Luca could clearly hear the voice that came from the other end of the phone call. She said immediately, “It sounds serious. You'd better get going."

“What about you..." Nina was worried about leaving Luca alone at home.

"I'm fine. Look at me. I was fine last night, so nothing else will happen tonight. Don't worry. Family is most important." Luca convinced her.

Nina pursed her lips. Something might happen to Jean at the hospital if Nina did not show up.

She had no choice but to head to the hospital. "I'm going to the hospital, then. Remember to call me if anything happens here."

"Don't worry. Nothing is going to happen. Oh, you'd better inform Mr. Mallory about this." Luca reminded her. "Percy is someone with high social status. The hospital and police officers will cut Jean some slack even if something has happened."

"I got it," Nina replied. Then, she turned around and left.

Luca slowly walked toward the door. She watched Nina leave the villa through the glass window, and she let out a sigh.

Nina could finally live in peace, but Jean messed it all up.

What a troublemaker.

Luca carried her briefcase and laptop before slowly walking up.

It was a two-story villa, so there was no elevator installed. She could only make her way up the stairs step by step.

The wound was hurting, but Luca endured the pain and continued to head upstairs.

She slowly walked up to the second floor. When she was about to let out a sigh of relief, Têxt © .

Tommy walked out of Lanie's bedroom and saw Luca. He dashed toward her, thinking of giving Luca a big hug.

"Ms. Luca!"

Luca saw through Tommy's gestures. Normally, Luca would be fine with it. However, if Tommy gave her such an aggressive hug now, her would surely tear open.

Luca unconsciously dodged when she saw the child running toward her.

Tommy noticed that Luca was avoiding him. He was stunned as he suddenly stopped running. He looked at Luca with an aggrieved look on his face, "Ms. Luca.."

Luca secretly sighed when she saw the child almost bursting into tears. She had no idea whom this child had taken after. She did not want him to jump on her, but she felt sorry for making him disappointed.

“Tommy, I'm not feeling well. My bones will fall apart if you rush into my arms like that," Luca explained. Tommy had already grown up a little, so he should be able to understand her explanation.

Tommy listened to Luca's explanation, and only then did he suppress his urge to cry. He said in an aggrieved tone, "Ms. Luca, you don't hate me, right?"

"Of course not. Have you ended the video call with your daddy?" Luca asked. She carried her things with another hand and wiped Tommy's face with her free hand.

Tommy was such a crybaby. There were still tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Yes. Daddy went back to work again. He's so busy." Tommy looked at the things Luca was carrying in her other hand. He said in his childish voice, "Ms. Luca, are you going to work too?"

"Yes. Your daddy is busy working, so I'll have to work too." Luca realized that she had successfully patched things up with Tommy, so she pushed her bedroom door open.

Tommy tagged along behind Luca like a clingy little boy. He noticed that Nina was nowhere to be seen, so he asked Luca, "Ms. Luca, where's Godmother?"

"Something came up and she left. It's late. Hurry up and take a shower. You should be resting now."

Tommy nodded obediently. He knew Luca had to work, so he dared not disturb her. He turned around and walked out of the bedroom.

Luca let out a sigh as she watched Tommy leave. She placed the briefcase and laptop on the desk before gently touching her wound that was still hurting.

She dared not to show that she was in pain in front of the kids.

Luca closed the bedroom door and slowly took off her clothes. She realized that the bloodstain on the gauze was slightly bigger than it was in the morning. She was still unable to stop the wound from bleeding.

She removed the gauze and glanced at her wound. The wound was still alright, and the suture did not open.

Luca walked into the washroom. She changed the gauze and put the medicinal powder on her wound after she washed up. Then, she changed into a clean set of pajamas and walked out of the washroom.

She glanced at the time. The kids should already be in their beds at this hour. She opened the bedroom door and came to Tommy's bedroom first. She gently pushed the door open. Tommy was

already on his bed, getting ready to sleep.

"Ms. Luca?" Tommy was happy to see her.

"Rest early." Luca smiled while remembering how she used to put Tommy to sleep before he slept back then. He was able to go to bed by himself now.

Even though Tommy was still a crybaby, he had really grown up. He was more sensible now.

"Alright. Good night, Ms. Luca." Tommy knew Luca was sick. That was why he wanted to stay closer to her for a while more, but he suppressed the urge to do so.

Luca watched Tommy lay down and tuck himself into bed. She then gently closed the door.

Next would be Rainie's bedroom.

Luca pushed the door open. The little girl was sitting on her bed reading a storybook.

“Rainie, it's time to sleep." Luca reminded her in a soft voice.

Rainie lifted her head and saw Luca. She smiled gently at her. "Okay, Ms. Luca."

Rainie wanted to get down from the bed to put her storybook back on the bookshelf.

Luca walked into the bedroom and took Rainie's storybook from her. "Let me help you. It's cold. Lay down quickly."

"Ms. Luca, we don't feel cold. We have a heater in our rooms. Lanie told me that you'll come into our bedrooms every night to see if we've kicked off our blankets. But we won't catch a cold even if that happens. Ms. Luca, you don't have to worry about us." Rainie remembered what Lanie had told her, and she mentioned it to Luca.

Luca must have fallen sick because she had been busy looking after the three of them.

"Lanie knows about it?" Luca was startled for a while after she put the storybook back on the shelf. Lanie was always fast asleep when she entered his bedroom. How did he know about that?

"Lanie is a light sleeper. He'll realize it when you push his bedroom door open," Rainie explained.

"How can it be..." Luca felt slightly guilty. She must have woken Lanie up every time she went into his bedroom at night.

"It's alright, Ms. Luca. Although Lanie is a light sleeper, he's able to fall asleep again after he wakes up. You haven't been disturbing him," Rainie smiled and explained to her. Then, she sniffed around and realized there was the sweet smell of Luca's medicine in the air. "Ms, Luca, what's the scent on your body? You smell nice!"

"Really?" Luca took a sniff and reckoned that it was probably the smell of the medicinal powder. She did not expect Rainie to have such a sensitive nose. "It's probably the scent of my shower gel. It's late. Get some rest."

"Alright, Ms. Luca." Rainie nodded and lay down on her bed obediently.

A surge of warmth surged in Luca's heart when she saw how lovely Rainie was. After she got out of Rainie's bedroom, she arrived at Lanie's bedroom.

Luca remembered what Rainie told her. She pushed the bedroom door open and realized that Lanie had not turned off the lights.

Lanie put down the book in his hand when he saw Luca come in. "Ms. Luca, I'm going to turn in now."

"Lanie, am I disturbing you by coming in every night?" Luca asked.

Lanie shook his head, knowing that his younger sister must have told Luca about it. He explained, "Ms. Luca, I sleep very well. You're not disturbing me."

"But you'll wake up each time." Luca looked at how sensible Lanie was. It broke her heart and made her feel guilty.

As Lanie's mother, she did not even know that he was a light sleeper.