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Karen said that Luke's wife had become a madwoman after suffering inhumane torture
and being raped consecutively.
Luke had never disclosed this to the public, so none of them knew.
Thanks to Karen, they got to hear this shocking revelation.
Margaret added: [Right. That woman is so stupid that she doesn't even know she's being
cheated on.]
Karen could not help but curl her lips upon reading their conversation. These two women
were so easily manipulated. With just a little gossip, they would let their guard down so
much that they would even take a bullet for her.
On the other hand...
Luca knew that Luke was having dinner with Old Master Crawford at the manor after he
messaged her, so she and the children had dinner without him.
After dinner, the children sat in the living room, watching cartoons.
Luca was also in the living room watching cartoons with the kids, waiting for Luke to come
back.
Old Master Crawford must have found out about the reports. She wondered if he would
lash out at Luke.
The old master was not in great health, so if his anger caused him health problems.
Luca worriedly knitted her eyebrows together.
She did not want others to get hurt because of her relationship with Luke.
However, she still hurt Queenie.
The thought of that deepened Luca's frown. She could not even go to the hospital because
of the scandal.
Although she was innocent, she was too guilty to face Wanda.
After all, she had deceived every single person about her identity.
Rainie was sensible enough to notice that Luca was frowning, so she went up to her and
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtasked, “Ms. Luca, what's wrong?"
Then, Luca came back to her senses. She shook her head and said to her smilingly,
"Nothing." Rainie was aware of the news, so she actually knew why Luca was frowning.
However, she did not understand. All her mother had to do was tell people her true
identity, and then no one would criticize her parents anymore. However, Luca just
remained silent and kept her chin up.
Rainie did not understand why she was doing this, so all she could do was whisper beside
her, “Ms.
Luca, I'm sure Daddy will take care of everything. It'll be fine."
"Yes, I have faith in him." Luca smiled and patted Rainie's head. When her palm touched
the child's soft hair, Luca's heart ached.
Before leaving, she wanted to hear her children call her 'Mommy' instead of 'Ms. Luca'...
Suddenly, Luca's eyes were filled with tears, and she was at a loss.
Then, there were footsteps coming from outside.
Rainie was sharp-eared, so she said, "Ms. Luca, Daddy's home."
Luca turned to look in the direction of the entrance, and after a while, Luke walked in.
"I see that everyone's watching cartoons," he smiled at Luca before saying to the children.
"Yes, Daddy. We've finished our homework and previewed all our assigned tasks. You said
that we could watch cartoons as long as we finished all our work," Tommy turned to tell
him.
The cartoon was about to start, so he did not immediately run to Luke.
"Have you finished checking your homework?" Luke asked again. He did not explain what
happened at the manor.
"Ms. Luca finished checking everything, but she said that you'd be back early tonight. She
left it for you to sign instead," said Tommy as he handed his father a few of his workbooks.
Then, Luke sat on an armchair.
Lanie and Rainie also handed their homework to Luke. "Daddy, sign it, please."
Since the children said that Luca had already checked it, Luke just signed his name in the
designated area.
After signing, the children kept their own workbooks in their school bags so that they could
just pick up their bags when leaving for school tomorrow.
Then, Luke said to Luca, "I'll go upstairs to take care of some work stuff."
"Alright." Luca nodded. He seemed calm, and she did not notice anything unusual about
him. He did not mention anything about what happened at the manor, and she did not ask
either.
After Luke went upstairs, the cartoon started playing, so the children's eyes were once
again glued to the screen.
Luca could not help but sigh inwardly. Life was so much happier and worry-free as a kid.
The kids were happy to just finish the cartoon.
Her gaze fell upon Lanie.
He was the child that resembled Luke the most.
Although he was much more mature than other kids his age, he still took his cartoons
seriously.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
"Who would be at the door this late?" Aunt Neile had already gone home, so Luca had to
answer the door.
Luca was stunned to see Susan standing at the door through the doorbell camera.
It had been some time since Susan moved into the mansion next door with Louis. Since
then, Luca would always greet Louis with a smile if she ran into him on the way out.
However, if she ran into Yuri or Susan, she would pretend not to see them because they
did the same whenever she greeted them with a smile in the past.
Luca was not a people pleaser, so she would not go out of her way to say hello if they did
not wish to acknowledge her.
Hence, even though they basically lived together, the two families did not interact the way
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmOld Master Crawford would expect them to.
Besides, everyone was busy, especially the two brothers—Luke and Louis.
They were busy with their own jobs, so they did not have the time to visit each other.
It was the first time Susan ever came over.
Usually, Luca would have opened the door without a second thought. However, she had a
feeling that Susan might have an ulterior motive for visiting on the day her scandal with
Luke broke out.
“Ms. Luca, who is it?" Lanie asked curiously when he saw her standing quietly in front of
the monitor without opening the door.
He did not expect anyone to ring the doorbell at this time either.
If Aunt Neile had come back after leaving something, she would have just opened the door
instead of ringing the doorbell.
"It's your Grandma Susan..." Luca came back to her senses after her mind drifted away.
She was trying to think of why Susan would ring their doorbell.
Lanie frowned and wondered why their grandma would come over all of a sudden.
Although he called her 'Grandma', Lanie knew that Susan saw him and his siblings as a
thorn in her flesh. However, their father and great-grandpa protected them from her.
Without that protection, he and his siblings would have been badly bullied.
Thus, they would usually avoid Susan, lest they bump into her and give her a chance to
lecture them.
"What is Grandma doing here at this hour?" Rainie frowned upon hearing their
conversation.
She disliked Susan too because she did not sincerely love them.
Then, the doorbell rang again.
Luca looked at Susan's impatient face, wanting to pretend that no one was home.
However, that would not work. Thus, she had no choice but to open the door and let her
in.
"Oh, Grandma is here. I don't want to watch cartoons anymore.." Tommy muttered when
he saw Luca open the door.
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