Female Novel
Chapter 1216
Chapter 1216 Luca Did Not Regret It
Luca smiled slightly when she heard Luke's phone ring. She could recognize the ringtone; it wasBianca's special ringtone.
The ringtone once belonged to her. Jason had told her that whenever Luke heard that ringtone, hewould drop everything and immediately pick up that call.
However, the ringtone did not belong to her anymore, and she could not get Luke to set a uniqueringtone for her.
Luke had no intention of answering the phone. His eyes remained transfixed on her. He had noticed theslight smile on Luca's face when the phone started ringing. Was she hoping that she would be savedby the call?
Seeing that Luke was not picking up the phone, Luca reminded him, "Mr. Crawford, your phone isringing." "I know," Luke said. He had taken out his phone while waiting for her to change. After shestepped out of the bathroom, he put the phone on the couch.
The phone on the couch was ringing non-stop, but he was standing next to the bed.
"That ringtone isn't one of the default ones. You must have specifically set that as a custom ringtone,didn't you?" Luca said. Her eyes were on the phone on the couch.
Bianca probably wanted to check Luke's whereabouts.
Just as she finished speaking, the ringing abruptly stopped.
The room fell into an awkward silence once more. Luca continued, "Aren't you returning the call?"
Luke placed his hands into his pockets. "You haven't answered my question." "I happened to be there,and I met Mrs. Norman by sheer chance. I noticed that her complexion was pale, so I took her pulse.Her condition happens to be one I could treat." Luca explained her meeting with Queenie as one ofpure coincidence.
"How were you so sure about her illness when you only took her pulse?" Luke asked.
Johann said that someone who was able to do that was an incredible physician.
Was it also a coincidence that an incredible physician chose to work in Watson Biopharmaceuticalstoo?
The growth of T Corporation in the next three years depended greatly on Watson Biopharmaceuticals.Luke could not afford to have anyone mess up his plans.
"It's all a coincidence. I wasn't too sure when I made the diagnosis." Luca remained calm as she saidthat. She had approached Luke under the pretense of a lie, so any further lies only served to completethe previous one.
She found it very exhausting to keep on making up lies to cover up her previous ones, especially whenshe had to face Luke's unyielding questioning.
She was never a good liar, and the three years spent on the Island of Despair did not make her a betterliar.
"If you're not so sure, why would you give her a prescription?" Luke continued asking.
Luca sighed. "It's not like Mrs. Norman would accept my prescription, isn't it? They would definitelysuspect something, and they'd bring the concoction to the hospital for analysis. I thought that a doctorwould definitely order a toxicology test when they see the concoction.
"If she decides to ignore my diagnosis instead, that wouldn't have affected me either. Even if I've madea mistake in my diagnosis and she takes the concoction, it wouldn't have negatively affected her health.Most of the herbs in the concoction are nourishing, and her body badly needs the nourishment."
Luca tried to explain that she had never wanted to harm Queenie when making the diagnosis andprescription.
She was worried that she might have misdiagnosed Queenie, so that was why she had given her sucha concoction. She did not expect that it would still bring her trouble.novelbin
However, Luca did not regret it. She did not want to see Queenie live the rest of her life under theeffects of the poison. The longer the poison remained in her body, the greater the effects.
Luke continued to stare at her. His phone began to ring with Bianca's unique ringtone again.
Luca looked at him with an ambiguous smile on her face. This time, she did not speak.
Luke walked to the couch, picked up the phone, and answered the call. He heard Bianca's voice overthe phone. "Luke, is the party over?"
He looked at his wristwatch. Judging from the time, the party should have been over by now.
He did not expect to spend so much time on Luca...
"It's over,” Luke answered with an ice-cold voice.
When Bianca heard that, she pretended to sound weak. "When are you coming back? I'm feeling a littleunder the weather..."
Luke frowned and glanced at Luca. Her head was lowered and turned to the side, and her long wet haircovered her face. He could not see her expression.
"Rest for a while. I'll call Dr. Cairn over," he said.
Bianca knew that had always been Luke’s response whenever she said that she was feeling unwell, soshe said, "Alright. You should come back soon. I'm very uncomfortable." "Mm," Luke replied and endedthe call.
Luca turned her head and watched him put the phone in his pocket. When she thought that he wasabout to leave, she smiled to hide the agony in her heart.
It was perhaps a good thing that he left. She would not want to lock horns with him anymore.
Luke was naturally a suspicious person. Even though she had not harmed him or the people close tohim, he would nevertheless suspect her.
She would rather not be suspected of anything, but he could not help but suspect her of everything shedid.
Luca had enough of that treatment. When she heard how he spoke softly to the impostor Bianca overthe phone, she felt as though her heart had been torn in two.
The pain was indescribable, yet she had to maintain a smile on her face.
That was how she hid her sorrow. It took her all her strength to lift the corners of her mouth.
Under the dim light, Luke thought that the smile on Luca's face was barefaced mockery toward him.
He turned around with a sullen expression on his face. "I have something else to attend to, and I can’tsend you home. You should rest here tonight." "I've been drugged, and I indeed need the rest. Also, I'dlike to take tomorrow off," Luca said.
"Approved," Luke said.
It was the first time he had seen a drug with that effect. First, it was like a sedative, but an hour later, itwas like a stimulant. It was as though Luca had been drugged twice.
Luca saw him place his hand on the doorknob and said, "Mr. Crawford, I don't want other people toknow about the matter between me and Mrs. Norman." "The Normans will know about it. I'll try to keepit from spreading to other people," Luke said. He had already tasked Jason to do that even before shehad requested it.
Diversion was a common tactic in business. It was all too easy to apply it to Luca.
"Thank you." Luca breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that.
With his help, she would not have to worry.