Madam Mallory was not as nervous as Pierre upon hearing the news. "There''ll always be someone
willing to step up if you offer enough money."
"I don''t have that much cash on hand now," Pierre confessed. He had already lost a lot of money to his
business partners because of the closure of many industries. On top of that, he bought a bidding
document from Abel and ced an order to assassinate Luke.
He did not have much money on his hands now.
If there was no one to help him, he would have to use thepany''s cash. However, at this stage, he
did not need to do so.
Pierre knew that Madam Mallory would not let him stoop so low.
"Don''t worry. Go look for someone and tell me how much you need." Madam Mallory said exactly what
Pierre thought she would.
Madam Mallory''s response was within Pierre''s expectations.
"I''ll find a scapegoat." Pierre nodded. Although thetest development was beyond what he expected,
it was not impossible to solve with Madam Mallory''s help.
On the other hand.
Luke got a call from Old Master Crawford and learned of the Mallory family''s so-called workaround,
which he had expected.
After all, Pierre would not learn his lesson just from this incident.
"I see. Thank you for making the trip anyway." Luke thanked him. Although Old Master Crawford was
his grandfather, he was no longer involved in thepany''s affairs, so he should thank him for his
effort.
"No trouble. It''s just that Pierre''s face is annoying. Luke, stay away from him." Old Master Crawford
knew that Luke was not close to Pierre to begin with, but he could not help himself from reminding him.
"I know," Luke said. Old Master Crawford ended the call.
He looked up at the view outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
Luca was ying with the children outside. They looked happy engaged in snowball fights.
Early this morning, the kids woke up and stood in unison at the door of Luca''s bedroom to wait for her
to get up.
When he saw that, Luke also stood at her bedroom entrance and waited for her.
Luca came out after washing up and was very surprised to see them.
School was closed because there was a blizzard. After breakfast, the children pestered Luca to y in
the snow with them outside.
Luca saw how excited the children were, so she put on someyers and yed with them in the
courtyard.
Luca opted to skip work for the kids.
Luke stood in the house and watched as the kidsughed their hearts out. Thepany of a mother
was important to them.
He wanted to seize the opportunity so that Luca could stay with the children at ease.
Aunt Neile went over to him and asked, "Sir, you and Dr. Craw will both have lunch at home today,
right?"
"Mm," Luke said. He did not n to go to the office as well.
"Okay, I''ll make the necessary preparations." Aunt Neile nodded and returned to the kitchen.
Luca yed with the children outdoors for half an hour before she returned indoors with the satisfied
children.
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Although it was icy and snowy outside, the children had satisfied smiles on their faces.
Luca looked at Tommy, who had snot hanging from his nose. She shook her head with a helpless
smile, took out a tissue, and wiped it for him.
"Ms. Luca you''re so gentle." Tommy enjoyed her doting on him.
Luca touched his head and looked at Lanie and Rainie. "Aren''t you cold? Don''t take off your jackets
yet."
"I''m not cold," Rainie said with a smile.
Lanie said, "Yes, we''re not cold because it''s a lot of fun."
Luca was touched as she looked at the children''s yful appearances.
"Ms. Luca, Great-grandpa bought us a lot of new toys recently. Will you y with us?" Tommy took
Luca''s hand and acted like a spoiled child, hoping that she could find time to spend with them.
After all, theycked a mother''s love.
Luca nced at the time. Although Luke said that it was a holiday, she originally nned to y with
the children for a while and then go back to thepany to continue with her research.
After all, she had to hurry andunch the drug in the market to make up for the loss from Watson
Biopharmaceuticals.
Upon seeing her hesitation, Luke said, "Today is a holiday. Spend some time with the kids and
apany me to a ce at night."
Luca noticed that Luke mentioned the word ''apany''.
''Where does he want me to go with him?''
Despite her doubts, she nodded and said, "Okay."
"That''s wonderful! Ms. Luca is on holiday today, so she can be with us all day!" Tommy pped his
hands happily, then held Luca''s hand. "Ms. Luca, let''s go upstairs."
Luca did as he said and followed him upstairs.
Aunt Neile came out with the cut fruit and milk. Seeing this scene, she could not help butugh and
say, "The kids like Ms. Craw very much."
Luke was standing on the side. He nodded thoughtfully, looked at the tray in her hand, and asked, "This
is for them?"
"Yes, the young masters and youngdy didn''t eat much for breakfast today, so I was worried that they
would be hungry. As such, I prepared some fruits and milk," Aunt Neile replied.
The children were so excited to y with Luca that morning, so they told her they were full after they
had a few bites of breakfast.
They seemed to be worried that Luca would go to work, so they raced against time.
"I''ll bring it to them." Luke took the tray from Aunt Neile and walked upstairs.
Aunt Neile watched Luke go upstairs and could not help but sigh in her heart about how they looked
like a family of five.
Luke walked into Tommy''s bedroom with the tray.
The four of them turned their heads in unison when they heard the footsteps.
"Daddy?" Rainie watched Luke walk in with a tray in his hand, stood up, and asked, "Daddy, don''t you
have to go to the office today?"
"Today is a day off. These are the fruits and milk that Aunt Neile prepared for you. Have some." Luke
was worried that the children would be hungry.
However, they would keep quiet even if they were hungry since Luca was around.
He put the tray on the carpet.
He looked at the Monopoly game on the carpet, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "This is what your
Great-grandpa bought for you?"
"Yes, Great-grandpa said that we can y this game with Daddy and Ms. Luca, so he specially bought
it for us," Tommy said. He remembered Old Master Crawford mentioning that this game could help
them bond.
Lanie, who was on the side, said, "Daddy,e join us."
Luke never had much interest in kids'' games. When his peers were ying games, he was reading
various extracurricr books, so he had never yed these games.
"Daddy,e and y with us." Rainie invited him as well.
Luke sat down and cleared his throat. "How do you go about it?"
"Daddy, you haven''t yed this game before? Great-grandpa told us that this game has been around
for a long time." Tommy looked at his father with some doubt in his eyes as he always thought of Luke
as omnipotent.
"I''ve never yed such childish games," Luke exined as he looked up at Luca.