Female Novel
Chapter 2298
“Yes, you told me. How else would I know?" Luca insisted and took a sip of her lemon tea to hide herguilt.
"Really? Maybe I forgot..." Nina had no recollection of her telling Luca those things.
However, she had complained to her about Jean a lot, so she suspected that she had said so muchthat she forgot what she even said.
"I guess so. You've been working too hard lately, so it's only normal that you don't remember littledetails like these," Luca said as she sipped on her lemon tea with her straw while lowering her gaze.
The two of them continued to sit there and sip on their tea.
Nina told Luca about many other things until someone's phone rang, which made their conversationcome to an abrupt end.
Luca glanced at the caller to see that it was Queenie.
"I'll take this call," she said to Nina before answering the phone. "What is it, Mrs. Norman?"
"Luca, what's wrong with your voice?" Queenie noticed that her voice was a little raspy.
"I have a cold. Is everything alright?" Luca knew that Queenie must be calling her to talk about Leia.
Leia was in stable condition right now, so there should not be any complications. Why was Queeniecalling her?
"Sorry, I didn't know you had a cold.." Queenie felt bad when she heard that Luca had caught a cold.She glanced at the door of the ward and asked out of concern, "Are you feeling any better?"
"I've gotten much better. It's not that serious anymore. Don't worry, Mrs. Norman, you can speak now."Luca noticed how cautious she was, which convinced her that it was about Leia.
Leia heard her talk and was a little uncertain. Was that Jack's wife?
"Here's the thing. Leia just had the operation, right? A little problem occurred, but Dr. Park said it'snormal and she'll be fine if she takes good care of her body. However, I'm still a bit worried, so I want toask you to come over to see if you can do anything to help Leia recuperate," Queenie said slowly.
She intended to let the doctors at the hospital do it, but after bringing it up to Leia, Leia suggestedletting Luca help her.
Queenie felt embarrassed to bother Luca as she had put Luca through so much trouble in the pastbecause of Leia.
Helping patients recuperate was not her specialty, but Jack mentioned that Luca was great at it.
Leia even insisted on having Luca help her because she was better and even Johann said so.
For the sake of Leia's health, Queenie had to shamelessly make this call to Luca.
"Recuperate?" Luca was stunned as she was a little hesitant to help Leia, not because she was selfishbut because Leia would never accept her good intentions.
If Leia was willing to accept her kindness, perhaps she would not need to get a liver transplant in thefirst place.
"Yes. If you're not free, then that's fine." Queenie heard the reluctance in Luca's tone.
"Mrs. Norman, it's not that I don't want to. It's just that I don't know if I can do a good job. Plus, Ms.Norman was quite opposed to me treating her before. I'm afraid of making a fool of myself..." said Luca
as Leia had hated her for a long time.
Luca recalled the last time she gave Leia dry needling. If not for the fact that Leia had trouble gettingup, she might have chased her out of the place.
"It's different this time. Leia was the one who suggested it. Luca, can you help Leia, please?" Queeniepleaded as she was confident about Luca's skills too.
With the help of Luca and Johann, Leia might be able to recover in a couple of weeks.
Luca could not turn her down, so she had no choice but to say, "I'll try, but only after a few days. Ihaven't completely recovered from my cold yet, and Ms. Norman is still fragile."
"It's okay. You should get better soon." Queenie sighed after she agreed and said, "Then I won't botheryou anymore, Luca."
"Okay." Luca ended the call and put the phone aside.
"Was that Jack's wife?" Nina asked out of curiosity.
"Yes." Luca nodded.
"I heard that Leia came back secretly and was even hospitalized. The situation doesn't seem to begoing well?" Nina had also seen the entertainment news reports.
"Yeah, but she had an operation and is currently recovering." Luca bit the straw and sipped her lemontea.
"She already went for the surgery, yet she's still asking you to help her recover. That girl, Leia, is reallysomething." Nina did not have a good impression of Leia. To her, she was cunning and full of craft.
"It's because she had the surgery that she needs to undergo post-op treatment. It's not that difficultanyway," said Luca as she would never refuse Queenie's request.
"You just don't know how to say no. Leia is not that decent of a person. Be careful," Nina urgedbecause even if she ignored the past, Leia's character itself was problematic.
If Luca helped her, she could bite back at Luca at any time.
"It's okay. Don't worry about it too much." Luca smiled and shook her head. So what if Leia caused hermore trouble? She was no longer the old Bianca anyway.novelbin
"I get a bad feeling every time I hear her name and think about when.." Nina paused as she thoughtthat she should not mention Bianca in front of Luca that much.
Besides, Bianca was Luke's wife, and Luca's identity was a little.
"I know you're saying it for my own good, but with Ms. Norman's current state, she won't be the sameas before once she recovers. Don't worry," Luca reassured her so that she would stop worrying about
these things.
"You'll be in touch with her anyhow, so just be extra careful. You said Jean is a troublemaker. Well, Leiaand Jean are the same people." Nina had seen through them. Jean had done so many misdeeds justto get Bianca, but in the end, he still fell into the hands of Marie.
On the other hand, Leia had done a lot of absurd things just to get Luke. She was lucky that her familywas well-off and she had money from her celebrity days, so she could pay someone else to take theblame.
In the end, the worst punishment she got was just getting sent abroad.
If Leia's living conditions were the same as Jean's, perhaps she would still be in jail after all the badthings she had done.
"Fine, I'll be careful. Don't worry," said Luca.
Both of them sat in the cafe for a while longer before going their separate ways.
After Luca returned to her office and put down her phone and briefcase, she changed into her lab coat.Before entering the laboratory, she put on a mask and a face shield as a barrier from germs as she hada cold.
When Rhett saw her walk in, he stepped forward and said, "Dr, Craw, you should get more rest if you'renot feeling well. It'll be okay to just have the other researchers here."
"It's alright. I've been sick for two days already, so it's bearable now," said Luca as her cold symptomshad reduced a lot, her nose was longer blocked, and her throat was not sore anymore.