Luca did not expect that Nina would make such a recommendation. Just when she was about to reject it, Luke spoke up.

"That's fine." He agreed.

Luca was astonished. 'He? Washing dishes?' She recalled that Luke was a man who could not even operate a microwave or any other electrical gadgets in the kitchen. It seemed like he was not too good in the kitchen.

Nina also put on a shocked expression.

'The head of T Corporation and the heir of the Crawford family actually agreed to wash dishes?'

The three kids looked at each other and smirked. They did not say anything. Instead, they ate even faster.

They all wanted to watch their father wash dishes in the kitchen.

After Luke agreed to it, Nina was at a loss for words and just kept quiet as she ate her meal.

Luca's cooking was delicious, but with Luke around, her attention was no longer on the food. She kept thinking about the scene of Luke washing dishes in the kitchen later.

After dinner, Nina asked Luca softly, "Do you guys have a dishwasher?"

"We do." Luca nodded.

Nina came to an understanding. "No wonder he agreed to it so quickly. He'll probably use the dishwasher, right?"

"But after I moved here, no one ever uses that dishwasher. I wonder if he even knows how to use it," Luca said softly. Luke never washed dishes in the past. On any usual day, the two of them would just stand side-by-side. She would wash the dishes while he would wipe them. It was a smooth process.

However, at this moment...

Nina looked at Luke's expressionless face as he cleaned up the dishes on the table. She reminded him, saying, "Mr. Crawford, the dishes will be cleaner if you wash them by hand. You have to wash them first before placing them into the dishwasher to ensure the germs are killed."

Luke glanced at her. After Percy suggested having Nina stay the night with Luca, he had already prepared himself to be nagged by Nina.

However, he did not expect Nina to provoke him endlessly. 'I'm going to make Percy pay for this.' Luca watched Luke stack up the plates and thought to herself, 'If he's careless, the plates at the top will fall and shatter. It'll be troublesome to clean up the mess if that happens.' Hence, she got up and said, "I think I'll take it from here."

"You can do your own thing. Let Mr. Crawford handle it. He's not a kid. Isn't it only normal for a person to work a little after having their meal?" Nina pulled Luca back.

Luca looked at Luke as he carried the plates that were stacked up high.

If it were her, she would take two trips to bring all the plates to the kitchen as it was safer that way.

With much caution, Luke brought the plates and cutleries into the kitchen. Luca was held back by Nina. She had no choice and could only watch from behind. A while passed and there was no sound of anything crashing to the floor. Only then was she relieved.

At the very least, he had not broken anything.

After seeing the anxious look on Luca's face, Nina whispered, "Relax. It's only because he has never done this before. It's not that he doesn't know how to do it."

Luca glanced at her and had a helpless look on her face. "I'm just worried about my plates and cutleries."

"Quit the act. Come, let's see how he's washing the dishes." Nina held Luca's hand and walked to the entrance of the kitchen.

Luke had his back facing them while standing in front of the sink. Water came running from the tap, and all they could hear was the sound of water and plates being washed. However, they were unable to see how he was washing the dishes.

Tommy forced his way in and held Luca's hand. "Don't worry, Ms. Luca. I'm sure Daddy will wash all the plates until they're sparkling clean."

Nina touched the child's head. She asked curiously, "How do you know?"

"That's because Daddy is a germaphobe. That's why he'll make sure the plates are very clean," said Tommy with a straight face.

Nina wanted to laugh out loud. She covered her mouth, trying her best not to laugh out loud.

Luke was washing the dishes. After hearing what the child said, he reminded them coldly. "I can hear you guys talking from over here."

Tommy covered his mouth and said with a smile, "Daddy, the way you do things so seriously just makes you look cooler!"

"He does look quite cool.” Nina agreed and nodded her head. "Next time, I'll make Percy try it."

"You should ask Percy to prepare dinner for you." Luke did not turn around and continued struggling to get rid of the grease on the plates.

"I guess I can try that," Nina added. However, she realized something was not right. "Why would you say so?"

"You just have to be determined and just hope you won't be admitted to the hospital after having his cooking,” Luke said. As Percy's best friend of 20 years, Luke knew how terrible Percy was at cooking.

"Uncle Percy's cooking is terrible." Tommy thought back to the time in Russia. He was unlucky enough to try Percy's cooking. Just the thought of it now made him have goosebumps.

"It takes time to pick up cooking skills. You just have to give him a chance.” All of a sudden, Nina was agitated when she heard the criticisms from Luke and his son. 'I swear I'll make Percy learn how to cook!'

Luca saw that Luke was about to finish washing the dishes. He was picking up a towel to wipe the plates now. She then reminded him, saying, "It's the light green towel."

Luke turned around to look at her and picked up the towel before starting to wipe away the water droplets on the plates.

Nina nodded in satisfaction. "Never would I expect the great Mr. Crawford to be quite an expert in washing dishes. Not bad."

After saying that, she held Luca's hand. "Come, let's head upstairs, Luca."

"Why?" Luca was puzzled.

"You said it's rare for me to spend the night with you. Don't you want to have a girl's talk?" Nina held her hand and was about to head upstairs. Original from .

Tommy squeezed his way to the front when he saw his mother being pulled away by Nina. "Godmother, can I come with you guys?"

Nina looked at Tommy and shook her head while saying, "Today, Ms. Luca is mine. So, that's a hard no."

"You're selfish, Godmother. You used to be the one who loved me the most." Tommy pouted his lips, behaving in a spoilt manner. However, he was not really upset.

"You were cute back then but you've grown up now and have started to look more like your daddy. So, tonight, your daddy will be the one taking care of you. Luca, you're mine." Nina pinched Tommy's nose and pulled Luca upstairs.

Tommy glanced at Luke, who was still busy cleaning up in the kitchen. He sighed, "I still love it when we're all together as a family, Daddy."

"Nina will be leaving tomorrow." Luke did not turn around and replied to his son.

If Percy asked him to let Nina stay for another day, he would never agree to it.

No matter what Percy said, Luke would not agree!

'If he's worried about Nina, he should just stay next to her himself. After all, he has already declared that he's going against the Mallory family. So, there's no harm having her by his side.'

After arriving on the second floor, Nina's footsteps came to a halt when she saw so many doors. She asked, "Which one is your room?"

"First one on the right," Luca said. Then, she explained, "The one opposite is Mr. Crawford's, followed by Rainie's, Tommy's, and Lanie's room. The last one is the study, but it's also being occupied by me as it's more convenient for me to conduct my research there."

Nina burst into laughter as she listened to Luca's explanation. "I know there's nothing going on between you and Luke now. You don't have to explain in detail."