Female Novel
Chapter 1664
The maid walked to the backyard and saw Luca pressing on her chest as though she was feelinguncomfortable. She asked, "Ms. Craw, are you alright? Are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm fine," Luca replied. She looked at the maid and smiled, then noticed that she was carrying abasket. There were some fresh tomatoes as well as other fruits and vegetables that were currently inseason. She asked, "Are these planted in the backyard?"
"Yes. Ms. Rayne is usually free, so she'd plant some flowers in the front yard and fruits and vegetablesin the backyard. Look at how fresh the vegetables are. These were all planted by her. No pesticideswere added. They're safe and healthy to eat," replied the maid while showing the fruits and vegetablesin the basket to Luca.
Luca asked, "Can I take a look at the backyard?"
"You're the guest. Make yourself at home. But there's a pond in the backyard, so do be careful. Don'tfall in," the maid reminded her.
Luca nodded and headed to the backyard.
There were all sorts of fruits and vegetables planted in the backyard. The villa looked small on theoutside, but she realized it was not that small after she walked around the place.
Besides, Wanda had made good use of the corners of the yard. Luca looked at the sweet corn andtomatoes that were growing. She took a deep breath.
It was the smell of nature.
She recalled that when she was staying in the village years ago, Wanda was not married yet and wouldreturn home to help out at the farm after she got off work. She would plant all sorts of plants in the yard.Everything was nicely done, and the place looked like a little farm.
However, this did not last long. After that, Wanda got married and her father married another woman.No one was there to take care of the small yard, so the fruits and vegetables planted were shoveled outand the place was abandoned.
Luca continued to tour around. Just then, she heard the doorbell ring in the villa.
She wondered who would be here at this hour.
Luca headed to the front yard and ran into the maid who was in a hurry to open the door.
The maid accidentally stepped on Luca's foot, and she stopped immediately to apologize. "I'm sorry.I'm so sorry, Ms. Craw. I didn't mean to."
"Don't worry. It doesn't hurt," replied Luca.
The doorbell in the villa rang again this time.
The maid let out a sigh and said, "It's her again."
“Who?" Luca asked unconsciously.
The maid answered, "An unwelcome guest. She comes every day. Well, let me get the door.Otherwise, I'm going to get scolded again later."
Luca watched as the maid hurriedly went to open the door. She wondered who the unwelcome guestcould be.
She followed the maid and headed over.
“Ms. Craw, are you leaving?" The maid asked when she saw her following behind.
Luca shook her head. “I just want to see who's outside."
The maid found it strange. After all, it was Luca's first time here. Why did she want to know who washere? She sounded like she was curious about everything here. However, as a guest, she should notbe asking so many questions.
She spared the matter no further thought, though. It was because if she did not open the door soon, theperson at the door would continue to press on the doorbell.
Wanda hated it when the doorbell kept ringing. Hence, even if the person was unwelcome, she had toopen the door and send her away.
The maid headed to the door and opened it.
Luca glanced at the person outside the door. Even though her looks had changed a lot, she could stillrecognize her. The woman standing out there was Marie Rayne.
Before Luca was kidnapped, Marie was still in prison serving her sentence. Why was she released?
Luca looked at Marie without saying a word.
“Ms. Marie, why are you here again?" The maid held the door with her hand to prevent her from goingin.
Marie answered with that arrogant look on her face, “This is my grandpa's house, which means it's alsomy house. Why am I not allowed to go in? Step aside. I'm going in this time no matter what!"
Luca could not help but frown when she heard Marie sounding like she intended to take over this place.Had she been harassing them like this?
However, Luca could understand why.
After Marie got out of prison, she must have been penniless. Even though her grandfather used to lookdown on her, her grandpa and aunt were staying in a villa now. Marie would never let go of her secondchance in life.
"Ms. Marie, Ms. Rayne has told you before that although your family name is Rayne, you have nothingto do with them. You're not even related to them. Don't come in. Otherwise, I'll call the police." Themaid threatened her.
After years of working as a maid in rich families, she had never met someone so difficult to deal with.
"Call the police? What makes you think that you can call the police?!" Marie widened her eyes. "Eventhough I'm not related to them, we're still a family. Bianca isn't related to them either but didn't theyaccept Luke Crawford's kindness? Why are they saying that there are no blood ties between us now?"
The maid had no idea what Marie was talking about. She was merely a worker. She replied, "Ms.Marie, it was Ms. Rayne who said that. No one wants you here. Please stop harassing us." “That'swhat she said? Why? Why is she so supercilious when she's just riding on Luke's coattail? My motheris still her younger brother's lawfully wedded wife. She just doesn't want to admit that she has a niecelike me, right? No way! Let me in. Get out of my way. Otherwise, don't blame me for this!” Marie wasbehaving arrogantly. She had come prepared this time.
The maid insisted on not letting her in. Usually, they would not even install the doorbell as it wasbecause Marie would always press it.
However, Luke was bringing someone over today, so they had no choice but to install the doorbell fortoday. They did not expect Marie to come today too.
The maid was a little stressed out when she saw Marie trying to barge into the house.
Wanda was a frail woman. There was no way she was strong enough to handle Marie.
Not to mention Old Man Rayne.
The maid could not help but shiver at the thought of how she had scratched her hands back then.Marie had wanted to barge in too. In the end, she worked together with a security guard from theneighborhood to send her away. That was how it ended.
Although Wanda had paid for her medical bills, no one wanted to get hurt...
"Ms. Marie, I'm just doing my job. Please don't put me in a tough spot." The maid knew that
being firm was not going to work, so she could only use a gentler approach.
"Hah, I'm gonna stay in the Rayne family's house today no matter what!" Marie sounded even morefurious.
Luca was fed up with her behavior and spoke coldly, "You're Ms. Marie, right?"novelbin
Marie glanced at her. A hint of disdain flashed across her eyes. "Who are you? The new maid?"
"She's our guest," the maid replied immediately before shooting a worried glance at Luca.
Marie was not someone one could mess with. She heard that Marie had been to prison, and she wasmore or less the same after she got out. Also, she was willing to do anything for money. She evenknew a bunch of people from all walks of life.
That was why Wanda looked down on her even more. She never thought of letting her move in toprevent her from causing chaos.
"Oh? A guest. Someone not from the Rayne family can step into the house, so why can't I? Step aside.Otherwise, I'll get someone to teach you a lesson!" Marie threatened.