Chapter 190 Luke Crawford Is Furious!
Luke was caught by surprise.
Any lucid person capable of reason could understand what was going on from the conversation.
"Don't think that I don't know what you're doing inside, Bianca! Let me tell you, I'll be waiting for you in
front of the door today! I won't leave unless you open the door! If you want to sneak away, you'd better
grow a pair of wings and fly out of the window!"
His mother yelled those words while he was making out with Bianca. At that volume, it was impossible
for him to ignore it.
He did not stop his actions because he thought his mother wanted to stop her son from making out with
his cousin's wife.
After all, that was against all social norms.
However, after his mother stepped into the house, she had said, ' Not bad. Did you manage to lure in a
bigshot?"
Luke knew that something was amiss from those words.
He could not exactly tell what was wrong, but he knew that his mother came to Bianca's house for a
totally different reason than what he expected.
The ensuing conversation between Allison and Bianca would have been confusing to someone who did
not know what was going on.
"You say that there's no man here? You're serving an adulterer behind my nephew and son's back in
the morning! I've never known you to be like this, Bianca!"
Luke had cleaned up his body while his mother rained those accusations on Bianca.
Then, he heard a slap!
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe slap was like a cold and thin blade cutting his face and drawing blood. The two people outside
were the woman who had raised him and the
mother of his two children.
They were getting physical at each other!
After Luke resumed his usual neat and business-like appearance, he frowned and walked toward the
door. Just when he placed his hand on the doorknob, he heard another revelation that struck him like a
lightning bolt.
'Haven't I always been a shameless woman to you? You think that I've seduced your son, who
according to you is my biological brother. When I failed to seduce him, I've also married your nephew,
who also has blood relations with me. Haven't you always said that I'm born to be a nuisance to you?
Why did it take so long to slap me? Why didn't you do so in front of the Crawfords and the Tanners?"
That was what Bianca had said.
Luke finally understood.
He understood why she had left him, why she said that she could not forget about Jean Langdon, and
why she would match herself with some lowly employee from another company!
He thought that she had lost her mind when she said that it would be nice if he were her elder brother...
He had assumed that Bianca had some weird fetish.
There were actual reasons behind those actions, and his mother was the instigator!
"Son." Allison panicked. She kept away her hostility and put on a kindly and benevolent expression.
"I’m so angry at Bianca here that I'm muddled. I thought that she's having an affair with some shady
man."
Luke ignored his mother. He walked toward the coffee table, picked up the cigarette box and lighter that
he left there earlier, and lit a cigarette.
He took a drag and said to Bianca, "Pack your luggage. We're leaving at nine o'clock sharp."
Bianca's cheek was swollen. Allison had slapped her hard.
Luke's eyes were transfixed on her cheek for a long time. Eventually, he looked away and left the
house with his mother.
Peace returned to the cramped rental house.
Bianca went to wash up. She stood in front of the hand basin and splashed some water on her face.
When she decided to burn bridges with Allison, she knew that she would never be able to repair the
relationship between them, no matter what the outcome might be.
Even if they took a DNA test and confirmed that she was Allison's child and Luke was not, they could
never return to a mother and daughter relationship.
Her thick and black eyelashes were saturated with water droplets and were trembling slightly. She did
not know if that was tap water or her tears.
Crawford Manor.
At about seven o'clock, Jason came to fetch Lanie and Rainie to school.
Susan and Louis lived on the west side of the manor, so they were oblivious to what was happening on
the east side.
Old Master Crawford was downstairs watching the two gardeners water the plants. He did not pay
much attention when his eldest grandson and daughter-in-law walked into the house and up the stairs.
His ears pricked up when he heard vague argument noises.
As far as Old master Crawford remembered, even though his eldest grandson Luke might be assertive
and domineering, he never displayed his aggressive side in front of family. He would rather pretend that
he did not see or hear anything that he did not wish to see, as long as it was not immoral or illegal.
Why would he be angry at his mother this time though?
Upstairs.
On the trip back home, Luke did not say a word to his mother.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe knew her son's temperament very well. The less he spoke, the more feared he was.
Allison did not want the tension to continue. She was afraid that his son would believe what Bianca
said.
"I'm doing this for your own good, son. I know that you have a mind of your own, but you should know
that many men have ruined themselves because of a woman. T Corporation is currently leading the
race. You shouldn't lose sight of what's important to you because of a woman, Luke!"
Allison wanted to use a perfect lie to cover up her actions.
When he heard his mother's words, Luke stopped walking and stood at the doorway.
He turned around and glared at his mother with a razor-sharp gaze. "Didn't Father do the same thing
back then? He abandoned his lawfully-wedded wife and had an affair with you. What's so surprising if I
did something against social norms? I have your blood in my veins."
Back then, when Zachary Crawford and Susan Armstrong's name appeared on the same marriage
certificate, Allison Tanner was already officially recognized as Zachary's second wife.
Two wives serving a husband, as though they forgot that they were in a monogamous society.
'Luke, don't forget that Bianca is Xavier's wife! Your grandfather won't forgive you if I told him about
what you and Bianca did this morning! You might not care for the Crawford family's reputation, but your
grandfather does!"
Allison brought out Old Master Crawford's title because she knew that she had no moral ground to
stand on.
"Go and tell my grandfather then! You can go and tell him right now!" Luke was furious. His expression
was indescribably dark. 1
The caretakers who heard that trembled involuntarily.
Luke's gaze was ice-cold. "If not because of you, my dear mother, Bianca wouldn't be forced to marry
Xavier. As for how I've become Bianca's brother, I'll get a thorough explanation after I come back!" 2