Female Novel
Chapter 1961
Mrs. Laurel smiled and shook her head. “Of course not. Ms. Luca was the one who made the coffee.It's good, right? I watched her make the coffee in the kitchen this morning. She was a professional."
"It's good, but we've completed our work today. I'll have a glass of juice too, just like Tina," said Jason.That explained why the coffee had a rich taste and aroma. It was Luca who made the coffee.
"Alright. Just a moment." Mrs. Laurel turned around and returned to the kitchen to prepare juice forthem.
Tina sat on the sofa and asked Jason, "Mr. Doyle, should we ask Dr. Craw to come down?"
She reckoned that Luca must be upstairs.
"Dr. Craw must be busy now. Why don't you go and ask her?" Jason could not be bothered, and hethought if Luca was still in love with Luke, she must be feeling bad after everything she did.
"What if she's in the midst of something?" Tina shook her head, afraid that she would disturb Luca.
"Then just sit here quietly," said Jason. He picked up the phone and asked, "I'm going to book a flightticket for Dr. Craw. Do you have her identification number?"
"Wait a second. I have to ask someone to check for me on the office's computer," said Tina. She pickedup her phone and asked her colleague.
After a while, Tina said, "They've sent the information to you."
"Thank you." Jason used Luca's identification number to book the flight ticket successfully.
Mrs. Laurel carried two glasses of juice and placed them in front of Jason and Tina. She asked caringly,"Have you finished handling your work?"
"Only for the time being. We still have a lot of work to do after this," answered Jason. Mrs. Laurel wasfrom Crawford Manor, and Jason recognized her. She had been serving Old Master Crawford for a longtime, and she was his favorite.
"That means Mr. Crawford and the both of you are very capable. People like you are always busy.You've worked hard. Would you like to stay for dinner? I've learned some culinary skills from Ms. Luca,and I know some herbal remedies. I'm sure you'll feel refreshed after having the food." Mrs. Laurelinvited them for dinner.
She did not need to get Luke's permission on certain things.
Even if Mrs. Laurel asked them to stay for dinner, they would not do so either. Hence, Mrs. Laurel wasonly putting on a show.
Sure enough, Jason shook his head and replied, "Thank you for the invitation, but I'm sorry, I can't stayfor dinner. Sue has been complaining that I've been busy with work. I haven't had the time to go homeand eat her home-cooked meals. So, I'm planning to dine at home tonight."
Tina would not stay if Jason was not staying too. Tina chimed in and said, “Me too. I've told my familythat I'm going home for dinner. Thank you."
Mrs. Laurel smiled and replied, "Alright then. Enjoy the refreshments. If you'll excuse me, I'll have to getback to work.”
"I'll leave you to it. Just leave us here," Jason replied politely.
Tina said in a low voice after Mrs. Laurel left the living room, "Mr. Doyle, do you feel uneasy?"
"We're at our Boss' house," Jason replied helplessly. It would be weird if they were able to feelcomfortable in Luke's house.
"It's mostly because Dr. Craw isn't here with us," Tina said helplessly. She would feel more comfortableif Luca was here with them.
Tina was unable to make herself feel comfortable while looking at the exquisite pastries and expensivefruits in front of her. She also knew Luke was in his room.
"When did you become close with Dr. Craw?" Jason picked up a biscuit and asked.
"Close? Not really. But don't you think Dr. Craw is a nice person?" Tina smiled. She always kept adistance from most of her colleagues at the workplace. This way, she could avoid people gossipingabout her and prevent herself from getting into trouble.
However, Luca was the first person she would like to become close with.
"Dr. Craw is a nice person." Jason agreed. Luke maneuvered the wheelchair and came out of themaid's room after he said that.
"Have you booked the tickets?" Luke asked.
Jason stood up immediately and replied, "Boss, the tickets have been booked. Two first class tickets,and one economy class."
"Upgrade yours to first class. And try to arrange the other two seats in the same row." Luke wasgenerous to his employees, especially those who had contributed a lot.
When Jason was working on the bidding document, he even forged a fake bidding document. Hedeserved to get a first class seat.
"Alright, Boss," replied Jason. The upgrade of the seat was not something urgent.
Luke looked around the living room and noticed that Luca was not there. He asked, "Is Dr. Craw in thekitchen now?"
"She's probably upstairs," Jason answered while giving Tina the look. "Boss, since we've finished ourwork, we're going back to the office to punch out first.."
"Sure.” Luke did not ask them to stay as he was thinking about Luca.
Luke maneuvered the wheelchair and headed to the kitchen after Jason and Tina left together. Heasked, "Is Luca not here?"
Mrs. Laurel turned around and smiled at Luke, "Mr. Crawford, Ms. Luca only came down to makebreakfast today. She has been upstairs the entire time."
"Didn't she have her lunch?" Luke slightly frowned.
“No, she didn't. I went upstairs to inform her, but she said she was busy with something else and toldus to go ahead and eat without her," answered Mrs. Laurel. Luca did not have lunch, and they skippedlunch as well as they were busy with work. That was why the lunch prepared was wasted.
"Okay." Luke maneuvered the wheelchair and left. Then, he came to the stairs.
Luke did not go up. He could not make his way up the stairs without a walking cane and someone tohelp him.
Luca must be upset now.
She was still in love with him, but she was forced to do something like this. The guilt and remorse in herheart must feel awful.
Luke clenched his fists. He had to finish what he started. He even asked Jason to go upstairs to get thefake bidding document and make some noise.novelbin
Moreover, Luke had to pretend that he did not know anything.
Everything he did was to find out who was the bastard manipulating Luca behind the scenes.
Mrs. Laurel came out of the kitchen and saw Luke staring at the stairs. She asked with confusion, "Mr.Crawford, would you like to go upstairs?"
"No." Luke maneuvered the wheelchair and returned to the maid's room.
Hold on. He still had to endure this a bit longer.
Luke had a feeling that he would be able to find out something this time.
He could find a way to get Luca out of this situation as long as he knew who was manipulating her.
Luke returned to the study and noticed that Gale had sent him an email. He opened the email and readit. He did not reply to him.
Gale had found some new evidence regarding Dr. Albus' case.
However, Luke did not plan to handle it. The case had caused everyone working in WatsonBiopharmaceuticals to be in a panic. He was not planning to handle it yet. His priority was still Luca'smatter....
At the same time.
Upstairs.
Luca sat on her chair in the study, reading the experiment report.
She had yet to find out what kind of drug Abel had given her based on the results.
After all, the equipment here was not enough to determine what it was.
There was no way she could analyze the contents of the drug without the advanced facilities of alaboratory.
It seemed like Abel had made up his mind to make Luca's life a living hell.
Luca clutched the sheet of paper that recorded the experiment data and took a deep breath.
She could barely suppress her impulse to kill Abel.