After Luke left, it did not take long before Luca pulled herself together. She had something more important to do.

She could only fix her passive stance in this situation if she could develop the antidote. It felt uncomfortable to be under someone else's control.

The Island of Despair was powerful in both manpower and financial resources. It was because the members were under the drug's control.

If there was an antidote, the Island of Despair would break apart once the members were given the antidote.

Luca became even more determined to study and develop the antidote at the thought of this.

She took the sample out of the disinfection cabinet. The sample that she took from the straw did not disappoint her. The concentration was high enough. The next thing she needed to do was analyze the composition of it. Then, she would be able to develop the antidote.

Luca sat on the lab table and did her research quietly.

She stopped her research and talked to Tommy for a while when Tommy sent her a video call request before he slept.

A while into the call, Tommy got sleepy. Luca put her son to bed and hung up the video call.

Her children could always touch her heart...

She looked at her unfinished research and recalled the words that Tommy had told her. He asked her to rest earlier and not to stay up too late.

'Yes, it's better to not stay up too late.'

Luca put everything away and went to sleep after washing up.

It was midnight. The door was pushed open, and Luke dragged his tired body into the house. He looked at the dark living room and did not make any loud noises.

Luca should be asleep now.

However, judging from her vigilant personality, he reckoned that she had already woken up when he opened the door.

Luke did not intend to disturb her, but he wanted to reassure her that it was not some bad guy who came in. He thought for a while and called out her name softly, "Luca."

There was no response from the dark living room, and she did not respond to him either.

Luke knew that she heard him even though she did not respond.

He entered the maid's room and switched on the lights. He looked at the bed that could only accommodate one person and noticed that it had been neatly made with a blanket on top. He did not think anything of it.

It was because it was not Luca who made the bed. He was the one who asked the cleaning lady to make the bed when she came to cook for her.

Luke glanced at the lab table that was slightly messy and thought that Luca probably did some experiments today.

She could never stay put, but what kind of experiments was she doing here?

Luke looked at the bottles on the lab table. He could read the words but he had no idea what they were for.

Bianca had always been eager to learn back then, but she had to learn and master these skills in three years. He could not imagine how much effort she put in during those three years to become Luca today.

Luke took off his suit coat and lay down on the bed. The bed was more suited for the average woman as it was not very long. When he stretched his legs, they could reach the edge of the bed.

He had to sleep here and tolerate everything to get closer to Luca. It was convenient for him to go to work from here too. That was why he put up with it.

In the master bedroom beside.

Luca was lying on the bed, holding her breath as she listened to the noises out there.

She had heard the sound of the door opening and closing, then the footsteps, and lastly, Luke's voice.

She knew it was Luke who came in, and he called out to her.

It was late, but he came here instead. He came in and out as he wished like he was the owner of the house.

Luca did not know how to face Luke, but she was assured after knowing that it was him.

Then, there was the sound of a door opening and closing again.

She reckoned that Luke had already gone to the maid's room to sleep.

Then, she remembered the small and narrow bed in the maid's room. Would he be able to sleep well there?

Luca rolled over on the bed and listened to the noises outside. She could not hear anything this time.

She reckoned that Luke must be sleeping.

Luca touched the mattress and wondered if it was alright for Luke to sleep on that small bed?

Although she felt bad, there was nothing she could do now.

Luca slowly fell asleep as she pondered. It was already the next morning when she woke up. She shot a glance at her phone. Winter was coming, and the sky was still gray at six in the morning. Then, she remembered Luke, who was sleeping in the maid's room. He was probably still asleep now.

He had clothes in the maid's room, but he did not have any toiletries with him. Luca got out of the bed and took a new set of toiletries out of the drawer.

She was planning to give these to Amur before this.

Luca thought that after Amur returned, she would clean up the maid's room and change the bed. That would be his temporary bedroom.

It was because he was not picky at all. Text content © .

However, she did not expect that it would be Luke who would use both the room and toiletries instead.

After Luca put the toiletries in the common bathroom, she went to the living room and saw the thermos bottle Luke had left on the coffee table.

She went to pick it up, realizing that he had finished drinking the chowder.

Luke had always loved to drink her soups and chowders. It was normal that he finished drinking the chowder.

Luca carried the thermos bottle and walked into the kitchen. It was still early, but when she remembered that Luke told her he was going to bring her somewhere, she got up early to prepare breakfast.

There were still some ingredients in the kitchen. She picked a few of them and made a simple Western breakfast.

Luke had already gotten up when she was serving breakfast.

“Good morning." The man took the initiative to greet her.

“Good morning, Mr. Crawford." Luca was not surprised. Instead, she served the breakfast on the dining table calmly. "There's a new set of toiletries in the bathroom. You can use them. And I made breakfast for you too."

Luke saw her unsurprised expression on her face. He could not figure out whether she was surprised or not.

Maybe he was right last night. Luca was awake when the door was pushed open. That was why she was not surprised to see him here.

She always fell into a deep sleep previously, but she had become a light sleeper now. It was as if she was watching out for something.

"Alright." Luke looked at the breakfast that she had prepared for him. He felt happy but unpleasant at the same time.

He turned around and walked into the bathroom. Then, he saw the set of new toiletries that Luca had put there for him. She was probably worried that he would be put off, so they were left unopened.

She knew every little habit of his.

However, she refused to recognize him.

After Luke washed himself up, Luca was already sitting at the dining table waiting for him.

When he sat down to have breakfast, she asked, "Mr. Crawford, you're bringing me somewhere, right?"

“Yes," Luke simply answered.

Luca did not ask where they were going. It was because if he was willing to tell her, he would have told her earlier. There would be no need for her to ask him. Instead, she asked, "You're not going to the office today?" "I worked late last night and I've finished most of the work for today." Luke picked up a fried egg and placed it on his plate. Then, he looked at her. "It was too late last night, that's why I didn't go back home

and came here to rest. Did I wake you up?"