Female Novel
Chapter 1909
The three kids all looked at Old Master Crawford and shook their heads.
Luke had never told them the whole story. All they knew was that if this incident was not handled well,their mother would have to leave them again.
They did not wish for Luca to leave.
"What's going on with Luke?" Old Master Crawford was troubled. It had been so long, yet Luke had yetto succeed. He could not accept the slow progress.
"Great-grandpa, Daddy doesn't have a choice either," Rainie said. Their mother had changed eversince she returned, but she still treated them well. It was just that nothing could sway her, so theirfather was left with no choice as well.
"I'll go over tomorrow to know what's going on.” Old Master Crawford had made up his mind. Since hisgrandchild was not making fast enough progress, he had no choice but to personally head over.
"Great-grandpa, ours and Daddy's happiness will all depend on you. We want our family to reunite assoon as possible," said Tommy with a smile. He believed things would be much easier to handle withtheir great-grandfather advising their father.
Susan was standing at the door of the study. She had her ears glued to the door to listen to what washappening inside. Hearing that Luke was trying to win over Luca's heart made her have a darkexpression.
'They want to make Luca join the Crawford family?'
It had taken her great effort to get rid of Bianca so that there was one less person to fight over theinheritance. However, from the current looks of it, Luca would be joining the fight?
She would never allow such a thing to happen.
Susan wanted to record the conversation between Old Master Crawford and the kids so she couldhand it to Queenie. She wanted to let Queenie know about the Crawford family's intentions.
However, she was separated from them by a wall. Coupled with the good soundproofing, she could nothear properly and could only get the gist of the conversation. Hence, she could not record it with herphone.
She placed her phone against the door, thinking it might record the conversation much clearer.
She wanted to make Luke lose the authority to rule over T Corporation. To do that, she would have toget rid of the people around him. For starters, she would have to get rid of Jack's support.
If she could let Queenie hear the conversation about Old Master Crawford expressing his support tohave Luke win over Luca, that would be the end for Luke.
Old Master Crawford nodded. "I won't rush it, then. I'll just head over tomorrow and see how it goes."After the discussion, the kids left the study.novelbin
As Susan wanted to get more information from them, she did not have time to react and ended upbumping into the three kids.
"Why are you standing here, Grandma Susan?" Lanie saw Susan holding her phone against the doorand couldn't help but feel suspicious.
Susan pretended to look at her phone and said casually, “I'm here to look for Old Master Crawford. Ishe inside?"
"Great-grandpa is inside," said Lanie. He pushed the door open and said to Old Master Crawford, whowas inside, "Great-grandpa, Grandma Susan is here for you."
Susan stared at him with resentment in her heart.
Luke and his kids were all stumbling blocks keeping her away from gaining all of the Crawford family'sinheritance.
Old Master Crawford's voice was heard from inside, "Come in."
Since he had already spoken, Susan had no choice but to enter. She snorted and walked in.
Lanie pulled on his siblings' hands and walked back to their playroom.
Rainie closed the room door and muttered softly, "Brother, was Grandma Susan eavesdroppingearlier?"
"Yes." The first thing Lanie saw when he opened the door was her odd posture. Besides, from the wayshe was holding onto the phone, it was definitely possible that she had been trying to record theirconversation.
"Why did Grandma Susan want to eavesdrop..." Rainie blinked her eyes. The things they were talkingabout were not secrets.
Tommy was flipping through a picture book on the side and answered her question, "That's becauseGrandma Susan doesn't like us."
Rainie looked at her younger brother. She knew since she was younger that Susan disliked them.However, because of their father and Old Master Crawford, Susan could not do anything to themdespite disliking them.
After all, it was Old Master Crawford who had the final say in the family.
"Grandma Susan wants to take our father out." Lanie took out a book about the universe and touchedhis chin. His expression when he was deep in thought was just like Luke's. "Do you think we shouldinform Daddy?"
"We should tell him. Otherwise, something bad might happen. That's going to be worse," Rainie said.
They were all especially mature because they had been living in the Crawford family for a very longtime. Furthermore, Luke was always busy, and Bianca was not by their side when they were younger.
Lanie nodded and looked at Tommy. "Tommy, you'll be the one to tell Daddy."
"Alright, Brother." Tommy took out his phone and typed a message to Luke, telling him about Susaneavesdropping on their conversation with Old Master Crawford. Then, he sent the message.
In the study.
After Old Master Crawford saw Susan entering the study, he put on a cold expression and asked, "Isthere you need to talk to me about?" "It's nothing much, Dad. I'm just concerned about how is Lukedoing. Do we need to get him some supplements?" Susan could not think of anything important todiscuss with the old master and ended up asking about Luke's condition.
Old Master Crawford had a cold expression and said, "What could've happened to Luke? He's justsuffering from a minor bone fracture. If you're really concerned about him, why don't you look after thethree kids on his behalf? After all, the kids are now staying here. They need love and concern."
"Hehe, I wish to do so too, Dad. But those kids haven't liked me since they were little. Besides, it'salready so exhausting to look after Thea for Louis. Where will I have the energy to look after Luke'sthree kids? If he thinks we can't manage to look after them, why don't we hire a servant?" Susan said.
She had long ago complained about the lack of maids in the manor. Whenever her friends came overto have fun or for afternoon tea, she was not able to show them a grand display.
Among all big families, the Crawford family was the one spending the least amount of money onservants. The number of servants they had did not match the Crawford family's fame and status.
"We have enough servants in the manor. Just spit out if you don't want to take care of the kids," OldMaster Crawford lectured with a cold expression.
Susan's face went scarlet as she said in an aggrieved tone, "I'm not saying I'm unwilling to do it. Butthere are really too many kids. Besides, we don't have enough servants. All of them are Allison'sbiological grandchildren too. Now, she's enjoying her life abroad and leaving me all alone to look afterthe kids. How can I cope?"
"Back when she went abroad to receive treatment, weren't you the happiest person?" Old MasterCrawford questioned.
Susan was speechless. "Alright, forget it. Dad, I'll leave now if there's nothing else. I won't disturb youfrom admiring your antiques."
She looked at the antiques that were placed on the table by Old Master Crawford and felt depressed.He had the cash to purchase antiques, but he was not willing to hire a few more servants. How wouldtheir family keep up with their image, then?
Old Master Crawford shook his head helplessly when he saw Susan making her way out of the study.
Even though Allison was gone, Susan was still around to cause havoc in the family.