Luke, who was so rich, was not able to solve her real problems.

"Ms. Craw, do you want to take your medicine now?" May asked.

The swelling on Luca's face had reduced. After two days of treatment and medication, her health indicators had improved. She could even sit up and get out of bed now.

She nodded and sat up.

May organized the medicines according to the doctor's orders and put one in her hand.

Luca put the pill in her mouth and swallowed it with water.

There were not many medicines to take, so she finished taking them fairly quickly. After she was done, May immediately handed a piece of candy to Luca.

Luke had bought it for her after he got off work yesterday.

Luca looked at the candy and shook her head. The swelling had reduced so she could open her mouth slightly to say, "May, I'm not a child anymore."

May chuckled happily and replied, "Mr. Crawford prepared this for you. He said you don't like bitter foods.” This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

When Luke arrived at the hospital after he got off work yesterday, Luca was still sleeping. He did not want to disturb her, so he sat on the sofa for a while before leaving the bag of candy with May. He told her to give Luca the candy after she took her medicines.

Luca remembered how she used to be extremely averse to anything that tasted bitter. However, her repulsion was no longer as strong.

Nevertheless, she opened the bag of candy and stuffed one into her mouth.

The candy that Luke bought was not large as if he had carefully selected it so that she could eat it without opening her mouth too wide.

Luca enjoyed the sweet candy as she watched the news on TV. However, her mind was filled with Luke.

After a while, the loud and clear voice of a child snapped her out of it. "Ms. Luca!"

Luca looked toward the door. It was Tommy.

'Why is he here?'

Luca subconsciously covered her face. She was worried that her appearance would traumatize Tommy.

Tommy ran over to her and said, "Ms. Luca, you don't have to cover your face. To Tommy, no matter what you turn into, you're the best looking!"

May heard Tommy's kind words and thought that he was sweeter than candy. She could not help but say, "What a sweet boy. Ms. Craw, don't cover your face. He's not afraid."

When Luca heard that, she slowly put down her hands and looked at Tommy with a helpless expression. "Why are you here?"

Tommy put on a big smile when he saw that Luca was ready to face him. "I missed you, Ms. Luca, so I pretended to be sick and came to the hospital."

When Luca heard that, she immediately flicked his forehead. "Didn't you promise me not to act sick?"

"It's just this time! I found out that you're injured but you've been refusing to answer my video calls. Daddy won't bring me to see you either. That's why I thought of pretending to be sick." Tommy stuck

out his tongue and acted like a baby. He was trying to win Luca's heart so she would not be angry at him.

Luca knew that his intentions were good, so she sighed and did not get angry at him. She had already been rejecting Tommy's video call requests for two days in a row now.

She knew that he missed her but she did not expect that Tommy would lie to visit her.

She touched the child's head and asked, "Who brought you to the hospital?"

"Uncle Zander." Tommy looked back and found that Zander did not follow him. "My teacher notified Daddy but Daddy was busy, so I asked Uncle Zander to take me to the hospital."

"After you got to the hospital, you told him that you were pretending and asked him to take you to my ward, didn't you?" Luca pinched Tommy's face. Although she felt that he was in the wrong, she did not exert any force when she did that.

Tommy nodded and replied, "Yeah. Ms. Luca, you're so smart! Uncle Zander knew I missed you, so he didn't say anything. He just brought me here!"

Luca looked at Tommy's bright smile and her bad mood from knowing that Pierre Mallory had escaped the law was all gone.

Her kids were the ultimate cure for her.

"Such a cheeky child." May usually talked a lot. When she heard what Tommy said, she commented with a squinting smile.

Luca nodded, not knowing who Tommy learned this from.

Luke's temperament was calm while hers was straightforward. Tommy's cheekiness was not like the two of them but a bit like Louis Crawford's.

"I missed Ms. Luca too much." Tommy looked at her swollen face that made her face appear twice its normal size. He raised his hand and wanted to touch her but was worried that his actions would hurt her, so he put his hand back down again. He asked with concern, "Ms. Luca, does your face still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore," Luca said softly. She was overwhelmed when she saw the concern in Tommy's eyes.

As a mother, her biggest regret was that she could not accompany him, watch him grow, and take care of him.

This time, Tommy was even the one who had to worry about her now. He lied to the teacher and Luke to see her.

"It hurts to look at you, Ms. Luca. If only I can grow up faster... Then I can protect you from being bullied by bad people!" Tommy was young, but he knew a lot.

"Everyone wants to grow up slowly so there'll be more happy times. Why do you want to grow up faster?" Luca whispered. If it was possible, she hoped for the child to grow up slowly and not have to be involved with adult matters as such.

Tommy retorted, "No! I want to grow up quickly so that I can protect the people I want to protect. Ms. Luca, you're someone I want to protect."

His daddy told him that Luca had a skeleton in the closet. She never admitted to being their mommy to protect them, which was why she was using another identity.

Tommy thought that if he was strong enough to not need protection, his mommy would not be so tired either.

Luca listened to Tommy and thought that while his voice was kiddish, his words were mature. Her heart was overflowing with emotions, and she was touched.

She looked at May and asked, "May, are there any grapes in the fruit basket?"

"Yes, Ms. Craw," May responded quickly.

"Please wash some for Tommy," Luca said.

"Okay." May picked out a bunch of large, round grapes and walked into the bathroom with them.

Tommy snuggled up beside her. "Ms. Luca, can I stay here for a little longer?"

Luca sighed, shook her head, and said, "No, you're not sick. You have to go back to class."

"I want to be with Ms. Luca..." Tommy said. Every time he was sick, he wanted his parents to be by his side.

He believed that Luca was the same. Since she was not feeling well, she would want them to all be by her side.

Luca watched as the child tried his best to stay by her side. Although she wanted to, she knew that she could not...

"How about this? If you go back after you finish the grapes, I'll accept your video call requests every night." She negotiated with him. She refused to pick up the calls before because she was worried that her appearance would scare him.