The man lying on the bed was quiet. Luca listened carefully to his breathing. He was breathing steadily.

The alarm had not woken Luke.

Luca stood up and looked at Luke, who was still asleep. Although she could not bear to wake him up, he would be unhappy if he found out that he had rested for too long.

Besides, sleeping too much would affect his sleep at night.

Luca walked to the bed and called him gently, “Mr. Crawford, wake up." Têxt © .

Luke frowned, as though he was unhappy that someone was disturbing his sweet dreams.

"Mr. Crawford, time to get up." Luca continued to wake him.

Luke opened his eyes slowly and looked at the white ceiling. Only then did Luke realize he was in the hospital.

He had a long, sweet dream. He dreamt that he had gotten back together with Luca, and the two of them lived happily ever after.

Luca's appearance was no longer like how it was in the past. She looked like how she looked now. He slept comfortably while having such a dream, and he refused to wake up.

"How long have I been sleeping?" Luke lifted his hand, thinking of looking at the time. However, he remembered that he was in the hospital, and the nurse had kept all his belongings away.

"You slept for one and half an hours," answered Luca. "How are you feeling now?"

"Much better." Luke was surprised that he actually slept for one and a half hours. Was it because of the medicine?

Luca nodded. She was glad to hear that he was not feeling sick or uncomfortable. "Then, would you like to get up now?"

"Raise the bed." Luke gave his orders. He had fulfilled Johann's request and took a nap. He had enough rest.

Luca nodded and raised the bed for him. She noticed the changes in Luke's expression while she was raising the bed.

Luke's expression was calm, and it seemed that he was no longer dizzy. He spoke again when he almost sat up straight, "Okay."

"I'm alright. Draw the curtains." Luke noticed how worried Luca was. He wished that he could at least pretend he was weak so that Luca could take care of him more. However, the circumstances would not allow him to do so as he needed to work.

The remaining time left for the project could not allow him to delay any longer.

Luca saw Luke behaving naturally, and there were no signs of him showing that he felt uncomfortable. Thus, she turned around and drew the curtains. Then, she opened the ward's door and saw Jason, who was standing outside the door.

“Mr. Doyle, how long have you been standing here?”

Jason let out a sigh of relief when he saw Luca open the door. He closed the folder in his hands. Then, he turned around and picked up the briefcase on the floor. "Not that long. I didn't want to disturb you when I saw that you and Mr. Crawford were taking a nap."

Luca slightly blushed. The way Jason said it made it sound like something was going on between her and Luke.

"Dr. Park gave Mr. Crawford some medicine, and he said Mr. Crawford would feel better if he took a nap. That's why he napped for one and a half hours."

"Okay. I'm going to pass the documents to Boss." Jason grinned as he walked into the ward and handed another pile of documents to Luke. He said, "Boss, these are the documents you have to go through."

"Put these aside. And I've finished going through the documents on my right. Take these back." Luke nodded. There was not much of an expression on Luke's face when he saw the pile of documents Jason brought. Luke had gotten used to this busy life. He would be able to finish them all even if there was another pile of documents.

Jason nodded and placed the documents on the bedside table. "Alright, Boss. There are tons of documents. Dr. Craw can help if you can't manage all of them by yourself."

Jason turned around and glanced at Luca.

Luke noticed Jason's gesture, and he suddenly became upset. Then, he reminded Jason, "You may leave if you have nothing else to do here."

"Okay." Jason had no idea what he had done wrong. However, since his boss had said so, Jason left in a hurry.

Luca stood at the door. She waited until Jason had left, and only then did she return to the ward.

Luke was already handling his work.

Luca let out a sigh in her heart when she saw those new documents Jason had brought in just now.

How would Luke be able to stand it when he was physically weak now...

As Luca watched Luke sitting on the bed busy working, she asked, "Mr. Crawford, would you like me to set up the table for you?"

"Yes." Luke held one of the documents and raised his hand while looking at her.

Luca was swift enough to help him to set up the table that was attached beside the hospital bed. Then, she put his laptop and the important documents on the table.

Luke did not say a word. He watched Luca prepare everything for him before resuming work.

The moment she bent her waist, Luca felt a twinge of pain from the wound on her waist. She gasped and sat up straight so that she would not pressure her wound again.

Even though she had been careful enough, the pain in her body was still reminding her that she needed to be cautious.

Luca knew the wound was inflamed.

It was a rare situation. Her wound had almost recovered, and she would have been able to remove the stitches in two days.

The phone that Luca left on the coffee table vibrated. She picked up her phone and glanced at it. It was a message from Abel.

[T Corporation's bidding document is almost done, right? I want the contents of their bidding document. Send the information to me as soon as possible. Don't try to delay. Otherwise, your daughter will be in trouble.]

Luca looked at Abel's shameless menace. She clasped her phone tight, and the veins on the back of her hands popped out. How she wished that she could kill Abel right now.

Abel knew Luca could not bring herself to do so, and he knew how much the project meant to Luke and T Corporation. The project this time was the most important project in T Corporation, especially in comparison to Dr. Albus' drug formula. That was why Abel would go as far as to threaten Luca with Nyla's life.

“What's wrong?" The soft sound of the vibration had caught Luke's attention.

Luca appeared gloomy and depressed after she looked at her phone. She seemed angry.

"Nothing." Luca came back to her senses and deleted the message. Then, she put down her phone. No matter how helpless and angry she was, she could not show her emotions in front of Luke.

"Who sent you a message?" Luke pretended to ask unwittingly. Although Luca did not come clean to him, he could sense that something was wrong.

The veins on the back of Luca's hands were popping out, and Luca was pursing her lips tightly. It was as though she was exasperated.

Could it be that it was a message sent from the forces behind Luca? Was she being threatened?

Luke believed that someone was threatening her. Moreover, that person behind Luca was most likely holding a grudge against him. That was why Luke had sent his men to investigate the matter, but he did not find anything.

He had even sent people to the Island of Despair a few times. There was no sign of people living on that island.

Furthermore, after he cooperated with the Russians to destroy the forces on the Island of Despair, the forces in various regions that were previously oppressed by the Island of Despair were starting to assemble again.

They had their own territories and labor division. They were getting stronger and stronger. That was why it had become even more difficult to figure things out.

"It's a message from the property management. It's time to pay the management fee for the apartment." Luca looked down, trying to conceal her unnatural behavior by reading the documents.