The young woman beside was secretly astonished while listening to the conversation between the mother and her son.

However, Luke was her boss now. She could not say anything about it. She only had to listen to his arrangements.

After Luke handled Allison's affair, he signed the relevant documents and left the hospital.

He refused to stay any longer in South Korea. He could not wait to go home. He missed Luca so much.

However, there was no flight back now. He had to stay for another night.

Luke returned to the hotel. He picked up his phone and glanced at it. There were no other messages other than the ones from Jason and some other senior managers who were reporting to him.

He had not received any messages from Luca or the kids.

Luke put on a helpless expression on his face. Previously, the kids would send him messages every day to tell him how much they missed him whenever he went on a business trip, but there was not even one message from them now.

It seemed like the kids had forgotten about him now that Luca was taking care of them.

Luke sent a message to Luca and asked: [What are you doing now?]

Even after a while had passed, Luca had yet to reply to his message.

Luke frowned as he opened Jason's message. He asked Jason directly without trying to conceal his intentions: [What's Dr. Craw doing now?]

It only took a few seconds for Jason to reply to Luke's message. He replied immediately: [Wait a minute, Boss. I'm going to take a look.]

Luke did not reply to him. After some time, Jason sent another message: [Boss, Dr. Craw is busy with her work in her office now. Would you like to pass her a message?]

Luke slightly narrowed his eyes. Luca was so busy that she did not notice her phone's notification? Was she doing it on purpose? Original from .

He could not figure it out, but he did not ask Jason to ask Luca. He just replied to Jason's email.

Jason was waiting for Luke's reply. He did not expect that he would receive a document email instead of a message from Luke.

Jason opened the document and glanced at it. Then, he let out a groan. Was the boss in a bad mood? He directly rejected the report that had just been completed. Jason immediately passed the document to his subordinates without a second thought and asked the department downstairs to redo it.

Luca was busy with her work. Just then, her phone rang. Only then did she come back to her senses. She glanced at her phone. It was Nina who called. She answered it and said, "Hey, Nina."

“It's already noon. Have you gone out for lunch?” Nina asked caringly.

“No. I didn't know it's already noon. I'm going now—” Luca glanced at the time. It was indeed already noon. She had been busy today and took no notice of the time.

“Hold up. You don't have to go anywhere. I've ordered takeout for you. Someone will deliver it to you later. Just sit in your office and don't go anywhere, alright?” Nina reminded her. With the state Luca was in, she should not be going to work at all. However, she insisted on doing so. Nina had no choice but to continue looking after Luca in other ways.

"Alright. Thank you." Luca knew Nina cared about her, so she sincerely thanked her.

“Don't mention it. Oh, when is Luke coming back?" Nina asked.

"I suppose he's coming back tomorrow." Luca counted the days. Luke had told her that he would be back around this time.

"If that's the case, I'll go over to your place again tonight. Wait for me when you get off work later. I'll pick you up," Nina added.

Luca hesitated and said, "Mr. Mallory isn't going to be happy about that."

"Your health is more important than anything else now. Besides, Percy is quite busy these days. He always comes home late. I told him to sleep in his office for the next two days. Everything will be fine. It's decided. You should stop overthinking. Your health matters the most now." Nina made the decision for her right away.

Luca had no choice but to say, “Okay.”

Nina hung up the call as soon as Luca agreed with her.

When Luca was about to put her phone aside, she noticed that there was an unread message. After she tapped on it, she realized that it was a message from Luke. He had sent it this morning.

He asked Luca what she was doing...

Luca's heart pounded faster all of a sudden. It seemed like Luke was just casually chatting with her, like how a husband was concerned about what his wife was doing.

Luke had been acting weird in the past two days.

Luca calmed herself down and replied to him in a very formal tone: [I'm sorry, Mr. Crawford. I was handling my work just now and missed your message. Is there anything you'd like me to do?]

Luca tapped the send button after reviewing her words and making sure that there was nothing wrong with them.

After she successfully sent the message, she put her phone aside. Jason happened to carry a bag into her office at this moment. He said, “Dr. Craw, it's your lunch.”

Luca looked at Jason with surprise and asked, “Mr. Doyle, why are you the one delivering it up here?”

"Actually, it wasn't me. Ms. Nina told me that you aren't feeling well, so she asked someone to deliver the food to the receptionist. Then, the receptionist delivered it up here. I took it from her and came here," said Jason. He put the lunchbox on Luca's desk. He noticed her pale face.

“Oh, thank you.” Luca was embarrassed. After all, everyone in the office was busy working. She should not be receiving such special treatment.

"It's nothing, Dr. Craw. Why don't you go home and take a rest if you're feeling uncomfortable? Ms. Taylor can do the translation work too." Jason was worried that Luca would be exhausted. If Luca was exhausted and felt sick, what would he do if Luke came back and blamed him for it?

"It's nothing. I'll be fine." Luca smiled and opened her lunchbox.

Jason noticed that Luca was going to have her lunch. It felt wrong to stay there and watch her eat. Thus, he smiled, turned around, and left.

Luca moved slowly to her office door and closed it. Then, she sat down in her office chair again.

Perhaps it was because the effect of the painkillers had subsided, so it was hard for her to even take another step.

She opened her lunchbox and realized that Nina had ordered some soup for her.

Luca picked up the briefcase beside her and took a packet of pills out. She had made them herself. Not only could they stop the inflammation and relieve pain, but they could also help in recovering wounds.

She shook out the pills into her palm and stuffed them in her mouth. Then, she swallowed the pills together with the soup.

Luca started to eat her lunch after taking the medicine.

The food Nina ordered for her tasted bland, and they were suitable for her, someone who was in the midst of recovering from her wound.

Her phone rang again after she took a few bites.

Luca thought it was Nina. She glanced at the phone number, only to realize that it was a call from Abel.

Her eyes darkened. She eventually tapped on the answer button.

"What's the matter?" Luca sounded irritated and disrespectful.

Abel chuckled. "It turns out that you're still alive."

"Yes, I'm still alive. I could've died if you were cruel enough to stab half an inch away from the spot you did." Luca looked down. She knew Abel had done it on purpose.

He stabbed right on the spot with the most nerves, but it was not fatal enough.

"Is that what you want? I'll grant your death wish in the future, but you can't die now." Abel made this call just to make sure that she was not dead.

After Abel let Luca leave last night, he did not send anyone to follow her. He knew Luca would be able to live through it.