Luca skimmed through the news articles. Some of them were criticizing Tia, while others did a thorough


    analysis of the two people.


    There were many reports, and all of them contributed to the poprity of the scandal.


    Luca smiled bitterly and shook her head.


    …


    The next morning, shortly after Luca woke up, she received a message from Sue, asking if she would


    attend the birthday party today.


    Luca sent Sue her reply and began to freshen up.


    It was a children’s birthday party, so there was no need to be too formal. Luca changed into a in-


    colored long dress, wore a pair of ts, picked up the presents, and left the apartment.


    When she arrived at Jason’s mansion, she rang the doorbell.


    The young caretaker jogged over and opened the door. She was wearing a headband with the words


    “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” on it.


    “Wee, Dr. Craw,” the caretaker said with a smile. She addressed Luca like how Jason did.


    “Yes. That’s a cute headband,” Luca said as she walked through the gate with the presents.


    The caretaker touched the headband and said, “Ms. Carter prepared this for us. Kari and Teri like the


    headbands. Oh, Dr. Craw, you brought them presents too!”


    “Mm. I can’t possiblye to a birthday party empty-handed,” Luca said.


    “Kari and Teri will be ecstatic!” The caretaker said as she and Luca entered the living room.


    Sue had hired a professional team to decorate the house. Luca thought that she had stepped into a


    fantasy castle.


    “You’re here, Luca,” Sue said when she saw Luca. She put away the balloons in her hands.


    “Mm. Do you need my help?” Luca said and nodded. She could tell that Sue and Jason loved their


    daughters very much.


    Suddenly, she thought of her daughter N. It was almost N’s birthday, but she had never organized


    a birthday party for her.


    She was not there for Lanie and Rainie when they were young, but she knew that Luke had never


    mistreated them.


    N, on the other hand…


    “All the decorations are done. Jason hired some people to do all this. They’re providing the catering as


    well, so that saves us a lot of trouble,” Sue said with a grin. She was in an excellent mood because it


    was her daughters’ birthday.


    Luca came to her senses and nodded. She handed the boxes in her hands to Sue. “Here are the


    presents for Kari and Teri.”


    It was normal to give presents at a birthday party, so Sue did not say anything. She epted the


    presents happily and got the caretaker to take them upstairs.


    “Where are the girls?” Luca asked.


    “They’re still styling up upstairs. Jason wanted them to be at their best today, so he hired two stylists for


    them. He wanted the girls to look like princesses in a fairy tale, and I can’t do that for them,” Sue


    exined. Then, she continued, “Make yourself at home, Luca. We didn’t invite too many people today,


    and we’ll start the party when everyone’s here.”


    They invited some of Kari and Teri’s best friends at school as well as some of Jason’s friends.


    Luca nodded. She sat on the couch and waited for the party to start.


    After all, she was only an invited guest. All she had to do was not cause the hosts any trouble.


    The guests arrived one after another. Most of them were adults who brought their children, and Luca


    was the only one who came by herself. However, the adults left after sending their children there, so


    Luca and the young caretaker were the only adults in the living room.


    The children were well-behaved, and the caretaker could handle all of them herself.


    Luca smiled gently as she watched several children ying together. Even after the three-year ordeal


    in the Ind of Despair had made her bitter, she still loved children.


    Children were pure and innocent, and their smiles healed Luca’s cold heart.


    A little girl ran up to Luca and smiled at her. “You’re so pretty, Ma’am. Have some candy!”


    Luca’s heart warmed as she looked at the piece of chocte wrapped up in pink wrapping paper.


    She shook her head gently and said, “Thank you, but I don’t eat sweets. You should eat it yourself.”


    “My Mommy says that I should share nice things, and I think that a prettydy like you deserves


    something nice!” The little girl said and ced the piece of chocte on Luca’s palm.


    Luca felt the warmth of the little girl on the piece of chocte. She remembered that N’s favorite


    candy was chocte.


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    Chocte was rare on the Ind of Despair. Whenever Amur came back from his missions, he would


    bring some for her and N.