Luca placed the takeout on the dining table. This villa was big. It was much bigger compared to the bachelor's apartment.

She walked around the house, wondering if Luke had installed surveillance cameras in the house. However, she did not find any.

Even so, her not being able to find any did not mean that none were installed. Luca sat on the chair beside the dining table and looked at the takeout. She was lost in thoughts.

Her phone rang. She glanced at it and saw that there was a message from Luke.

Luca tapped on the screen. His voice came into his ears. “Have you received the takeout I ordered?"

The man's voice was deep and hoarse as though it was a ray of sunshine in the cold weather, slightly warming up her cold heart. Luca was startled. She picked up the phone and replied to him, "I got it. Thank you, Mr. Crawford."

[You're welcome. Eat it while it's warm.] Luke did not send an audio message this time. He replied with a text message instead.

Luca looked at those six simple words. Then, she opened the lids of the food containers. Luke had ordered all her favorite food...

She picked up the spoon and ate a mouthful. It tasted good.

Luca thought of cleaning up after dinner. However, she realized the whole villa had already been cleaned up. Hence, she walked into the study.

She was planning to continue her research since she was free tonight.

An hour later, Luca received Amur's call.

"Amur, why are you calling me at this hour?" Luca asked. She knew Amur was busy with his mission, so she tried her best not to disturb him.

Luca had no idea about how Amur's mission was going. She was worried about him.

Amur listened to Luca's voice and took a deep breath. He sounded excited. "Luca, I've accomplished my mission here."

"You've accomplished your mission?" Luca was surprised. She did not receive any news from him the entire time. What was his mission?

"Yes. I can return to A City to protect you tomorrow onward." Amur could not hide the excitement in his voice.

That was great. Finally, he was able to return here safely. Luca's voice became excited too. “What time will you be reaching A City tomorrow? Do you need me to pick you up?"

"No. I can go back myself. It'll be late. There's just one more thing I need to take care of first." Amur hung up the phone after that.

Luca had always seen Amur as her younger brother. He could come back safely now. After worrying about him for so long, Luca could now set her mind at rest.

She suddenly thought about whether Amur should stay in the apartment or the villa after he returned. This seemed to be difficult.

Although the people on the Island of Despair had killed people before, she refused to let Amur continue staying in the apartment. Besides, he might be against it too.

However, the villa...

This was Luke's villa. If he could ask her to move in, then he would be able to ask her to move out too.

Luca thought she would have to ask for Luke's permission if she wanted Amur to move in here. She pondered for a moment and opened her contacts on her phone.

She would not be able to explain it clearly through an audio message. She had no choice but to call Luke.

After the call was answered, Luca spoke in a gentle voice. "Mr. Crawford, are you busy?"

"Yes. It's late. What's the matter?" Luke was a little surprised that she would call him at this hour. It was because Luca could not wait to set boundaries between them. It was inappropriate for her to call him now.

"My younger brother is coming back tomorrow. I want to ask you whether he's allowed to stay in the villa with me." Luca asked. There were enough rooms in the villa. If Luke gave her permission, she would clean up a room after this.

"Younger brother?" Luke frowned.

"Yes. His name is Amur. We're not biologically related but I consider him my younger brother. You've met him before." Luca reminded him.

Luke remembered. Amur was that tall Russian man.

Amur was not Luca's younger brother, and he knew that well. He reckoned that Amur was related to the power that was manipulating Luca behind her.

However, if he was one of those who was manipulating her, why would Luca care about Amur?

Luke frowned at the thought of this.

He felt uncomfortable when he recalled how much Luca cared about Amur and the fact that they had been staying in an apartment together for quite some time.

"Mr. Crawford?" Luca called out to him when she did not hear any answer from him.

Luke snapped back to his senses. He said without a second thought, "I don't think it's convenient to do so."

"Ah." Luca did not expect Luke to disagree with it and use such an excuse too.

"Alright." She had no choice but to agree with it. After all, it was Luke's villa. It was no good for her to continue asking about it.

"Anything else?" Luke sounded a little annoyed as jealousy filled his heart.

Although Luca did not have romantic feelings for Amur, she actually asked him if she could stay with Amur. He was unhappy with it from the bottom of his heart.

"There's nothing else, Mr. Crawford. Sorry for disturbing you. I'm hanging up now." Even though Luca had considered the possibility of Luke rejecting her, she was still unable to understand why when she heard him saying no.

Why did he turn her down?

Luca glanced at the time. It was already 11 o'clock at night.

The villa had already been cleaned up. If Amur came to stay here tomorrow when he came back, there was no need for her to come back and forth. Besides, after everything that Amur had done for her, she felt the need to take care of him.

However, Luke had refused her request.

Luca kept the experiment instruments and went to her bedroom to change into casual clothes. Original from .

Luca still had to go to work tomorrow. She would not have time to return to the apartment to clean it up tomorrow. Hence, she planned to hail a ride now and tidy up the apartment as she thought it was still early.

It had been a long time since someone stayed in that apartment. Every piece of furniture in the apartment was covered with dust covers, but the place still needed a good cleaning up.

Amur was a casual person. It did not matter where he stayed. However, if she did not clean up the place, judging from Amur's personality, he would not clean it either. He would just settle down right away.

Luca brought her phone and the apartment's key with her before leaving the villa.

She walked out of the villa district, hailed a cab successfully, and headed to the apartment.

It had been quite some time since Luca came here. The security who was on shift was still able to recognize her. He let her enter the apartment without asking too many questions.

Luca frowned when she pushed the apartment door open.

It was just like what she expected. The apartment was still a little dirty after it had been empty for quite some time.

Luca took the dust covers off the furniture. Then, she took the cleaning tools out and started to clean.

It was already 12:30 a.m. after she finished cleaning up. She glanced at the lights outside the window. Most of the lights were turned off. She planned to stay here for the night. She would go to T

Corporation immediately tomorrow.