Female Novel
Chapter 2518
"Luca, I'm here." Vivian's voice came from behind the door.
"Can I come in?" Luca heard her muffled voice and guessed that she had probably been crying.
"Luca, I want to be alone right now." Vivian turned her down.
Luca sighed and said, "Aunt Neile told me that you've been in your bedroom since noon and haven'tstepped out since. Let me in and tell me what's on your mind, alright?"novelbin
"Luca, it's alright. I'm just sleepy." It took several seconds for Vivian to reply.
Luca felt helpless, but she did not feel great leaving Vivian by herself. She toughened up and said, "Ifyou don't open the door for me, my only option would be to ask Aunt Neile to come and open the door."
Vivian stayed on the sofa. After she heard what Luca said, she knew that she had to let her in, so shewent to open the door.
"Luca, I'm fine..."
Luca saw her puffy eyes and shook her head helplessly. "Your eyes are all red and you want me tothink that you're okay?"
"My eyes are just a little itchy today," Vivian said.
"Do you already know?" Luca walked into the guest room and closed the door. She pulled Vivian to siton the sofa.
"Huh?" Vivian looked at her in surprise as she did not expect Luca to know what was on her mind evenbefore she said anything...
"We had steaks, but they didn't taste like the ones that Aunt Neile usually makes. It was more of aRussian technique. Vivian, what did you find out?" Luca probed.
Vivian's mood had been stable the past few days, but she suddenly lost it on that day. Luca knew that itmust be related to Gordan.
Vivian nodded and replied, "He doesn't eat anything that has tomato in it. I suspected something whenAunt Neile mentioned that she had to prepare three portions of lunch because you had a guest. Ioffered to help Aunt Neile prepare the steaks, and I knew for sure when Aunt Neile said that the guestdidn't like tomato sauce..."
Luca did not expect that she would find out in this way...
"Luca, is it him?" Vivian asked.
"Okay, I won't hide it from you anymore. It's him. He's been at T Corporation these last couple of days."Luca had to confess. In that situation, there was no need to hide from Vivian any longer.
"It's really him... He's been going to T Corporation because of me?" Vivian was inexplicably flustered.She had a lot of questions on her mind when she did not ask, but she did not feel great after the topicwas initiated.
"I don't know about that. Mr. Crawford didn't tell me anything. Vivian, don't overthink it." Luca rubbedher shoulder.
Vivian's eyes were red. She looked like she could break down into tears at any moment.
"Luca, I feel very guilty that my issue with him has affected so many people. Do you know about Mr.Crawford's past?" Vivian curled up on the sofa and folded her arms.
Of course, Luca knew about Luke's past.
"I don't..." she said even though it was a lie.
"If I hadn't insisted on being with Gordan, Mr. Crawford wouldn't have been in so many dangeroussituations. He almost couldn't come back to A City. Ray made a lot of concessions because of mywillfulness. Now, I thought I could see everything clearly, but I didn't expect that it would cause troubleto Mr. Crawford..." Vivian was a shy person to begin with. What she feared most was causing trouble toothers.
"Nothing of that sort! Don't overthink it. Besides, based on Mr. Crawford's character, if he thinks Mr.Norton is in the way, he'll never let him step foot into the company. Maybe they have something todiscuss, which explains why they've been spending the last few days together. It hasn't affectedanyone, so don't stress about it." Luca touched her head to comfort her.
"Luca, you won't lie to me, right?" Vivian knew Luca was trying to comfort her.
"You can ask Mr. Crawford if you don't believe what I said. Besides, you know Mr. Crawford. No onecan disturb him when he's working," Luca broke it down for her.
Vivian nodded.
Luca took her hand and stood up. "Okay, Aunt Neile should have dinner ready. Let's go downstairs toeat. You haven't been downstairs all afternoon, and the kids are worried sick about you."
"I didn't mean to..." Vivian was even more embarrassed when she learned that the children wereworried about her.
Luke and Bianca's children were all little angels that Vivian liked very much.
She looked at Luca, who was holding her hand, and inexplicably felt fond of her.
The two went downstairs.
Tommy jumped up and hugged Vivian's thigh as he said, "Aunt Vivian, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I've rested for an afternoon, and I feel much better now." Vivian touched Tommy's head. ‘Whowouldn't like a kid like him?'
"Oh, I'm glad to hear that. I was worried about you!" Tommy put a sticker on the back of her hand as heexpressed his concern.
Vivian smiled.
"Okay, Mr. Crawford has to work overtime today. Shall we eat first?" Luca said. She guessed that AuntNeile had dinner ready.
Kids need to eat regularly to promote their health and development.
"Okay." Vivian nodded and walked with Tommy toward the dining room.
Luca waved to Lanie and Rainie.
The two children walked over obediently and each held her hand on either side.
Rainie asked softly when she saw Vivian walk into the dining room, "Ms. Luca, Aunt Vivian seems to bein a much better mood."
"Yeah, she's doing much better." Luca took their hands and walked into the dining room. She did notshare much about the troubles among the adults.
At the same time, she understood that Lanie and Rainie knew a lot better than Tommy about the dramagoing on with the adults.
Otherwise, they would not be so restrained when Vivian came downstairs.
Only Tommy rushed toward Vivian and expressed his worries, while Lanie and Rainie were stillstanding there. They were worried that expressing their worries would make Vivian think of unpleasantthings.
The two children who were carefully cared for by the Crawford family grew up in a carefreeenvironment, but they knew so much.
Luca felt distressed when she thought of that.
After they were done eating, Vivian no longer had any negative emotions. She watched cartoons withthe children.
Luca breathed a sigh of relief seeing her getting along so well with the kids. Whether she was in a goodmood or she was faking it, at least she no longer shut herself down.
"Vivian, Lanie, Rainie, Tommy, enjoy the cartoon. I'll be working in the study. Drop me a text if you needme," Luca said to them. She would be back in Watson Biopharmaceuticals tomorrow, so she wanted tomake the best use of her time to rush the analysis for the ingredients of the antidote.
"Okay, get to your work. I'll watch the kids." Vivian smiled sweetly.
Luca smiled and walked up to the second floor. She felt at ease with Vivian's help watching thechildren.
Also, the kids did not make a fuss.