Luca read the comments on the statement. Most of the commenters said that they did not believe it.
Even though both parties had already issued their statements, they still believed that something was going on between Luke and Tia, and the statements did not reflect the full picture.
A public figure like Luke Crawford would definitely attract a lot of attention, especially when he was rumored to have done something that defied social norms. Naturally, the people did not wish for the incident to end just like that.
It seemed that the scandal would continue to brew for some time.
The commenters either said that Tia was shameless to seduce a married man, or they stood on Tia’s side and said that she was a good match for Luke. Luca put her phone away and sighed.
She did not know why she sighed. She could not clear her thoughts.
…
The next day, Luca stayed in bed. When she woke up and looked at the clock, it was already noon.
She had a long and turbulent dream about Luke and Tia. Even though the dream troubled her, she managed to get some sleep, and she felt a lot better after waking up.
She slowly got out of bed and made some lunch for herself. After eating, she cleaned herself and went to the hospital.
Talia had miscarried, and her body was still weak. Luca planned to visit her.
When she arrived at the hospital, she did not know which room Talia was in. She had to ask for that information at the nurses’ station.
The nurse became noticeably wary after hearing that Luca wanted to visit Talia. She asked, “Are you a family member of the patient?”
“No, I’m her superior at work. I’m here to visit her because I’ve heard that she was ill,” Luca explained.
“Are you really her superior at work? I haven’t seen you before,” the nurse said doubtfully, continuing to withhold information about Talia’s room from Luca.
“Today is Saturday, isn’t it? I’ve been busy at work for the past few days. I’ve finally managed to make time to visit her. I’m really her superior at work. See, I brought her gifts too,” Luca said.
The nurse thought that Luca did not look like a bad person. “She’s at Room 1421,” she said.
Luca nodded, though she asked curiously, “Excuse me, Miss, may I ask you a question?”
“What is it?”
“Why did you look so wary when I mentioned Talia Sullivan’s name? Did something happen over the past few days?” Luca asked.
The nurse sighed and said, “I shouldn’t be telling anyone else about the patient’s personal matters, but if you said that you’re her superior at work, then you should know what happened. The father of the miscarried child is her manager in the office. It’s not uncommon for a woman with a weak constitution to miscarry, but the father of the child is already married to another woman. When the father’s legally married wife knew about it, she hired people to cause trouble here every day. They have seriously affected the doctors and nurses at the hospital, not to mention it’s causing a lot of distress to the patient. Two days ago, those troublemakers even roughed up another pregnant woman and caused her to go into labor prematurely. In any case, we can’t discharge Ms. Sullivan because she has a weak constitution. We moved her to another room yesterday, and the director ordered us not to give out her new room number so easily.”
Luca nodded. “Don’t worry. I’m not here to cause trouble.”
“You don’t look like a troublemaker. However, the patient has been depressed for the past few days. If she listens to you, you should tell her to leave that man. She’s still young, and she’ll be able to bear children again,” the nurse said.
Luca smiled, nodded, and went toward the elevator.
In front of Room 1421, she knocked on the door and went inside.
There was only a single patient in the room. When Luca went inside, a middle-aged woman stood up and asked Luca, “Who are you?”
“I’m Luca Craw, Talia’s colleague,” Luca said as she looked at Talia on the bed.
Talia was taken aback when she saw Luca. “Why did you come here, Dr. Craw?”
“I’ve heard that you’re hospitalized, so I’m here to visit you. I’ve been busy with my research for the past two days, and I only managed to find some time today because it’s the weekend,” Luca said and put the bag of health supplements on the table. “You need more nutrition now. Here, all these are for you.”
The middle-aged woman looked at the bag of supplements on the table and realized that Luca was not one of the troublemakers that harassed them for the past two days. She let her guard down and said eagerly, “You shouldn’t have, Ms. Craw. We can’t accept that.”
“The supplements are suitable for Talia’s current condition, and I think she should take them. Are you Talia’s mother?” Luca asked.
“Yes, I am.” Even though Talia’s mother was a housewife, she could tell that Luca was more than a colleague when she heard Talia call her “Dr. Craw.”
Many people had come to visit Talia ever since she was hospitalized, but they all came in and cursed at Talia. Some of them even tried to drag her out of bed, which caused her to lose a lot of blood. Text content © .
Since then, every visitor came to accuse Talia of being a seductress. None of them cared for her condition, including the child’s father, who had deliberately avoided her after bringing her to the hospital.
The mother and daughter had been bullied by the hooligans hired by the man’s wife.
Talia’s mother wondered if Luca’s rank in the company was higher than that man’s rank and if Luca could stand up for Talia.
“Nice to meet you, Mrs. Sullivan,” Luca greeted Talia’s mother, then turned to look at Talia.
The gossip in the company group chat had not stopped talking about her ever since she was hospitalized. It caused a sensation when someone found out that her child’s father was Dr. Cole Kidman.
Luca could guess from the expression on Talia’s mother’s face that none of the people from T Corporation or Watson had come to visit Talia, perhaps because they did not want to offend Cole.
Tears welled up in the woman’s eyes, and she seemed to be overwhelmed with emotion. “You have to help Talia, Ms. Craw. I understand that she’s not completely innocent, but she’s also a victim.”
Luca’s expression remained impassive.
Talia was slightly embarrassed when she heard her mother bed Luca. After all, she had deliberately harmed Luca.