“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
“I can’t do anything about it.” Luke’s expression was dull, indicating that he could not care less about Rain’s hobbies.She was doing it for fun after work, and it would not affect her efficiency at work at all.Gale grimaced. Comparison was indeed the thief of joy.Both were women, yet Luca made delicious food, whereas Rain’s cooking would require him to get gastric lavage.The point was that every time Rain cooked, she would let him try first, and he would get a punch in the face if he refused.He had to be a gentleman, so he had no choice but to eat those unappetizing dishes after taking a beating.Gale felt bitter. If not for the fact that he had known Rain for so many years and she had never tried to hurt him, he would suspect that Rain was trying to poison him.“Boss…” Gale looked at him pitifully.Rain obeyed Luke the most. If he asked her not to cook, she would listen to him.“You have your own house. If you don’t want to be treated as a lab rat by Rain, you can move
Luca furrowed her brows as she was not the only one who was not willing to go. Gale refused to go as well.“Mr. Crawford, if all of us go, what about the children at home?” she asked. There would be many guests at Crawford Manor as it was the new year, so Luke would not send the kids there.He had a hard time convincing those people not to visit his place, so he would not send the children back there to suffer.“Don’t worry, Aunt Neile will come over to work later,” said Luke.“Aunt Neile? Isn’t she coming back to work next week?” Luca was surprised.“Her son and daughter-in-law took their children on a trip but she didn’t go as she was tired, so she said she can come work anytime,” said Luke. He had arranged for Aunt Neile to come back to work this morning.Either way, he would still have to make a trip to Allison’s place.“In that case…” Luca knew that she had no more excuses to stay at home.The children had someone to watch over them, and no one could change Luke’s mind onc
Allison rolled her eyes at her. “He already came in.”Sophina felt like there was thunder and lightning above her head. She had only one thought—she was doomed…Allison would certainly not protect her. “Ms. Allison, didn’t we change the password? How did he get in…”Before Allison could even answer her, Luke’s voice came from outside the door. “Fingerprint lock.”Clang! Sophian was so frightened that the bowl in her hands fell to the floor, and white mask liquid spilled all over, staining her long skirt.Luke pushed the door open and walked in while holding Luca’s hand.He even had Gale behind him.Allison looked toward the door and noticed that they were holding hands, so she looked Luca up and down.Was this the woman Susan was talking about?The reason why Allison knew that Luke had another woman was that Susan had mentioned it while quarreling with her. She accused Luke of being ungrateful like her.That was how she found out.Allison frowned and asked, “You came in with