Female Novel
Chapter 2354
When Luca got into Warren's car and headed back to T Corporation, it was already lunchtime.
Luca hurried upstairs, assuming that Luke must have finished eating his lunch by now. She planned tohead downstairs to grab something to eat after she put her briefcase in her office.
Luca walked out of the elevator and shot a glance at the assistants' office first. Zoey and Rhett werenot in the office. She reckoned that they had gone out for lunch.
Then, Luca walked back to her office, pushed the door open, and saw Luke, who was sitting on thesofa. She was startled for a moment.
“Mr. Crawford, why are you..." Luca glanced at the lunch boxes on the coffee table. They wereunopened. Luke had been waiting for her to come back and have lunch with her.
"Come over here. Let's have lunch together," said Luke as he opened the lids of the lunch boxes.
Luca put down her briefcase and walked toward the sofa before sitting down. Then, she said, "Youdidn't take your lunch first. You even waited for me.."
"I knew you were coming back," replied Luke. Warren had reported to him when Luca left the hospital.
Luca did not ask more as she knew it was Warren who informed him.
Luca did not have to drive anymore as Luke had assigned Warren beside her to be her chauffeur. Evenif someone was following them, she did not have to worry that her driving skills were not as good as herenemy's. However, at the same time, it was a little more troublesome. She had not gotten used to it.
After all, Luke would be able to know her whereabouts no matter where she went.
As usual, Luke helped her with lots of food on her plate and handed it to her.
Luca took the plate from him and took the initiative to mention what had happened at the hospital.
"Jean's fine, but Nina fell out with her mother because of this," Luca slowly explained. She felt sorry forNina.
If it were not for her, Marie and Jean would not have known each other.
If she had firmly rejected Jean back then, perhaps Jean would have met someone better. At that time,even if Anna favored Jean over Nina, she would not be as twisted as she was now.
What happened after that caused Nina to suffer more in her family.
"How did things turn out like that?" Luke asked while he took a bite.
"They signed a contract to sever ties with each other. Although the contract agreement lacks legalrecognition, Mr. Mallory asked Mr. Zac to add many terms to the contract. In short, with an amount of2.5 million dollars in exchange for Nina's peace, Anna and Jean can never bother her anymore. They'llhave to return the money and pay a high interest rate at the same time if they dare to look for Nina,"Luca briefly explained.
Luke paused for a moment while he was helping himself with the food and said, “Percy never losesout.”
"Yeah..." replied Luca. Previously, she thought that Percy would only satisfy Anna's and Jean's greedby doing that. After all, giving 2.5 million dollars at once was not a big deal for businessmen like Percy.
However, the huge sum of money was a lot for Anna and Jean.
That was why she thought Percy lost out, but she did not expect that his defensive position wasincredible.
Fortunately, Percy loved Nina. Otherwise, Nina would be the one losing out.
"Have your lunch." Luke was not interested in Nina's affairs. After all, she was Percy's woman.
Percy had asked Luke for his permission to get Luca to accompany Nina today. Luke agreed, but it wasnot for Nina's sake. He did it for Luca.
Although Luca did not say anything, Luke knew that Luca had always felt sorry for Nina. That was whyshe wanted to repay Nina.
However, she was not Bianca now; she was Luca. There were many things she could not do for Ninacompared to Bianca when she was using this identity. After all, it would arouse Nina's suspicion if shedid too much for her.
Hence, he agreed to let Luca accompany Nina without hesitation.
"Okay." Luca nodded.
Luke's phone rang after they finished eating lunch. He picked it up and glanced at it, then his browsfurrowed.
Luca noticed that and said, "Mr. Crawford, please go ahead. Let me clean this up."
"Okay." Luke strode out of the office with his phone in his hands.
Luca watched him leave and closed the door. She felt a little anxious. Luke frowned when he saw thecaller ID on his phone screen.
Luke, who was always calm whenever something happened, seldom furrowed his brows.
Did something bad happen?
Luca shook her head. She cleaned up the lunch boxes and disposable cutleries on the table. Then, shesat on her office chair and looked at the data files.
A lot of her work was delayed as she did not manage to work in the morning.
Luke got into the elevator and returned upstairs with his phone in his hands.
The phone stopped ringing while he was on his way upstairs. However, the person started calling againthe next second.
Luke returned to the president's office and closed the door behind him. Only then did he answer thecall. "What's the matter?"
"So, you still know how to answer my call." Allison's sharp voice came from the other end of the line.
Luke frowned. He knew Allison had come to look for trouble with that tone of hers. However, Allisonwould not look for him if nothing had happened. Luke knew that.
“I have a meeting later. Tell me what's the matter." Even though it was Luke's mother who was on theother end of the line, Luke's voice sounded cold and distant.
"Luke, listen to me even if you're busy. What kind of plastic surgery hospital have you arranged for me?I've been here for quite some time, but they have yet to make any arrangements for my surgery. Theykeep on giving me medical treatment instead. Plus, they're ineffective. You don't want me to go back,right? That's why you arranged for the hospital staff to fool me?" Allison questioned him.
She was never a patient person to begin with, but she forced herself to listen to the doctor and receivedtreatment for a few months just to change her appearance back to how it was before.
However, she could hardly see any effects for the past few months. She could no longer stay put.
“I didn't get involved in the doctor's medical treatment. Talk to the doctor if you have any questions,"said Luke. There was no warmth in his voice.
Luke had longed for his mother's love when he was still young.
However, when Luke finally realized that he was merely a tool for Allison to gain wealth and power, heno longer longed for his mother's love. Listening to her and fulfilling what she wanted was only to repayher for giving birth to him.
As for raising him...
Luke's eyes darkened at the thought of this.
Allison was the one who gave birth to him, but the orphanage and the Crawford family had brought himup. Allison had nothing to do with this.
Luke thought he had done enough for Allison after all these years.
"I've had enough of the doctor here. All he tells me is to be patient and cooperate with him to receivethe treatment. They can't do anything. I don't care. Arrange another hospital for me. I'm getting plasticsurgery. Otherwise, when will my face recover?" Allison was furious.
The doctor asked her to wait, and Luke asked her to listen to the doctor. No matter how dumb she was,she knew the reason Luke sent her there for treatment was only to seek momentary peace.
Since Allison was having a tough life, she did not want Luke to live a comfortable life either.novelbin
"The hospital you're staying in now is one of the world's best plastic surgery hospitals in Seoul. If you'dlike to transfer to another hospital, you have no choice but to head to other countries. After all, that'sthe only top plastic surgery hospital in Seoul," said Luke as he frowned. He chose the one in Seoulamong all the top plastic surgery hospitals he could find globally.
The reason was that Allison could not understand Korean.