“I drank some when I was on the mission." Amur found an excuse to cover up the fact that he was drowning himself in alcohol. He had been going out drinking for a few nights now.

He could not calm himself down at the thought of Luca staying with Luke, and he had never stopped thinking of bringing her back to his side.

However, Luca would not allow him to do so. Therefore, Amur had no choice but to drink his sorrows away.

Luca frowned as she listened to his hoarse yet slightly slurred words. "Amur, is something bothering you lately?"

Amur remained silent for quite some time.

He so badly wanted to tell her that she was his biggest worry, but how could he say something like that to her?

Luca only saw him as her younger brother. owns all content.

"No. Stop overthinking." Amur looked down. He dared not to say anything like that to her.

If Luca knew he had feelings for her, she would convince him to forget about her and return to the Island of Despair.

Now that she was surrounded by danger, he could not just go back to the Island of Despair and leave her alone in A City. Abel hated her so much. Even if she was still useful to him, Abel would not save her if she encountered any danger.

Luca knew he was not telling her the truth. However, Amur was already an adult. Even though Luca knew he was not being honest with her, there was nothing that she could do about it either. She let out

a helpless sigh and reminded him, saying, "Drinking too often is bad for your health. It's late. Get some rest."

"Thank you for cleaning up the apartment for me today." Amur hung up right after he said that.

If he had known Luca would be coming today, he would not have gone out drinking no matter what.

As Luca listened to the busy tone on the other end of the phone, she wondered if it was because Amur had been outside for too long and that was why he was acting weird.

Actually, he did not have to stay in A City to protect her.

If he headed back to the Island of Despair, Eler would be able to look after him. At least things would not have to be this way. As Amur was out of the Island, he would often be assigned missions. He did not even have time to rest.

Luca let out a sigh. There was nothing else in her mind now. She was only thinking about formulating the antidote so that she could try to reduce the harm that would be brought upon Luke.

The sound of someone walking came from outside her door. She thought it might be Luke making his way up the stairs and heading back to his bedroom.

Sure enough, she heard the sound of a door closing.

Luca glanced at the time. It was late. She did not have a good night's sleep last night, so she had started feeling sleepy.

She looked at the white folder. Even though she was supposed to finish translating the documents today, the workload was not much and the documents were not urgent. It would be fine if she did them tomorrow.

At the thought of this, Luca grabbed her pajamas and headed to the washroom to clean herself up. She then turned off the lights and lay down on the bed.

Before she closed her eyes, she heard someone opening a door.

Was it Luke?

Luca did not open her eyes and kept them closed. She listened to the noises outside the door.

She heard nothing else other than the sound of the door opening earlier.

Luke was standing with his back leaning on the wall outside the door. He was staring at Luca's bedroom door quietly.

He would be able to see her face once he pushed the door open.

However, he did not do so even though he knew she was Bianca. He would not do anything that would hurt her before she truly accepted him.

Even though he would be doing it out of love and it would not hurt her, he still would not do it.

Luke gazed at the door quietly for a long time as though he could see Luca in the bedroom through the door. He only went back to his bedroom and continued with his work when there was no sound coming from her bedroom. The night darkened and it got even quieter.

Before Luca was kidnapped, he had thought of seizing the chance to train Lanie so that he could take over the company when he graduated. Then, he would bring Bianca to travel around the world.

However, all he had in mind now was to find out the truth as soon as possible. Then, he would ask Luca to return to his side.

He slowly took out his phone at the thought of this. He made a call.

The issue of the package's address had to be handled immediately because of his subordinate's negligence. Hence, he did not feel sorry for calling him in the middle of the night.

The following day.

Queenie called Luca when she was busy with her work in her office.

"Hello, Mrs. Norman." Luca cradled her phone between her ear and shoulder, while her fingers were still typing on the keyboard. Her eyes were focused on the computer screen.

Queenie fell silent for a few seconds when she heard the sound of Luca typing on the keyboard. Then, she asked carefully, "Luca, are you busy?"

"No, I'm not. Mrs. Norman, what's the matter?" Luca replied to her and glanced at the documents to confirm the text at the same time. Then, she continued to translate.

Queenie could hear that Luca was still typing on the keyboard on the other end of the call. She realized that she had acted recklessly by making this call.

"It's nothing important. We'll talk about it again when you're on your break," Queenie said.

When Queenie received the call from Jack, she could no longer suppress her excitement. She called Luca right away without considering if Luca was busy at this moment.

"It's okay, Mrs. Norman. Just say it. I'm listening." Luca stopped typing on the keyboard to show that she would put all her focus on listening to what Queenie had to say.

Queenie thought of hanging up the call before she heard Luca say so. Hence, she asked, “Luca, will you be available at noon or later in the evening?"

"Yes, I'm available. What's the matter? But I'm not sure if I have time in the evening. After all, my workload can increase anytime," replied Luca. She had no idea why Queenie was looking for her. Could it be that she was still trying to make her talk?

She recalled the package's address at the thought of this. She wondered if Luke had listened to her and solved the problem.

She did not want Mr. and Mrs. Norman to find out the hard truth.

"Let's meet at noon, then. I'll be waiting for you in the cafe downstairs of your office. Is that alright?" Queenie made an appointment with her.

"Sure. But Mrs. Norman, can I know what's going on?" Luca could sense that Queenie seemed to be anxious about it, so she decided to ask.

"Didn't I tell you that we'll be arranging a blind date for you last night? When Jack came back home today, he told me he had found a nice man for you. He's handsome and has a bright future. That's why I'm in such a hurry to introduce him to you and let you two get to know each other," said Queenie. After Luca agreed with her suggestion last night, she had been rushing Jack to hurry up and settle the matter.

If Luca got into a relationship with someone else, then they would not have to worry if there was anything going on between her and Luke.

Jack thought so too. He began screening all his subordinates after Luca left last night.

After Jack talked to the man today, he agreed to meet Luca. Hence, Queenie could not wait to call Luca and make an appointment with her.

Luca felt a tingling on her scalp as she listened to what Queenie said.

She had only agreed to it to assure them. However, she did not expect that they would act so quickly.

They were even faster than those professional matchmakers.

Luca felt like she was being driven into a corner. There was no way she could turn back now. She had no choice but to bite the bullet.

She could not reject their offer. If she refused to see the man they wanted to introduce to her, they would think that she did not mean what she said.