“Okay. Thanks, Tommy." Luca took it from him and had a bite.

“Ms. Luca, is the apple nice?" asked Tommy as he looked at her eagerly.

"It's delicious." Luca took another bite. Aunt Neile was the one who picked out the apples, so there was no doubt that they would taste good.

Tommy also picked up a slice of apple to eat as he snuggled next to Luca. He ate the apple while watching cartoons. He was over the moon.

After the show ended, Luca urged the children to wash up and go to bed.

The kids listened to her. An hour later, after Luca had made sure that everyone had gone to bed, she went back to her bedroom.

She picked up the phone on her dresser to see that she had multiple missed calls. Her heart immediately dropped.

When she opened her phone, she saw that they were all from Amur.

Luca immediately called him back.

The call went through, and Luca immediately asked, “Amur, are you back from your mission?"

Amur sounded a little tired from the other end of the line. "Yes, I'm back."

“Is everything okay?" said Luca worriedly as he had left his phone here before going on the mission. Although it was not a difficult task, she was still worried.

"It's all good, and the mission is completed," said Amur.

"You're not hurt, are you?" Luca noticed how he did not mention anything about his current state or the details of the mission. She got even more worried.

"I'm not hurt. I saw the note you left me when I came back, so I called you," said Amur. His voice was still weak. Têxt © .

Luca noticed something wrong with his condition and was a little worried, but she was the only person in the villa. It would not be safe to leave the children at home.

"I wasn't looking at my phone just now, so I didn't answer your calls, Amur. Thank goodness you're okay." There was some guilt in Luca's tone.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to me," said Amur. Although he sounded tired, he still gave her a firm promise.

Luca frowned as she still felt that Amur was in bad shape.

"Amur, I can't go out tonight. Let's meet up tomorrow," she said as she could not be relieved until she had confirmed that Amur was okay.

All the missions Amur took on now were related to her.

Abel was narrow-minded. He did not want anyone guarding her, so he purposely sent Amur to perform these difficult tasks.

A stream of warm current flowed into Amur's heart when he heard Luca's words. "Okay, I'll go look for you."

"Get some rest first. I have some things to do tomorrow morning. I'll go look for you when I'm done." Luca did not forget her promise to Rainie. She could not go back on her word when it came to the children.

Otherwise, the children would be disappointed and would not trust her again.

"Okay." Amur was a little disappointed as he thought that Luca would be eager to go over and see him.

She should be with Luke right now, so it was only natural for her not to come^

Amur ended the call and glanced at the gauze wrapped around his body.

His mission was to negotiate with a gang in Southeast Sorria. The deal was destined to fail as he was representing Abel, and the conditions Abel gave were unacceptable to the other party.

Thus, a conflict happened just a few minutes into the negotiation.

In the end, he orchestrated an entire fight to take down the other side for Abel's benefit.

However, he got injured from it as well.

After getting simple treatment, he immediately went back home without recuperating as he was worried about Luca.

Amur frowned as he looked at the blood oozing from the gauze. He took off his shirt and undid the gauze in front of a mirror. A hideous wound was revealed. He picked up some iodophor and sprayed it on the wound to disinfect it. Then, he directly applied some medicine on it. Lastly, he got a new gauze to bandage it.

He did not pay much attention to it as he never received any medical training on the Island of Despair, so the bandage was poorly done. It was a good thing it was winter, so no one could tell with clothes on. If it were summer and he wore something thinner, Luca would be able to tell.

Amur did not plan to tell Luca about his injury as to not worry her.

Although there was only Luke in her heart...

The next day.

After sending Tommy and Lanie to their extra-curricular classes, she drove Rainie to Star Carnival.

Rainie took out her performer ID, so she did not need to purchase tickets to enter. She led Luca toward the center of the park.

The stage for the children's performance was set up here.

Luca sent Rainie backstage where the teacher was waiting for her. She was the main character in this ballet show, so the teacher paid extra attention to her.

"Rainie, you're here. Did you bring everything?" The teacher looked at Rainie with a smile as Rainie was the most talented student she had ever taught in the past few years.

The teacher wanted Rainie to learn dance professionally, but when she mentioned it to Luke, he said that studies were the most important thing for the kids right now. Wherever she wished to branch out in the future was for the future her to decide.

The teacher understood what he was saying. The Crawford family was well-off anyway, and the children did not need to earn money.

However, she took extra care of Rainie in hopes of maintaining this interest of hers. If she planned to become a ballerina in the future, Rainie would prioritize her as her coach.

Rainie glanced back at Luca, where all her things were.

“Teacher, here are Rainie's costume, shoes, and accessories." Luca handed her the two bags filled with things.

Rainie took them and said to the teacher, "Teacher, I'll go change first."

"Alright, go on." The teacher smiled, and her eyes fell upon Luca again. She saw Luca picking up Rainie yesterday and had been curious about her relation to Rainie.

"Is there something wrong?" Luca's eyes met hers.

The teacher smiled and hurriedly explained, "May I ask if you're a relative of Rainie's?"

She looked at Luca, and her outfit did not look like she was a maid. However, she had never seen her before, so she was curious.

"I'm Mr. Crawford's subordinate. Mr. Crawford is on a business trip, so he asked me to take care of the children," said Luca without referring to herself as a relative.

Besides, a relative was not the same as a mother.

She had not acknowledged them, so she could not consider herself their relative.

Even so, there was no other relative who loved them more than she did.

"Oh, I see. So that means Rainie's parents won't be here to see the performance today, right?" After learning that Luca was not a relative, her attitude was not as earnest as before. Even so, she was still polite enough to not make Luca feel uncomfortable.

"Yes, that's right. Mr. Crawford is away on a business trip, and Old Master Crawford's health is in bad condition, so he can't stand being out in the cold for too long," explained Luca.