If it were not for Luca, he did not know how much longer he would have continued to drink that tonic.

"Grandpa..." Luke was speechless. No matter if it was Luca or Tia, he approached them only because he suspected that both of them had something to do with the Island of Despair.

His suspicion toward Luca had lessened for now.

Although she was similar to Bianca in some ways, there was no tattoo on her body. Even though the Island of Despair was involved in illegal business deals, the members were disciplined and organized. Hence, there was a specific tattoo on everyone's body.

Luca did not have any.

Luca showed up before the fake Bianca was discovered. If the people of the Island of Despair needed to train someone to approach him, they would need some time for that. She would have that tattoo on her if she was one of them.

After all, the fake Bianca previously lurked beside him for three years. She had a tattoo on her body too. They would not have been able to do things so meticulously and find a member without the tattoo to approach him. Before this, she still had to imitate Bianca's behavior and gestures.

On the other hand, Tia seemed to be more suspicious.

“It's hard to tell if Bianca is still alive in this world. Luke, I know you love her very much, but you have to be responsible for your children. I can tell the kids like Luca very much. Why don't you try to approach her more often? It's a good thing. The kids were so delighted to see her when she came.” Old Master Crawford recalled the children's smiling faces. They were the kind of smiles that never appeared even when he bought them the toys they wanted most.

Luke stood up. He was not going to listen to the old master's suggestion. “Grandpa, I'm leaving for work first.”

"Go ahead.” Old Master Crawford knew Luke was stubborn. He did not continue talking about it.

However, he could see the changes in Luke.

He asked Mrs. Nancy to prepare a stew that would be beneficial for Luca when he knew she was injured. Apart from Bianca and the kids, would he pay such close attention to anyone else?

It was only because Bianca had filled up most of the space in his heart, so he did not realize another woman slowly creeping into his heart.

The following day.

Old Master Crawford ordered the butler to prepare some gifts.

Susan asked curiously when she came downstairs and saw the scene before her. "Are you going to visit someone today? You've prepared so many gifts."

She glanced at the gifts and picked the expensive ones. Those were the things she normally used, so she thought it was exceedingly generous to be gifting them out to others. She felt uncomfortable about this.

Mr. Griffin smiled and replied, "Yes, Old Master Crawford is going to visit Ms. Craw later. That's why he prepared all these."

"He's going to the woman's house?" Susan raised her eyebrows. "Why did he prepare so much? Aren't all these things worth a few months of her salary?"

Mr. Griffin replied, "Isn't this about thanking Ms. Craw?"

"What did she do? Why is Old Master Crawford thanking her?" Susan started her gossipy behavior. She saw how Old Master Crawford had treated Luca indifferently last night but he was now so passionate all of a sudden.

Luke and Luca would get together sooner or later if even the old master agreed to them being in a relationship. If that was the case, her plan would most likely fail too!

No way. She had to find out what the hell was going on.

Mr. Griffin felt some contempt for her in his heart as he knew that she had been secretly harming Old Master Crawford. However, he still answered, "Old Master Crawford wants to thank her for taking care of the kids."

Susan frowned. "She only took care of the kids for one day and she's receiving such expensive gifts. What good benefits."

Mr. Griffin felt unhappy when he heard what she said. He despised her after he knew what sort of dirty tricks she was using to deal with Old Master Crawford.

If Old Master Crawford had not told him to act normally and not expose Susan, he could never have let it go like that.

Old Master Crawford saved his life.

He had been loyal to Old Master Crawford all this while.

"It's up to Old Master Crawford to determine whether it's worthy or not." Mr. Griffin smiled. "After all, the old master adores his great-grandchildren. That's why he's giving Ms. Craw all of these. It's understandable."

"I don't understand him. He can give me some of these things if he thinks he has too much money. I can cotton up to those rich wives. It'll be beneficial to T Corporation too. It's so much better than giving all these to a witless young woman," Susan said and walked toward the dining room.

Mr. Griffin shook his head as he watched her from behind.

How someone behaved when they were younger was how they behaved when they were older. She used to behave like this in the past, and she had not changed even a little to this day.

When he remembered that Luke's mother, Allison, was about to be released from prison, he knew that the family would not be able to have peace of mind.

Old Master Crawford came forward with his walking cane and asked, "Has everything been prepared?"

Mr. Griffin nodded and replied, "Old Master Crawford, everything has been prepared as per your orders. Do you want to take a look at the things?"

"There's no need to. I'm sure you did it well. Find someone to get those things into the car and get ready to depart," said Old Master Crawford.

"Yes," Mr. Griffin asked the maid to carry the things and put them in the car.

Old Master Crawford got into Uncle Zander's car and asked him to head to Luca's place.

Luke did not see the old master when he came downstairs for breakfast. He entered the dining room and did not see him either. He asked the butler, "Where's Grandpa?"

"Old Master Crawford went out this morning. He said he's going to visit Ms. Craw to thank her personally," Mr. Griffin replied. He wanted to follow him there, but the old master did not let him. He told him that he would be fine with Uncle Zander's company.

Luke was speechless when he heard that.

He believed that the old master truly wanted to thank Luca, but at the same time, he might have another purpose.

The old master had already departed, so Luke could not do anything about it but let him go.

The employees of T Corporation would officially go back to work tomorrow. The old man was unlikely to come up with any other plans for now.

"She just took care of a few kids for a short while. Is it necessary to visit and thank her personally? Luke, your grandpa has nothing else better to do." Susan could not help interrupt when she heard their conversation while she was having her breakfast. Belongs to - All rights reserved.

Luke shot her a glance and said expressionlessly, "If there's anything grandpa wants to do, just let him do it. He's still healthy enough to go wherever he wants to. It won't be a problem."

Susan found it strange after listening to what he said. However, she did not feel like continuing the conversation with that cold voice of his.

On the other hand...

Luca thought about how this was her last day of holiday after she woke up. She decided to take a rest even though she had a lot on her mind.

A good day started with breakfast.

She headed to the kitchen. After she came back last night, she used the errand service to have someone get her fresh ingredients from the grocery store. She was planning to make herself a sumptuous breakfast.

Since she was able to run away from those missions now, then she would continue to avoid them for a while longer.

Luca walked into the kitchen and took the ingredients out. She was getting ready to make her breakfast. Just then, the doorbell rang.

She was wondering who would be here at this hour.

The doorbell rang again. She could only head to the door while tying the apron.