Luke’s gaze darkened when he heard Susan’s ambiguous tone. Susan felt the strong and angry aura from Luke and took an instinctive small step backward. Only then did she realize that she was afraid of Luke. Luke quirked his lips. From Susan’s ambiguous tone and harsh appearance, Luke knew that Louis must have gotten an earful moments ago. “We’ll be going back first.” “Drive safe, Brother,” Yuri quickly said. After Luke and Luca left with their children, Susan turned to glare at Yuri with displeasure. “Even you’re so ready to chummy up to him, huh?” “Mother, I’m not…” Yuri defended. She did not understand how her act of common courtesy had become chumming up to Luke in her mother’s eyes. After all, an act was only believable when one kept it up. “Cut the attitude in front of children, lest they take after your bad example.” Susan harrumphed. She did not like it when people tried to get in Luke’s good graces. Yuri listened exasperatedly to Susan, unable to defend herself.
Luca’s heart skipped a beat at the sound. If not for the ambiguous and warm atmosphere of the living room, she might have thought that Luke realized something and wanted to question her under the excuse of drinking. The gentle sound of the piano drifted from the speakers, and Luca felt herself relaxing. She did not ask Luke what he wanted to talk about and opted to listen to the music instead. With her emotions calmed, she started drinking more wine without realizing it. The red wine was tasty and quickly made her lightheaded. Luke stared at Luca’s flushed cheeks and decided that she looked much more enchanting like this than she did with the makeup blush. He wanted nothing more than to engrave this enchanting look in his mind forever. Luke’s gaze darkened. His desire for Luca was growing, but he forced himself to rein it in.He did not want this woman to feel afraid of him. Up until this moment, Luke had yet to find out why Luca was so willing to stay under the control
Half an hour later, Susan had already made her selections for which photos she wanted to refine. Excluding the family photo, every other photo was of herself. The photographer could not help but complain internally. He had taken photos of so many guests and business big shots, yet Susan only chose the photos she was in. After her selection, the photographer kept his computer and stood up. “Madam Crawford, now that the photos have already been selected, I should be able to finish editing and refining them within a week. We can decide on a date then for you to come and take a look at the photos. I’ll further refine them if need be.” “Alright. There’s no rush. Just make sure that the photos look great in the end,” Susan replied. “Of course. I’ll make sure to further heighten your looks.” The photographer knew what Susan wanted to hear, so he promised her as he walked down the stairs. “That will be best.” Susan was very pleased with his business attitude and stood to walk him d
Shanks did not say anything more.After all, he would fulfill whatever he had promised Abel. Shanks looked at the microscope on the table that was not far away from him after Abel left. That was the microscope Luca used to do her research. Ever since she left the Island of Despair, the microscope had never been used again. The dust had begun to settle on it. His words just now made it seem like it was only for the sake of his experiment, but he was also giving Luca a chance.Shanks had been to A City before. The people there took New Year’s seriously. They thought it was an important day to reunite with their family members. All the students who went to study abroad and those who were working elsewhere would return to their hometowns and celebrate New Year’s with their families.It was probably Luca’s last chance to celebrate New Year’s with that man.In that photo just now, Luca looked so happy when she was looking at Luke. Shanks looked at the microscope. He could still r
Luke saved the photos and said in a calm voice, “You talked too much today.” “When do I not?” Louis said, “I’ve always been chattering away while following behind you since I was young. You should’ve gotten used to it, right?” Luke was already Louis’ brother when he was born. Although Susan had always told Louis that Luke was his enemy, it did not affect his admiration for Luke. Louis loved following behind Luke since he was young. He was naughty and playful too. Thus, he did not learn much from Luke and his strengths. “That’s true. You’re as talkative as an old woman. Oh, give me the photographer’s contact details. I’d like to print some photos too,” answered Luke. “Nonsense. Don’t you ruin my tall and masculine image,” Louis laughed jokingly. Then, he gave the photographer’s contact number to Luke. Louis glanced at the time, then he rose to his feet and said, “Brother, I’ve sent you his contact number. I shouldn’t be bothering you anymore. I’m leaving now.”“Stay for a w
Zoey gave a snort of laughter and said nothing more.Luca’s office.After Luca watched Luke fill up her plate for her, she took it from him and thanked him, “Thank you.”“My pleasure,” replied Luke. He was not in a hurry to have lunch. Instead, he picked up his phone and sent their photos to Luca. “I’ve attached three photos in the message and sent it to you. Take a look at them.”Luca put down her plate, picked up her phone, and saw the message. The photos of Luke and her came into sight. Luca looked at him with surprise and said, “The photos…”"They were taken by the photographer last night," replied Luke, "Louis thought they looked good, so he sent them to me."“They do,” Luca gently touched the photos on her phone screen as though she was caressing the people in the photos. The photos were just of the two of them. They were candid shots…Their truest moments were captured in every photo. One of the photos was taken from behind them. Luca could see that her silhouet
Luca smiled and said in a soft voice, “It was you who moved on. There’s no need to thank me.”“No, I still have to thank you because I’ll need your help after this. I have no friends in A City. So, there are many things that I might need to trouble you and Mr. Crawford with,” replied Vivian. She had already told Ray to keep it low-key about her going there to further her studies this time.Vivian did not want her classmates to know that her family donated the library. Also, she did not want a bodyguard to follow her around as it would make her classmates find out about her family background.Ray disagreed with her at first, and he insisted on keeping a few bodyguards beside her. Then, he would also arrange for two maids to take care of her there.It took a lot of effort for Vivian to convince him.The reason why she wanted to go to A City was to experience life in a place without her family's influence. She wanted to start a new life in a new country. Besides, Luke was staying i
Tommy picked up the buffalo wings and took a bite. Then, he made a thumbs-up gesture and complimented, "Yummy."“Have some more if they taste good,” Luca helped Tommy with another one. Then, she saw Luke pick up his cutleries, but he had yet to help himself with the food. She said, “Mr. Crawford, try some?”“Sure.” Luke had never been interested in the kids’ favorite dishes, but since Luca was the one who cooked them…Luke lifted his fork and helped himself with one buffalo wing. Then, he placed it on his plate and slowly tasted it.Luca looked away and helped herself with a piece of fish filet. She slowly took a bite and began eating. She ate and said at the same time, “I’m going to the hospital later.”“Leia?” Luke immediately got it right.“Yes. I’m going to be busy for the next few days, so I’d like to see if I can prescribe medicine for her while I have the time to do so today,” replied Luca.“Let me send you there.” Luke offered her a ride.Luca turned to look at him and