Female Novel
Chapter 1958
Mrs. Laurel listened to Luca. She nodded and agreed with her. "You're always so attentive. I'll do asyou told me. What should I do?"
Luca looked down. Even though she had done so many things, she still felt guilty. “Please help meprepare some side dishes.”
"Alright." Mrs. Laurel agreed happily. She had no idea that there were so many complicated thingsrunning through Luca's mind.
Luca was able to finish preparing the noodles quickly. The bread was spread with butter and put intothe toaster.
Then, she started to make coffee.
Luca made a pot of coffee after she ground the coffee beans and filled it in the thermos flask.
"Aunt Laurel, I've finished preparing. I'm guessing that they're still busy. Why don't we bring these in?"said Luca.
"That's a good idea." Mrs. Laurel nodded and put the bowls of noodles on the tray.
"Wait, Mr. Crawford can't drink coffee. Let me make a glass of juice for him." Luca remembered thatLuke had not been drinking coffee for a long time. He must be craving it.
However, Luke was still not allowed to drink any coffee. He had to watch the others drink it while hecould not. Thus, Luca took some fresh oranges out and quickly squeezed some juice.
Mrs. Laurel smiled when she saw Luca squeezing the oranges.
That was why Old Master Crawford was assured that Luca would be able to take care of Luke well.She was thoughtful and attentive. Even if they looked for a professional caretaker, she might not beable to take care of Luke that well.
On the other hand, Luca did a good job.
Luca placed the glass of juice on the tray after she squeezed the oranges. Then, she put the pot ofcoffee and toasted bread on the tray. She said, "Thank you. And please remind Mr. Crawford that he'snot allowed to drink the coffee."
"Okay," replied Mrs. Laurel as she carried the tray and walked into the maid's room.
Luca was still spacing out in the kitchen. She refused to go into the room. She did not want to face thethree of them.
It would remind her of what she had done if she were to see them handling their work. More than ahundred people had been working tirelessly for days, but their efforts would be for naught.
Luca looked at her hands. Not only were her hands stained with blood, but they were also stained withsomething else...
It was more than a hundred people's effort.
She looked at the two bowls of noodles left. One was for Mrs. Laurel, while the other was for her.
Luca did not take the bowl of noodles out. Instead, she ate it in the kitchen.
Mrs. Laurel returned to the kitchen after she delivered the breakfast for them. She asked with confusionwhen she saw that Luca did not go out to eat. “Ms. Luca, why are you eating in here?"
“It's the same regardless of where I eat." Luca smiled. She felt a little bitter in her heart.
It was the same wherever she went, but it was different at the same time.
Mrs. Laurel sensed something was wrong with her and asked caringly, "Ms. Luca, is there something inyour mind?"
"It's nothing. Are they happy with the breakfast?" Luca asked.
Mrs. Laurel smiled when Luca mentioned the breakfast. "The two guests are happy with the breakfast.
But Mr. Crawford isn't very happy with it."
"It's probably because of the glass of juice." Luca was able to figure it out in a second.
"Yes. He wants to have coffee, but he can't now. So, he can only watch the guests drink it." Mrs. Laurelheld her smile back. Luca really knew Luke so well.
Luca ate two mouthfuls of noodles. The noodles tasted good, but she had no appetite.
"Luke likes to drink coffee. It's normal," said Luca. She poured the rest of the noodles into the trash bin.
A gleam flashed across Mrs. Laurel's eyes. She nodded and went along with Luca, "Yes. Mr. Crawfordmentioned that the coffee you make smells good. It's a pity he can't have any of it."
"I'm going upstairs if there's nothing else." Luca did not continue her conversation with Mrs. Laurel.Everything she said was related to Luke. The more Luca listened to it, the more guilty she felt.
"Alright." Mrs. Laurel picked up the bowl of noodles and walked out of the kitchen.
Luca left the kitchen too. She returned to the study and continued with her research.
She needed to do something to distract herself.
On the other hand.
Pierre sat in his office, reading the bid document that his secretary and assistant had worked togetherto amend. The corner of his lips curled as he smiled creepily.
The assistant and secretary exchanged glances with each other when they saw Pierre's smile.Although it was an evil smile, their amendment was finally approved.novelbin
As for the reason why Pierre was smiling conspiratorially, the assistant and secretary knew the reasonwell.
The company had never worked on the bidding document for this project. Suddenly, this biddingdocument showed up with T Corporation's information on it. Therefore, the bidding document belongedto T Corporation.
Their boss had taken the bidding document for himself.
“Mr. Peralta, are you sure there's nothing wrong with it?" Pierre looked at his assistant with sharp eyes.
He was the unseen buyer behind Abel.
"Boss, I've done the proofreading three times with Ms. Malone. We're pretty sure there's nothing wrongwith it. Besides, the bidding document is already perfect. We only had to amend some main points inthe document before it's ready for submission," said Mr. Peralta. The main point that he mentioned waswhere T Corporation's name was stated in the document.
"Good. Submit this immediately." Pierre closed the folder and gave his orders.
All this time, Pierre had been dealing with Old Master Mallory for the mistakes that he made back then.
However, Old Master Mallory was still disappointed in Pierre due to Percy's influence.
Pierre was unconvinced, but he dared not to make a big scene out of it. He had been waiting for thechance.
He would be able to face Old Master Mallory again if he could get the project this time.
However, Pierre's company was new in the market. Even though he was a capable person, hiscompany was no match for Luke's T Corporation. That was why he agreed to pay a high price for the TCorporation's bidding document when Abel contacted him.
He could amend it and take it for himself.
He had been enduring these grievances for such a long time. He had been waiting for an opportunity!
Pierre opened his email. A gleam of treachery flashed across his eyes as he watched the digitalversion of the bidding document be uploaded.
Percy Mallory, Luke Crawford, and Luca Craw...
Pierre wanted them to experience everything he had gone through during that time.
As for Nina.
As long as the Mallory family did not agree to let Percy marry Nina, he would still have the chance toget her back and make her surrender herself to him.
Percy clicked on the send button when the bidding document had been uploaded successfully. He sentthe bid document to the designated email.
"Done," said Pierre. He looked at Mr. Peralta and Ms. Malone, adding, "You know what to do, right?"
"This is the bidding document that you spent days and nights working on," Mr. Peralta quicklyanswered, telling him that he had no idea what this had to do with T Corporation.
Percy smirked and said, "I couldn't have done this alone. Tell them both of you were involved as well ifsomeone asks about it."
"Yes, sir!" Mr. Peralta nodded while wondering if people would believe that it only took the three of themto complete this bidding document.
"You've worked hard. And you may get off work early today. I don't want to hear anything about thisafter today. Not a word, do you understand?" Percy warned them again.
"Got it, Boss. We'll leave first," said Mr. Peralta as he trembled a little.