Female Novel
Chapter 2445
Fortunately, there was a person like him in Nina's life to soothe her pain and drive away the shadows inher life. Living a life like this was not that bad.
Nina was an easily satisfied person. It was enough for her as long as she could spend the rest of herlife with Percy and live in peace.
Luca looked at the blissful smile on Nina's face, and she could not help but smile too.
She hoped Nina could live happily forever.
Luca had this feeling that even though Nina was already married to Percy, their together would not bean easy road.
Nina must continue to live happily.
The two of them talked about other stuff and chatted with each other for a while.
Two hours later, Tommy ran downstairs looking for them. He grabbed Luca's hand with one of hishands while he took Nina's hand with another hand. He said helplessly, "Ms. Luca, Ms. Nina, hurry upupstairs. Daddy and Mr. Percy are about to fight."
Luca raised her brows. Were Luke and Percy fighting with each other? She refused to believe it. Thatwas why she did not stand up. She saw Nina stand up, then she grabbed Nina's arm and turned to lookat Tommy. "What's happening upstairs?"
"Daddy and Mr. Percy said they were going to beat each other in pool. They played a few rounds ofpool games and neither of them was willing to take a step back. Ms. Luca, there'll be smoke coming outof the pool table soon if they don't stop," Tommy exaggerated.
Nina heard him and sat down calmly. Fortunately, they were not actually fighting with each other.
It was normal for men to be competitive.
However, Nina could not help but feel surprised at how well Luca knew Luke.
Nina had been staying by Percy's side for so many years. She thought Percy had truly gotten into afight with Luke when she heard the kid say that.
Tommy became anxious when he noticed that the two of them had no intention of stopping them. Heasked, “Ms. Luca, Ms. Nina, aren't you afraid that they'll get into a real fight?”
Nina shook her head. She smiled and replied, "Let them fight for an outcome. They'll stop after that."
Tommy looked troubled and said, "But Lanie and I have been watching them for an hour now. Theyhaven't figured out who's the winner yet."
Nina raised her brows. It was just a pool game, yet there had yet to be a winner after an hour?
"How's that possible?" Percy was pretty good at playing pool.
“They said they can't decide the winner with just a round. That's why they played another two rounds,but Daddy and Mr. Mallory took turns to win. There's no way they can figure out who the winner is likethis..." replied Tommy.
“Don't they know about the best two out of three?" Nina asked. Even children would know that whoevergot two out of three won. How could the two adults not know about it?
Not to mention that it was just a game to them.
“Oh my, I don't know either. Come on, let's go upstairs," said Tommy. He stroked his belly and said, “I'mhungry. If Daddy and Mr. Mallory won't stop playing this boring pool game, we won't be able to havedinner tonight."
"Who told you that? Ask Lanie and Rainie to come down. We'll start barbecuing now." Luca was notplanning on getting involved in the competition between the two men. Then, she added, "Oh,remember to put on a few more layers to keep yourself warm."
“Okay, Ms. Luca!" Tommy's eyes brightened up.
The biggest reason why Tommy wanted Percy and Luke to stop playing was that he wanted to enjoythe barbecue as soon as possible.
He thought they would not start the barbecue if the two of them did not stop playing.
Tommy became energetic when he found out Luca was planning to start the barbecue without waitingfor them to finish the competition. He could not be bothered whether they ended the competition or not.
Luca knew Otto had already placed the barbecue equipment at the gazebo after he cleaned and leftthem to dry under the sun.
Luca only had to add some charcoal and start a fire.
Luca rose to her feet and turned to look at Nina. She smiled and said, “Nina, put on your coat and helpme to carry things out. There are too many of them. I can't carry them all myself."
Nina immediately stood up, picked up the coat beside her, put it on, and said, "Sure."
After the two of them put on their coats, they walked into the kitchen and took the marinated ingredientsout of the fridge.
Nina could not help but feel surprised when she saw the ingredients. She asked, “Why did you buy somuch?"
“There are many of us here. It won't be enough if I bought any less," Luca explained with a smile on herface.
“The kids can't eat that much," replied Nina. She thought they would not be able to finish the food thistime.
“Just have fun and enjoy it. Besides, the remaining ingredients can be cooked for the next meal. Thechicken wings and some other foods were marinated. I can make some other dishes with theseingredients," said Luca. She took the vegetables out too.
"Take these two," said Luca.
“Okay. Leave it to me." Nina picked up the two plates.
Otto walked into the kitchen. He smiled and said, “Madam, I've already started a fire in the barbecuepit. The tea and milk are still warm. And I've turned on the heater in the gazebo for you."
Luke decided to host an outdoor barbecue because he had previously told the landscaper to install aheater in the garden's gazebo. There were large glass screens around the gazebo to protect them fromthe winter wind. They could sit in the gazebo to barbecue and enjoy the night scenery at the same timewithout feeling cold.
It might look cold, but it would feel warm.novelbin
Luca unconsciously glanced at Nina. There was no unusual expression on her face.
This must be her first time hearing Otto calling her 'Madam'...
Luca thought of asking Otto to change the way he addressed him, but Luke would stop her every timeshe tried to tell him that. It seemed like he did it on purpose, and he was satisfied with Otto addressing
her that way.
“That's great. There's warm tea and milk and so much food. Luca, you have no idea how much I missthe taste of the food here. I've had enough of Italian and French cuisine after traveling abroad. Theytaste good, but I still prefer our local food. Besides, it's been a long time since I had barbecue food.Thank you." Nina looked at Luca and thanked her. She knew the barbecue dinner was hosted for herand Percy to welcome them back.
"Then you should have more tonight." Luca picked up another two plates of beef ribs and said to Otto,"Mr. Muller, please help to carry some."
"Okay." Otto picked up the plates filled with vegetables and headed to the garden with Luca and Nina.
The garden was covered with a layer of snow. The snowfall this time around was not as heavy as itwas during the winter, but the temperature was sub-zero.
They walked into the gazebo. Nina placed the plates on the table and said, "I didn't expect it to still besnowing when it's already springtime. Besides, it's freezing out here.
"Climate change is getting serious now. It's normal," said Luca as she took the plates from Otto andplaced them on the table. Then, she reminded, "Mr. Muller, please head to the wine cellar and bring abottle of wine here. We'll have."
Luca paused for a moment. She wanted to decant the wine as soon as possible. That way, Luke andPercy would be able to have some drinks after they finished playing.
However, what kind of wine would they prefer today?
"Please ask Mr. Crawford and Mr. Mallory and find out what they'd like to drink," said Luca.
Otto nodded. He smiled and said, "Don't worry. Young Master Luke and Mr. Mallory have alreadypicked their wine."
Nina asked with curiosity, "Are they drinking something expensive?"
"Yes. It's from the wine collection that has been kept in the wine cellar for years. You might not be ableto find it in the market even if you can afford it," replied Otto. The wine was meant to be tasted anddrunk. They kept it only to make it taste better with age.
That was why even though the wine was expensive, people would still drink it.