“What’s wrong?” Luca noticed the ghastly expression on Nina’s face.“The Rayne family called. They said that Jean is standing in front of the villa with Marie and refuses to leave. The guards could only notify the tenant, so Wanda had no choice but to call me,” said Nina while putting on the jacket she took off.If it were not for the fact that she was Bianca’s best friend, Wanda would have already made a police report. Jean was her brother, so Wanda was just giving her grace by calling her to let her deal with it.Luca stood up as soon as she heard that. “Isn’t Jean a law-abiding citizen now? Why cause trouble for Aunt—the Rayne family?”Luca’s anxiousness raised Nina’s suspicion, and she looked even more distressed. “I reckon it’s because I refuse to give him money. Jean doesn’t have a penny to his name now. Perhaps it’s also because Marie incited him to do this.”Luca thought of the soft and fragile Wanda. She was ill at ease. “I’ll go with you.”Nina wanted to tell Luca to no
Marie bit her lip. She knew all of that?She instantly felt guilty when Wanda looked at her.Luca was puzzled when she heard Wanda’s words and looked at Marie’s guilty expression.What else did Marie and her mother do that she was not aware of?Nina stood at the side and apologized to Wanda, “I’m very sorry, Aunt Rayne. If this happens again, please just call the police immediately without informing me.”She already knew that she would not be able to chase Jean away even before she came.It was because this was the first time this had happened, so she wanted to apologize to Wanda personally.“Nina, what did you say?” Jean did not believe the words that came out of her mouth. He instantly could not bear the sight of her and raised his hand to slap her.Luca reacted quickly and blocked him. She raised her hand and forcefully grabbed Jean’s wrist. “If you dare lay a finger on her, I’ll make you regret it.”Jean looked at Luca’s exquisite face. Even though she was barefaced and lo
After a while, Luke’s people rushed over.Then, Luca briefly explained everything to them and let them go back.Luca heaved a sigh of relief as the matter had finally been resolved. Wanda saw the smile on her face after the problem was dealt with and could not help but lift her hand to dust off the fallen snow on Luca’s shoulders.“You must’ve rushed over here, right? You don’t even have your gloves on. It must be freezing. Let’s go inside,” she said.“Okay, Aunt Rayne.” Luca rubbed her palms together and followed Wanda into the neighborhood.Wanda walked beside Luca, and when she looked sideways at her, she was momentarily distracted by the fact that Luca was the same height as Bianca.Bianca used to walk beside her like this, but walking with Luca beside her gave her the same feeling.She was bewildered.Wanda shook her head slightly. Luca noticed and asked, “What is it, Aunt Rayne?”“Nothing. It’s a cold winter day, so let’s hurry inside the house. Old Master Crawford is he
Wanda carried the tea upstairs and saw that the two old masters were in fact sitting in the second-floor living room playing chess.“Dad, Old Master Crawford, have some tea first. The refreshments will only be done later.” Wanda did not mention the incident with Jean and Marie.However, Old Man Rayne had heard about it from the maid. He waited until she put down the tea before asking, “Has that girl left?”“Dad, you know about it…” Wanda sighed resignedly.“The maid was the one who helped me after I woke up from my nap. How could I not know? Hasn’t it been some time since she came here? Why is she back?” Old Man Rayne may be old and in need of affection from his family, but he did not have even the slightest bit of affection for Marie.He thought that Marie was gone for good. He did not expect her to come again today, which made him feel disgusted.In Wanda’s haste to rush out, she forgot to inform the maid to not tell the old master about this. She then glanced at Old Master Cra
The oven was done preheating right after Luca finished shaping the cookies.After she placed the cookies in the oven, she looked back at Wanda and saw that the eggs in the bowl were beaten as well.“Do I add flour next?” asked Wanda. She knew how to bake cakes. Usually, the next step would be to add flour, but she still subconsciously asked Luca.“Aunt Rayne, let me take it from here.” Luca blinked.“Could it be that you have a secret recipe?” Wanda was curious and passed the baton to her.“Not really, but I’m not making a chiffon cake, so the steps are a little different,” said Luca as she added the melted butter into the egg mixture. Then, she added an appropriate amount of sugar substitute and milk. Finally, she added the flour.Wanda watched her stir the mixture and took out cupcake molds from the cupboard to hold the batter.After Luca mixed the cake batter evenly, she poured it into the molds.Then, she readjusted the temperature of the oven and placed the cupcakes into t
Only after Wanda had called attention to herself did the two old masters who were playing chess realize that Luca was here.Old Master Crawford was all smiles as he watched Luca sit down. He said, “Luca, what brings you here? Did you purposely come over to visit me because you knew I was here?”Old Man Rayne immediately waved his hand and said with a straight face, “I’ve seen my fair share of shameless people, yet I’ve never met anyone as shameless as you. Of course, Luca came here to visit me. Isn’t that right, Luca?”After saying that, he looked at Luca with all smiles as well.Luca did not know whether to laugh or cry when she saw the two old masters behave like mischievous children. She put down the tray in her hands on the coffee table and said, “Old Masters, would you care to try my creations?”The aroma of the cookies on the coffee table smelled amazing. Old Master Crawford could not help but drool a little. “Luca, of course, I know how good your cooking skills are. That bo
“Okay, I’ll be careful. I’m about to drive, so I’ll hang up now,” said Nina as she ended the call with Sue and drove to Jean’s home.While waiting for the traffic light, she thought about what Sue said and reconsidered. She decided to send a voice message to Percy to tell him about what just happened and notify him that she was heading over to Jean’s place.Percy did not reply. Nina assumed that he was busy, so she continued driving to Jean’s home without sending any more messages.She parked her car somewhere nearby as Jean currently lived in the Langdon family’s old house. The parking spaces would be full if she went any farther, so she could only park her car here and walk inside.Several motorcycles were parked in front of the house.Nina frowned. It seemed like not only Jean and Marie were inside but their scoundrel friends too…However, she could not tell whose friends they were.Nina took out her keys and opened the door. The sound of an uproar came from the living room.
Nina looked at Jean, and he subconsciously dodged her eye contact.She could tell what was going on with just one gesture of his.“Jean.” Nina’s voice was low and had a warning tone.Jean could not help but shiver a little and hurriedly said to Jonny, “Jonny.”Jonny lifted his hand and interrupted him, “Shut up.”Jean shut his mouth instantly.Jonny looked at Nina and said with a smile, “So you’re Percy’s girlfriend. Forgive me for the nonsense I said just now. It was ignorant of me to have failed to recognize you.”Nina was disgusted at Jonny’s change of attitude. Before she could give another eviction order, Jean informed him, “Jonny, my sister is now Percy’s fiancée.”Although the engagement was low-key, Percy’s announcement after it happened was very high-profile.Therefore, practically everyone in A City knew that Percy was engaged.“Oh, yes, yes, I forgot. Your sister is already engaged to Percy.” Jonny slapped the back of his head. “Hey, don’t blame me. If you had made