The woman nodded when she heard Jason’s reply. She looked at Luca, who was next to her, and sighed. “Big bosses like Mr. Crawford are not on the same playing field as people like us.”

Luca knew that it was meant for her. She curled her lips indifferently. She took out her earphones and put them on so that she could not hear anything the woman said.

Jason realized that the middle-aged woman was targeting Luca but Luca did not react to it. She was calm as if she did not hear the words.

He did not feel like it was his place to say anything when he saw Luca sitting there blocking out the noise with her earphones.

After all, it would be best for him not to get involved in matters between women. Even if Sue regarded Luca as a good friend, if he spoke up on her behalf, there would be some rumors.

To give Sue a sense of security, he tried to stay away from these things as much as possible and kept a safe distance from his colleagues in the company.

The bus drove for more than an hour before arriving at the high-speed train station in A City.

The company bought them high-speed train tickets in advance, so they just walked into the station with their ID cards.

Since Luca was holding a foreign identity card, she left the group, walked to the ticket counter, and queued up to collect her ticket.

After she picked up her ticket, she lined up to go through the security check and followed the prompts to find the high-speed train that she would be taking.

Luca looked at people who were not her colleagues waiting in line to enter the station. She was stunned when she realized that Luke had lied to Johann when he said that he would book the entire high-speed train.

Luke simply did not want Johann to come along.

After Luca realized that, she shook her head helplessly and walked forward. She was in cabin No. 1. She assumed that the company had booked her a first-class ticket.

Jason waved at her when he saw her walking toward him. “Dr. Craw, here.”

Luca walked over. The people around her were all from the management team who were on the No. 1 bus just now. She guessed right.

“Dr. Craw, what took you so long?” Jason asked.

“I had to print my ticket at the counter to get in.” Luca showed him her ticket.

Jason realized that and replied, “I almost forgot that you’re a foreigner. I was being negligent and will pay attention to such things in the future.”

The female executive who sat next to Luca in the bus glanced at her ticket and said coldly, “Sigh, I don’t understand young people nowadays. They’ll do anything to go abroad. What’s so great about it? They still have to return to their country after they fail to secure a job abroad.”

Luca still did not respond and put her ticket in her carry-on backpack.

Jason heard her and could not help but stand up for Luca. “Ms. Reid, not everyone is as per what you think.”

“Mr. Doyle, I didn’t say anything. I just mentioned a common phenomenon,” Ms. Reid said disdainfully.

‘What’s so good about Luca? Why is Jason speaking on her behalf? I can’t believe it! All she has is her looks. I’m sure Jason is speaking up for her to please Luke.’

Luca still did not say anything.

She glanced around but did not see the outstanding man. The sign indicated that the high-speed train would arrive at the station in five minutes. With that in consideration, she was almost certain that Luke would not participate in the trip.

Luca’s heart felt a little empty knowing that he would not show up but at the same time, she also felt a little relieved. Belongs to - All rights reserved.

If he did not show up, it meant that fewer people would be staring at her, which would make it easier for her to find Amur when she arrived at B City.

Since she met Luke, she had not felt calm for a single day. She often felt like she was stuck in an endless loop of struggle and anxiety.

While she was deep in her thoughts thinking about everything and anything, the high-speed train arrived at the station. A group of people lined up and entered the high-speed train one after another.

Luca found her seat based on the details on the ticket. It was a window seat, which she was happy with. After she put her luggage away, she sat down.

The people in the queue came in one after another. They found their corresponding seat and sat down.

There were a lot of people who were not seated with their friends because of the seat assignment, so they negotiated with each other to swap seats.

The seat left empty was the one next to Luca.

She glanced at it but did not think too much of it. She stared out the car window with a blank expression.

After a while, when the high-speed train indicated that the doors were about to close, not look at him but could feel the man picking up his luggage to put it away.

He must be the person sitting next to her.

After the man put away his luggage, he sat down.

Luca instantly smelled a familiar scent. She turned her head and found that the person sitting next to her was indeed Luke…

“Mr. Crawford?” she exclaimed, her voice slightly trembling.

“Mm.” Luke looked at her stunned expression and acted cool.

“How did you…” She glanced around. The surrounding seats were already full because they had first- class tickets.

“What about me?” Luke asked while raising his eyebrows.

“I thought you weren’t coming on the trip?” Luca asked with a soft voice.

“When did I say that?” Luke raised an eyebrow.

“…” Luca was speechless. Indeed, Luke had never said that he would not come on the trip. She did not see him before this, so she subconsciously thought that he would not show.

“You didn’t,” she said awkwardly.

“Mm,” Luke said nothing more.

The high-speed train slowly moved forward, and Luke’s smell kept drifting into her nose as if on purpose. It reminded her that the man sitting beside her was Luke.

Luca blinked. After she struggled internally for a while, she finally gave up the idea of changing seats with someone else.

Not many would have the courage to sit beside the big boss.

Luke’s aura was too strong, so the other women would not be willing to…

Luca held her head, looking stressed.

Jason came over with a rucksack and said with a smile, “Boss, the documents you want are here. Do you want to have a look at them now?”

“Yes,” Luke said.

Luca heard his reply, looked at Jason, and saw that he had taken out stacks of documents from his rucksack. He put them all on the table.

‘What a workaholic…’

There was only one thought in Luca’s head. ‘He doesn’t even allow himself to relax during the few hours on the high-speed train and takes this time to review the documents.’

After Jason put all the documents on the table, he took out a thermos and said, “Boss, your coffee has been brewed. It’s being kept warm in the thermos.”

“Mm.” Luke nodded and picked up the files in the black folder to look through them.

Luca knew that was the least important file.

Jason glanced at the table, then put the thermos on the spot in front of Luca. “Dr. Craw, can I put some stuff here?”

“Do as you please.” Luca did not expect Luke to ask Jason to make coffee for him to drink on the high- speed train…