Luke handed Luca the lunch box and said, “I have something to discuss with you. Anyway, eat your lunch first."

Luca understood what he meant. If she did not eat her lunch, there was no way they could discuss the matter.

She opened the lunch box. All her favorite dishes were inside the lunch box.

"Ms. Davis bought it for you," said Luke, "You can order something else if the food doesn't suit you."

"I'm fine with it." Luca was not a picky eater. There was nothing she disliked in the lunch box. Hence, it did not matter.

Luca shot a glance at Luke and realized he was watching her.

Luca felt embarrassed and said, "Mr. Crawford, I can't eat my lunch with you staring at me like that."

"I'm looking at you like how I do when we're at home," said Luke. Still, he picked up his phone and checked the documents in his email.

Luca thought that things were different when they were at home. How could it be the same when they were in the office?

How they were in the past and now...

Previously, she thought it was not a big deal when she fell asleep and woke up in Luke's arms.

Everything seemed natural, and she found it heart-warming as well. However, when she woke up in his arms now, all she thought about was how she would explain it when he woke up and found out about it.

She even thought of running away from him.

Luke was no longer looking at her. Luca started to eat.

She had no appetite when she thought of the problems with the data in their research and Amur having gone missing.

However, Luke was still beside her, so Luca took a few mouthfuls of food.

Although Luke was not directly looking at her, he was able to glance at Luca, who was eating quickly, out of the corners of his eyes.

"Slow down. No one's stealing your food," Luke reminded her.

Luca almost choked on her food when he said that. She picked up the soup beside her and took a sip of it. After she calmed herself down, she put down her lunch box and said, "Mr. Crawford, I've finished eating. What would you like to tell me?"

Luke glanced at her lunchbox. There was more than half of it left.

“Have you had enough to eat?" Luke asked.

“Yes. I'm stuffed," replied Luca. She noticed that Luke's gaze shifted and fell on her again, so she added, "The food's a little too greasy for me."

“Let me order another takeout for you." Luke opened the food delivery app. He normally would not use these apps, but sometimes when he was looking after the kids, they would want to eat something different. Hence, he would need the food delivery app. That was why Luke had downloaded it on his phone.

“It's alright, Mr. Crawford. I'm not hungry, and I have no appetite today." Luca stopped him.

Luke kept his phone and looked at her.

Luca said in a helpless tone, “I really don't need it."

“What happened?" Luke asked.

“Ah?" Luca did not know what he was talking about.

“What made you lose your appetite?" Luke made it clearer.

Luca was stunned for a moment, and she replied, “It's because of the research. I can't find out where the data went wrong. That's why I have no appetite."

Using work as an excuse was a good explanation.

Luke crossed his slender legs, and his brows were furrowed. “Stop giving yourself so much pressure. And I've figured out Dr. Albus' matter."

Luca's heart skipped a beat. Had Luke figured it out?

Did he find out that the money that came out of nowhere happened to show up in Dr. Albus' bank account? Did he believe that the sum of money was not as simple as it looked? Did he continue to look further into the matter and the clues brought him to her?

Otherwise, why would he come looking for her first instead of issuing a notice at the first instance?

Even though T Corporation had won M Group's project, people were still concerned about Dr. Albus' matter.

“Mr. Crawford, what did you find out?" Luca's heart trembled uncontrollably when she asked that question.

Luke put down his phone while looking at Luca's expression. He gave her a reply, “Dr. Albus has a bank account in Switzerland. Someone deposited a huge sum of money into his account after what

happened. I'm sure Dr. Albus has something to do with data leakage."

Luca did not feel relieved even after listening to him. After all, she knew that Dr. Albus was innocent. It was unlikely that Luke would easily believe in this piece of evidence.

After all, there was no other evidence that could support his suspicion toward Dr. Albus other than that sum of money.

"But if someone had set Dr. Albus up..." Luca carefully reminded him. She had completed her mission, but she could not bear to see Dr. Albus getting hurt.

Dr. Albus had contributed a lot to the medical field. All the contributions that he had spent half of his life making and his future would be wasted once the news spread.

Moreover, Dr. Albus had nothing to do with the medicine Kassy took or what kind of medicine they gave to Kassy when she was in prison.

Abel was against Dr. Albus because of this. Dr. Albus was wronged.

“The evidence all points to him, except for the money. Besides, Dr. Albus brought the important information out of the lab before," said Luke.

Luca was startled. They were not allowed to bring any important information out of the lab. Otherwise, there would be a risk that the information could be leaked anytime.

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Luke looked at Luca. She kept quiet as though she did not believe that Dr. Albus was the one who did this.

However, Luca would only feel relieved after they found someone to take the blame for this matter as soon as possible.

"That was Dr. Albus' hard work. I don't think he'd do something like that," Luca muttered in a low voice.

"Didn't he tell you before?" Luke asked.

"What?" Luca looked at him. She did not understand what he meant.

"Dr. Albus' wife is sick. They visited many hospitals because of her illness. They were told that there's a hospital in Washington that might be able to treat her. So, Dr. Albus needed the money," replied Luke.

Luke knew Dr. Albus was wronged, but even if no one had set him up and no such thing had happened, there was still a chance that Dr. Albus might sell the drug's formula to the others.

However, it was hard to tell how he would sell it.

Gale had looked into it before. Dr. Albus had contacted other pharmaceutical companies before, but it seemed like the plan did not work out.

Dr. Albus would be rewarded with a bonus if the drug was launched on the market.

Although it was a huge sum of money, it was far from sufficient for the cost of treatment.

Besides, Dr. Albus had signed a contract with the company. Although he had the patent right to the drugs, his profits would not be as much because of the contract.

If someone were to offer him a higher price for the drug, the profits that he would make would be much more than the bonus he would receive.

"I didn't know about it..." Luca's expression was complicated as she grew more uncomfortable.

What would happen to Dr. Albus' wife if he lost his career and reputation?

"Although I don't know how he managed to contact those people, Dr. Albus did get in touch with other companies," Luke added as he dropped a hint.

Luca turned to look at him helplessly. "Mr. Crawford, what are you planning to do?"