Female Novel
Chapter 2561
Luca was startled for a moment. She did not expect Luke to be so straightforward.
It took Luca a few seconds to come back to her senses. After she tried to put her thoughts into words,she said, “I realized Ms. Rayne's hands were cold today. It's unusual for her hands to be freezing in awarm space. I asked her to make an appointment for a medical examination tomorrow. I'd like to knowthe results of her medical examination."
Luke nodded after he heard what Luca said. "Sure. I'll ask the doctor working at the health clinic tosend a copy of the report to your email."
"Okay." Luca paused for a moment. "I'll help her improve her health if there's something wrong withher."
"She'll be grateful if you can help her with that," said Luke. The doctor would always inform him of theirhealth condition after their medical examination.
Wanda had always had issues with her health. Sometimes, she had to take some medicine to nurseher health.
The issues recurred on and off again. It had been three years since.
Luca replied in a soft voice. She planned to wait until the medical report was released before deciding ifit was necessary to help Wanda nurse her health.
Luke drove back home.
Aunt Neile had gotten off work by the time Luke and Luca arrived home. The three kids immediatelysurrounded the two of them.
"Daddy, Ms. Luca, both of you went to Grandpa Rayne's place for dinner. How could you not bring usalong with you? That's too much!" Tommy stood with arms akimbo and pouted, expressing hisdissatisfaction.
Luke shot a cold glance at his son.
There was no way Tommy's angry protest could work on him.
"Your Grandpa Rayne needs some rest. You'll make a lot of noise if you go over to his place," saidLuke.
Tommy widened his eyes. He noticed that his daddy mentioned only him instead of all the children.
His daddy was saying that he was the noisiest kid.
"Daddy, how am I noisy? I'm a good boy. I can massage Grandpa Rayne's legs and shoulders for him.Besides, Grandpa Rayne must have missed me since it has been a while since he saw me." Tommyswung his little fists and protested.
Luke took off his coat. He showed no expression toward his son's protest and replied, "Let's see how itgoes."
"What does that mean?" Tommy glanced at Lanie and Rainie. They were smiling while watching himfool around.
"I'll take you there next time." Luke glanced at the time. It was already past nine. He turned to look atthe three kids and said, "It's getting late. Aren't you going to clean yourselves up and go to bed yet?"
"Okay, Daddy," Lanie suddenly spoke. He held Rainie's hand and made their way up the stairs.
Tommy stared at Lanie and Rainie, who were going upstairs. Then, he turned to look at Luke, "Daddy,pinky promise."
"Huh?" Luke raised his brows. Was this little kid afraid that he would not keep his word?
"Pinky promise. You promised me that you'll bring me there next time." Tommy stood on tiptoes andlifted his little thumb.novelbin
Luke did not know what to do with Tommy. He had no choice but to lock his pinky finger with Tommy's.
"Pinky promise, cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Tommy made a pinkypromise with Luke happily. Then, he let go of Luke's finger and headed upstairs.
Luke watched Tommy slip his way up the stairs from behind and shook his head helplessly. Then, heturned to look at Luca, "I wonder where he learned that from."
Adults could not seem to understand the children's world.
Luca smiled and replied, "Weren't we like that too when we were young back then? Although timeshave changed, some things never change. He probably learned it at school."
"I never did that when I was young." Luke raised his brows, put his arms around Luca, and walked intothe house.
Luca asked in surprise, "You didn't?"
"Grandpa told me that these things are just deceitful tricks. In the adult world, one can break one'spromise and agreement even after one has signed a contract. Although one has to pay the price, thereare no such promises that can be kept forever," said Luke.
Luke had understood this since he was young.
Old Master Crawford was determined to make him his successor. Luke had already known that thesethings that only children would believe in could not be trusted since he was young.
Luca nodded and secretly let out a sigh. Luke never had a proper childhood.
When an adult said such a cruel thing to children, the children would only give the adult a confusedlook. The children would have no idea what the adult was talking about and what it meant.
However, Luke had already understood these complicated thoughts when he was still young.
Hence, the children's little tricks did not make any sense to him.
Even if the child who played the trick was his own son.
Luke would not be able to understand it either. He even wanted his children to understand what he hadlearned since he was a child.
Sure enough, children raised by a father were different from others.
Lanie and Rainie were more mature than the other kids who were of the same age. It was partlybecause Luca was not there by their side when they were young back then.
They lacked a mother's love and care.
However, things were different for Tommy. At least, Luca got to stay by his side for a few years. Thatwas why he still had the innocence and the mind of a child.
Luke and Luca came to the second floor.
Luke gently ran his fingers through Luca's hair when he noticed how quiet Luca was. He asked,“What's on your mind?"
"Your childhood," Luca was so lost in thoughts that she blurted out what she had on her mind. Sheimmediately realized what she said and explained, "I didn't mean that."
"It's true that I didn't have a childhood," replied Luke. He spent a few years living in the orphanagewhen he was young back then.
After that, Luke was taken back to the Crawford family where he started living his life as the youngmaster of the Crawford family which everyone was envious of. However, Susan was not pregnant atthat time. That was why Luke was trained to be Old Master Crawford's successor.
He was destined to not have a childhood in order to become a qualified successor.
When the other children were having fun and playing around, Luke had to learn all kinds of things, suchas calligraphy and piano. Other than that, he had to excel in his studies too.
After Louis was born, Allison felt intimidated. Allison focused on training Luke to make him even betterand to please Old Master Crawford.
However, instead of training Luke properly, Allison was just very strict with him and trained him basedon Old Master Crawford's standards.
Hence, Luke had no idea about the cartoon shows that the children his age talked about. However, hewas much better than the others when it came to calligraphy and piano.
Luke also read more books than any other child.
He became a tool for Allison to remain in the Crawford family, and he became something that made herlook good too.
Luca could not help but hold Luke's hand tight when she listened to him.
Luke was about to say something, but his phone rang.
After Luke answered the call, he spoke in French with the person on the other end of the line for awhile. Then, he said to Luca, "I have to attend a video conference now."
"Okay." Luca nodded. After she watched Luke enter the bedroom opposite them and close the doorbehind him, only then did Luca turn around and walk into her bedroom. She picked up her clothes andentered the bathroom to wash away the tiredness.
After taking a shower, Luca walked out of the bedroom. However, she was not planning to disturb Luke.Instead, she pushed the bedroom door of the three kids to check if they had gone to bed. She wouldhelp them with their blankets as well.
Luca returned to her bedroom door after that. She stared at Luke's bedroom.
The door was left ajar. Luca could hear Luke's deep voice coming out from the room once in a while.Luke was speaking in French. It seemed like he was handling some matters related to the subsidiarycompanies abroad.