"Okay, please greet the guests. Luca, accompany me inside? Let's have some tea?" Old Master Crawford invited her.

"Okay." Luca nodded in agreement. Rather than standing here, it was a better option for her to accompany Old Master Crawford in for tea.

She did not have the right status to be standing here and greeting guests.

"Come, give me a hand. I'm old and my legs are not working as well as they used to," Old Master Crawford said. He was in a wonderful mood.

Luca obediently helped him, and the two walked in with the butler following closely behind.

Luke glanced at Luca's back with a tender gaze.

Susan was enraged by what happened and thought Luca must be proud of how things turned out. Getting the love and attention of Old Master Crawford meant that she had won over the entire Crawford family. If Luke was involved with her, she was unsure where she would stand in the future.

She felt threatened once again. To her, Luca was a bigger threat than Bianca!

Susan looked at Louis, who was standing at the side looking at his phone. He did not utter a word as things went down as though he was invisible.

'Even the guests played along with me but my son didn't say a word!'

Susan pinched his arm.

Louis hissed in pain and looked at her. "Mom, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter?! All you know is to play with your phone! Today is your grandfather's birthday. Is it appropriate for you to stand here and play with your phone?" Susan stared at him. She was infuriated that he did not try to please Old Master Crawford on such an important day. She thought that he would lose his footing in the household if something happened to her.

Louis' mood turned inexplicable after being yelled at. He had no choice but to put down his work, look at her, and ask, "Why are you angry? Today is Grandpa's birthday. If he sees you like this, he'll be unhappy."

"I'm not happy to see how useless you are. What are you still doing here? Go and greet the guests. The guests can't think that there's only one young master in the Crawford family, right?" Susan was hopping mad when she saw how non-reactive Louis was. She could not let Luke take all the limelight.

Louis looked at the guests buttering up to Old Master Crawford. It was as if they were not here for the birthday banquet but just to compliment the Crawford family. He felt disgusted.

"It's good that Luke is dealing with this. I'll focus on my work and not cause any trouble."

To Susan, his behavior showed that he was not up to par. She got even angrier and pushed him, yelling, "What are you doing?! You're also the grandson of the Crawford family and one of the future heirs. Hurry up, go!"

Louis stumbled and almost fell. He knew Susan's jealousy had risen when he saw her expression. She was full of anger.

Over the years, he had started his own business, which had grown bigger. It was not an issue for him to support a family of four but Susan still refused to admit his capabilities. She had been lobbying for him to go back to work in T Corporation.

Louis felt helpless. He had no choice but to put away his phone, walk to Luke's side, and greet the guests with him.

"What did Mom say?" Luke asked softly.

Louis said helplessly, "She asked me to compete with you. Along with that note, make sure you protect Dr. Craw."

"Why?" Luke asked. He greeted the guests with only a slight smile on his face. He was not too enthusiastic toward anyone, even on this occasion.

"I feel like Dr. Craw ticked her off today. Maybe she'll try to do something again later." Louis knew his mother all too well, so he wanted to give Luke a heads-up.

"She can handle it." Luke believed that Luca was no longer the Bianca he used to have to protect at all times.

"You brought her here, so be sure to take good care of her. Otherwise, she'll become afraid of our family and your plan won't succeed." Louis knew about Luke's intentions but did not lay it all out. Instead, he chose to hint at it.

Luke glanced at his half-brother. Even though their mothers often got into fights, the relationship between them was still solid.

At least, in private.

"Got it," Luke replied.

On the other hand.

Thanks to Old Master Crawford, Luca got to know some people of status. At the same time, these people were very curious about her.

Old Master Crawford took the trouble to introduce Luca to those who were curious. After they were introduced to Luca, they were still curious. 'She's just an employee of T Corporation. Why is she valued by Old Master Crawford?'

If Luke and Louis were not married, they would understand. After all, Old Master Crawford could be selecting his granddaughter-in-law.

However, both of them were married with children and no one had ever heard about their relationships being unstable. What was the situation with this woman?

The crowd speculated.

More than half an hour later, Zander walked into the hotel with Luke's three children.

Tommy knew that Luca was coming. After he quickly greeted Luke, he wanted to find Luca.

Luke did not stop Tommy from being so eager to find his mother. He only asked Zander to watch the children.

Zander walked into the banquet hall with the three kids.

They quickly found Luca and stood in front of her in unison. "Good evening, Ms. Luca." owns all content.

"Good evening, Ms. Luca."

"Good evening, Ms. Luca."

Luca looked at them, her embarrassment from being constantly questioned reducing greatly. She touched their heads respectively and said, "Good evening."

Old Master Crawford did not find it strange to see the kids so attached to Luca but was relieved. He wanted to tease them, so he cleared his throat and reminded the children, saying, "I'm the main character today!"

The children looked at him in unison and said, "Happy birthday, Grandpa!"

"I wish Grandpa great health and longevity!"

"I wish Grandpa the happiest of birthdays. May you have today's glory forever."

Old Master Crawford was elated at how sweet the kids were. He could tell that Luca, who was surrounded by the crowd, was embarrassed. He said, "Luca, Luke is still outside greeting guests and has no time to take care of the children. Why don't you go to the lounge with the kids and take care of them for Luke?"

Luca nodded in agreement. She much preferred taking care of the children than having to deal with the curious eyes of the guests.

She stood up and took Tommy and Rainie's hands. She then said, "Old Master Crawford, I'll take the kids to the lounge first."

"Okay, go." Old Master Crawford waved his hand.

Luca left with the children.

As soon as she walked into the hotel lounge, she was surrounded by the three children. Rainie looked at Luca's beautiful dress and said with envy, "Ms. Luca, you're so beautiful. You look like a fairy princess!"