After Luca had successfully clocked out, she walked into the CEO’s exclusive elevator with Luke.The elevator doors closed slowly, and Zoey withdrew her gaze as she could not help but sigh. “What a perfect match, but how unfortunate…”Rhett walked into the office and heard her sigh, so he asked out of curiosity, “What match? What’s unfortunate?”Zoey shook her head as she dared not gossip about the boss’ relationship with him. “Are you going home?”“How can I go home when the research professor hasn’t gone home yet?” said Rhett while picking up a stack of files next to the printer on the desk. He was the laboratory assistant. If the researchers were working overtime, he would have to as well.“But Dr. Craw has just gone home,” said Zoey.Rhett was about to exit the office when he stopped in his tracks all of a sudden and looked back at her. “Dr. Craw got off work already?”“She just clocked out half a minute ago. She should have arrived downstairs by now,” informed Zoey. If Luca
“Of course.” Luca caressed the child’s head. After what happened previously, she did not purposely keep her distance from the children in front of the old master anymore. “By the way, where’s Lanie and Rainie?”If they wanted to be close to her, then she would let them be.After all, the days she spent with them were numbered.“My brother and sister are upstairs doing their homework,” Tommy said with a smile, leaning even closer to her.Luca simply put her arms around him.Luke stood aside as he watched Luca and Tommy stick together eagerly, which did not make him jealous but made the corners of his mouth curl up into a smile instead. “I’ll go upstairs and keep the files.”“Go ahead. I’ll entertain them here.” Old Master Crawford waved his hand without paying any attention to Luke.He saw Luca’s concern for the children, which differed from other women. There was no pretense, and the affection in her eyes did not look like it was for show. She was not fake at all and was very su
After the argument between Old Master Crawford and Susan, Luca dared not pick up the medicinal herbs to take a closer look at them as she did not want Susan to find faults with her actions and further provoke the old master.She reckoned that the herbs really belonged to Yuri, so there should not be a problem.The last time, there was a problem with the old master’s stew because Susan had tampered with it. Yuri was her daughter-in-law and she still hoped that Yuri and Louis would have a second child, so how could she have tampered with the herbs?It was a strong tonic at most. Even if it was not suitable for Yuri’s body, it would not be too bad.Luca picked up the cup of tea, which had cooled a bit during the two’s argument. She took a big sip to please the old master.He did personally prepare it, after all.Susan snorted when she saw Luca drink the tea. She poured a cup for herself as well.“What are you doing?” Old Master Crawford looked at her indifferently.“If she can hav
“Father, you’ve been around for some time and have seen a lot of things, but there are many scammers nowadays and they’re using more tricks that you’ve never seen, so don’t be deceived.” Susan was even more upset when she saw how Old Master Crawford defended Luca, so she pointed out that Luca was a liar.Old Master Crawford had a gloomy expression. As expected, Susan would not be bothered to think about her reputation when she went crazy. She was like this with Allison and now, with Luca.Was she trying to badmouth Luke by hinting that Luca was a liar?Old Master Crawford was very fond of Luca and would never allow such a thing to happen.Just as he was about to speak, Luke’s voice could be heard from the stairs. “Mother, are you doubting the professional skills of the person I hired?”Susan looked up at Luke and frowned. It seemed like he was involved now.She already felt pressured from facing Old Master Crawford. Now that she had to face Luke, her imposing manner immediately d
After careful consideration, Susan indignantly put the teapot down.Life flashed before the butler’s eyes, and since Old Master Crawford had already gone upstairs with Luca, he asked, “Madam Crawford, would you still like some tea?”“No way. It’s disgusting.” Susan sat on the couch, slightly grim-faced.She thought that after Biana and Allison were sent abroad, her days in Crawford Manor would be peaceful. Little did she know that Luke would bring another woman back to infuriate her!Mr. Griffin noticed that she was enraged but was not foolish enough to comfort her. Instead, he bent over to place the teapot and teacups in the tray before leaving.In the study.Old Master Crawford pulled a chair out for Luca to sit down.Luca sat on the chair. She looked at the old master and said, “Old Master Crawford, don’t be angry.”“Is it that obvious?” Old Master Crawford touched his face. He was indeed angry at Susan’s pettiness.She had been the daughter-in-law of the Crawford family fo
Everyone could see Luke’s affection for her.Even after she had changed her identity, Luke still treated her…The thought of her having intimate contact with Luke before made her cheeks flush.Old Master Crawford noticed her blushing and guessed that her feelings for Luke were not that simple, so he deliberately let out a long sigh. “These problems have bothered me for a long time. That’s why I haven’t been able to sleep and eat well.”“The children can take care of themselves. Don’t worry so much about them. Your health is the most important. Maybe one day, Mr. Crawford will be more open-minded. Then you won’t have to worry,” Luca patted his hand and comforted him.A light flashed before Old Master Crawford’s cloudy eyes. After hearing her words, he asked, “Luca, do you really think he would open his mind?”Luca froze. Would Luke really open his mind?It had been so many years, but she had never heard of Luke having any sort of relationship before her return. She also heard the
What bothered him was the fact that Susan did not know how to properly educate her daughter-in-law.She let Yuri become like her, which made Old Master Crawford very unhappy. The good thing was that no matter how similar to Susan Yuri’s nature became, she would at least pretend to be well-behaved in front of him.Therefore, Louis was the one at a loss.Old Master Crawford had no intentions of interfering with that as Louis was very frivolous when he was younger, so having a wife like Yuri to keep an eye on him was not such a bad thing.Luca assisted the old master to the main seat while everyone was watching.After the old master had sat down, Luca thought about sitting somewhere near the edge, but Tommy waved at her. “Ms. Luca, sit here!”Looking at the spot next to the child, she hesitated for a bit.There was an empty spot next to Tommy, and to the right side of this empty seat was Luke…It was like this seat was purposely reserved for her.It would be odd to leave an empty
“Louis and Yuri are busy with work. Who’s going to look after Thea if you don’t move out of the house?” Old Master Crawford did not allow her to stay.“If they can’t look after Thea, they can hire a maid to take care of her. Or they can just send her over here if that doesn’t work for them,” said Susan. She insisted on living in Crawford Manor.Susan and Allison used to argue and fight with each other every day. It had become a fight to the end. However, Allison moved out of Crawford Manor after she thought Luke got killed. That was when Susan won the fight. Hence, Susan insisted on staying in Crawford Manor. This was her territory. “Mom, I’d still be worried if I leave Thea to the maid. You know Thea is unlike other children. I’ll be more assured if you can look after her yourself,” said Louis. What he said was true. Thea started suffering from a psychological disorder after what she went through when she was little. They had brought her to the psychologist, and the psychologi