"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
Allison pretended to be surprised and said, "Luke, what nonsense are you talking about? Nothing was added to the wine. It’s fine. I think you're just drunk. Sophian, help him to the bedroom. Let him spend the night here." Sophian nodded. However, Luke was looking daggers at her when she was about to step forward. Sophian was so frightened that she remained rooted to the spot. Allison was rendered speechless when she saw that, and she urged Sophian, “What are you doing there? Can’t you see that my son is feeling uncomfortable? Help him up and bring him to the room.”“Okay.” Sophian mustered her courage and came near Luke. She thought there was no need to be afraid of him after tonight.Luke took his phone out and stared at Sophian with his icy cold gaze while she came closer to him. Then, he said, “I’ll kill you if you come near me.”“Mr. Crawford…” Sophian was horrified.Although they were living under the rule of law, Luke’s gaze was terrifying. His gaze was like a knife. It
Gale clenched his teeth and said, “Boss, hang in there.”Then, he hit the accelerator and sped off. In the villa.Allison watched Gale drive off with Luke in the car through the security camera. She gritted her teeth in anger and stared angrily at Sophian.Sophian was frightened. Allison was looking as though she wanted to devour her. A chill went down her spine, and she could not help but shudder for a moment. Then, she said in a soft voice, "Ms. Allison—"“Shut up!” Allison interrupted her menacingly, “If it weren’t for you dawdling there, how could Gale have brought him away?” If Sophian had mustered her courage and brought Luke upstairs, Allison would have had a way to stop Gale.They would not have ended up with Luke being taken away by someone else when they were carrying out their plan.“Mr. Crawford was so frightening. I was scared…” Sophian quibbled for her cowardice with embarrassment. It was normal for her to feel frightened when Luke stared at her like he would
He called out her name the entire drive here.Luca’s face turned red upon hearing that.Luke was wide awake, but he used the drug as an excuse to hug Luca like a raccoon and bury his face in her neck. Then, he repeated softly, “Luca…”Luca was not wearing a scarf, so she could feel his hot breath as he exhaled directly on her neck.Luke had placed his entire weight on her body.Luca could not hold him up much longer, so she looked at Gale and said, “Carry Mr. Crawford inside.”Gale nodded, and when he was about to pull Luke away from clinging to Luca, he heard his objection. “Just support me.”“Boss…” Gale was speechless. Did he fake his loss of self-control just now?Doing this in an open-air garden in the middle of winter was not a good idea.The drug may have raised his body temperature, but he and Luca were freezing right now.“Prop me up…” Luke said with his eyes closed. The kids were in the living room, so he did not want to embarrass himself by letting Gale carry him.
Two hours later, the room quieted down.Luca closed her eyes and leaned against Luke’s chest.Allison drugged him so hard that she had to sacrifice herself in the end.The scent of their breaths intertwined and made Luca’s heart flutter uncontrollably as she had become his woman once again.“Luca…” Luke wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly like he wanted to become one with her body.“Mhm,” she answered dreamily.Luke hugged her close without saying a word.This hug was more real than a thousand-word-long profession of love.The next day.Gale sent the three children back to the mansion.Luca was preparing breakfast, and when she saw that Gale had brought the children back. She walked out in her apron to welcome them. “Mr. Gale, have you had breakfast yet?”Gale shook his head with a smile and looked at Luke. “Boss, I did what you ordered me to do.”“Okay.” Luke closed the newspaper. He was a man of few words as usual, but he was in a good mood today.Gale also