Chapter 1083 New Mother


    Luke stared daggers at her as soon as she said that.


    Maxine paused and kept the rest of what she wanted to say to herself. His gaze was spine-chilling. It


    reminded her of a demon from hell that was capable of silently killing anyone.


    She felt scared, but she had no regrets.


    The night before, she found the opportunity to spike Luke''s wine with the drug that Shanks gave her.


    Things went well. After he drank it, he passed out.


    Maxine then sent him to the hotel, took the photo that Abel requested, and kept a copy for herself.


    She deliberately did it so that Luke would get the wrong impression.


    However, she did not expect that when he woke up the next day, he did not react and even treated her


    as though she was invisible.


    Maxine was beyond furious, so she came to Old Master Crawford in hopes that he would be on her


    side.


    Susan was just enjoying the drama. When she saw that Maxine was so scared that she immediately


    kept quiet after being stared at by Luke, Susan said mockingly, "Luke, how could you do something like


    this? As part of the Crawford family, I need to say something. We’re still unsure if Bianca is alive yet


    you did such a thing to this poor girl. What are you going to do?" "Mom!" Louis tugged at her sleeve.


    Susan did not want Luke to marry Maxine. However, when she was presented with such a good


    opportunity to ridicule Luke, she naturally would not let it go.


    She red at her son, shook him off, and said, "You can consider getting married, but seeing that we


    have yet to hear anything about Bianca, you won’t be able to get a divorce just yet. If you can’t get


    divorced, it won’t be an easy task handling the Dous family." "Are you done talking?!" Old Master


    Crawford said and felt disgusted with Susan from the bottom of his heart.


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    Susan picked on her nails as she said, "I''m justying out the facts. Luke''s mother is in jail. As his


    elder, I have the responsibility to give him advice! Else, our family might be the center of gossip!" "Shut


    up!" Old Master Crawford could not stand it any longer and yelled at Susan.


    "Maxine, what do you want? I''ll redress the bnce for you!" He looked at the crying woman.


    Although he was not a fan of Maxine, he knew that Luke was in the wrong this time. On top of that, the


    Dous family was powerful. Old Master Crawford had to be fair and just to avoid conflict from


    happening.


    Maxine looked at Luke timidly and deliberately acted like she was at a loss.


    "Luke, don''t deny that we-" "It’s my body, I would know if I had done it." Luke finished speaking and


    stood up. "Miss Dous, if you insist that we slept together, please show some evidence." "Isn’t that


    photo enough?" Maxine blushed and stood her ground. That photo was enough to prove that they were


    together that night. She had even put in the effort to leave some love marks.


    "All it proves is that we shared a bed," Luke said in disgust. He was certain that he had not done


    anything that night.


    "You..." Maxine did not expect him to say that.


    "You wouldn''t be able to take a photo if I were conscious." Luke remembered that he had passed out


    after drinking just a ss of wine.


    He could hold his liquor fairly well, so the only exnation was that Maxine had spiked the wine.


    "You weren''t sober, that''s why you thought that I was Bianca and did those things. Luke, I don''t need


    you to take responsibility, but it’s not fair that you’re ming everything on me. You''re hurting me."


    Maxine acted like a victim.


    "If I did it, I''ll take responsibility for it." Luke put his hands in his pockets and disyed the aura of a


    champion as he said, "But only if you have more evidence to show." "You mean you''ll only believe me if


    I’m pregnant?" Maxine did not expect him to be so difficult. If she knew he would be like this, she would


    have left immediately after taking the photo to avoid so manyplications.


    However, she was so obsessed with him that she thought doing this would mean she could get her


    hands on Luke...


    Maxine regretted it, but at this juncture, she had to grit her teeth and insist that they had slept together.


    "You won’t get pregnant." Luke''s deep gaze that was as sharp as a knife fell on her face. "Because I


    didn’t sleep with you." "Luke!" Old Master Crawford frowned. As an elder, he was ashamed that Luke


    was still denying it even though there was a photo.


    "Grandpa, if Miss Dous can provide more evidence, I’ll dly take responsibility for it," Luke said,


    "I''m heading upstairs to check on the kids."


    After he said that, he went upstairs without looking back.


    Susan picked up the teacup, pretentiously took a sip, and said with a smile, "Look, this is Allison’s good


    son. Sure enough, the apple doesn''t fall far from the tree." "Isn’t this enough of a sh*tshow for you?"


    Old Master Crawford stared at her and thought that Susan’s presence was nothing but trouble.


    When something major happened, she would never be on the same side as them.


    "Dad, what I''m telling you is the truth. Maxine, don''t be too sad. It’s unfortunate that you met Luke. If he


    doesn''t admit it, you should just assume it didn''t happen," Susan said gleefully.


    Maxine stood up, stomped her feet, and said to them, "I’m not lying to you!” "Maxine, I’ll be fair to you in


    this matter." Old Master Crawford held the photo and nned to find someone to examine it. If the


    photo was real, he had to give the Dous family an exnation. If the photo was fake, there would be


    no need for that.


    "Grandpa, it''s all true..." Maxine emphasized again, acting pitiful.


    "I know. It''ste, you should head back." Old Master Crawford wanted her gone because he had a


    headache looking at her.


    Maxine knew Old Master Crawford''s ns. The evidence she showed was real, so she was not afraid


    of having it examined. Hence, she nodded and turned to leave.


    Upstairs.


    Luke checked on Tommy and Rainie to make sure they were both asleep. Then, he walked into


    nche''s bedroom.


    The lights were still on in the bedroom. nche sat on the bed. He was wide awake.


    "Why aren''t you sleeping?" Luke walked in and sat on the edge of the bed.


    "Dad, is what Aunt Maxine saying true?" nche asked. Although the adults had sent them back to the


    bedroom when they were discussing it, he noticed that something was wrong and stood by the stairs to


    eavesdrop. He had heard everything.


    He did not understand a lot of the vocabry, but what he got out of it was that his father was involved


    with Maxine.


    "It’s not true.” Luke touched his head. "I love your mother, so I won''t do anything to wrong her."


    "Mommy may note back." Although nche oftenforted his crying siblings, he did not hold


    much hope in his heart.


    "A ssmate of mine lost his mother, and soon his father found him a new mother. Daddy... Rainie,


    Tommy, and I don’t want a new mother," he said seriously, not wanting Maxine to be their new


    mother.