At that time, although there was a maid at home, she insisted on being hands-on during the festivities.


    She had not celebrated New Year''s since she was kidnapped to the Ind of Despair.


    As such, she was taken back when Aunt Neile asked her if she wanted to go get some New Year''s


    goods. She had almost forgotten about New Year''s after three years.


    Moreover, she had nothing to do with getting the New Year''s goods ready.


    After all, it was not her ce to do so.


    Luca got up and went downstairs. The children had already gotten up and were ying with each


    other.


    When he saw here downstairs, Tommy wanted to rush to her side but thought of her warning, so


    he could only stand there and say, "Ms. Luca, you''re awake!"


    "Mm, are you ying games?" Luca nced at the toys they were ying with. They were the


    educational toys gifted by Old Master Crawford.


    They were helpful for the children''s intellectual development.


    "Yeah, we didn''t y with them when the Great-grandpa got it for us, so we thought of ying with


    them for a bit. This is a four-yer game, so Lanie is ying for two yers," Rainie said with a smile.


    A four-yer game...''


    If N were here, she would be able to y the game with them. She would even be a little rascal and


    ask her brothers and sisters to y nice.


    Luca''s mood turned gloomy when she thought of Little N.


    She was fortunate that Amur was now back on the Ind of Despair, so there was one more person to


    help him take care of her.


    Aunt Neile came out, saw that Luca had woken up, and said with a smile on her face, "Ms. Craw, you''re


    finally up."


    "Mm, the side effects of the drug are a little strong, so I slept for longer," Luca replied with a smile.


    "Yeah, you were asleep for too long and didn''t reply Mr. Crawford. He got worried and asked me to


    check on you to see if you were feeling unwell," Aunt Neile replied. Luke did not hear back from Luca,


    so he called Aunt Neile to check up on her.


    Aunt Neile went up to check in on her three times in the few short hours.


    "You went into the bedroom?" Luca was surprised that she did not notice.


    She had always been a light sleeper, but she was not at all aware that Aunt Neile came in.


    "Yeah, you were sound asleep, so you didn''t notice that I went. I even took your temperature. Your


    body temperature was normal and you were sleeping soundly, so I didn''t bother you," Aunt Neile said.


    She took Luca''s temperature under Luke''s orders.


    However, Luca did not wake up.


    "It may be because of the medicine that I was dead asleep," Luca said. She did not expect three cold


    medicines to make her fall asleep for so long.


    It seemed to be more powerful than her sleeping pills.


    However, she believed that there was nothing better than her sleeping pills. The only reason that she


    was in deep sleep was that Luke''s scent was still in the bedroom.


    She felt at ease breathing in his scent, so she slept more soundly.


    "You''ve been working too hard. It''s good that you paid off some sleep debt," Aunt Neile said as she


    ced the afternoon tea in her hand. "Ms. Craw, let''s have afternoon tea first. After all, dinner will take


    ce two hourster."


    Luke would be back for dinner, so they all had to wait for him toe back before they could eat.


    "Thank you." Luca took a bite of the snack. It was sweet, soft, and delicious.


    "By the way, did you reply to Mr. Crawford''s message? He said you never replied to him," Aunt Neile


    asked.


    "I''ve already replied to him. I didn''t pay attention when the phone rang because I was sleeping so..."


    Luca exined. She walked away with the snacks in her hands.


    "Is that so? Mr. Crawford cares deeply about you." Aunt Neile smiled and said.


    Luca bows her head slightly. ‘Yeah, Luke cares about me.''


    Nevertheless, now that she had changed her identity, there was no way that she could repay his


    kindness.


    ...


    T Corporation.


    Jason walked into Luke''s office and reported, "Boss, Mr. Mallory is here."


    "Let him in." Luke closed the file he was attending to.


    Jason smiled and looked at Percy, who was behind him. "Mr. Mallory,e with me."


    "There''s so many SOPs here. I''m already in front of the door. Why do you need to let him know that I''m


    here? You''re afraid that your boss will me you for not performing as per expectations? You have


    nothing to worry about. You''re wee in Mallory Corporation anytime." Percy smiled at Jason.


    They went to college together.


    Jason had always been impressive. Originally, he wanted to recruit Jason to Mallory Corporation after


    they graduated.


    He was surprised that Jason wanted to take up the challenge and choose to work under Luke in T


    Corporation.


    "Mr. Mallory, don''t you have something to discuss with the boss?" Jason did not answer him straight.


    Although he knew Percy was joking, he was still at work, after all.


    "You''re getting more and more old-fashioned after spending time with Luke." Percy shook his head at


    him. "I''ll have a chat with him. Let''s have a drink together when we''re free."


    "Mr. Mallory, the boss is waiting for you inside." Jason raised a smile and repeated the same sentence.


    It seemed that Percy wanted him to be out of a job and go to work at Mallory Corporation.


    However, he was not at all interested.


    After all, although Percy was in power at the Mallory Corporation, there was Pierre, who had the


    ambition of a wolf. Since Percy insisted on being with Nina, his path as the future heir would be difficult.


    Percy walked into Luke''s office smiling.


    "Are you here to talk to me or are you here to poach my employees?" Luke said to Percy as he raised


    his hand to signal Jason to close the door.


    Jason nodded and closed the door.


    "I wanted to, but he''s not interested. If I could have him, it would''ve happened long ago." Percy sat


    lazily on the chair.


    "What do you want to talk about face-to-face?" Luke asked.


    "Okay, I''ll get straight to the point. I need your and Jim''s help," Percy said.


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    Luke raised his eyebrows and replied, "What do you need help with?"


    "Recently, I found out that someone has been secretly buying Mallory Corporation''s shares. I think


    Pierre is behind it," Percy said. When they tracked the ount, they found that the ount holder was


    not Pierre.


    Nevertheless, it was easy for him to use someone else''s ount to buy shares of Mallory Corporation.


    "Is he conspiring to usurp the throne?" Luke was sure of the answer but still asked.


    The rtionship between Percy and Pierre was no more. Pierre must be secretly doing that to win the


    right to speak in Mallory Corporation.


    Whoever owned more shares was eligible to overturn the other party''s right to speak in Mallory


    Corporation.


    "What an unfilial brother." Percy was still in the mood to joke around. "If he has the ability, I''m more


    than happy to give thepany to him. It''s a pity that he can''t handle the weight on his shoulder."


    Based on what Pierre has done recently, anyone with a bit ofmon sense would see that Pierre


    could not run thepany.


    He had always been an executor, but the difference in ability was clear when he suddenly became the


    decision maker.


    Although hispany seemed like it was doing fine, it was only because he was dumping tons of


    money into it to put out fires.