Chapter 1068 Luke’s Taboo

Socialite B rubbed his chin. After his friend's reminder, he realized that the woman looked quite familiar. "That’s true. Her side profile does indeed look like that woman. Which family is she from?"

When he said that, Maxine happened to turn around and look at them.

Socialite A shook his head. "I don't know, but the similarities end there. The front profile isn't that similar." "Yeah, that's right. Let's go in." Socialite B nodded, and the two men went inside.

Each guest was assigned a seat, which was written on the invitation card.

Maxine glanced at her table number on the invitation card and walked into the hall confidently. Tonight, she would successfully captivate Luke.

The Douglases were not very influential in A City, but they were quite famous in the entire country, so her table was at the front.

After Maxine sat down on her appointed seat, she glanced at the tag on the seat next to her. The seat belonged to the Crawford family.

'It's Luke!'

Maxine could not hold back her excitement. She did not expect to be so lucky to sit next to Luke.

She was served a glass of red wine. She took a sip to calm herself down.

The guests continued to enter the hall. Many people looked at Maxine in her seat and realized that she was from the Douglas family.

They knew who the Douglases were, even though they did not have any businesses in A City.

The socialites who were talking about Maxine earlier also noticed her. "So that's her." "I've heard that Capital Corp is one of the biggest companies in the country. They're related to the Crawfords too." Socialite B was very well- informed.

"How are they related?" The other people did not understand.

"They’re relatives. I've heard that Mr. Crawford's mother has blood relations with the Douglases," Socialite B said.

Everyone fell silent when Allison was mentioned. The newspapers had reported extensively on how Luke had sent his own mother to jail.

However, no one dared to say that Luke did the wrong thing. After all, the evidence was undeniable.

"So that's the case..." Socialite A said, "but I wouldn’t have expected that they're related. I haven't heard Capital Corp helping T Corporation in any of the crises they faced. Apparently, Mr. Crawford had gotten Ms. Douglas arrested too." "Who knows? No one from the Douglases seems to care that Allison Tanner is in jail now. I guess we shouldn’t probe into their family matters. I still wonder who could have abducted Mr. Crawford's wife though, the police haven't managed to find anything," Socialite B said and sighed.

"Mr. Crawford is here." Socialite A patted his friend's shoulder.

Everyone knew that two things were taboo to Luke Crawford. The first was Bianca Rayne, his missing wife, and the second was his children.

Earlier, Rainie's classmate had made fun of her because her mother had gone missing. When Luke knew about it, he instantly took action on that child's parents.

Their family business was declared bankrupt two days later.

After that, no one dared to mention Bianca's name in front of him in case they offended him.

Luke walked toward his appointed seat. Maxine had been listening to the conversations around her. When she heard someone say that Luke was coming, she turned her head to him and smiled gently.

Luke stopped walking when he saw Maxine. Three seconds later, he continued walking.

Maxine's heart kept thumping when she saw Luke sit down on his appointed seat. She wondered if Luke stopped walking because of her.

She dared not look into his eyes, but she noticed that Luke had paused for a while. It was only a few short seconds, but it meant that her presence had an effect on him.

Maxine was happier when she thought of that. She blushed intensely when she lifted her head to look at Luke. The redness of her face made her look as though she was drunk.

"Luke," she called out softly with a different tone of voice. Instead of sounding outgoing and charming like she used to, her voice was gentle and soft.

Luke shot a glance at her and turned away while nodding. That was his reply to her greeting.

He was shocked for a brief moment when he saw her side profile, but he did not mistake her as Bianca.

However, he was quite surprised that the face belonged to Maxine.

Instantly, he became annoyed. If he knew that Maxine would attend the banquet, he would have asked Louis to represent the Crawfords.

Maxine was secretly happy when she saw that Luke did not say anything. She wondered if he was still in shock.

"Long time no see, Luke. How have you been?" She said, forgetting that the things she did had irked him multiple times.

Luke picked up his wine glass and did not say anything, as though he did not hear what she said.

Maxine felt awkward. Fortunately, there was no one else at the table, so she did not humiliate herself.

Her fingers gripped the wine glass tightly, and she took deep breaths to calm herself down. 'It's okay. Luke is so cold because he doesn't want to show his excitement,' she tried to comfort herself.

He must have sensed something when he saw her side profile.

Maxine felt calmer after reminding herself that she had put in a lot of effort in the past two months. She smiled again and was about to talk to Luke when Percy and Nina came to the table and sat down.

The remaining seats at the table were for the Mallory family.

"You're here!" Percy was surprised to see Luke.

The charity banquet was Luke's first public appearance in two months. : owner of this content.

Before this, Louis would have represented the Crawford family in public events while Luke was busy searching for Bianca.

Luke downed the contents of his glass and looked at his friend. "Louis is busy."

Louis had to represent his studio for a discussion. If not for that, Luke would not have attended the banquet.

"No wonder." Percy took a glass of wine and asked for a glass of fruit juice for Nina.

Nina frowned when she saw Maxine sitting opposite her.

She knew who Maxine was, but she noticed that Maxine's appearance had changed slightly. She wondered if Maxine had undergone cosmetic surgery.

Nina could guess what Maxine was thinking. Looking at her pure features, Nina vaguely saw Bianca in her, but she was not exactly like Bianca either.

Percy noticed that Nina was looking at the woman opposite her. He leaned over and whispered into her ear, "I won’t be happy if you keep on looking at other women." 'Pervert!' Nina cursed under her breath and turned away.

Percy was so possessive that he did not allow her to look at other women.

Maxine's smile froze on her face. She did not expect those two people to be sitting at the same table.

If she tried to chat with Luke, she would definitely be humiliated by how coldly Luke treated her.