Female Novel
Chapter 2176
“Not many. Lanie, you should try." Tommy was worried Lanie would not allow him to eat the cookies, sohe moved the plate toward him.
Lanie turned to look at Luca helplessly.
Luca could feel Lanie's gaze on her. She seemed to understand what he meant.
It was like Lanie was telling her, 'Look at your greedy little son...'
Luca cleared her throat and said, "Lanie, take a few of them. Leave the rest for tonight."
Lanie nodded and took three pieces of cookies.
Tommy was looking at them eagerly and asked, "Ms. Luca, can I take some too?"
Luca looked at the cookie crumbs on the corner of Tommy's lips, and the eager look on his face. Itsoftened her heart.
She glanced at the plate, and she briefly knew how many cookies Tommy had eaten. If Tommycontinued to eat the cookies, he would not be able to have dinner later, or he might be stuffed.
"Ms. Luca." Tommy tried to act cute again when he saw Luca not saying anything. He wanted to winanother chance to eat more cookies.
Luca thought that it should be fine to let Tommy have another one or two. However, she met Lanie'sgaze when she was about to say something.
Although Lanie did not say anything, Luca felt that he was reminding herself not to spoil Tommy.
Luca had no choice but to make up her mind and reason with Tommy, "Tommy, you've eaten quite afew cookies. I know you're hungry now, but if you keep on eating, you won't be able to have your
dinner. Don't forget I'm the one making your dinner today."
Even though Tommy wanted more, he compromised instantly once he heard Luca telling him that shewould be preparing dinner. He said, "Okay, Ms. Luca. I won't eat anymore."
The cookies were yummy, but Luca's home-cooked food tasted better.
Luca placed the cookies on a higher table so that the kids would not be able to reach the cookies ifthey returned to the kitchen. Then, she said, "Okay. I'm going to prepare dinner now. Kids, head to theliving room and wait for dinner."
Tommy nodded and left together with Lanie.
Aunt Neile watched everything that happened and could not help but exclaim, "Ms. Craw, you sureknow how to handle the kids."
"Huh?" Luca turned around and looked at Aunt Neile.
"I used to work at Crawford Manor. Only Mr. Crawford could handle Young Master Tommy when he wasgreedy. The others aren't able to persuade him. He'd simply refuse to give in. Even if Old MasterCrawford was there, he would think of a way or act cute to get what he wanted to eat," said Aunt Neilewith a smile on her face. "You're the only person who can convince Tommy to stop eating other thanMr. Crawford."
Luca shook her head helplessly. She knew Tommy was greedy, but she did not expect Tommy tobehave like this in front of the old master.
Old Master Crawford was the most dignified person in the Crawford family. She was helpless when sheimagined Tommy pestering him and asking for snacks. There was nothing the old master could do evenif that was the case.
After all, it was hard to reject Tommy when he acted cutely.
"Is that so?" Luca smiled, put on the apron, and began to make dinner.
Luca had learned from last night's experience, so she cooked fewer dishes today. It was to prevent thekids from eating too much and it affecting their health.
Luca accompanied the kids to watch their favorite cartoon with them after dinner. Then, she askedthem to take a shower and get ready to go to bed. Luca only returned to her bedroom after shecompleted everything.
Luca had left her phone charging in the bedroom after she took a nap this afternoon. Then, she headeddownstairs to bake some cookies with Rainie. She forgot she left her phone upstairs.
Luca's heart skipped a beat when she saw there were five missed calls. She tapped on the notificationimmediately and realized that all of them were from Luke.
She glanced at the time. It was when she woke up from her nap and went downstairs to bake thecookies with Rainie.
Luca recalled what Aunt Neile said to her. Could it be that Luke was unable to reach Luca, and thatwas why he called Aunt Neile before eventually calling the villa's landline?
It might be possible...
Luca glanced at the time. She did not return his call. Instead, she chose to explain in a message: [I'msorry, Mr. Crawford. I left my phone charging in the bedroom. That's why I didn't get to answer yourcall.]
After the message was sent to him, Luca received a reply from Luke: [Alright.]
It was a simple response with just one word, and it made Luca feel a little upset.
Was he mad at her?
Was he busy with something and that was why he did not have time to reply to her with a longermessage?
Luca was still hesitating if she should return his call at first, but she decided not to return his calls whenshe saw Luke's simple reply.
Perhaps she should not have explained it to him.
Luca was a little depressed. She received a call from Nina when she was getting ready to take ashower and call it a night to get ready for tomorrow's work.
“Hey, Nina, what's the matter?" Luca answered the call. She was a little confused. After all, Nina wouldnot be calling her at this hour if nothing was going on.
"Luca, are you in bed already?" Nina asked.
"Not yet. What's wrong?" Luca asked.
"Um„." Nina hesitated. She needed to ask a favor from Luca, but it was hard for her to bring it up.
"Just tell me if you need anything. I'll do whatever I can to help you." Luca could sense that Ninawanted to ask for her help, but it was difficult for her to say it since they had not known each other forlong.
"Um, I'd like you to help me improve my health and wellbeing," said Nina.
Luca suddenly felt nervous and quickly asked, "Why do you need me to improve your health? Are youfeeling uncomfortable? Have you seen the doctor? Do you have any medical check-up reports?"
Nina could sense that Luca was worried about her on the phone. Luca was not putting on a show. Shewas truly worried about her.
It had been a long time since she felt that there was someone who truly cared about her apart fromPercy. It warmed Nina's heart, and she replied, "I'm fine. I know you're good at medical stuff, especiallynaturopathy, so I'd like you to help me to improve my health. I'd like to get pregnant..."
"Pregnant?" Luca was dumbfounded. She blinked her eyes in astonishment. "Are you getting marriedsoon?"
Percy and Nina must be planning to get married if Nina was eager to have a baby. Luca felt happy forher. They finally worked things out and got together after everything they had been through.
Nina replied in a helpless tone, "Not yet."
Luca frowned at once and carefully asked, "Then why do you want to get pregnant all of a sudden?"
There was dead silence on the other end of the line.
Luca took a deep breath. Something came into Luca's mind when Nina told her that they were notgetting married yet.
"Nina, you're telling me the two of you aren't planning to get married yet, but you want to get pregnant.Are you thinking of..." Luca could no longer continue.
"Luca, I love him so much. And I want to spend the rest of my life together with him. Now that we'retogether, that's the only way.." Nina sounded a little depressed. There was nothing she could do, andthat was why she came up with this idea.
Although Nina and Percy were engaged, their relationship was not official.
The Mallory family would think of a way to stop them from getting married. Therefore, Nina wanted ababy. The Mallory family might change their mind if Nina was pregnant.novelbin