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After hearing what the children said, Luca knew that Susan must have come with ill
intentions. She told the children, “Why don't you watch cartoons in the second-floor living
room?"
Usually, they would not turn on the television on the second floor because Luke spent
most of his time working in his room. Turning on the television on the second floor might
disturb him.
Thus, the children had developed the habit of watching television on the first floor
regardless of whether Luke was home or not.
That way, if the adults were out, it would also be easier for Aunt Neile to look after them
on the first floor.
"Okay!" said Tommy first.
When Luca saw the kids go upstairs, she added, "Oh, ask your father to come downstairs
and tell him that your grandma is here."
"Alright," said Rainie before going upstairs to tell Luke.
Luca stood at the entrance and took out a pair of disposable slippers as she waited for
Susan to come in.
The structure of both their homes was the same. Although the garden landscape was
different, the mansion was not big enough for people to get lost in it. Susan managed to
quickly make her way inside.
She saw Luca when entering the porch, and her eyes blazed with disdain.
"I see that you're still living here," she said, emphasizing the word 'still'.
Luca pointed at the slippers on the ground. "Mrs. Crawford, you can change into these
slippers."
Susan put on the slippers with a poker face. She wanted to find fault with Luca, but seeing
as the slippers were unused, it was hard to nitpick.
After changing into the slippers, she walked into the living room and said bluntly, "I came
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Luca was not surprised to hear that. Besides, Luke was the CEO of T Corporation and the
person in charge of the Crawford family. Susan would not come to cause a commotion
over a small matter.
At least Old Master Crawford could still bring her under control. If Susan were to offend
Luke in any way, things would not end up well for her.
Therefore, she came to ruffle Luca's feathers instead.
Luca had already accepted her fate of getting picked on.
Besides, when she was still Bianca, she had suffered Susan's criticisms and her efforts to
make life difficult for her. Although she had not experienced it for several years now,
Susan's methods were still familiar to her.
“Mrs. Crawford, would you like some tea while we talk?" Although she came with ill
intentions, it was still Luke's house. Luca still had to show basic etiquette.
Luca was protecting him. She was fine being called rude, but she was not okay with others
saying the same about Luke!
With Susan's nitpicking personality, she did not want to hear Susan complain about the
poor hospitality at their place the next time Luke went back to the manor.
Susan did not expect to see her behave so indifferently.
Was this the attitude a mistress should have?
Normally, after mistresses get exposed, they would be obsequious to the elders and be
scared to death.
At the very least, Luca should be like Allison, who was fearless and acted as if it was an
honor being the mistress.
However, Luca was neither. After Susan gave it some thought, she felt that Luca had
already thought of herself as the lady of the house.
How ridiculous!
"No need." Susan did not come here to drink tea. She invited herself in and sat on the sofa
as if she was the hostess.
"Since you're so smart, you must be able to guess why I'm here. I'll just get straight to the
point. I've read the reports about you and Luke, and they're badly affecting the Crawford
family and T Corporation.
"Before it got exposed, I didn't say anything as I'm not Luke's biological mother. But things
are different now. I have a say in it if it affects the family, so please stay away from Luke
and the Crawford family.
"You'll never climb your way up the ladder," Susan spoke with varying intonation, a lot of
emotion, and the sternness of an elder.
However, her authority could not suppress Luca as a faint smile appeared on Luca's face.
If she were still the naive Bianca, Susan's efforts to make things difficult for her might
have worked.
After all, Allison had done the same thing to her in the past, but she was Luca now...
After going through so much, she was no longer the Bianca that everyone walked all over.
When Susan came here, acting like a parent and expressing her disapproval of her being
with Luke, Luca was just speechless.
When had she ever cared about Luke?
Now, out of nowhere, she was exacerbating the situation by telling Luca to leave.
If Luca really left, she would be making Susan's wish come true.
"Mrs. Crawford, I've never wanted to climb up the social ladder. I'm just enjoying the
present. Those reports aren't true. It's not like what you think, so you don't have to worry.
Luke will take care of it," Luca said calmly while sitting across from Susan. Somehow, it
had turned into a negotiation.
After listening to her, Susan had no intention of leaving. She sneered and said, "I
remember you once said that you and Luke didn't have that kind of relationship, nor did
you intend to have that kind of relationship. That's why I left you alone.
"Now that you have this big mansion and other benefits, you don't want to leave anymore,
huh? Luca, people shouldn't be too greedy—especially when they're a mistress. If you
don't listen to me, you're going to suffer in the end." “People change, Mrs. Crawford," Luca
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told her with a serious look on her face, but she was still wondering why Luke had not
come down.
Did Rainie not tell him? Rainie was a meticulous child, so she would not have forgotten.
Did he not come down on purpose because he did not want to see Susan?
Luca thought to herself that if she had known, she would not have opened the door for
Susan. She could just unplug the doorbell camera if Susan kept on ringing, and she would
not even know.
Now that Luke had not come down after she let Susan in, it gave Luca a headache.
She really despised talking to Susan about this as it affected her mood.
She was already feeling uneasy and wanted to organize her thoughts.
Now that Susan came to stir things up, Luca could not help but feel angry.
Who on earth gave the reporters the information and pulled her into a whirlpool of public
criticism?
However, Luca was surprised that Queenie and Wanda, the people who were most
protective of Bianca, did not come to her first. Instead, it was Susan...
Susan could not suppress her anger when she saw Luca's calm expression. "Yes, people
change. Just like how you're getting greedier and greedier.
"Do you think that you can replace Luke's wife and marry into the Crawford family? Let me
tell you that you should stop dreaming. Luke's father is the perfect example!
"Even when Allison was with child, she couldn't drive me away. I was still his father's legal
wife, so who cares if they all called Allison 'Mrs. Crawford'?
"Their relationship was never recognized by the law. His father has left for so many years
now, and Allison's marital status is still single. If you continue to insist, you will end up the
same way.
"It doesn't matter how you make yourself appear in front of people because they're all
cursing you behind your back anyway."
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