Luca placed the pills in front of Luke carefully. "Take your medications, Mr. Crawford."

Luke frowned when he saw those colorful pills. "That many?"

"Just take them. All of these were prescribed by the doctor," said Luca. Back when she was listening to the nurse's instructions, she had also thought that there were too many pills that he needed to take. Hence, she sorted out the pills in front of Luke so that he would not be suspicious.

After all, Luke was the type who would be suspicious over everything and would put his guard up.

Luca did this so that Luke would know that she was trying to help him and not harm him.

Luke took the pills from her palm and placed all of them into his mouth before swallowing them with a gulp of warm water.

"Alright. Go bring over the laptop and documents," Luke said.

Luca nodded. She took out his laptop from the bag, along with the documents that he had not gone through.

Luke looked at the maid at the side once again and asked, "Has the room been cleaned?"

"Mr. Crawford, the room that you need has been cleaned. I've gotten the furniture ready too. Do you want to have a look at it?" the maid asked.

"I need to work," Luke said. The maid was cleaning up in the living room, and that would affect his working efficiency.

Luca asked, puzzled, "Room?"

The maid nodded and pushed Luke toward the bedroom. "Initially, it's a room in the villa meant for the maids. Mr. Crawford ordered me to clean up the room and have it become his temporary bedroom.”

Luca nodded and guessed that perhaps it was Luke who ordered the maid yesterday evening.

That was right. Luke was having trouble with mobility now and could not go upstairs easily.

There was no basement because it was just a small villa. The developer also built the villa while preserving the characteristics of the old villa. Hence, there was no elevator installed.

The maid did not stay here at night either, so it was easy to make him a temporary room downstairs.

Luca followed the maid and came into the maid's room which had been renovated.

The maid pushed Luke's wheelchair in and entered the room.

"Mr. Crawford, what do you think of it?" the maid asked.

Luke looked at the maid's room and saw that the furniture had been changed. The bed and office table were all brand new, but the decorations were not satisfactory.

Even so, he nodded. It was just for one night anyway, so he did not have high demands.

Luke maneuvered his wheelchair and came to the side of the office table. When he ordered the table, he had specially requested that the height should match the wheelchair. With that, his work would not be affected.

Luke opened his laptop and no longer looked at the two people. His working efficiency had greatly been affected yesterday, which made him behind on his work.

"You may go tend to your matters,” he said.

Luca looked at the huge pile of documents and nodded, then followed the maid out.

After closing the door of the maid's room, the maid asked Luca in a worried tone, "Ms. Luca, he just got out of the hospital and he's already working. At you sure he's going to be fine?"

"I'm not too sure. The doctor didn't say anything about it either." Luca shook her head and recalled Old Master Crawford, who was still waiting for her in the tea room. She turned around and walked toward the tea room.

Upon entering the tea room, the nice fragrance remained. Even though there was no one keeping him company, Old Master Crawford was still happily enjoying his tea.

"I'm sorry, Old Master. I was caught up in another issue. Sorry to have made you wait so long." Luca stepped forward and apologized. copyrighted © content.

Old Master Crawford shook his head and said, "No matter how busy you are, you're doing everything for Luke. How can I blame you for that? Come have a seat."

Luca nodded and sat before him.

"You don't have a preference for tea, right? Then have some water instead.” Old Master Crawford poured her a glass of water. The water he poured was hot as he needed hot water to make tea. "Let it cool down. The water is a little hot."

"Thank you." Luca took the glass and thanked him.

"You're very polite, and I like polite people. Luca, I'm really fond of you." Old Master Crawford immediately confessed his adoration for Luca.

Luca felt delighted and shocked. After all, back when she was still Bianca, he had never expressed a word about his fondness for her even though he always treated her well.

"Old Master, you speak too highly of me. You're being too formal," she said humbly.

"I'm just stating the facts. In the past, I didn't understand why Luke would give you special treatment. Now, I know. Regardless of how tough he is, he's still just human. Everyone would wish to have someone by their side. Your appearance in his life happened to change him. Now, Luke has started to pay attention to others aside from just focusing on work. Luca, you're the one who brought out these changes in him,” Old Master Crawford kept praising Luca.

Luca was getting restless being praised by Old Master Crawford. “Old Master, as Mr. Crawford's subordinate, I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do." "Just as a subordinate? There aren't any subordinates who would treat Luke with this much care. Luca, sometimes, you just have to follow what your heart is telling you. Even though you're still young, if you keep denying what's deep in your heart, you might just regret it once you're older.”

Luca felt helpless when she heard the old master's words.

She did not expect Old Master Crawford, who had always been traditional and conservative, to accept her and speak up on Luke's behalf.

Old Master Crawford took a sip of the tea and looked at Luca thoughtfully. He reminded her, "No one will just go around treating others with unconditional kindness."

Luca's felt heart skipped a beat. Indeed, no one would do that.

She treated Luke so well not because Abel ordered her to do so but because she was still in love with him.

Otherwise, she would not have to execute this mission so thoroughly and meticulously.

"Old Master..." suddenly, Luca felt her mouth becoming a little dry. She wanted to refute Old Master Crawford's statements but could not bring herself to say anything.

"You should really think about it." Old Master Crawford got up.

Luca got up as well. "Where do you wish to go?"

"I'll go see Luke. I was just teasing him earlier and still have some things to talk to him about.” Old Master Crawford smiled and walked out of the pantry with his walking cane.

Luca slowly sat down and picked up the cup before her.

The tea had not gone cold, and she picked it up before taking a sip. When the warm tea slid down her throat, she realized she had drunk a cup of warm tea.

She quickly got up and made her way to the living room.

The maid was still cleaning.

Luca picked up the two bags. After taking out Luke's things, all that was left was her belongings. They included the toiletries that Tina had brought over to her. She brought the bag upstairs.

Upon returning to her bedroom, she locked the door and quietly took out the items in it. She placed them back in their original spots.

She took the medications to the bathroom and lifted her shirt. Then, she took off the layers of bandage.

Indeed, the wound was inflamed.