Chapter 1246 She Knew Luke Too Well

Luca was in the middle of performing an experiment when her phone began to ring. She was surprised when she saw the familiar string of numbers on her screen, but she did not immediately answer it.

She did not save Luke's number on her phone, but she had memorized those numbers well.

Luca had placed her phone between her and Rhett earlier.

Rhett glanced at the vibrating phone and asked, "Dr. Craw, aren't you answering the call?"

Luca came to her senses. She took the phone and told him," I'll go and answer the call. Please help me record the data."

"Yes." Rhett nodded.

Luca left the room and answered the call. "Mr. Crawford."

"Are you at the company now, Dr. Craw?" Luke hated to admit that Luca's gentle, wispy, and slightly raspy voice was very alluring.

"Yes," Luca told him candidly.

"Sean is going over to pick you up. He'll be there in fifteen minutes. I'd hate to bother you, but I need you at the hospital, " Luke said.

Luca frowned slightly when she heard that. He had rarely used that tone to speak to anyone. "Is there anything, Mr.

Crawford?"

Luke was silent for a few seconds. He wanted to say "My wife is ill." but he found it hard to call the woman on the bed his wife.

"We'll talk at the hospital," he said.

"Alright." Luca sighed after ending the call. She had expected something like that would happen after she saved Queenie.

She did not expect that it would happen so soon, and she did not have the right to refuse.

There were not many people that could evoke this level of concern in Luke. Luca wondered who that person was.

Suddenly, she remembered that Tommy had told her that Bianca was ill.

'It must be her, right?’ She thought. Only Bianca could make Luke stoop to ask for help from others.

Luca put her phone back into her pocket and headed back to the laboratory.

Rhett was focusing on recording the data from the experiment.

"Make regular observations for the next two hours and record all forms of the virus. Two hours later, deep-freeze the specimens, tabulate the data, and give it to me when I return."

Rhett nodded and remembered what she said. "Are you going somewhere, Dr. Craw?"

"Mm. I need to go to the hospital for a bit." Luca returned to her table and filled up a written request for leave.

Even though her boss was the one who asked her to go to the hospital, she had to go through the regular procedure. She did not want Cole to think that something was going on between her and Luke.

Luca handed in the request after writing it.

Cole approved her leave without asking too many questions.

He did not mind that Luca was stepping away from her work. After all, Luca was a strong competitor in this period. If she had fewer research hours, then he had a higher chance of winning a spot.

After receiving Cole's approval, Luca returned to her office and packed her handbag. Soon, she received a call.

She heard Sean speaking over the phone. "Ms. Craw, I am the driver. I'm waiting for you downstairs."

"Alright. I'm going down now," Luca said. She picked up her handbag, went downstairs, and saw Sean's car parked at the roadside. She went over, opened the door, and sat inside.

Sean started the car and drove away.

While Luca watched the scenery outside the window, she asked, "Is Mrs. Crawford ill?"

Sean smiled. "I've heard that she has a high fever. Did Mr. Crawford tell you about it?"

"He didn't say anything, but I can guess it," Luca said nonchalantly. She asked him only to confirm that it was indeed Bianca who had fallen ill.

"Good guess," Sean said.

Luca did not say anything. To be frank, it was not much of a guess. She knew Luke's character too well. : owner of this content.

Soon, the car arrived at the hospital.

The pungent smell of antiseptic assaulted her nose, and she could not help but frown.

"Ms. Craw, Mrs. Crawford is at the VIP ward. This way, please." Sean led the way.

Luca followed him and did not say anything.

When she entered the room, Tommy ran over, hugged her, and said sweetly, "Why are you here, Ms. Luca?"

Luca felt a little better after seeing the little boy's smile. "I have some business here. Why aren't you in school?"

"We have the day off. It's Carnival Day today," Tommy said as he clung to her.

All the adults in the room other than Luke were surprised to see that. Why was Tommy so close to Luca?

For a brief moment, they had even thought that Luca was Tommy's birth mother.

"You're here, Luca," Queenie said. Luca could tell from her bloodshot eyes that she had stayed up through the night.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Norman." Luca nodded. She could not bear to see Queenie exhausted like that. She glanced at Jack, and eventually, her gaze fell on luke.

All of them hadn't slept...'

Queenie held Luca's hand and said, "We wouldn't have bothered you if we didn't have any other choice. My daughter is sick, Luca. Can you see if you can do something about it?"

Luca’s gaze fell on Bianca’s face. Her cheeks were red, and her lips were pale and cracked...

It looked like she was suffering from a high fever.

Luca knew that the impostor Bianca must have taken the poison before she left the island. The poison had a side effect of strengthening their physique, so how could she fall so ill?

"Let me take a look." Luca patted Tommy's head and went to the side of the bed to look at Bianca.

"How long has it been?" She asked.

"She had a mild fever since eleven o'clock last night, and the temperature continued to increase," the nurse said.

Luca touched Bianca's forehead with her hand. It was quite hot. "This must be at least 102 degrees."

"Her temperature was 102.4 degrees ten minutes ago. It's only two degrees lower than the night before."

The nurse was quite impressed that Luca could accurately

tell Bianca's body temperature only based on touch.

Luca did not say anything. She sat down on a chair and took Bianca's pulse.

Bianca's pulse was steady, as though she was not ill at all. However, her body exhibited all the physical symptoms of a high fever.

"Have you tested her blood?" Luca asked.

"Yes. We've conducted a comprehensive blood test, but we didn't find anything. Everything is normal except for a slightly elevated white blood cell count," the nurse replied.

At the same time, Luke handed the blood test report to Luca.

She browsed through it briefly and could guess what had happened.

Bianca's constitution should have been tougher. The only explanation was that she had made herself sick.

"If regular medication isn't working on her, I'd like to try acupuncture as an alternative treatment. You can leave the room for now,’ Luca said.

"I've never heard of using acupuncture to treat a fever." The nurse looked at Luca suspiciously.