“Ms. Craw, what color do you see in front of you?” Dr. Thomason kept the bronze medallion away and


    asked.


    “Red…” Luca replied softly. Her eyes were closed.


    “What is this red thing then? Is it a wall, or…” Dr. Thomason continued to ask guiding questions.


    “Blood… so much blood…” Luca replied. She was unconscious.


    Some members of the audience eximed in surprise.


    Dr. Thomason remainedposed. He continued asking, “Imagine stepping past this curtain of blood.


    What else do you see?”


    Luca was silent for the next half a minute as though mentally traveling beyond the curtain of blood. She


    spoke slowly, “I see… a man… and four children.”


    Dr. Thomason continued, “That’s the main cause of your stress in your daily life. Can you see the


    man’s face clearly?”


    “Mm,” Luca replied uneasily. Her hands slowly clenched into fists.


    ? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    “And that man is…” Dr. Thomason asked.


    Luca paused for a while and replied, “He is the man I love…”


    “And the children?” Dr. Thomason could tell that Luca was unwilling to talk about the man, so he shifted


    the topic.


    “They’re… the people I love…” Luca said.


    “What are they doing?” Dr. Thomason continued asking.


    “They… look very sad. I’m… also very sad. One of them is a little girl wrapped in iron chains. I want to


    save her…” Luca said haltingly.


    Dr. Thomason exchanged nces with his assistant, then continued asking, “Is the man your


    husband? Who else is he? And those children, whose children are they?”


    This time, Luca did not answer. She jolted awake as though she had suffered a huge fright.


    Dr. Thomason did not expect that Luca would regain control of her consciousness from that question.


    In any case, he did not want the live demonstration to drag on for too long. After Luca stood up, he


    began his analysis. “Luca saw a wall of blood, which means that she is subconsciously afraid of blood.


    The people she saw must be somehow rted to her as well.”


    A man in the audience raised his hand and asked, “Usually, what kind of rtionship would it be?”


    “Usually, they’ll have an intimate rtionship with the patient. In the demonstration earlier, Ms. Craw


    said that the people she saw were those whom she loved. I’m guessing that they must have done


    something to cause Ms. Craw agony, but of course, that’s a preliminary guess. You may return to your


    seat, Ms. Craw,” Dr. Thomason said.


    Luca’s face was still pale. The scenes from the hypnosis session were still fresh in her mind. She


    nodded, stepped off the stage, and returned to her seat.


    If she had not snapped herself out of the hypnosis in time, she might have divulged that the man was


    Luke Crawford.


    She realized that she was ced in a perilous situation earlier. Even though Dr. Thomason was wrong


    in his analysis, she did not correct him.


    After Dr. Thomason watched Luca return to her seat, he continued his lecture. The hypnotherapy


    session had failed earlier, and he had to find an exnation for it. “Everyone here knows that my


    hypnotherapy sessions guide the patient to face their fears directly because that’s the most effective


    way of treatment. In the session earlier, I’ve shown Ms. Craw the source of her stress. Next, I shall


    continue with my boration.”


    Nina saw that Luca’s face was pale. She asked out of concern, “Are you okay?”


    “I’m fine,” Luca said and nodded.


    Nina reached out, held her hands, and said nothing.


    What they did not know was that Luke was sitting in thest row of the hall. He had seen Luca’s


    reactions throughout the hypnotherapy session.


    He hade to the conference, but not together with Tia.


    Luke wanted to spy on Tia and see the people she interacted with. He did not expect to see Luca being


    hypnotized on stage.


    He guessed that the wall of blood referred to the murder case in her apartment…


    Why would the murder case cause her fear and stress? He and Jason had guessed that Luca had a


    hand in plotting the murder case.


    Why would an aplice of a murder case be afraid of it?


    Was he mistaken?


    Luke sank deep in thought as he looked in Luca’s direction. She also mentioned seeing a man and four


    children…


    In the information Luke had on her, she was not married, and she did not bear any children.


    Dear Readers Books Are Daily Updated Click On Link Below To Join Our Official Telegram


    Group To Get Latest Books Updates..


    Who could the man and the four children be?


    Luke believed that Luca would not lie when her subconsciousness took over. She must be telling the


    truth.


    What secrets did Luca have?


    Luca continued to pique Luke’s curiosity. Somehow, he was not very happy when he knew that she had


    a man she loved.


    He could not understand why he felt that way. It should have been normal for Luca, a single woman, to


    love a man.


    Luca came to her senses at the end of the lecture. Seeing that the crowd was shuffling out of the hall,


    she prepared to stand up when she heard a female voice call out, “Mr. Crawford?”


    Instinctively, she turned around and looked toward the source of the voice.


    It was Tia.


    Tia was rushing up the stairs. Luca looked toward where she was heading and saw Luke sitting in the


    last row.


    She was surprised to see Luke.


    ‘Did he see the part where I was hypnotized?’ She thought.


    Luca tried to recall what Dr. Thomason said earlier. She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized she


    did not say anything inappropriate.


    Nina turned her head. She eximed when she saw Luke. “He’s here! I guess there must be some


    truth to the reports…”


    “What?” Luca came to her senses. She did not know what Nina was saying.


    “Mr. Crawford! I didn’t expect him toe here. Didn’t the tabloids specte there’s something illicit


    between them? It looks like there’s indeed something between them, even if it’s not illicit,” Nina said.


    Luca looked at Luke. She wondered if she was mistaken, but it seemed that Luke was keeping an eye


    on her.


    Tia smiled and walked toward Luke. “I didn’t expect you toe here, Mr. Crawford.”


    “Mm, I’m just taking a look,” Luke turned away from Luca and said.


    Tia could not hide her excitement. She said, “That’s great! My lecture ising up next. It’ll be about


    recalling the memories of an amnesiac patient. You must attend it.”


    “I won’t miss it,” Luke said. He noticed that Luca and Nina had left.


    “I’m d to hear that! Aren’t you a little too far from the stage? How about I reserve a front-row seat for


    you?” Tia said enthusiastically. She hoped that he could see her face clearly when presenting her


    lecture.


    In an earlier interview, Luke had said that he loved it when his wife was focused on her work.


    She would want to show Luke her performance at work.