Luca ced the takeout on the dining table. This vi was big. It was much biggerpared to the


    bachelor''s apartment.


    She walked around the house, wondering if Luke had installed surveince cameras in the house.


    However, she did not find any.


    Even so, her not being able to find any did not mean that none were installed. Luca sat on the chair


    beside the dining table and looked at the takeout. She was lost in thoughts.


    Her phone rang. She nced at it and saw that there was a message from Luke.


    Luca tapped on the screen. His voice came into his ears. “Have you received the takeout I ordered?"


    The man''s voice was deep and hoarse as though it was a ray of sunshine in the cold weather, slightly


    warming up her cold heart. Luca was startled. She picked up the phone and replied to him, "I got it.


    Thank you, Mr. Crawford."


    [You''re wee. Eat it while it''s warm.] Luke did not send an audio message this time. He replied with


    a text message instead.


    Luca looked at those six simple words. Then, she opened the lids of the food containers. Luke had


    ordered all her favorite food...


    She picked up the spoon and ate a mouthful. It tasted good.


    Luca thought of cleaning up after dinner. However, she realized the whole vi had already been


    cleaned up. Hence, she walked into the study.


    She was nning to continue her research since she was free tonight.


    An hourter, Luca received Amur''s call.


    "Amur, why are you calling me at this hour?" Luca asked. She knew Amur was busy with his mission,


    so she tried her best not to disturb him.


    Luca had no idea about how Amur''s mission was going. She was worried about him.


    Amur listened to Luca''s voice and took a deep breath. He sounded excited. "Luca, I''ve aplished


    my mission here."


    "You''ve aplished your mission?" Luca was surprised. She did not receive any news from him the


    entire time. What was his mission?


    "Yes. I can return to A City to protect you tomorrow onward." Amur could not hide the excitement in his


    voice.


    That was great. Finally, he was able to return here safely. Luca''s voice became excited too. “What time


    will you be reaching A City tomorrow? Do you need me to pick you up?"


    "No. I can go back myself. It''ll bete. There''s just one more thing I need to take care of first." Amur


    hung up the phone after that.


    Luca had always seen Amur as her younger brother. He coulde back safely now. After worrying


    about him for so long, Luca could now set her mind at rest.


    She suddenly thought about whether Amur should stay in the apartment or the vi after he returned.


    This seemed to be difficult.


    Although the people on the Ind of Despair had killed people before, she refused to let Amur continue


    staying in the apartment. Besides, he might be against it too.


    However, the vi...


    This was Luke''s vi. If he could ask her to move in, then he would be able to ask her to move out too.


    Luca thought she would have to ask for Luke''s permission if she wanted Amur to move in here. She


    pondered for a moment and opened her contacts on her phone.


    She would not be able to exin it clearly through an audio message. She had no choice but to call


    Luke.


    After the call was answered, Luca spoke in a gentle voice. "Mr. Crawford, are you busy?"


    "Yes. It''ste. What''s the matter?" Luke was a little surprised that she would call him at this hour. It was


    because Luca could not wait to set boundaries between them. It was inappropriate for her to call him


    now.


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    "My younger brother ising back tomorrow. I want to ask you whether he''s allowed to stay in the


    vi with me." Luca asked. There were enough rooms in the vi. If Luke gave her permission, she


    would clean up a room after this.


    "Younger brother?" Luke frowned.


    "Yes. His name is Amur. We''re not biologically rted but I consider him my younger brother. You''ve


    met him before." Luca reminded him.


    Luke remembered. Amur was that tall Russian man.


    Amur was not Luca''s younger brother, and he knew that well. He reckoned that Amur was rted to


    the power that was manipting Luca behind her.


    However, if he was one of those who was manipting her, why would Luca care about Amur?


    Luke frowned at the thought of this.


    He felt ufortable when he recalled how much Luca cared about Amur and the fact that they had


    been staying in an apartment together for quite some time.


    "Mr. Crawford?" Luca called out to him when she did not hear any answer from him.


    Luke snapped back to his senses. He said without a second thought, "I don''t think it''s convenient to do


    so."


    "Ah." Luca did not expect Luke to disagree with it and use such an excuse too.


    "Alright." She had no choice but to agree with it. After all, it was Luke''s vi. It was no good for her to


    continue asking about it.


    "Anything else?" Luke sounded a little annoyed as jealousy filled his heart.


    Although Luca did not have romantic feelings for Amur, she actually asked him if she could stay with


    Amur. He was unhappy with it from the bottom of his heart.


    "There''s nothing else, Mr. Crawford. Sorry for disturbing you. I''m hanging up now." Even though Luca


    had considered the possibility of Luke rejecting her, she was still unable to understand why when she


    heard him saying no.


    Why did he turn her down?


    Luca nced at the time. It was already 11 o''clock at night.


    The vi had already been cleaned up. If Amur came to stay here tomorrow when he came back, there


    was no need for her toe back and forth. Besides, after everything that Amur had done for her, she


    felt the need to take care of him.


    However, Luke had refused her request.


    Luca kept the experiment instruments and went to her bedroom to change into casual clothes.


    Luca still had to go to work tomorrow. She would not have time to return to the apartment to clean it up


    tomorrow. Hence, she nned to hail a ride now and tidy up the apartment as she thought it was still


    early.


    It had been a long time since someone stayed in that apartment. Every piece of furniture in the


    apartment was covered with dust covers, but the ce still needed a good cleaning up.


    Amur was a casual person. It did not matter where he stayed. However, if she did not clean up the


    ce, judging from Amur''s personality, he would not clean it either. He would just settle down right


    away.


    Luca brought her phone and the apartment''s key with her before leaving the vi.


    She walked out of the vi district, hailed a cab sessfully, and headed to the apartment.


    It had been quite some time since Luca came here. The security who was on shift was still able to


    recognize her. He let her enter the apartment without asking too many questions.


    Luca frowned when she pushed the apartment door open.


    It was just like what she expected. The apartment was still a little dirty after it had been empty for quite


    some time.


    Luca took the dust covers off the furniture. Then, she took the cleaning tools out and started to clean.


    It was already 12:30 a.m. after she finished cleaning up. She nced at the lights outside the window.


    Most of the lights were turned off. She nned to stay here for the night. She would go to T


    Corporation immediately tomorrow.