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There was a smile on the corner of Luke's mouth. When she called his name affectionately,
the tenderness and devotion on her face hit his soul hard.
If it were not for the inappropriate occasion, he would have held her in his arms at this
moment.
"How is the project going?" Luke was concerned about the status of Luca's project.
"Well, I'm going to start now. Actually, I've done research on this project before. It should
progress very quickly and won't require a high cost." Luca speculated because the drug
project originally belonged to Shanks. From Shanks' prior research, she only needed to
complete the research and make it into a legally marketed drug.
She just needed to repeat the study like the last time, repeating the experiment to ensure
drug safety and increase the efficacy of the drug at the same time.
Luke's smile deepened as he listened to her serious whisper.
He fell in love with Luca's serious appearance even more.
After Luca finished speaking, she noticed the tender smile on Luke's face. Suddenly, a
thought came to her mind. ‘Should I not be telling him all these? Well, he was the one who
asked."
Then, Luca asked again, "How is Ms. Norman?"
"She's still in the detention ward. There's no news from the hospital," Luke said. If Leia's
condition deteriorated, the doctor would definitely notify the police. The police would then
notify the Norman family.
Right now, no news was the best news.
Luca had the same opinion. Leia, who was the most reluctant to hurt herself, was not
badly affected after hitting her head on the wall, a move which made people speechless.
"During the weekend, I'll take the kids to visit the Normans. Do you want to come along?"
Luke did not want to spend their time together discussing Leia's affairs.
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"Alright... but what reason do I have to join you guys?" Luca asked. Although Luke had not
officially confessed his love to her, they were considered together now.
They were husband and wife to begin with.
However, others did not know this. If Luke showed up at the Normans' residence with the
kids and her without good reason, Queenie would be suspicious.
"You want to help Queenie recuperate." Luke gave her a reason.
He also wondered, 'In reality, Luca is Queenie's biological daughter, but now, she needs a
reason to go to the Normans' residence. How absurd.’
Jack was right to urge him. The Island of Despair problem must be resolved as soon as
possible. Otherwise, it would have a great impact on them.
Luca belonged to him, and no one can take her away.
Luca frowned. This was a really good reason. "This reason has already been used..."
No matter how good the reason is, it could not be reused multiple times.
It would be fine if she appeared alone in the Normans, but Queenie's concealed suspicion
would resurface if Luke was present as well.
"What happened to Leia yesterday increased Queenie’s blood pressure. Later, the doctor
gave her a rapid antihypertensive drug to stabilize her." Luke did not tell her this
yesterday because he did not want her to worry about Queenie while in X City. It would
affect her rest.
Queenie's condition improved a lot after taking the antihypertensive drugs. She stayed in
the detention ward to check on Leia's condition until Luke and Jack persuaded her to go
home. Then, she stopped mentioning her physical discomfort.
Luca frowned. Queenie's physical condition was still affected by Leia.
She looked at Luke. The man seemed calm, so she reckoned that Queenie was fine now.
This was a good reason. She could go to Norman Residence with the kids this weekend.
Luca nodded. "Okay, I'll buy some herbal medicine too. Uncle Jack and Aunt Queenie need
some supplements at their age."
Although medicines were considered foreign to the natural body, Luca was confident in
her knowledge of pharmacology.
She intended to buy herbal ingredients that could be used for cooking as well to be sent to
the Normans. This was her expression of filial piety.
Now, she had no identity or status to be filial to Jack and Queenie. She could only seize
this opportunity so that they would not be startled.
"Well, it's up to you." Luke had no objection to her arrangement.
Although he was reluctant for Luca to exhaust herself, he would not object to what she
wanted to do for her biological parents.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Then, the waiter opened
the door and walked in with the dishes.
"Mr. Crawford, Ma'am, your meal is served." The waiter was soft-spoken and had a good
attitude. He placed all the dishes ordered on the table.
Luca looked at a table full of dishes and waited for the waiter to leave. Then, she said,
"This is too much... The two of us can't finish all this."
"Mr. Doyle ordered it." Luke blamed it on Jason. Who would not know that Jason's orders
were all according to Luca's preferences?
It was at Luke’s behest that Jason ordered Luca’s favorite foods.
Luca was suspicious. 'These dishes are all my favorites. Did Jason really order them?’ Jason
did not know Luca's preferences. It was Luke who was more aware of her food preferences.
After all, they had eaten so many meals together.
These were things she could not imagine ever having on the Island of Despair.
When Luca was on that island, she once thought that she and Luke would never see each
other again, let alone be as close as they are now.
Luke put her favorite sirloin steak with mushy peas in front of her, along with a piece of
honey ribs. "Try them. Mr. Doyle said that this restaurant has good ratings."
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Luca picked up the rib, tasted it, and nodded. "It's delicious. Many people in the company
like to eat in this restaurant too."
She took a sip.
She overheard Mo talking about this restaurant with other assistants. She thought she
would definitely try it when she was free.
However, there was always a crowd every time she was free. In the rare free time she had,
she chose other restaurants for lunch instead.
Luke took a sip of the truffle mushroom soup and raised his eyebrows.
The taste was good, but not as good as Luca's cooking.
His stomach favored the food made by Luca.
It was already 1:05 pm after lunch. Luca thought that it would be almost time for the
meeting once she got back to the office, so she said to Luke, "Will you leave later?"
"Yeah, I have a meeting in the afternoon." In order to meet up with Jack, Luke pushed all
the morning meetings to the afternoon.
He wanted to accompany Luca for a while longer, but the conditions did not allow it.
The management of the entire T Corporation was waiting for him to go back.
Luca nodded. She knew that Luke was busy. She was actually surprised when he suddenly
appeared in her office today. "I have a meeting later too."
"Then you go back first. My car is parked in the parking space on the side of the road,"
Luke said.
"Alright then."
Luca walked out of the private room with him. There were not many white-collar workers
eating in the restaurant. Most of them had gone back to their offices after the lunch break.
The two of them walked together under the warm spring sun, heading in Watson's
direction.
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