Chapter 1146 Someone Others Looked Up To


    Luca noticed that her heartbeat was elerating. Luke, who used to be aloft, rarely looked at others


    like this.


    He did not care about others. Engaging in simple conversations would already be a test of his patience.


    He had always been someone others looked upto. He never lowered his gaze for anyone.


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    Luke frowned. ''She thinks she would be disturbed by sending Tommy back?


    Luca knew him well.


    In the past, he wouldunch a thorough investigation into her life, but now, he had no such intentions.


    "What are you hiding?" Luke put his hands in his pockets, his deep-set eyes staring straight at her.


    "I’m sure Mr. Crawford has had me investigated." Luca''s expression was calm. Luke did not suspect a


    thing.


    "I didn''t ask anyone to investigate you," Luke said.


    Luca was a little surprised, but it was not because she was afraid that he would find out anything about


    her. After all, Abel got a group of people to work meticulously to make sure that there was nothing


    about her that would raise suspicion.


    She was just surprised that he did not investigate her.


    Luca was taken back. ''Maybe he didn''tunch an investigation because he regards me as an ordinary


    employee?’


    Sometimes, she hoped that Luke would discover something during his investigation and dig further.


    Maybe he could find something...


    "Why don''t you want to be disturbed?" Luke asked.


    Luca put on a smile that did not reach her eyes. "Does this question have to be answered?"


    Luke realized that he had asked a stupid question, but whenever he came into contact with her, he


    would get a strange feeling. He just knew he wanted to continue talking with her.


    It did not matter what they were talking about as long as he could listen to her voice.


    "No," Luke said.


    Hearing his answer, Luca''s expression became serious as she said, "I didn''t take your son in to get


    anything in return, so I didn''t show my face. Since you''ve found out, just know that I do what I want to


    do. Helping your son was something that I wanted to do. I have no other intentions."


    She had been around Luke for many years and knew him well. If she could not provide a logical


    exnation, she was afraid it would be even harder to exin in the future.


    "Okay." Luke was inexplicably upset when he heard her reply.


    ''She just wanted to help? She has no motives?’ "Also, Mr. Crawford, let''s reduce the number of such


    private conversations in the future. I don’t want to be the topic of gossip," Luca said. Luke''s actions had


    indirectly pushed her into the abyss.


    Others would start making up stories in their heads.


    She just wanted to work in peace and did not want to be looked at by others with ambiguous stares.


    Luke was annoyed seeing that she wanted to draw a line between them. He squinted at the woman in


    front of him and said coldly, "There’s nothing between us to be gossiped about."


    When Luca heard that, she took a deep breath.


    The air conditioner in the corridor was strong, and the man in front of her overwhelmed her. She felt as


    if she had difficulty breathing and was unwilling to stay any longer, so she asked, "Mr. Crawford, can I


    go in now?" "Yeah," Luke said.


    Luca nodded slightly at him and walked back to the conference room.


    The wee party in the conference room went on. Luca stood in the corner with a ss of


    champagne. She had no intention of talking to the other researchers.


    They were all much older than her. If she initiated a chat, they might think she was deliberately


    ttering them. Besides, she was not bothered to build workce rtionships.


    Luca thought that it was best if she stayed low-key.


    After she walked in, Jason walked out of the conference room and Luke never came in again.


    An hourter, the wee party ended. Everyone had something to drink today, so they would not be


    working. The two assistants brought them around to familiarize themselves with thepany''s various


    departments and then handed them the office keycard.


    After Luca received the card, she walked back to the office. The professor behind her was still


    discussing having lunch together. She had no intention of participating.


    Dr. Cole Kidman was the head of the research department. Looking at Luca, he frowned unhappily.


    Although she was good-looking, her attitude was not the most weing.


    ''She was called out by the boss just now but the boss did not talk to the rest of us alone...’


    Dr. Cole guessed that Luca was just another pretty face who came in through the backdoor. Thinking of


    this, he despised her even more.


    A professor who was talking to him diverted his attention.


    Luca walked back to the office and closed the door, not wanting to be disturbed.


    She sat on the sofa to sober up. Even after three years, she was not much of a drinker.


    An hourter, there was a knock on her office door. Luca did not stand up and asked, "Who is it?" "Dr.


    Craw, I''m Mo Stone. I''m here to inform you that we’ll be having lunch together at noon. Dr. Cole


    arranged it." A woman''s voice sounded.


    Mo was the female assistant who weed them.


    Luca remembered the conversations of those middle-aged men and had no interest in attending. She


    stood up and opened the door while holding her forehead. "Please tell Dr. Cole that I don''t feel well


    after drinking today. I don’t want to be a wet nket by showing up."


    Seeing her appearance, Mo nodded, turned around, and told Dr. Cole what Luca said.


    When Dr. Cole heard that, his face turned sour in an instant. "She''s drunk?"


    Mo shook her head. She had seen how a drunk person would act. ’ Doesn''t seem like it. She just


    seems unwell." "It doesn''t matter. Since Dr. Craw doesn’t wish to join us for lunch, we shouldn''t force


    her.” Dr. Cole was pissed, but as the leader of the department, he could not go too far no matter how


    furious he was. After making some thought-provoking remarks, he turned and walked out of the


    conference room.


    Several of the researchers followed.


    Mo touched her chin and told Rhett Link, who was also an assistant, "It seems that Dr. Craw has


    already offended Dr. Cole on her first day." "Yeah, but I can''t me her. I heard that Dr. Craw came


    back from Russia. Maybe the workce culture that she’s used to is different from ours, so we can''t


    me her for not understanding the way things work here. On the contrary, Dr. Cole should be more


    understanding," Rhett replied and then called the logistics department to ask them to send someone to


    clean up the conference room.


    "Tsk tsk, you mean that Dr. Craw didn''t do anything wrong? She should learn how to fit in. Since Dr.


    Craw wants to develop her career here, she should understand these unspoken rules. I thought you


    were someone reasonable, but it seems like you''ve been distracted by her beauty." Mo was joking but


    seemed a little sour.