"Ms. Luca, you don't have to worry about me. Daddy said I'm not a kid anymore, I'm a big boy, I can take care of myself." Tommy said while holding the spoon, he could not wait to take his first sip of the soup.

Luca looked at Tommy's greedy expression and shook her head helplessly. If she had not known that the Crawford family would never starve Tommy, she might have misunderstood the situation.

She put the rest of the soup away. Rainie walked over to the dining table and wanted to take a seat next to Luca but Lanie pulled her away.

She understood his actions instantly and chose another seat.

Lanie sat next to her.

Leane sat between Lanie and Tommy so she could take care of the children during the meal.

Luca looked at the remaining two seats. It was clear that they were left for her and Luke.

No matter where she sat, she would be next to Luke.

She had no choice but to choose a seat near Tommy. When Luke saw that, he sat beside her.

Tommy's round eyes were squinted from the wide smile on his face. The family looked so happy and comfortable.

After dinner, Luca wanted to clean up the dishes but Leane took over all the cleaning work. Seeing that, she and the children went to watch TV. owns all content.

It was the weekend the next day, so the kids were not in a hurry to do their homework. They sat obediently on the sofa watching TV. Luke, who did not seem to have the intention of leaving soon, sat

down with the children.

Tommy sat next to Luca and waved to Luke, who was sitting on the single sofa. "Daddy, sit here."

Luke glanced at Luca and found that she was expressionless, hence he sat down next to Tommy.

Rainie was next to Luca. A sofa for four was just right for them. Lanie was sitting coolly on the sofa arm, watching TV.

She looked at the kids, then at Luke's side profile. The atmosphere was just right. It warmed her heart. How she wished that she was with them as Bianca.

She never thought that a peaceful and genial life would become such an ask...

Luca sighed to herself. She could not help but feel sad.

Leane put the cut fruit on the coffee table, looked at Luke, and said, "Young Master Luke, if all is well, I'll head off now."

“Mm," Luke nodded.

Leane left the villa soon after.

At that moment, they were the only ones left in the house...

Luca clenched her fists. ‘When will they leave? Is he planning to wait until the kids are done with watching cartoons?'

She glanced at the clock on the wall. There was still half an hour to nine o'clock. After nine o'clock, the episode would end and she assumed that Luke would leave with the kids.

Luca knew that Luke had been occupied with work, so he barely had any time to spend with the kids. As such, she did not want to say anything now that he was sitting here watching cartoons with them.

After all, children also needed the company of their fathers, especially if their mothers were 'absent'.

Tommy silently held Luca's hand and rested his head on hers.

Luca held onto Tommy silently.

Tommy thought of Luke's advice. As he watched the cartoon, he closed his eyes after a while.

He would not usually go to bed so early, but for the sake of staying with their Mommy, he had to fall asleep!

Luca noticed that the child's head was resting entirely on her. She looked down and said nothing.

Rainie noticed her brother and also remembered her father's advice. She followed suit and leaned on her brother while closing her eyes.

After the episode was over, two of the three children had fallen asleep.

Luke turned off the TV and looked at the kids. Luca also looked at them. She wondered why they fell asleep so early.

On normal days, they would not go to bed until after ten o'clock.

Lanie frowned and acted as though he was in pain. He said, "Daddy, my arm is numb from Rainie lying on me."

Luke heard him, walked over, and carried Rainie.

Luca also wanted to carry Tommy. Although she believed that she was strong enough to carry him even though he had grown up, she was afraid that she would not be gentle enough and would wake him.

"Why did they fall asleep so early?" Luca asked. She noticed that Luke still had no intentions of leaving. He was just carrying Rainie as he sat on the single sofa.

"They haven't had a good rest for the last couple of days," Luke said. "My mother was released from prison and the Crawford family is at war once again. Rainie has nightmares every day after seeing my mother. She hasn't been able to sleep well at night."

Luca looked at Tommy in her arms and felt sorry for the kids.

Rainie was easily frightened, while Tommy was still young. She looked at Lanie, and it seemed that he was affected too.

Lanie's heart softened when he saw that Luca was also looking at him. He was their big brother and could not show his vulnerable side, but there was no doubt that Allison's face haunted him too.

Luca said, "I see."

Lanie added, "In the last week, Rainie often woke up in the middle of the night after getting frightened by her nightmares. She wouldn't be able to fall back asleep. The teacher also said that she has been out of it in class recently. Daddy, why don't we sleep here tonight?"

"Okay," Luke agreed readily.

Luca was stunned that they made a decision just like that.

Although the villa was owned by Luke, she stayed her now. There were no extra daily necessities, so it was inconvenient for them to spend the night here.

Luke looked at her and said, "I'll carry Rainie up first."

"Carry her up? My room?" Luca asked in surprise. Yesterday, she had walked around the villa and knew that there were beds in the other bedrooms but there was no bedding. ‘Is he expecting the kids to sleep on the hard mattresses?'

"No." Luke stood up easily and was about to walk up with Rainie in his arms when he said, "I got the cleaning lady to prepare a few rooms."

Luca blinked but still did not grasp the situation. ‘What does he mean by he got the cleaning lady to prepare a few rooms?'

Luke walked upstairs with Rainie, while Lanie followed. After a while, Luke returned downstairs, walked up to her, and picked Tommy up.

Luca stood up and followed behind him.

She was worried that the children were not sound asleep and she would wake them up, so she lowered her voice to ask, "Mr. Crawford, what does this mean?"

"The kids and I may stay here more often moving forward," Luke told her as she would find out sooner or later.

She would not make a fuss since they were around the kids.

Luca stopped in surprise, watched him go upstairs, and quickly followed.

She watched Luke carry Tommy into the second bedroom next to the master bedroom. The bedrooms were all closed before and she thought that the cleaning lady had closed the doors to prevent dust from getting in. However, now it seemed that they were closed on purpose.

She did not do that to prevent dust from getting in but to keep her from finding out that the rooms had been set up.