When they arrived at the villa, the kids came forward and surrounded them. It lightened up the atmosphere.

“Daddy, does your holiday start tomorrow?" Tommy held Luke's hands and looked at him eagerly.

The kids hoped that the adults could start their holidays earlier. That way, they could have time to accompany them.

It had been a long time since their family celebrated New Year's together happily.

The kids hardly felt any festive cheer during New Year's celebrations when the impostor Bianca was still here with them. The impostor Bianca would turn Crawford Manor upside down and ruin the festive mood.

She argued with Susan every day. It was just like when their grandmother was still living in the house with them. It was chaotic.

Now, their mother had finally come back. That was why they hoped that they could start the holidays earlier and spend the rest of the time with them.

"I still have to work tomorrow," replied Luke. T Corporation would let the employees start their holidays after tomorrow.

However, that did not mean that Luke would go on holiday as well.

"Ah, there's one more day to go." Tommy pouted. He thought he would be able to keep his parents by his side tomorrow. Then, he lifted his head and looked at Luca.

"I'll be working too." Luca smiled and looked at the child. She took off her coat and hung it on the hanger stand.

"Daddy, you're the boss. Why can't you take a day off earlier to accompany us?" Tommy swung Luke's hands and whined.

Rainie, who was standing beside them, could no longer stand it. She quickly came forward and pulled her younger brother away. Then, she said, "Tommy, Daddy's busy with his work. He'll be able to keep your company once the holiday starts."

"It's unlikely that Daddy will be available during the holidays," Lanie said calmly. They all knew how busy Luke was during the holidays every year.

It was especially so during New Year's.

People would drop by their house with different kinds of excuses. Some of them could not be turned down. Luke would be much busier than he usually was.

“Why don't we go on vacation to Maxwell City this coming New Year?" Luke suggested after he noticed that the kids were complaining.

It was not easy for the family to reunite again, and Luke did not want to spend his festive holidays entertaining the guests.

"Yes! Yes!" Tommy immediately clapped his hands and agreed to it.

Lanie let out a sigh and looked at his father. "Daddy, you haven't called Great-grandpa back, have you?"

"Why?" Luke indeed had not returned Old Master Crawford's call.

"Great-grandpa came looking for you today. He said he tried to reach you but he couldn't get through. That's why he called the house phone number. Aunt Neile was the one who answered the call. He told

Aunt Neile something," said Lanie. Aunt Neile had put him on the speaker, so Lanie heard what Old Master Crawford said too.

Luke picked up his phone and glanced at it. He had muted his phone before he attended the meeting.

"What did he say?" Luke asked. Judging from the look on Lanie's face, Luke knew that Old Master Crawford must have bad news to bring him.

"You can ask Aunt Neile," replied Lanie.

Aunt Neile happened to be walking out of the kitchen at this time. When she saw Luke, she came forward and said, "Mr. Crawford, you're back."

"Did Old Master Crawford call?" Luke asked. He held Tommy's hands that were tugging on his sleeve restlessly.

Aunt Neile nodded and told Luke what Old Master Crawford had told her, "He said your mother couldn't reach you. That's why she contacted Old Master Crawford and said that she wanted to come back here to celebrate New Year's. He wants you to get ready for it."

"She's coming back?" Luke frowned. He had muted Allison's text messages as she kept on sending him dozens of messages every day. He would only read them when he had the time to do so.

Naturally, he would not answer her calls either.

Even if he knew Allison called, he would not return her calls either. After all, she would only be talking about getting plastic surgery.

However, there was no cure for her face. She was the only one who had not realized that.

"Yes, that's what Old Master Crawford told me. He also meant to say that he had no way of stopping her, so he's going to leave it to you," said Aunt Neile.

If Old Master Crawford stopped Allison from coming back, people would speak ill of him if this spread out.

Luke frowned with a disgusted expression on his face. He had just transferred Allison to another hospital, yet she was starting to make a mess of his plans by insisting on coming back to celebrate New Year's.

He was worried that her return this time was not truly to celebrate the new year.

Instead, she might be coming back to cause trouble!

The peaceful days of the Crawford family would be gone again.

"Okay. I got it," replied Luke as he turned to look at Luca.

Luca knew Allison's return would cause chaos this time, but it was impossible to let her stay abroad for a long time.

It was not easy to handle Allison's matter.

She could not accept that her face was disfigured, and she thought that there was a way to make her face normal again.

“Mr. Crawford, would you like to deal with it first?" Luca thought Luke would have to deal with this first.

"I'm going upstairs to handle this. Don't wait for me for dinner." After Luke said that, he let go of Tommy's hand, turned around, and made his way up the stairs.

Tommy walked toward Luca and asked in a soft voice, "Ms. Luca, Daddy doesn't want Grandma to come back, right?"

"That's not true. It's just that it's a little difficult to deal with this matter." Luca stroked Tommy's head. If it were not for Allison being such a troublemaker, Luke would not be so cold and heartless to her.

If she could behave like an ordinary mother, things would not have ended up like this where the two shared a broken mother-son relationship.

Tommy nodded even though he could hardly understand what Luca meant. He did not like Grandma either.

After Lanie watched Luke head upstairs, he said, "If Grandma is coming back, will she be staying at Crawford Manor or here with us?"

"Grandma has a scary face..." Rainie paused for a moment. She had seen Allison's face a few times before. She got frightened every time she saw her.

Besides, she would have nightmares in her sleep every time she saw her face.

"Mr. Crawford will make the arrangements," replied Luca. Even though she had no idea how Luke would be arranging it, no one could stop Allison from coming back here to celebrate New Year's.

"Let's have dinner first," said Luca. She held Tommy's and Rainie's hands, shot a glance at Lanie, and brought them to the dining room.

Upstairs.

Luke gave Mr. Griffin a call.

"Mr. Griffin, send someone to clean up my mother's villa," Luke instructed.

"Young Master Luke, you're planning to let Madam Allison stay there when she's back?" Mr. Griffin asked.

"Yes," answered Luke. If he let Allison stay in Crawford Manor, no one in Crawford Manor would be able to live in peace during the new year. It would be impossible for him too.

He would not let Allison ruin his plans.

"Okay. I'll send someone over to clean up the villa and buy some daily necessities, alright?" replied Mr.Griffin.

"Yeah. I'll leave it to you, then. Also, send one of the maids there to the villa," added Luke. If he wanted Allison to stay in that small villa, he had to get everything ready for her. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Otherwise, she would nitpick and try to find a way to return to Crawford Manor.

“Okay. I understand. Young Master Luke, Old Master Crawford intends to leave this matter to you to handle." Mr. Griffin delivered Old Master Crawford's message.

The old master was not planning to bother himself with Allison's matters.

Given the circumstances now, no one could get her under control. She was Luke's mother, so Luke should be the one dealing with her.