Female Novel
Chapter 1718
“Yes, I said that too." Queenie was busy admiring Luca's beauty. Luca had always dressed up casually,and she looked pretty even then. Now that she was all dolled up, she was even more stunning. Shecould not help but compliment Luca.
"Thank you. You look great too." Luca felt embarrassed receiving compliments from them. She loweredher head a little and looked down.
Wanda laughed and took a sip of the red wine before saying, "Luca, let me tell you something. Myfather has been taking the medicine you prescribed and using the herbal concoction to soak his feet in.He feels a lot more comfortable now. He can sleep early every night without waking up in the middle ofthe night all of a sudden. He'll only wake up around six in the morning. You're amazing."
Luca nodded as she listened to Wanda's feedback.
She already knew that her prescription would have long-term effects on Old Master Rayne. That waswhy she was not surprised to hear that when Wanda told her about it.
Queenie, who was listening, said in surprise, "Did Luca treat Old Master Rayne?"
"Yes! It's all thanks to Luke for bringing her over. After she checked his pulse, she gave him aprescription. The medicine works effectively. He's been taking the medicine for quite some time nowand is getting better. I seldom hear him complaining that he's in pain anymore. It's unlike thosemedicines that he used to take. After he took them for a while, they no longer had an effect on him. Imust say, Luca, you're very impressive." Wanda complimented Luca.
Luca looked at Queenie and thought of Leia.
Too many things had happened during this time and she forgot to ask about Leia's situation. However,Queenie did not contact her either, so she reckoned that Leia's situation should be under control. She
asked, "Mrs. Norman, how's the patient?"
She intentionally used the word 'patient' to refer to Leia as Wanda was here too.
Queenie smiled gratefully and replied, "The prescription you gave me is good. Her condition is muchmore stable now. It's a pity that this kind of illness is irreversible, so she can only take things one stepat a time. We'll see how things turn out."
Jack, who was standing beside her, heard what his wife said. He recalled what Luke had mentioned tohim before. After that, Queenie mentioned to him that she thought of giving money to Leia to buy anorgan from the black market.
He was outraged. Leia's condition was not that serious at first. She would have recovered if she waswilling to take the medicine that Luca prescribed. Leia was the one who got herself into her currentsituation.
Jack talked to Queenie after knowing what she had in mind. He regained control over the family'sfinances. He did not give her a chance to be soft-hearted.
At the same time, he warned the two elders in the house not to have a soft spot for Leia. The Normanfamily's reputation would be ruined if they fell for it.
Luca noticed that something was wrong with Jack's expression and thought it might be because ofLeia. She should not be asking, but she could not help herself and asked with concern, "Mr. Norman,what's on your mind?"
“I guess everything was doomed to be this way. If she was willing to take the prescription you gave herfrom the beginning, things wouldn't have turned out this bad, right, Luca?” Although Jack was furiouswith Leia, he was still kind to Luca.
After all, after she saved Queenie, she had left a good impression on him. With time, it only got betterand better.
“That's right, but things have come this far. If she can recover her health after she's discharged fromthe hospital, it wouldn't be too difficult for her in the future,” Luca answered.
Queenie let out a sigh.
She had initially thought of getting a new organ for Leia, but it was impossible when she thought of itnow. She was worried that she would put Jack in a difficult position because of her soft-heartedness,which was why she agreed to let him manage the family's finances now.
Her daughter was important to her. However, the man she had spent her whole life with was muchmore important to her.
Luca took Queenie's hands and comforted her in a soft voice, "She'll get better.”novelbin
Queenie held her hands too. She felt warmth surging in her heart. She smiled and nodded her head.
As Wanda listened to their conversation, she made a rough guess and comforted Queenie too. "Thingswon't keep getting worse. That's the best thing about misfortune. Don't worry, she'll certainly get betterwith Luca's help."
“Yes, Luca's capable. She'll get better.” Queenie exclaimed. She thought it must be fate that broughther and Luca together.
Although they met each other because of Luke and she had mixed feelings for Luca, she knew that thefamiliar feeling she felt toward Luca was not fake.
Luca looked down as she listened to the two closest people to her were talking about her. It left such asour feeling in her.
The only thing that she hoped now was that with her return this time, she would be able to bring themhappiness and improve their health. She did not want to bring them disasters.
After the master of ceremony finished making his speech on the stage, it was Old Master Mallory's timeto give a speech. The old master's speech was formal, but he received warm applause. Then, it wasLuke's turn to give a speech.
All this while, Luca had not looked at the stage. However, she could not help but look over at thismoment.
Luke was standing in the middle of the stage, holding a microphone. He thanked everyone for theirsupport and concern. He looked great and invincible.
People would applaud and cheer with every sentence he said.
Luca looked at the man on the stage. As moments passed, she could only hear his voice in her ears.His hoarse yet powerful voice tempted people to follow such a leader.
She could not resist the man's charm since she was in high school.
The applause was getting deafening as he continued speaking as though these people were his fans. Itwas exaggerated.
Luca only had eyes for Luke.
When Luke was done reciting the last sentence of his speech that he had memorized, he looked atLuca's table. The moment they met each other's eyes, he smiled faintly.
The photographer turned the camera and focused on him, projecting that smile of his on the big screen.
Everyone was confused. Did Luke smile just now?
However, the smile only lasted for a second as though they had imagined it.
Even though he was a little far away, Luca could still see his smile. It seemed like he was looking at hertable. Was he looking at her?
She withdrew her gaze, no longer looking at the man on the stage.
The banquet officially started after the speech. The hotel's ballroom was bustling with noise andexcitement. Luca's mind was far away, so she could not enjoy the food and drinks.
Wanda noticed that Luca was absent-minded and asked, “What's wrong? Luca, does the food not suityour taste?"
"Ah, no. I'm just not that hungry." Luca found a random excuse to explain her behavior.
Wanda added, "Eat some more even if you're not hungry. You're too skinny, just like our Bea. That's nogood. Come on, have some more."
She helped Luca with a few dishes and placed them on her plate. Luca recalled that Wanda hadalways thought that she was too skinny. The Rayne family was poor at that time. They did not havemuch money to buy food, so Wanda would always think of buying her food to make her eat more andgrow fatter.
Kevin and Old Master Rayne were the ones who raised her, but Wanda had also taken care of her.