Luke’s eyelids drooped when he heard that.

Luca looked at the eagerness on the child’s face. The impostor Bianca was already dead, and Luke would probably never find the real Bianca…

On Tommy’s next birthday, the woman who would blow out Tommy’s candles with Tommy would be Tia…

Luca felt uneasy as she held the child’s hand in her hand. The more she thought about Tia, the more awkward she felt standing next to Tommy and Luke.

She could understand why Luke would be deceived by the impostor Bianca. After all, he did not know that Bianca was an impostor. Now that the impostor Bianca was out of the picture, he was involved in a scandal with Tia.

She thought that the man she loved had changed…

However, the change was not entirely unexpected. The real Bianca had been missing for three years, so what right did she have to demand Luke to be loyal to her?

Luca saw that Sue was cutting the cake. She let go of Tommy’s hand and said, “I’ll go and help her.”

Tommy nodded.

Luca went to the cake and offered to help.

Sue said, “Don’t worry about it, Luca. Let me do it.”

“It’s fine. I can help you,” Luca said. She did not want to hold Tommy’s hand. That would make her feel as though she still had a bond with Luke.

While they were putting the slices of cake onto paper plates, the caretaker came into the living room with Nina following behind her.

“What took you so long, Nina?” Sue smiled when she noticed Nina.

Nina explained, “Something happened in the family, so I was delayed. Here are the presents for the girls.”

The caretaker took the presents from Nina’s hands and gave them to Kari and Teri.

Luca smiled and nodded at Nina. She could see the haggardness on Nina’s face even though Nina wore thick make-up to cover it.

Nina smiled at her, then went over to Sue. “Do you need any help?”

“Don’t worry about it. You just got here, so make yourself at home and have some cake,” Sue said as she distributed the paper plates to the children. Belongs to - All rights reserved.

Tommy pulled his hand away from Luke and ran over to Nina’s side. “I miss you so much, Godmother. Why haven’t you been visiting me?”

Nina patted the child’s head and said, “I’m sorry, I have been very busy lately. I’ll bring you to the theme park when I’m free, alright?”

“Yay!” Tommy cheered happily. He could understand that Nina was busy with her work.

Luca was glad to see that Tommy still had a good relationship with Nina. She handed a paper plate to Tommy and said, “Have some cake, Tommy.”

“Thank you, Ms. Luca!” Tommy smiled and took the plate.

Luke said nothing as he watched the interaction, though he seemed pensive.

Jason went over to him and asked, “Mr. Crawford, shall we continue our conversation from earlier?”

They had not finished their discussion in the study. Luke called for a timeout because he knew that Kari and Teri would want Jason to be there when they blew out the candles on their birthday cake.

Luke nodded, and the two men went upstairs. Tommy was in safe hands, so Luke had nothing to worry about.

Nina shook her head and smiled. “Tommy calls me ‘Godmother’ but calls you ‘Ms. Luca.’ Why does it sound like I’m older than you?”

Luca smiled.

Sue smiled and said, “It’s that good? It shows that Tommy respects you more.”

“That’s true, but I’d like to be young forever,” Nina said while touching her cheek. Looking at the children happily eating their cake, she was reminded of the daughter that she never had.

Even though it had been so long, she could not help but feel guilty and sad whenever she thought of that child.

The biggest regret in her life was that she could not bring that child to this world.

“What do you have to worry about? Doesn’t Mr. Mallory dote upon you?” Sue handed the cake knife to the caretaker and asked her to cut up the rest of the cake. If the children wanted seconds, they could help themselves with the slices.

Nina’s face froze when she heard Percy’s name mentioned.

“What’s wrong?” Sue realized that something was amiss when Nina did not reply to her.

“It’s nothing. Maintaining my looks has nothing to do with men. I’ll have to spend my own money on beauty care products,” Nina said. She was unwilling to talk about Percy.

She had the man to blame for her current state.

However, even without Percy, her life was not going to get any better…

Luca did not say anything. She discreetly observed Nina’s expression.

She had been friends with Nina for many years, and she could tell what Nina was thinking even when Nina was silent. Naturally, she sensed Nina’s unease over the topic.

However, it would be presumptuous of her to show Nina concern if Nina did not voice her worries.

“That’s true. To be frank, though, I think I’d have fewer wrinkles on my face if Jason can stop making me angry about him,” Sue said while dusting her hands. She was smiling even though she was complaining.

“What did Mr. Doyle do to you this time? You rarely complain about him,” Nina said while munching on a piece of cake. She thought that the cake looked delicious.

“What else? It’s all because of his annoying ex-wife. You would’ve seen the drama if you had come a little earlier. She’s purposely doing this on my daughters’ birthday,” Sue said while handing Luca a paper plate.

Luca took the plate and slowly ate the cake.

“She hasn’t given up yet?” Nina said while frowning. She knew that Bailey came from an influential family, which was why Bailey was so brazen in her actions.

“Yeah. She ran away when she heard Jason calling the police though,” Sue said and took a bite of the cake.

“Of course, she wouldn’t want the police to drag her away. That would only embarrass herself and her family,” Nina said. She also disapproved of what Bailey did.

Sue sighed. “She also said that my name will appear in the headlines tomorrow.”

“No one would bother reading it,” Nina said while eating another piece of cake. “She can make up any story she wants, but it won’t be as scandalous as what’s going on between Luke Crawford and Tia.”

Nina was Bianca’s best friend, even though they had not remained in contact for a long time.

She was furious after reading the news, but she also believed that Luke was not someone who would do that.

She did not speak up for Bianca or do anything for her.

Sue also remembered reading that article. “That’s true. I’m not going to be worried as long as Mr. Crawford occupies everyone’s attention. I’m wondering if there’s really anything between them though. I tried to ask Jason about it, but Jason isn’t giving me straight answers,” she said.

“They must be planning something, I guess…” Nina said.