hire servants, they would not have as many servants as in Crawford Manor.Moreover, if she moved out and let Allison move back in, she would undoubtedly be handing the throne to Allison with both hands. She was not that stupid. Although the free villa was indeed tempting, Susan held back.Although Old Master Crawford's health was going strong, she believed that he would not have many more years left to live. If she moved out and gave Allison a chance to please Old Master Crawford, it would not be worth the loss.Therefore, she chose to stay in Crawford Manor."Forget it. I’m just raising my concerns but since you don't care, forget about it. I hope Allison's face isn’t too ugly. Otherwise, my Thea will be miserable and have nightmares every night," Susan said.
"You know about prison?" Luca looked at Rainie’s expression with a gentle gaze. With consideration that Luke was still sleeping in the master bedroom, she spoke to her in a soft voice."Yes. Daddy said that those who did something wrong will go to prison to reform themselves. Grandma did something wrong and was put in prison so we haven’t been able to see her for the time being." Rainie's voice was soft. She seemed to be familiar with the concept.Luca was stunned. She did not expect a child to know so much.That was understandable. She was not around when they were young, so the role of a grandmother occupied a certain position and weight with the twins.Even if Allison took no notice of them after they grew up, they still remembered her as a grandmother who loved them.Luke would surely give them an explanation following her sudden disappearance after she went to prison.However, Luca did not expect that he would be entirely honest and not make up any excuses for Allison."Yea
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
“This cup of coffee is from that gentleman for this lady.” The waiter smiled as he explained, placing the cup in front of Luca.Hera followed the waiter’s gaze and immediately recognized the man Luca had been looking at earlier.Her eyes darkened. She had noticed the man glancing in their direction. However, she had assumed he was looking at her.After all, she was dressed seductively, had put on makeup, and was undeniably beautiful. Any man who saw her would be attracted. If a man’s eyes lingered on her, it was not surprising at all.Realizing that the man had been watching Luca the whole time instead of her, Hera suddenly felt annoyed.Luca noticed her displeasure, glanced at Gordan, then smiled and said to the waiter, “Please thank the gentleman for me.”“Of course, miss. Enjoy your coffee.” The waiter, sensing the tension between the two women, quickly grabbed his tray and left before Hera’s sour mood could affect him too.“Hmph, feeling proud of yourself?” asked Hera.Luca