Luke, who was on the other end of the line, remained silent for a few seconds. He knew Luca was only looking for an excuse. Whatever she was doing now must have something to do with the Island of Despair.

Luke did not ask anyone to track her down because Rain and Gale were busy with their work. He could not trust the others.

Luke felt a little annoyed for not being able to ask someone to follow Luca after knowing that Luca was doing something the Island of Despair had instructed her to. Then, he asked, “What happened to Amur?"

"Nothing. He's recuperating his health lately and needs some herbs. It's a little difficult to find them. Someone called me and I went to take a look," said Luca. She looked down and thought that she used to be bad at lying to Luke, but she was getting better at it now.

"Have you bought them?" Luke asked caringly.

"No. The herbs were fake. I'll continue to look for them," replied Luca. She looked up and looked at the scenery outside the window.

There was another round of silence at the other end of the line. Then, Luca heard the ringing tone of the phone.

When she thought Luke had ended the call, she heard him say, "What herbs are those? Johann might be able to help."

"It'd be better not to trouble Dr. Park. I'll look for them myself," answered Luca. Even if she asked for Johann's help, it was unlikely that Johann would be able to find them.

Johann was a doctor, but he was not a specialist in naturopathy.

Besides, the medicinal herbs that Shanks was looking for were almost extinct, so Johann might not know about them.

Luke knew what Luca meant. She wanted to solve this herself. Even though Luke knew it was an excuse, he could not help but say, "Just tell me if you need any help."

"Thank you, Mr. Crawford." Luca could only thank him in a polite and aloof manner.

Luke's eyes darkened at once, and he asked, "Lanie, Rainie, and Tommy will be sent here tonight. Will you be coming back home for dinner?"

"Yes, I'll go back for dinner," said Luca. She missed her children.

The telephone in Luke's office was still ringing. Luke was annoyed. He had so much he wanted to say, but he eventually just said, "Come back earlier. Stay warm and take care of yourself out there."

Luke hung up the call after that. He picked up the receiver and asked, "Yes?"

"Boss, the press release about Dr. Albus' matter has been released to the media," Jason reported. He felt a little nervous as he was sure that he had heard an impatient tone in Luke's voice when he answered the call.

Situations like this usually happened when Luke was doing something important and Jason’s call had disturbed him.

"Just take care of the matter. There’s no need to report to me." Luke hung up the call after that. He did not leave any way out for Dr. Albus. Not only did he inform everyone in the company, but he even issued a press release.

It did not matter if it was Dr. Albus’ matter or the bidding document. He had to sacrifice one person.

That person could not be Luca.

Luke fixed his gaze on the computer screen. It showed that he had received an email, and it was about the person Luke had asked Ray to investigate.

This man was the man whom Luca met at Ray’s hotel.

The information stated that this man was a doctor. He did not become a doctor after he graduated but became an ordinary white-collar worker. Original from .

It was suspicious that an ordinary white-collar worker was able to afford to stay in Ray’s hotel.

Luke looked at the photos and narrowed his eyes. He was pretty sure that this man was someone from the Island of Despair.

However, he had never met this man before when he was held captive by Robert on the Island of Despair back then.

He speculated that this man was the doctor of the Island of Despair. However, he was not the one who treated Luke and hypnotized him back then...

Luke took a screenshot of the man’s photo and sent a message to Gale and Rain, who had been on the Island of Despair for a longer time.

It did not take long before the two of them replied to his message. They told him that they had never seen anyone like that on the Island of Despair.

"Bea." Luke mumbled to himself while looking at the man’s photo.

Did she learn those clinical skills from this man?

Luke studied the information closely. The information about this man studying in a medical school was detailed, and his graduation photos were attached too. Hence, Luca probably learned her clinical skills from his man.

Luke clenched his fists while he looked at the man in the photo.

He would never let them get away with it!

Evening time.

Luca returned to the villa earlier than Luke did.

She had just stepped into the house. Before she could take off her coat, Tommy came forward and wrapped his arms around her thigh. "Ms. Luca, you’re finally back. I missed you so much."

Luca smiled, crouched down, and looked at Tommy, "Really? How much did you miss me?"

“I missed you very much. This much!" Tommy moved his hands far apart and made a big hand gesture to illustrate how much he had missed Luca.

Aunt Neile brought some fruits out. She smiled at Luca and said, "Ms. Craw, Young Master Tommy has been looking for you since he finished school."

Luca smiled and stroked Tommy's head.

Tommy held Luca's hand and said, "Ms. Craw, I'm stuck on my homework. Can you teach me, please?"

"Sure, no problem." Luca took off her coat and hung it. Then, she made her way up the stairs together with Tommy.

Tommy strolled into his bedroom. After he climbed up on the chair, he patted the chair beside him and said, "Ms. Luca, sit here."

Luca sat down and asked, "Which one?"

"This, this, and this one." Tommy pointed at a few questions where the answers were blank.

Luca glanced at the questions. These were simple Mathematics and English grammar questions.

Although Tommy was not as hardworking as Lanie was, these were the basics. It was unlikely that he did not know how to do such questions.

After all, Luca had signed off on the kids' homework before. Those questions were much harder than these, and there were even harder ones. Tommy could answer all the questions himself and even got them correct.

However, he was now telling her that he could not understand these questions?

Luca looked at the child and asked, "Do you really not know how to answer these?"

Tommy felt guilty after Luca looked at him. He knew the answers, but he was pretending that he did not know them.

He was trying to make Luca stay.

After Tommy discussed with his brother and sister, he decided to play dumb so that Luca would not bear to leave them. They were her children, after all. If her children could not finish their homework themselves, they would end up getting bad results. Their father did not have the time to look after them, so doing this would make their mother stay.

However, Lanie and Rainie told him that it would not work. Tommy refused to believe them, so he tried it out today.

Luca stared at the kid for a while, then her lips curled into a smile as she pinched Tommy's chubby face. She said, "Let me teach you."

"Alright, Ms. Luca." Tommy let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Luca did not see through his attempt to play dumb.

Tommy dared not to go too far. He was able to answer the questions himself after Luca explained the questions to him.

Although he left many blank answers, he managed to finish them all with Luca's help.

Tommy handed his homework to Luca and said, "Ms. Luca, please check and sign it."

"Mr. Crawford is coming home today. It'd be better to let him sign your homework," said Luca. Then, she picked up Tommy's exercise book and checked it for him.