Female Novel
Chapter 1810
Luca felt a surge of warmth in her heart. Those compassionate words sounded like they came from aparent caring about their child's daily life.
"It's alright. Although I'm taking up another job, I'm still able to manage it," said Luca. She finisheddrinking the chicken soup and picked up the spoon to help herself with the food.
Queenie prepared all the dishes. They were home-cooked for the guest.
Luca took her time tasting the dishes. Although they were not particularly tasty, they had the taste ofhome—something that she had been missing.
Queenie and Jack exchanged glances with each other, then asked, "Oh, Luca, where are you stayingnow? I'll ask the driver to send you back home later."
Luca thought of Luke. If the driver were to send her back, then her current address would be found.
She shook her head and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Norman, but I can go home by myself."
"It's cold out there. There won't be as many drivers working this late at night. Don't reject my offer andlet my driver send you home, alright? We're all staying in A City. How far can it be?" Queenie insisted.
Luca pondered for a moment. She had no choice but to agree.
She must not let the driver send her back to the villa, though. She would head to Amur's place afterdinner and check in on how he had been doing these days.
Queenie continued to ask her when Luca agreed to it. "Luca, I've never heard you mention your lovelife after knowing you for so long. Are you dating someone?"
Luca paused when she was halfway picking up some vegetables. They wanted to send her home, andnow, they were asking about her love life. All they wanted to know was whether or not she was datingLuke.
Luca did not want to lie to them. She had no plans of getting together with someone to put on a showeither. She shook her head and said, "I'm swamped with work now. How can I possibly have the time todate someone?"
"How can you not have time for that? Although work is important, dating is important too. Love cansweeten your life. You just have to find someone suitable who understands and supports your career.Previously, Jack was busy with work too when he was pursuing me. But I could understand him. That'swhy he could balance work and family very well." Queenie put down her spoon and held Luca's hand."Luca, a few outstanding single men are working at Mr. Norman's company. Why don't I introduce someof them to you? If there's someone you like, Mr. Norman and I can fix you up with him. Women shoulddate when they're young. You can't keep focusing on work only."
Luca listened to her advice. Queenie was very concerned about her love life only because she wasworried that Luca would interfere in Luke's marriage.
Queenie would certainly be worried if she rejected her offer.
This was a big dilemma. Even though Luca felt uncomfortable with it, she still nodded and agreed to it."Alright."
“That's wonderful." Queenie smiled with satisfaction as she helped Luca with the dishes. "Have somemore. You've been working so hard."
Luca ate quietly while feeling uncomfortable in her heart even though she was already aware that theirpurpose of inviting her over for dinner was because of Luke.
However, they were doing it for her own good too.
Luca ignored the feelings in her heart and accompanied them to finish dinner.
When they were about to finish dinner, Jack's phone, which had been put aside, started ringing.Queenie asked him immediately, "Is it a message from your friend in New York?"
Jack glanced at his phone, nodded, and answered, "Yes, but he doesn't have the time to look forBianca yet. We have to wait until tomorrow."
Luca looked at them. They were looking for Bianca?
"Mr. Norman, Mrs. Norman, you're—"
Queenie nodded. She turned around, smiled at her, and explained to her, "Bianca, our daughter andLuke's wife, has been in New York for quite some time now. She refuses to come back here. Besides,we can't seem to contact her when we want to. That's why we found a friend in New York to contacther. New Year is just around the corner, isn't it? If she's really not coming back, Mr. Norman and I willgo through the formalities here, then fly over to New York and spend the new year with her."
Luca's brows were slightly furrowed when she heard that.
Luke had faked the news that Bianca was abroad. How could they possibly find her?
"Do you know where she is?" Luca asked tentatively.
Jack nodded and explained, "We received a parcel sent from abroad last month. It was from Bianca.There's an address on the parcel. We reckon that Bianca must be staying there, so we asked someoneto contact her. This child became foot-loose and fancy-free after losing her memory. She's alwaystraveling around, so it's difficult for us to find her."
Luca fell silent as she listened to Jack's explanation.
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If they found out that Bianca was not actually staying at the address and Luke did not take preventivemeasures in advance, how was he going to explain it to them at that time?
If Luke told them that Bianca was dead, they would be heartbroken.
Luca took a bite of white bread casually, deciding that she should tell Luke about this.
She refused to see them grieving over her death.
Luca asked their permission to leave after dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman did not make her stay.
Jack arranged for his driver to send Luca home.
When the driver asked for her home address, Luca told him the address of the apartment she used tostay at. The driver nodded, followed the navigation, and sent Luca to the apartment.
“Ms. Luca, why don't you open the door and let me send you in?" the driver said as he noticed that theresidents would need an access card to enter the residential area.
"It's alright. I can walk back home by myself. It's late. You should get off work and get some rest." Lucainsisted on getting out of the car here.
The driver did not continue insisting to send her in. He opened the door and let her get out of the car.
After Luca got out of the car, she headed toward the entrance of the residential area. Then, she swipedthe card and walked into the neighborhood.
Ever since Amur came back, she had been carrying the access card with her so that it would beconvenient for her to come back here.
Luca turned around and saw the driver slowly reversing the car. She had made the right move bymaking it a habit to bring the access card with her.
The driver did not leave right away after she got out of the car. He wanted to see if she was reallystaying here. He only left after he saw her swipe the card and enter the area. He left after he was surethat she was staying here.
Luca reckoned that he would report it to Jack. Then, Jack would ask someone to look into thisapartment to see if it had anything to do with Luke.
Luca shook her head helplessly when she thought of how her biological parents were suspicious of her.Although she understood why they did that, she still felt uncomfortable about it.
Luca continued to walk toward the apartment, planning to talk to Amur for a while before heading backhome.
Luca got into the elevator and headed upstairs. When she opened the door, there was only darknessand dead silence in the apartment.
"Amur?" Luca called out to him.
No one answered.
Luca turned on the lights and frowned when she saw the ashtray on the coffee table.
There were many cigarette stubs in it. It seemed like Amur had smoked all these.
Luca took out her phone and called Amur. The phone rang for a long while without anyone answeringit.