Female Novel
Chapter 2741
Susan eventually took her phone out after Mrs. Malcolm urged her to hurry up. She tried to call thesecurity guard who was responsible for the villa's security, hoping to have them delete the surveillancefootage.
However, before anyone could answer the call, Susan saw Luke walking toward them with Luca by hisside. Then, she muttered to herself, "It's too late."
Mrs. Jackman and Mrs. Malcolm noticed Luke's arrival. The expressions on their faces turned ugly.
Indeed, it was too late. Once Luca told Luke about this, who would dare to delete the surveillancefootage?
"Madam Crawford, can't you delete the surveillance footage yourself?" asked Mrs. Jackman.
Mrs. Jackman did not plan to confront Luke head-on. Her plan was to teach Luca a lesson, accuse herof theft, and make her apologize to Susan.
However, when she saw Luca's youthful and beautiful face, it reminded her of her husband's mistress.She lost her temper and threw a teapot full of boiling hot tea at her.
"I'm not familiar with the surveillance equipment, and I don't know where the computer is," Susanfrowned.
She was not involved in the renovation of the villa. That was why she was not familiar with the layout ofthe house, not to mention where the surveillance monitoring system was...
"Mrs. Jackman, I think Luke won't let this slide so easily..." said Mrs. Malcolm. She regrettedaccompanying the two of them to watch this absurd spectacle unfold.
"Of course, I know that!" Mrs. Jackman's heart trembled as she watched Luke turn to look in theirdirection.
She had heard about what Luke had done for his wife before. Even though Luca was not his wife, shewas currently his favorite person.
Therefore, Luke might really stand up for her.
"What's the matter?" Luke shifted his gaze from Susan and turned to look at Luca. He could read thehelplessness in her expression. He could confirm that Susan had given Luca a hard time.
Luke had been surrounded by people after dinner. He was pulled into discussing various things aboutthe business world. Hence, he got distracted and did not pay Luca enough attention.
He noticed that Luca was missing a moment ago. After he asked around, someone told him that theysaw her heading to the backyard.
Luke thought Luca headed to the backyard to take a break and get some fresh air since the front yardwas crowded. He followed behind her, but he did not expect to see Susan, Mrs. Jackman, and Mrs.Malcolm there...
"They accused me of stealing a necklace and said they're going to call the police," said Luca.
Luke's face turned livid with rage when he heard this. How dare they accuse her?
At the same time, he realized that Susan must have started this.
"Let's call the police, then," said Luke.
"No, don't call the police..." Luca shook her head. "The guests haven't left yet. It'll make things ugly ifwe call the police."
Luke glanced at Susan and the other two women who were watching them from the pavilion. His facedarkened.
"It's Mr. Louis' big day today. It'll affect Old Master Crawford and Mr. Louis' mood if we call the police.It'll ruin the Crawford family's reputation too," added Luca. It was not that she wanted to let Susan andthe others off the hook. She was putting herself in Luke's shoes and looking at the situation from theCrawford family's perspective.
"Okay, but I won't let this slide easily," Luke said.novelbin
"Can you ask Mr. Louis to find someone to retrieve the surveillance footage? Just the footage from thecamera that's recording the pavilion in the backyard," asked Luca. There was no way the Jackmanfamily would become a threat to the Crawford family.
Ever since she joined the Island of Despair, she adopted a new philosophy.
She told herself not to get into trouble, but she did not have to be afraid to confront the other party ifthey came looking for trouble.
Since the Jackman family could not do any harm to the Crawford family, it would be better for her tosettle accounts with Mrs. Jackman.
Luke pursed his lips and gave the three women who were in the pavilion a cold look. "What did theydo?"
"Mrs. Jackman threw a teapot full of boiling hot water at me. I couldn't dodge it in time and got injured,"replied Luca.
Luke became nervous and examined her. "Where's the wound? Is it serious? Let me take you to thehospital now."
He was going to take Luca to the hospital after that.
Luca shook her head and grabbed his hand. "It's not serious. Although I wasn't fast enough, it didn'thurt much. There's just some redness and blisters on my ankle."
Luke immediately crouched down to check her ankle when he heard that. He noticed the redness andblisters on her ankle. He pursed his lips and said, “It's blistered.”
"It's a small area. I'll be fine after applying some burn ointment. There's no need to go to the hospital."Luca took a step back. She did not expect Luke to crouch down to check her wound. "Mr. Crawford,please stand up. They're watching." "Don't they like it? Let them have a good look at it." Luke rose tohis feet. Then, he grabbed Luca's hand and left with a gloomy expression on his face.
As they watched Luke and Luca walk out of the backyard, Mrs. Malcolm asked, "What should we donow?"
The expression on Mrs. Jackman's face was awful too. "We need to delete the surveillance footagenow!”
She was worried Luke would make an issue out of it.
After all, the surveillance footage would have shown that she did throw the teapot at Luca...
Susan pursed her lips and looked in the direction where the two of them left. The look on her face wasterrible too.
“Madam Crawford!” Mrs. Jackman urged her when Susan did not react. "Delete it. I was helping youout. You can't get me into trouble, right?"
"Oh, I'll arrange it right now." Susan called the security guard.
The call rang about ten times, but the security guard did not answer it. Susan made another call with asigh of frustration.
Luke held Luca's hand and walked toward Louis while carrying a storm cloud on his face. "Louis,where's your first aid kit?"
"Brother, what happened?" Louis glanced at their hands that were held tightly together and realizedthat Luca might be injured. He immediately led them into the house. "Follow me."
Luca's hand was held by Luke as they followed Louis into the house.
It was not until they reached the inside of the house did Louis ask, "Is Dr. Craw injured?"
"Yes. She needs some burn ointment," replied Luke.
Louis took the first aid kit out of the cabinet and hesitated for a moment while he opened it. "How didshe get burned?"
"Mrs. Jackman threw a teapot full of boiling hot water at her..." Luke replied in a disgruntled tone.
Louis was startled. Then, he took the burn ointment out and handed it to Luke. "Mrs. Jackman? How'sthat possible? Isn't she hanging out with my mom..."
He paused for a moment, realizing that something was off. Then, he turned to look at Luca. "Did mymom have a hand in this too?"
Luca shook her head. "Mrs. Jackman threw the teapot."
Louis looked unhappy. "But she was there, wasn't she?"
He knew the relationship between Susan and Mrs. Jackman. He also noticed that Susan had beenchatting with Mrs. Jackman and Mrs. Malcolm a moment ago.
"She accused Luca of stealing a necklace." Luke's face twisted in anger as he carefully applied theburn ointment to her.
The burn on Luca's ankle was not severe.
However, Luke felt sorry for her.
The woman he cherished and tried his best to protect had been hurt by Susan and the others. Hewould not let this slide easily.
"What?!" Louis' eyes widened. He did not expect Susan to do such a ridiculous thing.