Female Novel
Chapter 1215
Chapter 1215 Would You Believe That It's Only a Coincidence?
"I can't remember." Luca shook her head. She should not have been so careless.
In that atmosphere, she was not in the mood to pay attention to the details.
It did not matter if she did not remember. After all, they could check the surveillance cameras if theywanted to get to the bottom of it. However, Abel was much more meticulous than that.
Even if they managed to identify the waiter, they would not be able to trace it back to Abel.
Luke's expression sank. He did not expect such an incident to happen in a six-star hotel.
Luca could sense the iciness in his eyes. "Forget it. You won't be able to find out anything." "How wouldyou know?" Luke raised his eyebrows. Luca seemed to have an answer for everything, but thoseanswers seemed so perfunctory. He could not believe her.
Luca did not have a reply for that. The antidote had alleviated the physical effects of the drug, but herthoughts were still in a muddle. If she were not careful, she might accidentally divulge something.
She wanted to knock her head in case water went into her brain when she was soaking in the bathtubearlier.
"I was... just guessing..." Luca knew that Luke was not so easily convinced, but she could not think of abetter explanation.
Luke narrowed his gaze. Did she think that he could be deceived so easily?
He stood up from the couch, walked up to her, and towered over her.
Luca's breathing became shallow because of the intense pressure that Luke was emanating. Hispenetrating gaze seemed to see through everything, including her anxiety.
"Why do you want to hide the truth?" Luke leaned slightly forward. He could see that she was trying herbest to keep her cool, but that had caused his heart to skip a beat.novelbin
Luca shook her head and sighed. "That's because I don't want to court trouble."
She seemed to be trying to keep attention away from her. That happened when she took in Tommywhen he ran away from him. Then, she helped Queenie anonymously.
She was the victim, but Luke could tell that she did not wish to pursue the matter.
What was the woman trying to hide from him? Luke was deathly curious. She was but a stranger, butshe had somehow attracted her.
Luke's instinct told him that he had to get to the bottom of the matter.
The two people continued to look at each other.
He did not say anything, and Luca was not going to break the silence either. Remembering that whenshe was Bianca and had first returned to A City, she dared not look at Luke eye to eye.
He had slowly warmed up to her with his expressions of love. It was when she had nowhere to run tothat she began to look into his eyes. The gaze between them was as sweet as honey and flowing likewater.
Now, they were looking at each other like they were two duelists. She could not expose herweaknesses to him, and there was no affection in her gaze.
Luca wanted so much to hug him and break down into tears as she told him what had happened overthe past three years, but her conscience told her that she could not do so.
Nyla would suffer if Luca decided to compromise.
Abel had kept Nyla hostage on the Island of Despair. He had not done anything to her yet, but if Lucadecided to disobey him one day, her daughter would be the victim. 1
She knew that the impostor Bianca was abducted to the Island of Despair when she was a young girl,and what had happened to her...
Luca's gaze became determined when she thought of that. She was not going to let Nyla experiencethe same thing as well.
Luke noticed the change in her expression from sorrow, to hesitation, to determination.
He wondered what she was thinking to cause that rapid change.
In any case, Luke was only thinking of one thing. He wanted to find out the real reason she had cometo A City.
If the meeting between her and Tommy was a coincidence, what about Queenie?
Everything that she did seemed to be related to the people around him.
Luke could not help but get to the bottom of it.
"Your career was on an upward trajectory in Russia. Why did you choose to come to A City to advanceyour career?" Luke stood straight and tall. Even though he had been rushing around earlier, his clothesremained impeccable, and his demeanor was frigid.
Luca narrowed her gaze when she heard that question. "It's my freedom to advance my careerwherever I want. You asked me before why I had chosen to join Watson, and now you're asking mewhy I had come to A City. The answer to the two questions is the same." 'The answers are the same?'Luke felt frustration and anger brewing within her when he heard that answer. She seemed quite casualabout it.
Luke gently clenched his fingers but did not form fists.
"You said that taking Tommy in was a coincidence. What about Queenie then?" He asked, not givingher a chance to find even more excuses.
'Queenie?' Luca was taken aback, and her gaze wavered. "I..." "You know what I'm asking about. Youstood outside the front gate of the Norman residence for more than an hour. Were you really waiting forsomething?" Luke interjected. His tone was quite aggressive because he was eager to know theanswer.
Luca knew very well that he was able to find out that she had waited in front of the Norman residence.
"My friend was very late that day," she said. That was the lie she had told Queenie, and she was notgoing to change her statement.
"Your friend was late? Who is your friend, and why did you agree to meet them there? Do they livenearby?" Luke continued asking. The Norman residence was in a residential area, and there were noshopping malls nearby.
"You seem to be very interested in me, Mr. Crawford." Seeing that there was no use making up evenmore excuses, she tried to shift the conversation topic.
"Everything that you do is somehow related to the people who are close to me." Luke leaned closer. Hecould faintly detect her scent.
Luca lowered her head. "Would you believe it if I told you that it's only a coincidence?" "If it's only acoincidence, why would you take her pulse, and why would you send her the antidote?" Luke could notbelieve such farfetched explanations.
"I happened to pass by, and I happened to know some medicine. I don't wish to see Mrs. Normansuffer, and I don't want to be disturbed by other people. That was why I sent the antidote in a package.I've already made my intentions clear, but you managed to find me anyway. Don't you know that you'regiving me a lot of trouble?"
Luke frowned as he heard her explanation. She had not explained why she was standing in front of theNorman residence.
Everyone in A City knew that Queenie's illness was chronic. He believed that she had deliberatelyshown up there.
Just when Luke wanted to ask more questions, his phone began to ring.