Even though Luca’s research team had moved to T Corporation, they soon knew what happened at Watson.

A researcher told Luca that Talia had passed out and was sent to the hospital by an ambulance.

She stopped working and turned her head to look at the researcher. “Talia Sullivan? Is that Dr. Kidman’s assistant?”

“Yes. The people in the company chat group are all talking about it. They said that she passed out in Dr. Kidman’s office. Before that, they seemed to be arguing about something,” the researcher said.

Luca raised her eyebrows. She was not interested in company gossip, and she had left her phone in the office. She turned around and continued her research.

“Dr. Craw, do you know why they were arguing?” The researcher asked.

“How would I know?” Luca said, though she guessed that they must have had a disagreement. She swirled the test tube in her hand and said, “How would the people there know that they were arguing? Dr. Kidman’s office should be soundproofed.”

“Well…” The researcher chuckled. If Cole and Talia had not been arguing especially loudly, no one would have known what they were doing in the office. Text content © .

Luca continued with her experiment. She was not curious about why they were arguing, but she was curious about why Talia would suddenly pass out and require hospitalization.

Half an hour later, another researcher said, “Wow, I didn’t expect Ms. Sullivan to be pregnant! No wonder she passed out in Dr. Kidman’s office.”

Luca paused for a while. ‘Talia… is pregnant?’

“Really?” Another researcher said.

“Yeah. Ms. Stone accompanied Ms. Sullivan to the hospital. When the doctor announced the news, Ms. Stone was there to hear it,” another researcher said. He had been following the gossip intently on his phone.

“That’s weird. I remember Ms. Sullivan said that she’s single. How would she be pregnant?” Another researcher asked.

“And you call yourself a researcher? If a woman makes out with a man, she’ll become pregnant. It’s not too far-fetched to imagine a single woman sleeping with another man, isn’t it?”

The researchers nodded in agreement.

Luca overheard their conversation while checking research data. She could guess what had happened.

The child in Talia’s womb was most likely Cole’s…

Even though she did not express her interest in company gossip, she had investigated the backgrounds of the researchers in the company.

Cole was married to his wife for twenty years, but his wife had poor health and was never pregnant.

Luca guessed that Cole really wanted a child, but he wanted to leech off his wife’s wealth and influence, so he gave up on the idea of becoming a father.

Now that Talia was pregnant, what would Cole do?

Would he proceed with his plan and let Talia take the fall for him, or would he save her because of her baby?

Suddenly, Luca found herself curious about how the drama would end.

After work, she returned to her office and prepared to leave. While packing up, she remembered the conversation among the researchers, so she took out her phone, opened the company chat group, and scrolled upward to read the conversation from earlier.

The news that Talia suddenly passed out and was found pregnant had shocked everyone in Watson. After all, everyone knew that she was single, and her sudden pregnancy became a scandal. Many people were discussing her.

Luca rubbed her chin. Did they forget that Talia was in the chat group too?

She continued to read the conversation as she walked toward the elevator lobby, her eyes transfixed on the phone screen the whole time. When she heard the bell indicating the elevator had arrived, she put her phone away and prepared to walk inside, but she saw Luke standing there.

It was then that Luca realized that she had accidentally pressed the button for the CEO’s personal elevator…

Luca instinctively took a step back and bowed apologetically. “I’m sorry, Mr. Crawford. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

“Come in,” Luke said.

Luca blinked. She pretended not to understand what Luke was saying. In a few seconds, the elevator doors would automatically close.

Luke did not let her get away so easily. He pressed the button to hold the doors open and said, “Come in.”

Luca heard the voices of other researchers around the corner. They were also getting off work. She was afraid that they might see her standing in front of Luke. Who could guess what they might think?

She had always thought that researchers would be more focused on their research than on gossip, but she realized that she was wrong.

Those researchers were fond of rumors and stories. If they saw her together with Luke, they would come up with a variety of theories, and the people at Watson would soon hear of it.

Luca did not hesitate. She walked into the elevator and said apologetically, “Pardon me, Mr. Crawford.”

“It’s fine.” Luke pressed a button and the doors closed.

Two researchers turned the corner and arrived at the elevator lobby. From the corner of their eyes, they could see the CEO’s personal elevator doors closing.

“Isn’t that Mr. Crawford’s personal elevator? Why did it stop here?” One of the researchers said curiously.

They did not see their boss on the way to the elevator lobby…

Did someone use the CEO’s personal elevator? They thought that the person was very daring. Luke was a clean freak, and if he found out that someone else had used his elevator, he would have it fumigated.

“Someone must have pressed the button by mistake… No one would dare to step into Mr. Crawford’s elevator,” the other researcher said.

In the elevator, Luca was about to press the button for the first floor when Luke said, “Do you want the other people to see you stepping out of the CEO’s elevator?”

Luca’s finger froze in mid-air when she heard that.

All the employees who did not own a car would leave the building by the first floor. If Luca stepped out on the first floor, many people would be surprised.

Luca pulled her hand back. She glanced at the bottom-most button on the elevator panel, then at the decreasing numbers on the digital display above her.

“You’ll sit in my car today,” Luke said.

“Huh? You don’t have to, Mr. Crawford. I can catch a cab,” Luca said. She knew that Crawford Manor and her apartment were in opposite directions.

“Lanie and Rainie are staying back at school for some activities today, and they’ll go home later. I’ve already gotten the driver to pick them up. I’ll only be picking Tommy up from his school because it’s along the way,” Luke explained.

Luca could not find a reason to refuse.

To think that she would be sitting in Luke’s car again…

She could not help but think about the impostor Bianca. The unidentified corpse in the news should be her…

If Luke eventually found out that she was from the Island of Despair but did not know her true identity, would she end up like the impostor Bianca?