Luke''s gaze darkened when he heard Susan''s ambiguous tone.


    Susan felt the strong and angry aura from Luke and took an instinctive small step backward. Only then


    did she realize that she was afraid of Luke.


    Luke quirked his lips. From Susan''s ambiguous tone and harsh appearance, Luke knew that Louis


    must have gotten an earful moments ago. “We''ll be going back first."


    “Drive safe, Brother," Yuri quickly said.


    After Luke and Luca left with their children, Susan turned to re at Yuri with displeasure. “Even you''re


    so ready to chummy up to him, huh?"


    “Mother, I''m not..." Yuri defended. She did not understand how her act ofmon courtesy had


    be chumming up to Luke in her mother''s eyes.


    After all, an act was only believable when one kept it up.


    “Cut the attitude in front of children, lest they take after your bad example." Susan harrumphed. She did


    not like it when people tried to get in Luke''s good graces.


    Yuri listened exasperatedly to Susan, unable to defend herself.


    Luke, Luca, and the children took the lift to the lobby on the first floor and happened to stumble into


    Louis who had just finished paying.


    “You''re leaving already, Brother?" Louis greeted Luke first.


    “Yeah." Luke saw the receipt still in Louis'' hand and asked, “Did you just pay?"


    “Yeah. I only paid the deposit before, so I came to pay the outstanding amount once the banquet


    ended." Louis smiled. Despite how harsh Susan''s words were, Louis harbored no resentment toward


    Luke.


    “Are you free tomorrow?" Luke asked.


    “I am. Why?" Louis assumed that Luke needed his help with something.


    “Could youe over to T Corporation?" Luke asked.


    “Sure. I''ll arrive around 10, then. My mother and Yuri are still upstairs, so I''ll be going first." Louis put


    the bill away. Susan''s birthday celebration cost him a lot of money, but he did not dare to tell Susan so.


    He was certain that if he did, Susan would only use it as fuel to scold him for being too ipetent to


    compete with Luke for T Corporation.


    “Alright." Luke nodded.


    Louis smiled at Luca and said, "I''ll be going first, Dr. Craw. By the way, you look truly stunning today.


    You''re a great match with my brother."


    Then, he went to the lift.


    "Bye..." Luca waved. Thepliment made her feel rather shy.


    It was not because she was embarrassed over Louis saying that she looked stunning but because he


    said she was a great match with Luke.


    Beside them stood Tommy who was rubbing his eyes after standing for a while. He turned to tell Luke,


    "I''m sleepy, Daddy." The little boy had exerted most of his energy ying with the other children.


    Luke looked down at his son. Tommy and Lanie had gone wild in the children''s yground today, so it


    was only natural that they were running out of energy. Luke replied, "We''re going home right now."


    "Up, Daddy. I''m too sleepy to walk." Tommy reached out. He originally wanted to ask Luca to carry him,


    but she might not agree, so he turned to ask Luke instead.


    Luke was not the type to spoil his children too much, but Tommy looked truly pitiful at the moment.


    Luke nced at Luca and realized that if he declined Tommy, Luca might end up carrying Tommy


    instead.


    However, Tommy was no longer the same young toddler he used to be and the boy was considerably


    heavy now.


    Luca might suffer if she were to carry their son.


    As such, Luke bent down to carry Tommy before turning to look at Lanie and Rainie. "Let''s go home."


    "Okay, Daddy," the siblings replied.


    Luca stepped forward and took both Lanie and Rainie''s hands, holding one in each of her hands as


    they walked out of the hotel.


    They looked like a happy family of five.


    In the car, Tommy fell asleep where he sat between his siblings.


    Luke had drunk tonight, so Luca took over the driver''s seat on their way home.


    It waste at night and snow was falling, so Luca made sure to drive carefully and slowly.


    It was almost ten-thirty by the time they arrived back at the vi.


    She let out a sigh of relief once the car was parked.


    Tommy was napping, so the interior of the car remained especially quiet throughout the drive. Luke


    smiled at her before pushing open the car door and getting out.


    Then, he opened the backseat door.


    Rainie was the first to get off. She whispered, "Tommy''s asleep, Daddy. Will you carry him upstairs?"


    "I will." Then, Luke crouched into the car and picked Tommy up before walking toward the vi.


    Luca entered the vi with the other two in tow as well.


    After putting Tommy in his bedroom and closing the door, Luke turned to Lanie and Rainie. "It''s getting


    late. Go wash up and sleep."


    "Okay, Daddy," Lanie replied before retiring to his bedroom.


    Rainie nodded as well and went to her bedroom.


    Thus, Luke and Luca were the only ones left in the second corridor.


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    "I''m going to open a bottle of red wine. There''s something I''d like to discuss with you," Luke said.


    “Sure, but let me wash up first," Luca agreed. Her makeup look was exquisite, but wearing makeup for


    long hours blocked her pores. It did not feelfortable on her face.


    “Alright. I''ll sober up as well," Luke replied.


    Luca nodded and pushed open the door to her bedroom. She took her makeup off first and then took a


    shower and washed her hair.


    She let out a long sigh of relief when she took off her tight-fitting dress. She much preferred loose


    clothing.


    While she busied herself in the bathroom, Luke opened a bottle of red wine and washed up. After


    washing off the smell of food from the banquet, he changed into somethingfortable and waited


    downstairs for Luca.


    After all, women had more to do than men did.


    Luke ced the bottle on the coffee table and took out two wine sses. Then, he dimmed the living


    room lights and yed some music.


    In an instant, the atmosphere turned romantic.


    Luca was stunned when she saw the scene after descending the stairs.


    Luke sat on the sofa. The two sses and bottle of red wine were still ced on the coffee table in


    front of him. It reminded Luca of the past when they would share a drink during their leisure time and


    chat about what was happening around themtely as they drank.


    The children were all asleep by then, and without the disruption of their children, all they heard was


    music and sweet nothings from each other. The atmosphere also quickly led to them doing something


    else other than talking.


    “What are you doing just standing there?" Luke looked at her and asked.


    Luca snapped back to reality and sat on the sofa next to his.


    “What did you want to talk about, Mr. Crawford?" She felt rather nervous as the atmosphere was


    starting to feel like a date to her.


    Luke did not respond, instead opting to pick up the wine bottle and pour the two of them a ss of red


    wine. Then, he handed one to Luca. “Have some."


    Luca wanted to decline, but she had already recovered from her cold and had no reason to reject the


    wine. She took the ss, thanked him, and clinked sses with him.


    Clink.


    The two wine sses made a crisp sound upon contact.