Female Novel
Chapter 1657
Luca agreed, and the topic ended.
There was another round of silence at the dining table.
Luca raised her gaze and sneaked a glance at Luke, who was holding a piece of meat that was softand shredded after being cooked for a while. He was not frowning.
In the past, he disliked soft foods as such. It was impossible that Mrs. Nancy did not know hispreferences. It was likely that he ordered Mrs. Nancy to cook the food like this so that it was easy forher to chew.
Luca looked at the soft dishes on the table and asked, "Mr. Crawford, I assume these meals are not toyour taste..."
Luke looked up, his eyes carrying an emotion that she could not understand. "You know my taste?"
Luca was startled and quickly said, "These foods are too soft. I think your teeth are so good that youprobably don't like soft foods. Shall I cook a dish for you?"
Luke listened to her concern. It was obvious that she paid a lot of attention to him but she deliberatelykept a distance and even thought about how to escape from him.
"No, I like it soft. I don't like it hard." His words had a special meaning behind them.
Luca was taken aback.
'He likes it soft and doesn't like it hard... He's someone who can't be swayed.'
Luca continued to eat. After she was done, she habitually stood up to clear the dishes. When shereached out to pick up the plate, she saw Luke get up and take the plate from her hand.
"I'll do it." He cleared the table.
Luca watched him tidy everything up. Her hands were not injured but he treated her as if she wasmissing some limbs.
Luca sighed.
Luke heard her sigh and looked up. "Don't think too much about it. I'll take you to meet someonetomorrow morning."
"Who?" Luca asked. She thought that it was someone who had nothing to do with work.
She was in front of him and was not even allowed to do any housework, so how could it be related towork?
"Someone who needs your help," Luke said. He picked up all the dishes and headed to the kitchen.
Luca looked at his back and thought, 'Can he do the dishes? Will he dry the dishes before putting themin the cupboard after washing them?'
She was still worried. When she walked to the kitchen door, Luke seemed to sense her even though hedid not turn around. "Don't worry, I won't mess up your kitchen."
"I just want a glass of water..." Luca said. She did not expect that he would know about her worries.
"The kitchen is small. Don't come in. I'll pour a glass for you later," Luke said.
In the past, others would pour water for him but now he offered to pour water for her. No matter howshe thought of it, she felt like it was all an illusion.
Luca sat on the sofa and listened to his movements in the kitchen.novelbin
Luke was just cleaning and it was not like he had broken any dishes, so she did not hear much.
Ten minutes later, Luke walked out of the kitchen with a glass of warm water and handed it to her. "Thewater is warm. You can drink it now."
Luca took it but did not drink it immediately. She placed it on the coffee table instead. She picked upthe medicines Johann had prescribed her and divided them according to the doctor's order.
Luke looked at the pills in her palm and asked, "Why so many pills?"
Luca glanced at the medicines, which were all nourishing medicines. It seemed that her hemoglobinwas low before, which caused Johann to worry.
"These are medicines for nourishing blood. I assume Dr. Park was worried about my poor physicalindicators, so he prescribed these medicines," she explained. Although it was only because theprevious physical indicators were affected by the drug from the Island of Despair, these medicines weregood for the body, so she did not mind taking them.
Luke nodded. Bianca used to look weak but she was in great health. He was sure that she had sufferedthrough hell seeing her current condition.
'If she did not suffer, how could her health have become so bad?'
Luca did not frown at the bitterness of the pills. She just swallowed them and finished the glass ofwater.
Luke watched her. After a few days of recuperation, her health was indeed much better now. When shewas first hospitalized, he was so distressed that he could hardly breathe upon seeing how she washaving problems drinking water.
Luca finished drinking the water and stood up, wanting to put the glass away.
Luke said, "I'll do it for you."
Luca was stunned. She handed him the glass of water and said, "Thank you."
It was a harmonious situation as though the two were husband and wife. At this moment, the husbandwas taking care of his sick wife.
Luke put the glass back in the kitchen. He looked at Luca's sterilizer and his eyes flickered when hesaw that there were still a few bottles in it.
The company made all the researchers sign an agreement. Drugs that were part of the company'sresearch were not allowed to leave the company. These bottles must have nothing to do with theresearch she did in the company.
'What are these? What has she experienced in the past three years?' Luca saw Luke walk into thekitchen. When it was still dead quiet after a while, she got up and walked to the kitchen.
She stood at the door and saw him holding a mobile phone as if he was on a call.
Upon seeing this, Luca did not say anything.
Luke saw her too. After he heard the reply on the phone, he said, "I'll be right back."
With that, he left the kitchen.
"In the afternoon, a part-time worker will come to help with cleaning and grocery shopping. I'll let Jasonsend you the part-time worker's contact later. You can tell her what you want to eat via text. She'll takecare of you." Luke urged while putting on his coat.
"Okay." Luca could feel his meticulous care for her but she had to remind herself not to be moved byhis actions.
Luke added, "I'll come to pick you up tomorrow morning. Rest early tonight."
"Mm." Luca did not know where they were going but she would not turn him down as he mentioned itwas to help someone.
After Luke finished speaking, he opened the door of the apartment and left.
Luca looked at the closed door as a feeling of melancholy slowly rose from her heart.
‘He's so busy but he's wasting time on me... Is it true that he's interested in me?'
When Luca thought about it, she immediately shook her head. Although she was Bianca, her identitywas Luca.
If Luke fell in love with her...
She could not imagine that. She felt horrible but she did not know how to understand this hypotheticalsituation to make herself feel better.
After a while, the phone rang.
Luca picked it up and saw that it was Jason. He had sent the hourly worker's contact to her.
The hourly worker was hired by Jason, so it was not arranged by Luke himself. The hourly workerwould likely not be sent to monitor her.
As she thought about that, she added the contact. She then asked Jason: [Uh, did Mr. Crawford giveyou a hard time?]
Jason replied immediately: [Not yet, but the boss wasn't in the company this morning. I don't know ifhe'll blame him when he comes back later.]
[He won't. Don't worry.] Luca could feel Jason's apprehension through the screen and comforted him.