Female Novel
Chapter 2022
"Brother Luke, it'd be better for you to stay here." Vivian stopped Luke immediately. It made no senseto ask a guest to help catch an intruder. "Trust Ray. He can handle this well. Besides, the villa is morethan a hundred years old. The person who broke in will get lost easily even if he has the map. And yourleg is still injured. We should stay here."
Luca went along with Vivian's words and said, "Mr. Crawford, I think we shouldn't cause any trouble forMr. Ray."
Luke slightly frowned. Although the current situation did not look too good, Luke could feel Luca's lovefor him.
She was concerned about him...
Luke stared at Luca for a while. It was indeed inconvenient for him to go look for Ray now. He couldonly come up with a few ideas for Ray, but he could not be of much help.
Ray would still have to ask someone to protect him if something happened.
His staying here would not cause any trouble for Ray, and he could also make sure that Luca waswithin his sight.
Luke decided at once and nodded. "Let's go in."
Vivian and Jason let out a sigh of relief, but it was obvious that Luca was the one who felt the mostrelaxed now.
They walked into the room together.
Vivian asked her security guards to come into the room too. Then, she closed the door and locked itcarefully.
Vivian glanced at her phone and said, “Ray will call me if there's any news. Don't worry.”
"Alright. Thank you," Luke nodded and said.
Vivian felt embarrassed. She said, "Brother Luke, don't mention it. I invited you to spend the night here,but something like this happened. You couldn't even sleep well. I'm really sorry for what happened."
"They're probably after me," said Luke. Otherwise, why would they choose to break into Ray's housetonight?
Although the underworld scene in Russia was in a mess, why would they choose tonight, when thegroup of them was staying over, to make a move?
Luca fell silent when she heard what Luke said.
There was a chance that they were after Luke, but the only person who was after him was Abel.
However, if Abel was behind this, he would not have called her to ask about it just now.
Therefore, Luca thought it was not Abel.
Luke had not offended anyone in Russia. If it was because he won the bid and someone was jealous ofhim, it was unlikely that those people would break into Ray's villa just because of that.
After all, Ray's name was well-known among the underworld organizations in Russia. Who would bewilling to mess with him?
As for Pierre Mallory...
No matter how capable he was with the Mallory family supporting him, he would not be foolish enoughto mess with Ray now.
Luca remained silent as she was secretly analyzing what was going on. This probably had nothing todo with her and Luke.
There was dead silence in the bedroom. The guards were keeping a close eye on the door, preventinganyone from breaking into the room.
Although they were in the safest place, everyone was nervous while listening to the noises outside. Noone even dared to make a sound.
Half an hour later, the noises out there got even louder. Vivian went closer to the door, trying to figureout what they were talking about outside.
Those people were talking in Russian. Although Luca understood Russian, the soundproofing was toogood. In her eyes, the voices kept breaking up. After a while, the noises got softer. Luca reckoned thatthe matter should have ended.
It was either Ray had caught the person who broke in, or that person had already escaped.
After a while, Vivian's phone rang.
“It's Ray." Vivian glanced at the phone and told everyone. Then, she answered the call, “Ray, how isit?"
“I caught him. Everyone can come out now," said Ray.
"Alright." Vivian took a deep breath and hung up the call. Then, she said to everyone in the room, “Theman has been taken down by Ray. Let's go out."
Everyone was wide awake after what happened. Luca stood up and glanced at Luke.
Luke's expression was serious. Luca had no idea what Luke was thinking about.
Usually, she would be able to speculate it, but ever since she saw Pierre submitting the biddingdocument, she did not know what Luke had in his mind.
Jason pushed Luke's wheelchair and walked out of the room, while Luca followed them.
Vivian came up to Luca and apologized in a soft voice, "I'm sorry, Luca. You must be shocked."novelbin
"It's alright." Luca shook her head.
They headed to the living room and saw Ray sitting there smoking his cigar with a stern expression onhis face.
It quickly became clear that although the person was caught, the trouble had yet to be solved.
"How are things?" Luke asked.
Ray looked at Luke, then glanced at Luca and Vivian. He eventually said, "Take a seat first."
Vivian and Luca sat down on the sofa, while Jason locked the brakes on Luke's wheelchair beside thesofa. He sat down as well.
“We got the person, and he's being locked in the cellar now," said Ray. There was a cellar in the villa,and the cellar had only one door with reinforced walls surrounding it. It was meant to lock up thesekinds of people.
"Did he say anything?" Luke asked again.
"I haven't questioned him. I think I'd need your help," replied Ray. He needed Luke's help this time.
"No problem. Let's go." Luke nodded and agreed to help.
Luca's gaze fell on Luke.
Ray noticed that Luca was feeling perturbed by the look in her eyes. He reminded Vivian, "Vivian, takecare of Dr. Craw and Mr. Doyle."
"I got this. Don't worry." Vivian smiled and ordered the maids who were waiting at the side to get Lucaand the others a cup of warm tea.
After everything that just happened, they needed a cup of warm tea to warm themselves up andcomfort their souls.
The maids acted fast. They immediately served a warm cup of tea to each of them.
"Luca, have a cup of warm tea. It can calm you down," said Vivian.
"Thank you." Luca took it from her unconcernedly. Her mind was full of thoughts of what would happenin the cellar.
She would like to take a look at the person who sneaked into Ray's house if she could.
Vivian served Jason another cup of warm tea. Then, she looked at Luca. She comforted her whileknowing what she had in mind. "Stop thinking about the cellar. Ray and Brother Luke will handle itwell."
"I know." Luca looked down. She just wanted to know who the person came after.
After all, she only had her analysis. Whether or not her analysis was correct still depended on what thatperson would say.
In the cellar.
Luke was sitting in his wheelchair. He moved out of the elevator with the help of Ray's bodyguard.
The path to the cellar was narrow, and the wheelchair could barely make it through.
Ray walked in front of him and explained, "The path was specially designed and made. It has twolayers of sound-absorbing panels. Hence, it has a strong soundproof system, but the path becamenarrower because of this."
"I see." Luke looked at the brightly-lit path without saying another word.
The bodyguard pushed Luke's wheelchair and stopped outside a door.
"Open the door," Ray said to the bodyguard, who was keeping watch at the door. The man pushed thedoor open.