After they sat down, more and more people filled up the lecture hall.

Luca saw that the event staff on the stage were still making preparations for the lecture. She lowered her head and read the pamphlet in her hands.

The conference covered many aspects of the study of psychology. It would benefit her greatly if she could attend all the lectures.

A while later, Nina gently bumped Luca with her elbow. “It’s Tia.”

Luca lifted her head and looked in the direction where Nina was looking. She saw an impeccably dressed woman entering the hall while surrounded by several men in suits. One must be a distinguished figure in the field if they could enter the hall while being escorted.

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“This is strange. Where’s Luke Crawford?” Nina asked.

“Mr. Crawford? Is he supposed to come?” Luca was surprised. It would not have been surprising if Luke attended an economics conference, but they were at a psychology conference.

“I don’t know if he’s coming, but I know that Tia invited him,” Nina said, knowing what Tia’s motives were.

Luca did not say anything as she looked at Tia, thinking she was a good match for Luke.

“Looks like Mr. Crawford didn’t fall into her trap,” Nina continued.

“What trap?” Luca said. She could tell that Nina was gloating.

“Bianca, I mean, Mrs. Crawford is traveling now, isn’t she? Tia must be trying to use this opportunity to flirt with Mr. Crawford. I’m guessing that she was the one who hired a journalist to start the scandal. It couldn’t have been such a coincidence,” Nina said.

Among the socialites of A City, Luke rarely got himself involved in scandals. Usually, the paparazzi would not stake out on him.

To them, it was better to hound some celebrities with more entertainment value.

Rather than being a coincidence, someone must have hired a journalist to stake out at the restaurant, and that person must be Tia.

Luca remembered the previous scandal with him. No one had hired the journalist, but they were caught on camera anyway.

Even if Tia did not hire a journalist, Luca thought many people paid attention to Luke, especially women.

She remembered reading a public survey. Women with office jobs were asked their ideal husband. Luke Crawford was in the first place.

It was not out of the ordinary if Tia liked him…

While Luca was lost in thought, the lecture started.

The lecture started with the basic factors and symptoms of insomnia. When Dr. Thomason talked about psychological factors, he took some time to elaborate on using hypnotherapy to alleviate sleeping problems. In fact, he had devised a set of hypnosis techniques that worked better in alleviating anxiety than other techniques.

Someone in the audience raised their hand and asked for a live demonstration.

Dr. Thomason thought for a bit and agreed to it. “Alright. I happen to bring my equipment with me as well. I need a volunteer to help me with the demonstration. Ideally, they will have to be suffering from sleeping problems or anxiety. Is anyone willing?”

Many people in the audience raised their hands.

Dr. Thomason was one of the leading figures in the field of psychology, and his hypnotherapy techniques were well-known. It was hard to schedule an appointment, and many people wanted to take the opportunity to try it.

Dr. Thomason was caught in a dilemma. He did not know who to pick.

He discussed briefly with his assistant and decided to pick a lucky audience member through drawing lots.

The numbers were already prepared for a later event. Dr. Thomason took out a slip of paper from a cardboard box, unfolded it, and read the number written on it. “Number thirty-six!”

Everyone turned around to look at their seat number, hoping that they would be the lucky one.

Nina looked at her seat number, then at Luca’s seat. “It’s you, Dr. Craw!” She said excitedly.

“Huh?” Luca turned around and looked at the back of her seat. Indeed, she was sitting on number thirty-six.

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She did not know why she was so lucky. There were hundreds of seats in the hall, but she was the chosen one. The people around her were looking at her.

Luca could only stand up. She felt awkward being stared at by hundreds of people.

“Congratulations, Miss! Please come up to the stage,” Dr. Thomason said.

Luca did not move. She requested a microphone and said, “Good morning, Dr. Thomason. I’m not suffering from anxiety. You can pick another person.”

Dr. Thomason continued to extend his invitation. “It’s okay, Miss. You can try my techniques even if you don’t have anxiety. My hypnotherapy techniques are very effective in alleviating stress. Why not give it a try since you’re the lucky one?”

Nina remembered Luca saying that her sleep quality was not good. She said excitedly, “Didn’t you say that you sometimes have trouble falling asleep? Why not try it? It might be effective.”

Luca looked at her and smiled helplessly.

Indeed, she sometimes suffered from sleeping problems, but she knew the reasons, and she did not want to tell them to anyone.

Now that Dr. Thomason had extended his invitation twice, and everyone was looking at her, it would be rude for her to continue to refuse.

With no other choice, Luca went up the stage.

Tia’s assistant looked at the woman walking up the stage and whispered to Tia, “Ms. Tia, that’s Luca Craw.”

“Luca who?” Tia said nonchalantly. She was not in the mood because Luke was not there.

She believed that only an outstanding career woman deserved to stand next to Luke, and she was prepared to flaunt her reputation in the field of psychology. Unfortunately for her, Luke did not accept

the invitation.

That was why Tia had no mood or anything.

The assistant reminded Tia that Luca was also caught in a scandal with Luke.

When Tia heard that, she turned her head, and her gaze fell on Luca.

The rivalry in her eyes was palpable.

Luca walked up the stage, and Dr. Thomason led her to sit down on a chair.

He asked her for her name, then began to use his equipment to hypnotize her.

Luca thought that she could resist the hypnosis with her sheer willpower, but as her gaze followed the oscillating bronze medallion, she gradually lost consciousness.

It took Dr. Thomason about five minutes to do that.

Dr. Thomason breathed a sigh of relief when Luca finally gave in. Usually, he would only need a minute and a half to hypnotize someone.