Luca pointed at her face helplessly to show him that it was inconvenient for her to drink it like this.

The man realized it and asked in a low voice, “Do you have a straw? Where is it?"

Luca pointed to the bedside cabinet.

The man opened the drawer and took a straw out. Then, he placed it in the vial, brought it to her mouth, and muttered in a low voice, "How troublesome."

Luca ignored the man who scorned her and slowly took the antidote using the straw.

Previously, she would always finish the antidote in one gulp. No matter how bad it tasted, she was always able to finish it in one gulp. However, she could only suck it with a straw now. The bitterness of the antidote quickly spread out in her mouth.

The man shook the vial to check if it was emptied. After that, he kept the vial away.

"Boss asked me to pass you a message," the man said.

Luca met his eyes in the dark. She remained silent and waited for him to continue his words.

"Your progress is too slow. He's very unhappy about it. You know deep down in your heart what the consequences are if you continue to be like this." The man walked out of the ward after that.

He ran into a nurse who came for a ward round when he pushed the door open.

The nurse was startled when she saw the man. She questioned, "Who are you? It's past visiting hours now. How did you get in here?"

The man's face turned gloomy. He looked at the nurse and thought of killing her. However, when he thought that his actions would cause trouble to the woman inside the ward, he pushed the nurse away

and dashed out of the ward.

The nurse fell to the floor and assumed that the man was a thief. After all, this was a VIP ward. The hospital's reputation would be affected if a thief broke in and stole something. She got up and ran to the nurse's station before she could check what had happened in the ward. She informed security that a thief had broken in.

Luca kept silent while she lay down on the bed and listened to the situation outside.

She was worried about what was happening out there, but she could not get up now. It would be best for her to pretend that she did not know anything about it.

Nina heard the noises outside and sat up. She looked at Luca unconsciously. "Is there a thief?"

Luca pretended as if she had just opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling blankly.

Nina was worried something might have happened to Luca. She walked to her bedside. “Luca, are you alright?"

[What happened?] Luca rubbed her eyes, showing her that she had just woken up.

"I don't know. I heard the nurse claiming that a thief broke in. Let me see what's going on." Nina was assured when she saw that Luca was fine. When she heard a thief had broken in, the first thought that came into her mind was that Percy had sent someone to hurt Luca.

She walked out of the ward. The whole floor was in chaos. The caretakers of the other wards came out one after another to see what was going on.

The nurse hurriedly walked to her because the man had come out of this ward. She asked with concern, "Is everything alright in there?"

"We're fine." Nina was in a daze. Could it be that the thief had broken into their ward?

"A man with a cap walked out of this ward. Didn't you hear any noises?" the nurse asked again.

Nina shook her head. She had already decided to accompany Luca in the hospital but it was difficult for her to fall asleep here when she already had trouble sleeping, so she got Sue to bring her some sleeping pills.

Not long after she took the pills and lay down on the bed, she fell into a deep sleep.

She did not hear any noises.

"Glad to hear that. Please go back in the ward to check if you've lost anything." The nurse let out a sigh of relief. She knew that Luca was an exceptional case. That was why she was worried that the person was not a thief but a man whom someone sent here to kidnap or murder Luca.

Nina nodded her head. She pushed the door open and walked in. "Luca, is your phone still with you?"

Luca glanced at the bedside cabinet and signaled to her that her phone was in the cabinet.

Nina opened it and looked at it. Her phone was still in there, safe and sound. Then she asked again, "Do you have any valuable things here?"

Luca shook her head.

Nina touched her pockets. Her phone and her car keys were still there. She turned around and said to the nurse, "We didn't lose anything."

The nurse glanced at Luca's condition and realized there was nothing wrong with her. She let out a sigh of relief and said, "Everything's okay, then. Get some rest. We'll look into this."

The nurse walked out of the ward.

Nina was relieved. She said to Luca, "That scared me. I thought Pierre sent someone to deal with you."

Luca shook her head and made a sleeping gesture.

Nina thought she would have trouble sleeping after getting a scare like this, but she did not want Luca to worry about her. She nodded and said, "Alright. I'll go back to sleep too. Let's not switch off the lights this time. Why don't we turn on the lights in the bathroom? Then we can get a clearer view if anything happens."

Luca nodded.

The following day.

In Crawford Manor.

Old Master Crawford sat down at the dining table and saw no sign of Luke. He asked, "Where's Young Master Luke?"

Mr. Griffin answered him respectfully, "Old Master Crawford, Young Master Luke went to the hospital early in the morning. He heard that someone broke into Ms. Craw's ward last night. The hospital dared not to hide the truth, so they informed Young Master Luke first thing in the morning. Young Master Luke is probably handling the matter at the hospital now."

Susan, who was sitting beside, heard this and chuckled. Now, the whole family and even other people were getting involved with Luke's new girlfriend.

She could not help but say sarcastically, "Someone broke in? I'm guessing it must be a man. She's an unknown woman, after all. It must have been someone she knew who knew she was injured and went there specially to visit her. There's nothing to be nervous about."

Old Master Crawford gave her a rude stare. "Even breakfast can't shut your mouth up." copyrighted © content.

Susan was startled, and she thought of retorting. However, he was the old master of the Crawford family. She did not have the guts to do that. She took a sip of milk and endured the dissatisfaction in her heart.

Old Master Crawford then asked in a caring manner, "Did the hospital say anything else?"

"No. The nurse said it was probably a thief, but he didn't manage to steal anything. To be safe, Young Luke Master went to the hospital himself to understand what's going on," Mr. Grffin answered.

Old Master Crawford sneered. "I'm worried that it wasn't a thief but someone Pierre sent."

"Yes. I reckon Young Master Luke was thinking the same too. That's why he went straight to the hospital without taking his breakfast."

"Alright. Let him deal with this himself. After all, Luca was hurt because of T Corporation. Tell Zander to send the kids to school later," said Old Master Crawford.

Susan replied immediately, "No way. Zander has to send Thea to the competition."

"It's not like Thea will be heading to the competition that early. He can send them together later. It won't take up much time for him to send the three kids to school. Besides, the competition venue is near their school. What are you yelling for?"

Susan was unconvinced. "That wasn't the deal. Zander is supposed to be Thea's private chauffeur today. And now he has another job to do. He'd better not delay Thea. Otherwise, I'm not going to let him get away with it."