Female Novel
Chapter 1369
Chapter 1369 Was She Planning to Replace Her?
Luca continued to hold Tommy in her arms until the drip bottle was dry. She did not let go even after thenurse removed the needle.
Tommy was quiet in her arms. Under the effect of the sedative, he eventually fell asleep.
The caretaker gently reminded Luca, "Ms. Craw, it'll be quite tiring to carry Master Tommy like that.Shall I do it instead?"
"I'm fine." Luca felt that her arms were slightly numb, but she insisted on carrying the child. She freedone of her hands to cover him with the blanket.
Old Master Crawford rushed to the hospital after he knew that Tommy was sick. He got the driver tofetch him there, and he was surprised to see the scene when he went into the room.
"She is..." He had only seen Luca in photos, and he did not immediately recognize her.
"Grandfather, this is Dr. Craw," Luke said.
"Nice to meet you. Dr. Craw." Old Master Crawford knew that Luca had helped Bianca and Queeniebefore, and the three children adored her. He was not going to look down on someone so capable, buthe could not understand why Tommy was sleeping in her arms.
Did she coax Tommy to sleep? That was supposed to be the job of his father. Why would she be theone to do that?
Old Master Crawford might not like Bianca after she lost her memories, but he respected Luke's choicedid not force him to divorce her. He wondered if Luca was trying to gain the children's favor so that shecould replace Bianca in the Crawford family.
He had that suspicion because so many women had tried to do the same thing over the years.
As far as Old Master Crawford was concerned, marrying Bianca was Luke's choice, and Luke ought totake responsibility for his decisions.
"Nice to meet you, Sir." Luca thought that she should be more respectful toward the old man, but shecould not stand up because she was carrying the child in her arms.
She was relieved to see that Old Master Crawford was still in good health.
Even though there had been some misunderstandings between them, she was grateful toward OldMaster Crawford.
Without Old Master Crawford in the house, her three children would probably be bullied by the otherpeople in the family. Luke was busy at work, and he could not be constantly looking after the children.
"Mm. What's wrong with Tommy?" Old Master Crawford asked.
Luca looked at the child in her arms. He was sleeping
soundly, and one of his hands was gripping Luca's arm as though he was worried that she might goaway.
That was all she could do in the daytime. At night, she would not hesitate to lie down beside him.
The caretaker explained, "Master Tommy was throwing a tantrum earlier, and Ms. Craw managed tocalm him down."novelbin
Old Master Crawford knew that Tommy adored Luca, but he could not understand why Luca was hereat the hospital.
"Mm, thank you, Ms. Craw. How is Tommy’s condition?" Old Master Crawford asked out of concern.
Luke replied, "Tommy's fever has subsided, but his condition is unstable, and his fever might return.That's why I asked Dr.
Craw to come over to check on Tommy."
"How did he become like that? I know that Tommy was coughing a few days ago, but how did itbecome so serious? " Old Master Crawford asked, confused.
"We don't know yet," Luke said.
Old Master Crawford walked over to the bedside with the help of his walking stick. His heart wrenchedwhen he saw Tommy's face. "Did Dr. Park say anything?"
"They had just performed a series of tests on Tommy, Grandfather. Let's not rush them. They can onlydiagnose Tommy's condition after the test results are out," Luke said.
Old Master Crawford knew that there was no point in rushing them. He went to sit down on the couchand waited for the test results.
He looked at Luca, who was hugging Tommy as though she were his mother. Then, he was remindedof Bianca, who was traveling and having fun somewhere. "How about Bianca? When is she cominghome?" He asked.
"She won't be coming home any time soon," Luke said.
Old Master Crawford was unhappy to hear that. He thought that Bianca was prioritizing her owngratification over the children's health. "That's no way to be a mother! When a child is sick, they needtheir mother the most, yet she's still having fun somewhere!"
Luke could not tell Old Master Crawford that Bianca was an impostor. Before he got to the bottom ofthe matter, it was best to keep it a secret. After all, he could not afford to let the enemy know what he
knew.
"Bianca has been taking care of the children for the past three years. I thought she deserved to havesome time off," he said.
Luca's heart skipped a beat when she heard that.
"It doesn't mean that she can neglect her children! How can she have the mood to travel when her sonis sick?" Old Master Crawford said unhappily.
"I didn't tell her," Luke said calmly.
Old Master Crawford frowned hard, thinking if Luke had pampered Bianca too much. Otherwise, therewas no reason to let her continue her trip without telling her about what happened to Tommy.
Luca was quiet as she listened to the conversation between Old Master Crawford and Luke.
She knew that Bianca was traveling. Even if Bianca did not care about the children, she should at leastpretend that she cared.
However, Luke said that he did not inform her.
If the impostor Bianca had planned for Tommy to fall sick, she would not have been traveling during thisperiod.
The impostor Bianca had no medical skills, but she should know when the drug would take effect.
Last time, she had abducted Rainie so that she could gain some respect from Old Master Crawford. Itwas the perfect opportunity for her to pretend to be a caring mother, so why was she not around to takecare of Tommy?
As capricious as she might be, she would not disobey Abel's orders.
The more Luca thought about it, the more suspicious she became. Suddenly, she was not jealous ofthe attention Luke gave to the impostor Bianca.
"Bianca is your wife, Luke. I know you pamper her, but you shouldn't let her do that," Old MasterCrawford said sternly.
Luke nodded. "Grandfather, you don't have to worry about our relationship."
Luca’s suspicion continued to grow as she listened to their conversation. She stole a glance at Luke'sside profile and wondered if he was hiding something from his grandfather.
Did he find out that Bianca was an impostor?
Luca immediately dismissed that thought. The impostor Bianca's excuse had always been that she hadlost her memories. How could Luke see past her lies?
The more Luca thought about it, the more she realized that she had to find out the truth.
She decided that she would ask Amur to investigate.
Amur was good at hacking. She could ask him to check the immigration records to see if the impostorBianca had traveled overseas like what Luke claimed.
Old Master Crawford could tell that Luke had no intention of asking Bianca to come home. He shookhis head and said nothing more about the matter.