After a while, Mr. Griffin brought the brewed tea over and said, “Old Master Crawford, the tea is ready.”“Okay.” Old Master Crawford took a sip of the tea. He could not help but exclaim, “The tea smells good.”“I should’ve brought some tea leaves to Luke’s place.” Then, he took another sip of tea.“Grandpa, why are you craving for tea? Didn’t you have any tea yesterday?” Louis asked with curiosity and poured a cup for himself too.“Luke doesn’t like drinking tea. How could I expect him to have good tea leaves there?” said Old Master Crawford. After all, Luke did not entertain guests there, so he would not have prepared tea leaves. Some tea leaves were meant to be gifts for the guests. Old Master Crawford knew about that, so that was why he did not say that he wanted to have some tea.“You always drink a pot of tea in the morning. Won’t you get upset if there’s no tea?” Louis knew the old master’s habits well. Old Master Crawford loved drinking tea."It's still fine. The vegeta
Luca gently shook her head and said, “Mr. Crawford, it’s inappropriate for me to go along with you. They’re your wife’s family.”Luke stared at her with his deep eyes. Wife?Was she not his wife?She clearly wanted to see her family at this time, but she was unable to visit them due to her identity and the forces behind her…Luke did not expose her and said, “If you’d like to visit them but you’re worried that they’ll overthink, you can go after us. Lliam is on duty today.”Luca looked down and pondered for a moment. She still thought it was inappropriate to do so and said, “Mr. Crawford, I heard Nina say that locals here always visit the wife’s family on the second day of New Year. I shouldn’t do this.”She was actually the most suitable person to visit them, but she had no choice but to tell Luke that it was inappropriate for her to do so in a soft voice.Luke knew what she was thinking about. He did not force her. He carried the two bags and headed outside. Then, he asked,
“Thank you, Mom.” Luke did not reject her. This was the elderly’s blessing. He accepted the gifts on behalf of Bianca."Mom, there's a box of vitamins in the bag. It's for Old Master Norman. Please give it to him when you head there," said Luke. He did wish to visit Old Master Norman, but he had to prepare something for him. That was why he reminded Luca to get something for them.That way, Queenie could bring the gifts along with her when she visited him.Luke did not have to socialize that much either.Queenie nodded. She smiled and said, “Thank you for being thoughtful.”“It was Bianca who reminded me,” said Luke. Luca was reminded of her grandparents who were related to her. That was why she mentioned it to Luke.Luke was allowed to use being busy as an excuse to escape from socializing, but one had to prepare gifts and send regards to them.“Bianca reminded you?” Queenie was surprised. She said excitedly, “Is Bianca starting to remember things now?”Queenie had been textin
“No.” Luke promised he would take this project. He had to win the construction bid.T Corporation had worked on many projects before. They also had been working on a few projects that required a high greening rate. “How’s the project of T Corporation and M Group going?” Jack asked with concern."Everything's going smoothly," replied Luke. “Okay. That’s great. Other than the contents of the bidding document, they’ll be focusing on another requirement for the bid this time—the completion status and quality of the previous projects of the company. The cooperation between T Corporation and M Group has attracted a lot of attention now. You have to make sure everything's going well. No mistakes are allowed. Otherwise, your chance of winning the bid will be gone," Jack revealed the requirements of the bid and reminded Luke. After all, everything was going well for T Corporation now. It was lonely at the top. Luke had to be extra careful. If anything happened, he would lose to his
"I'm not available." Luke rejected her with a cold voice. Although she was his mother, Luke and she hated each other. Perhaps she had an ulterior motive seeing as how she insisted Luke go over for dinner. Allison was pissed when she heard Luke giving her such a cold response, so she threatened him, “Fine. You’re not coming, right? Then I’ll go back to Crawford Manor. If Old Master Crawford asks about it, I’ll tell him the truth.”Although Old Master Crawford was mad at her for fighting with Susan on New Year’s Eve, what he did not want to see the most was his children and grandchildren not respecting their elders.It was a sin to disrespect their elders. Luke was not afraid of Allison even if she used Old Master Crawford to threaten him.However, if Allison truly did this, the old master would have to endure the noise and trouble she caused. It was not easy for them to come up with an excuse to let her leave Crawford Manor. If she seized the chance to return so that she could
Luke no longer questioned her when she saw the meaningful smile on her face. “I’m going to take a shower now,” said Luke as he stood up.“Okay.” Luca nodded.Luca opened the gifts when Luke went to take a shower. There were stacks of cash inside.There was not much expression on Luca’s face.Luca took off her cardigan. She was wearing her pajamas inside. Luca put the gifts on the bedside table. Although it was a lot of money, it did no matter how much she had received. It was the thought that counted.She leaned against the headboard and picked up the data document beside her.It was the experiment data for the experiments she did today.Luca turned to the first page. She could not help but let out a sigh. The data she collected was too little.It was a pity that the laboratory she rented last time was no longer available. The owner of the laboratory told her that another company had rented the laboratory for the long term. She could not rent it anymore.Luca massaged her
“Okay.” Luke bent down and got into the car.Gale closed the car door, quickly returned to the driver’s seat, and closed the door. After he fastened the seat belt, he asked, “Boss, are we still going there?”“Yes.” Luke muted his phone. Judging from Allison’s personality, he would receive at least three to four calls from her while he was on his way to her villa.The more Allison behaved that way, the more suspicious she was. It would mean that she was up to something.“Wait for me outside the house later. If I give you a call, just come in. You must take me away no matter what happens,” said Luke. Gale was puzzled. Was he not going to Allison’s house?Why did he sound like he was going to some gangster’s hideaway?"Boss, what would happen to you? Isn't that your mother?" Gale asked in a careful tone.Gale knew Luke was not on good terms with Allison, but no parent was capable of hurting their children. It was unlikely that Allison would harm Luke, right?“So?” Luke’s voice w
“Ms. Allison, let me pour the wine for you,” said Sophian excitedly. The negative feelings from being ignored by Luke turned into excitement. She took the bottle of red wine from Allison and poured wine into the three wine glasses. Luke frowned when he saw the dark red color liquid flowing into the glass. Then, he turned to look at Allison.Allison had already picked up the glass and was ready to make a toast with him. “Son, cheers. It’s been a long time since I had dinner with you. Stop turning me down.”Luke had no choice but to pick up his wine glass and toast with her. Allison took a sip of the red wine and noticed that Luke had not drunk any of it. Then, she convinced him, “Luke, why aren’t you drinking it?”Luke had no choice but to take a sip of the wine.Allison smiled and said, “What’s wrong with you lately? You only took a small sip of the wine. I knew I did many things that made you hate me back then, but I truly want to patch things up with you now. It wasn’t ea