Chapter 1157 Looking at Luca

Luca shook her head helplessly and said, "Didn't you promise me that you won't run away from home anymore?"

Tommy stuck his tongue out. He could be a little reckless whenever he was anxious.

"I was just saying it for fun, Ms. Luca." He took her hand and rubbed it against his cheek.

Luca could not help but smile when she saw how Tommy was acting. She patted the boy's head.

Luke sat in the car and observed their interactions. There was a motherly glow in Luca's gaze.

That expression could not be faked. Luke could sense that Luca's feelings were genuine.

Tommy looked to his right, and his eyes sparkled. "Daddy's car is here, Ms. Luca."

Luca looked at the car that was slowly approaching them and nodded."

Mm."

Tommy moved to the back while Luca helped him open the door. After Tommy went inside, Luca prepared to sit beside him when he said, "You should sit next to Daddy, Ms. Luca." "Huh?" Luca glanced at the side passenger seat. She felt a little awkward.

The side passenger seat made her too close to Luke. It would be bad if a reporter caught them together again.

Tommy urged, "Daddy will be bored if he's sitting alone in the front. You should accompany him."

Luca did not know what to say to him. If other people found out, they would think that she was trying to suck up to Luke.

She pinched Tommy's cheek and sat inside the car. "Won't you be bored if you're sitting alone in the backseat? Let me accompany you, alright?"

Tommy thought about it and nodded, "Alright, Ms. Luca."

Luca smiled and closed the door. She felt a lot more at ease when she sat next to Tommy.

If she had to sit next to Luke, it would have been a nerve-wracking experience.

Luke glanced into the rearview mirror to ensure that the two people had fastened their seatbelts. He stepped on the gas pedal, and the car drove away.

Tommy leaned on Luca, and he could feel that she was very nervous. He kept on talking to calm her down.

The childish voice echoed in the car. Luca looked at him lovingly and replied to him.

Luke drove toward the apartment.

The apartment had been vacant ever since Luke and the children moved back to Crawford Manor. Nobody went there except for the cleaners.

"Are we going to the apartment, Daddy?" Tommy looked out of the car window and recognized where they were heading.

"Mm." Luke nodded. He glanced at Luca through the rearview mirror again.

Even though it was only a casual glance, Luca noticed it. When she did so, her heart skipped a beat.

Luke turned his gaze back to his driving. "There's a supermarket in front.

You can get the ingredients there." "Yes." Luca nodded and looked out of the window.

The surroundings had largely changed over the past three years, though the supermarket remained the same.

Luca remembered that she used to buy food ingredients at the supermarket so that she could cook for Luke and the children.

Luke parked the car at the roadside. Luca put on her cap and prepared to step out of the car.

"I want to go too, Ms. Luca,' Tommy said.

Luca turned around to look at him and shook her head. "I'll be back very soon, Tommy. You and..."

Luca paused. She nearly said, "You and Daddy should wait in the car."

Luke would definitely suspect something if she said that.

Her abrupt pause made Luke suspect something anyway. That tone of voice sounded familiar...

He turned his head to look at the woman who was about to step out of the car.

Luca composed herself. "You should stay in the car. I’ll be very quick."

Tommy pouted because he did not want to be apart from Luca. "But Daddy! " He turned to look at Luke. : owner of this content.

"Wait in the car," Luke said. He understood the reason behind Luca's decision.

The papers were still having a field day on the scandal. If the paparazzi managed to take another photo of him shopping in the supermarket with Luca, Old Master Crawford's previous efforts would have gone

to waste.

Earlier, he received a call from the Crawford Manor butler. The reporter was nowhere to be found, and Old Master Crawford could only suppress the news by money and connections.

Luke was not afraid of being implicated in the scandal, but Bianca would definitely throw a tantrum.

He would rather Bianca not give him any more trouble.

There was nothing they could do if they could not find the reporter. After all, some other scandal would soon replace the headlines.

Tommy pouted when he heard his father's order. 'Can't he see that I want to get closer to Ms. Luca?'

Luca put on the cap and said, "HI be back soon."

Luke nodded and watched her exit the car and go into the supermarket.

Tommy suddenly leaned forward and said, "You can look away now, Daddy.

"What are you talking about?" Luke turned his head away. He did not seem flustered when his son caught him staring.

"You were staring at Ms. Luca earlier," Tommy said.

"Didn't you do the same thing?" Luke did not hesitate to call him out too.

"I can do that, but you can't. You're already married," Tommy wagged his head and said. Even though he did not think that the woman in the home was his real mother, he could not argue with the fact that they were legally married.

Luke's gaze turned profound when Tommy mentioned Bianca.

"You're only a child, so you can't stare at her either," he said, feeling inexplicably frustrated. He took out a cigarette, then put it away when he realized that he should not smoke in front of his child.

"Hmph, I'll grow up one day!" Tommy crossed his arms and protested. He looked like a little adult.

Luke remembered that when he had first come back from Russia, Tommy would always be very possessive of Bianca and be in the way when he wanted to be intimate with her.

Luke could tell that Tommy was behaving the same way toward Luca.

Usually, Tommy was friendly and cute, but he would keep a distance from other people. Luca was somehow different.

"Tommy," Luke called his child's name. "Why do you like Ms. Luca so much?" "Because she's nice," Tommy said with a smile.

"Because she gave you snacks?" Luke remembered that Tommy was carrying a pile of snacks when he was first found. He knew that his child was not so easily bribed, so there must be some other reason.

"Do I look like I can be bribed by snacks?" Tommy glanced at his father contemptuously. "I like her from the moment I set my eyes on her!" "You've already said that you're a child. She's not going to wait until you grow up." Luke dressed him down. Somehow, he felt uncomfortable when he saw Tommy being so close with Luca.

Was he feeling indignant for Bianca?

Luke quickly rejected that thought, but he could not find another explanation.