"Alright, let's order." Nina handed the other menu to Sue, while she shared a menu with Luca.
After ordering, they discussed the current affairs in A City.
Luca did not say anything as she did not know much about what was going on in A City, so she just listened to them
talk.
They were exposed to much more things than she was.
Luca was always in the laboratory working on the research. She practically had no chance of coming in contact with
the outside world.
However, Nina and Sue were different.
They were still the backbone of Brilliant Architectural Design LLC. They were in charge of the decisionmaking for
basically all the matters at the company. It was only when it came to a particularly important decision that they
would leave it up to Luke.
Sue and Nina talked for some time before noticing that Luca had not spoken at all, so Sue apologized, "Sorry about
that, Luca."
"Why apologize? The things you're talking about are quite interesting," Luca said with a smile. They were talking
about matters concerning the upper-class circle of A City. She even heard several familiar names.
After hearing their conversation, she could not help but sigh at the things all these people had done over the years.
Sure enough, where there were people, there would not be peace.
"I'm afraid you'll be bored. Besides, you don't know these people," said Sue as she picked up a cup of water to feed
Kari.
"I actually know a couple of names, like the one you just mentioned, Brody. His family, the Hilton family, seems to
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbe in international trade. I've heard of a Hilton family in Russia and the heir's name is Brody. Could it be the same
Brody?" asked Luca. Saying that the Hilton family was doing business abroad would not arouse the two's suspicion.
Nina nodded and said, "It should be the same person."
"If that's the case, the Hilton family used to have several businesses in Russia. I never thought that they would turn
out this way..."
After listening to their conversation, it seemed like the Hilton family was not holding up well.
Their foreign businesses had nearly all been shut down, leaving them with only some domestic estates. It seemed
like they ended up in this situation because of Brody's poor management, but of course, there were other reasons.
“Ever since Grandma Hilton passed away, most of the Hilton family's businesses fell into the hands of Brody.
Unfortunately, he lost almost all of the Hilton family's estates," said Sue as she knew more about this because of
Jason.
"The one with the most business acumen in the Hilton family was Grandma Hilton, but Brody dated Leia and a
series of unfortunate events happened after that, so Grandma Hilton got so angry that she got a stroke and passed
away a few years later. Nobody watched over Brody, so he let himself go. He got together with another female
celebrity after breaking up with Leia, but she did not seem to have good intentions as she kept depleting the Hilton
family's wealth," Nina explained to Luca.
Luca shook her head helplessly after hearing that.
Combining all of their estates, the Hilton family used to be on par with the Crawford family.
It was just that the Hilton family's estates were all abroad, so the people here always felt that they were no match
for the Crawford family.
Unexpectedly, Brody still did not grow up after losing Leia and went on to find a female celebrity instead.
Not to mention, the celebrity and Leia even knew each other.
Well, birds of a feather flock together.
All of a sudden, Luca did not know how to judge the situation...
Sue nodded. "If Grandma Hilton were still around, she would never have let the female celebrity join their family.
Her judgment of people was precise and harsh. She had always protected the Hilton family. It's a shame she had
such an unfilial grandson who made her so angry that she passed away. The reason why Luke and Jason went on a
business trip today is to purchase one of the Hilton family's branches."
Luca only realized that Luke had gone to acquire a company after hearing Sue's words.
She had thought that it was some other project of T Corporation.
"Why are you saying that out loud? Aren't you afraid of leaking company secrets?" Nina said with a smile.
"What is there to be afraid of? The bidding document was stolen by Pierre when they were competing for M Group's
project but they still secured the project. I believe in my man and his boss," Sue said confidently. Although Jason
was Luke's assistant, to have his assistant help take over a company was going overboard.
She did not say anything as Jason wanted to stay by Luke's side. Besides, they might seem to have an ordinary
superior-subordinate relationship, but in fact, they had been friends for a long time.
Unlike Bailey, she would not force Jason to be strong on the outside for the sake of saving face.
She felt that living comfortably and honestly while doing the things one liked was good enough.
It was not like Jason was not making any progress. He had been making progress by being beside Luke for all these
years. It was just that Bailey could not see this and forced him to leave T Corporation to manage a different
company. Jason refused and coupled with some other reasons, their relationship came to an end.
Nina gave her a thumbs up. "You're the first person I've ever met to brag about her man in such a short and simple
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmway."
Before Sue could say anything, Kari said with pride, “Daddy is the best daddy in the world."
Sue and Kari's words had Luca's lips curl up into a smile. She casually asked, "What company is Mr. Crawford trying
to acquire?"
"You don't know?" Sue was a little taken aback as she thought that she was still working beside Luke.
"Of course, I wouldn't know. T Corporation's Russian translator was on maternity leave the last time and they didn't
want to hire fresh graduates as they would be troublesome and won't be able to catch up with the progress of the
project's bidding document. They didn't have anyone else, which was why they had me replace the position. Now
that the project is theirs, I've returned to the laboratory to conduct my experiments. That's my job," Luca told them.
"I see. It's all Jason's fault. He's always talking about how capable you are all the time. I almost forgot that you're a
research professor, not a translator." Sue helplessly slapped her forehead.
"Luca is capable of a lot of things, including cleaning up the trouble that Jean caused. If it weren't for her, he would
be in prison right now," said Nina.
Luca chuckled out of embarrassment after hearing Nina praise her.
In the middle of their conversation, the meal they ordered was already brought to the table by the waiter.
The three adults and two kids ate with relish.
After their meal, they thought about visiting Sue's place, but Nina received a call.
"Hello, who is this?" asked Nina.
It was unknown what the caller on the other end had said, but Nina's expression got gloomier.
Luca noticed and gestured for Sue to stop talking for a while.
Then, they heard Nina say, "Alright, got it. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused. I'll go over there right now."