Luca wrapped Lanie in her arms. She understood what the kids were thinking.

"Do you see me as one of those women as well?" she asked cautiously, worried that she would be hurt to hear from Lanie that the kids did not like her.

Lanie raised his head and looked at her with a firm gaze. "No, all of us like you, Ms. Luca. I don't know why but we've always thought that you're affectionate and love us as our Mommy did. If it's possible, we hope to be able to live with you for the days to come. Ms. Luca, although our daddy seems cold, he treats his lover gently and wholeheartedly. Rainie and I can guarantee it."

Luca noticed how Lanie was promoting Luke. She smiled and gently pinched his hand. "You like me but you're still young. You can't tell what kind of liking it is."

"We feel that whenever we see you, it's like seeing our mommy. Ms. Luca, Daddy likes you very much and we like you very much too. Think about it. Don't reject Daddy just like that," Lanie said sincerely.

Luca felt disconcerted after hearing what Lanie said.

They liked her and she liked them.

How could a mother not love her children?

Nevertheless, they were in close proximity but were unable to acknowledge each other...

Luca sighed and replied, "You don't understand—"

"I know, I'm young and don't know anything. However, trust that what I said is true. Rainie, Tommy, and I have thought about whether we would be unhappy if you were to become our mother. In the end, we found that we were able to accept it. Ms. Luca, even if you and Daddy can't be together, we all hope that we can see you every day. Please don't move out..." Lanie rarely acted pampered with her.

Luca could not turn him down when she saw how Lanie acted. She said, "Give me some time to think about it, okay?"

"Okay, Ms. Luca. Even if you don't like Daddy, we're so cute. There's no way you don't like us. If you don't stay with us, we'll be miserable. I'm sure you've seen a lot of news on TV and in newspapers about how babysitters abuse children, right? You wouldn't have the heart to put us in that situation, will you?" Seeing that she did not agree right away, Lanie knew that he had to keep a hold on Luca.

Luca was speechless, it was true that she would never put them in situations as such.

Lanie continued talking, "If we stay in Crawford Manor, it'll be fine since Great-grandpa is there, so the maids won't dare to do anything to us. However, if Daddy comes home late from working overtime, we only have the maids there to take care of us. Daddy says that he won't have the maids from Crawford

Manor take care of us anymore because Grandma is back and needs people to take care of her. As such, he plans to hire a maid from outside, which means that a stranger might enter our home. The possibility of us being abused is higher."

Luca knew that Lanie was trying to force her hand and thought that no one would dare to abuse such a smart kid.

If they were abused, they definitely would not let it go. They would tell Luke.

Luca could not bear looking at how miserable Lanie appeared. She knew that he was doing it to keep her around. She sighed and said, "Okay, let me think about it."

In the past, the one who was the least affectionate to her was Lanie.

Therefore, Luca never knew whether Lanie liked her. However, after she heard his speech, she knew that Lanie's attachment to her was no less than that of the other two children.

It was just that he was the eldest among the grandchildren of Old Master Crawford, so he had to appear mature and not show many emotions.

The reality was that they were all just children.

"Okay, Ms. Luca. You must think about it clearly. Don't be difficult as the other adults. Tell us how you truly feel. There’s no point in being difficult, don't you think?" Lanie said with a serious expression.

Luca did not expect that she would be schooled by his son.

However, she was put in a difficult position. Which adult was not?

Life as an adult was not that easy after all.

After she sent Lanie off, Luca closed the door, walked into the ensuite bathroom, washed up, and sat down on the bed.

What Luke and Lanie said kept ringing in her ears. She snapped out of it when her phone rang.

Luca looked at her phone and found that Amur was calling.

She answered the call. "Amur, it's so late, why haven't you gone to bed?"

"You’re awake too." Amur looked at his computer screen. His surroundings were pitch-black, and he looked slightly petrifying with the computer's light shining on his face.

"I just laid down and am ready to go to bed. Did something happen?" Luca asked. Original from .

"I've been looking for Nina," Amur said, "And I've found something."

Luca immediately sat up and said in surprise, "So fast?"

"Luca, don't forget that there are many informants from the Island of Despair in A City. Those informants can provide more clues than Luke and Percy's men." Amur was a little proud. Although it may seem like he was on the losing end when compared to Luke, he had strengths that Luke could not compare to as well.

After his reminder, Luca knew that Amur had made use of the informants from the Island of Despair in A City.

However, it does not matter.

After all, it was Amur who engaged them, not her. Hence, it would not attract much attention from Abel...

"When’s the soonest you can find her?" Luca asked.

"I'm already tracking her now and if it goes well, I'll be able to find her early tomorrow," Amur replied.

Luca kept silent for a while. She thought of telling Amur not to hurry and get some rest. However, she thought of how Nina's life was in danger the longer she was in Pierre's hands. She did not want to take the risk.

"Thank you for your hard work. If you find Nina, don't act alone. Just make an anonymous call to Percy, tell him Nina's whereabouts, and watch quietly from behind the scenes." Luca reminded him, not wanting Amur to be directly involved.

Now that Luke knew about Amur's existence and thought he was her younger brother, Luke would be suspicious if Amur showed his hand.

"I know what to do." Amur glanced at the time and found that it was getting late. He reminded her. "It's getting late. Go to bed and wait for my good news tomorrow."

"Okay." Luca believed in his ability to find someone and hung up the phone.

She was lying on the bed, but her mind was full of Luke's and Lanie's words earlier. At the same time, she was worried about Nina.

She turned sideways, took out the medicine from the bedside table, and swallowed one.

If she did not take any medicine, she was doomed to have another sleepless night.

After she took the medicine, Luca put the bottle back in the drawer of the bedside table. She lay straight and quietly waited for the sleepiness to hit her.