Madam Mallory was not as nervous as Pierre upon hearing the news. "There'll always be someone willing to step up if you offer enough money."

"I don't have that much cash on hand now," Pierre confessed. He had already lost a lot of money to his business partners because of the closure of many industries. On top of that, he bought a bidding document from Abel and placed an order to assassinate Luke.

He did not have much money on his hands now.

If there was no one to help him, he would have to use the company's cash. However, at this stage, he did not need to do so.

Pierre knew that Madam Mallory would not let him stoop so low. Original from .

"Don't worry. Go look for someone and tell me how much you need." Madam Mallory said exactly what Pierre thought she would.

Madam Mallory's response was within Pierre's expectations.

"I'll find a scapegoat." Pierre nodded. Although the latest development was beyond what he expected, it was not impossible to solve with Madam Mallory's help.

On the other hand.

Luke got a call from Old Master Crawford and learned of the Mallory family's so-called workaround, which he had expected.

After all, Pierre would not learn his lesson just from this incident.

"I see. Thank you for making the trip anyway." Luke thanked him. Although Old Master Crawford was his grandfather, he was no longer involved in the company's affairs, so he should thank him for his effort.

"No trouble. It's just that Pierre's face is annoying. Luke, stay away from him." Old Master Crawford knew that Luke was not close to Pierre to begin with, but he could not help himself from reminding him.

"I know," Luke said. Old Master Crawford ended the call.

He looked up at the view outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Luca was playing with the children outside. They looked happy engaged in snowball fights.

Early this morning, the kids woke up and stood in unison at the door of Luca's bedroom to wait for her to get up.

When he saw that, Luke also stood at her bedroom entrance and waited for her.

Luca came out after washing up and was very surprised to see them.

School was closed because there was a blizzard. After breakfast, the children pestered Luca to play in the snow with them outside.

Luca saw how excited the children were, so she put on some layers and played with them in the courtyard.

Luca opted to skip work for the kids.

Luke stood in the house and watched as the kids laughed their hearts out. The company of a mother was important to them.

He wanted to seize the opportunity so that Luca could stay with the children at ease.

Aunt Neile went over to him and asked, "Sir, you and Dr. Craw will both have lunch at home today, right?"

"Mm," Luke said. He did not plan to go to the office as well.

"Okay, I'll make the necessary preparations." Aunt Neile nodded and returned to the kitchen.

Luca played with the children outdoors for half an hour before she returned indoors with the satisfied children.

Although it was icy and snowy outside, the children had satisfied smiles on their faces.

Luca looked at Tommy, who had snot hanging from his nose. She shook her head with a helpless smile, took out a tissue, and wiped it for him.

"Ms. Luca you're so gentle." Tommy enjoyed her doting on him.

Luca touched his head and looked at Lanie and Rainie. "Aren't you cold? Don't take off your jackets yet."

"I'm not cold," Rainie said with a smile.

Lanie said, "Yes, we're not cold because it's a lot of fun."

Luca was touched as she looked at the children's playful appearances.

"Ms. Luca, Great-grandpa bought us a lot of new toys recently. Will you play with us?" Tommy took Luca's hand and acted like a spoiled child, hoping that she could find time to spend with them.

After all, they lacked a mother's love.

Luca glanced at the time. Although Luke said that it was a holiday, she originally planned to play with the children for a while and then go back to the company to continue with her research.

After all, she had to hurry and launch the drug in the market to make up for the loss from Watson Biopharmaceuticals.

Upon seeing her hesitation, Luke said, "Today is a holiday. Spend some time with the kids and accompany me to a place at night."

Luca noticed that Luke mentioned the word 'accompany'.

'Where does he want me to go with him?'

Despite her doubts, she nodded and said, "Okay."

"That's wonderful! Ms. Luca is on holiday today, so she can be with us all day!" Tommy clapped his hands happily, then held Luca's hand. "Ms. Luca, let's go upstairs."

Luca did as he said and followed him upstairs.

Aunt Neile came out with the cut fruit and milk. Seeing this scene, she could not help but laugh and say, "The kids like Ms. Craw very much."

Luke was standing on the side. He nodded thoughtfully, looked at the tray in her hand, and asked, "This is for them?"

"Yes, the young masters and young lady didn't eat much for breakfast today, so I was worried that they would be hungry. As such, I prepared some fruits and milk," Aunt Neile replied.

The children were so excited to play with Luca that morning, so they told her they were full after they had a few bites of breakfast.

They seemed to be worried that Luca would go to work, so they raced against time.

"I'll bring it to them." Luke took the tray from Aunt Neile and walked upstairs.

Aunt Neile watched Luke go upstairs and could not help but sigh in her heart about how they looked like a family of five.

Luke walked into Tommy's bedroom with the tray.

The four of them turned their heads in unison when they heard the footsteps.

"Daddy?" Rainie watched Luke walk in with a tray in his hand, stood up, and asked, "Daddy, don't you have to go to the office today?"

"Today is a day off. These are the fruits and milk that Aunt Neile prepared for you. Have some." Luke was worried that the children would be hungry.

However, they would keep quiet even if they were hungry since Luca was around.

He put the tray on the carpet.

He looked at the Monopoly game on the carpet, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "This is what your Great-grandpa bought for you?"

"Yes, Great-grandpa said that we can play this game with Daddy and Ms. Luca, so he specially bought it for us," Tommy said. He remembered Old Master Crawford mentioning that this game could help them bond.

Lanie, who was on the side, said, "Daddy, come join us."

Luke never had much interest in kids' games. When his peers were playing games, he was reading various extracurricular books, so he had never played these games.

"Daddy, come and play with us." Rainie invited him as well.

Luke sat down and cleared his throat. "How do you go about it?"

"Daddy, you haven't played this game before? Great-grandpa told us that this game has been around for a long time." Tommy looked at his father with some doubt in his eyes as he always thought of Luke as omnipotent.

"I've never played such childish games," Luke explained as he looked up at Luca.