After Luke talked to Luca, he fell asleep easily.


    After a dreamless night, he woke up to find that Luca had left the apartment.


    He raised his eyebrows when he saw the breakfast on the table. Luca did not usually make these


    dishes. Sometimes, when they were in a rush or if the prepared breakfast could not be eaten in time,


    she would make these dishes.


    Luke touched the toasted bread with his hand and found that it was cold. It seemed that it had been on


    the table for a while.


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    "What an ostrich." He looked at the breakfast prepared for him andmented in a soft voice. He felt


    relieved that he hadid it all out on the table. No matter how much Luca wanted to run away, she


    would not escape from his palm.


    No matter if she was Bianca or Luca, she was the love of his life.


    Luke nced at the time. He was not going back to the office that morning because today was the day


    Allison would get out of jail.


    Even though he had only visited her a handful of times in the past few years, he had to be present for


    such an important event. After Luke washed up, he sat at the dining table and ate breakfast while


    nning some tasks for Jason.


    Seeing that it was almost time, he drove off to the prison.


    Thewyer had already arrived and started on the paperwork to get Allison released.


    Luke stood at the door and waited. After a while, Allison came out. It was cold, so she put on a hat and


    a scarf that covered half of her face. No one could see what was going on with her face.


    The public knew of Allison''s release from prison, so there were many reporters around the prison gate.


    When she walked out of the prison, she noticed the reporters and quickly lowered her head.


    Some of the reporters immediately surrounded her.


    However, they were blocked by the prison guards. One of them scolded, "This is the prison. No one


    should mess around here."


    "Sir, we just want to interview her," a reporter exined.


    The prison guards'' superior had already briefed them, so they firmly stopped the reporters. "No, this is


    the rule."


    The reporters had no choice but to watch Allison, who waspletely covered up, get into Luke''s car.


    Luke looked at the reporters. The time of Allison''s release from prison was kept secret but seeing that


    there were so many reporters surrounding them, he was certain that someone had disclosed Allison''s


    release to the reporters.


    That person was probably Susan.


    Only Susan would want Allison to make a fool of herself in front of the reporters.


    Allison shut the car door and took off her scarf when she was certain that the reporters could not see


    her face. She watched Luke get in the car and asked, "Why are you the only one who came to get me?


    Where''s the doctor?"


    "Which one?" Luke started the car and left the prison. Thewyer would handle the rest.


    "The doctor who treated my skin with her herbal concoction. Why didn''t shee?" Allison was


    referring to Luca. Although her skin was not healed, there were no new scars and she was satisfied


    with the effects.


    "She''s working," Luke said.


    "What kind of work? Can''t you get her here? You can easily pay her any amount she wants," Allison


    said, dissatisfied. Since the herbal concoction worked, she wanted to see Luca again but thewyer


    was unable to help. Hence, she had no choice but to endure it.


    "She''s busy," Luke said.


    Allison snorted coldly and replied, "It seems that you''ve been getting worse and worse in recent years.


    You could still get people to do as you please a few years ago, but now, you can''t even get a doctor to


    come. Luke, I was in prison for a couple of years and couldn''t keep an eye on you. Have you gotten


    lazy? I told you, you can''t give Susan a chance!"


    Luke ignored what she said when he heard that she was thinking about fighting for power as soon as


    she got out of prison.


    Seeing that he did not respond to her, Allison said, "By the way, I''m moving back to Crawford Manor.


    Did thewyer tell you?"


    "Yeah," Luke replied. He knew all about it even if she did not say anything.


    Allison did not have much money. Her only fixed asset was the vi. If she lived in the vi, she would


    have no other funds. If she sold the vi, she would still have some money on hand. After all, her vi


    had appreciated over the years.


    However, if she sold the vi, she would have no ce to live.


    As such, whether the vi was sold or not, Allison would move back to Crawford Manor.


    "What''s the situation in Crawford Manor?" Allison continued to ask. Even with her face like this and the


    fact that she had stolen something from the manor, she did not feel any embarrassment or guilt.


    To her, Crawford Manor was her territory.


    "Same old," Luke replied.


    Allison took off her hat. She found a mirror from the belongings in her bag and nced at herself. She


    then put the mirror back in the bag, irritated.


    She med it all on the Crawford family. She swore that she would get back everything that belonged


    to her when she was back!


    Luke looked at her through the rearview mirror. With that look of resentment, he knew that when Allison


    returned to Crawford Manor, there would be a bloody storm.


    The tranquility of Crawford Manor was sure to be ruined.


    Luke thought about moving Luca into a bigger apartment, arranging for a maid, and taking the children


    to live with her.


    The children would certainly be happy and would not be involved in the dispute.


    Luke thought about it and was worried that Luca would not agree. Nevertheless, considering her


    concern for the kids, she would not be happy if she saw the children being involved in the drama


    between the adults.


    As such, he was confident that he could get Luca to agree.


    The kids were his secret weapon.


    Luke drove back to Crawford Manor. Before he could stop the car, the gate opened. Everyone at


    Crawford Manor knew that it was the day Allison got out of prison, so they got ready early. They


    cleaned her room and prepared some hearty food to wee her.


    Seeing that they had arrived at Crawford Manor, Allison said with dissatisfaction, "The decoration


    around the door has not changed after so many years. The old man''s taste is still the same. How


    boring."


    Luke did not say anything. Crawford Manor was renovated every year but it was based on the


    preferences of Old Master Crawford. The door had always been solemnly decorated and had not


    changed.


    "I''ll drive in," he said.


    Allison snorted coldly before putting on a hat and a scarf. She covered herself tightly so that the butler


    and maids would not see her face.


    Luke drove in and parked his car in the parking lot.


    Allison dawdled for a while before she opened the car door and got out. She tried to straighten her


    back to make herself look the same as before.


    The maids had already heard about the news that Allison''s face was ruined. Even if they were curious


    about how she looked, they did not look up so as not to anger her.


    "Wee home, Madam Allison," the butler and the maids greeted her in unison.