"Okay." Luke bent down and got into the car.


    Gale closed the car door, quickly returned to the driver''s seat, and closed the door. After he fastened


    the seat belt, he asked, "Boss, are we still going there?"


    "Yes." Luke muted his phone. Judging from Allison''s personality, he would receive at least three to four


    calls from her while he was on his way to her vi.


    The more Allison behaved that way, the more suspicious she was. It would mean that she was up to


    something.


    "Wait for me outside the houseter. If I give you a call, juste in. You must take me away no matter


    what happens," said Luke.


    Gale was puzzled. Was he not going to Allison''s house?


    Why did he sound like he was going to some gangster''s hideaway?


    "Boss, what would happen to you? Isn''t that your mother?" Gale asked in a careful tone.


    Gale knew Luke was not on good terms with Allison, but no parent was capable of hurting their


    children. It was unlikely that Allison would harm Luke, right?


    "So?" Luke''s voice was a little cold.


    Gale was startled for a moment. Then, he kept silent.


    He drove Luke to Allison''s vi.


    In the meantime, Allison called Luke four times. When Luke arrived at her ce, he nced at the


    missed calls on his phone with deep eyes.


    "Boss, we''re here," said Gale.


    Luke pushed the door open.


    Gale said, "Boss, I''ll be waiting for you here. Remember to call me if anything happens."


    "The house uses a digital door lock. The passcode for the digital door lock is 553139. Just break into


    the house right away after I call you,"manded Luke.


    "Okay. I got it." Gale nodded. It was just a passcode. It would not be difficult for him.


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    Luke got out of the car. He did not press the doorbell. He keyed in the passcode and walked into the


    house right away.


    Allison was sitting in the living room. She nced at the phone and asked, "Why isn''t he here yet?"


    Sophian sat beside her. Although she was even more anxious than her, the expression on her face was


    calm. Sheforted Allison, saying, “Ms. Allison, don''t worry. Mr. Crawford said he''lle, so he''ll


    come for sure."


    "How do you know him so well?" Allison turned to look at her.


    Her son was indeed a person who kept promises, but that was only to outsiders. There was still a


    chance that he would not keep the promises he made to her.


    Sophian smiled gently and said, "Isn''t Mr. Crawford a businessman? Businessmen always keep their


    promises."


    "He does keep his promises, but not to me... Sophian, you know how bad our rtionship is. I''m telling


    you, I''m only doing this to help you. If you seed, make sure you remember that I helped you before.


    Help me find a way to patch things up with him," said Allison. The reason she agreed to let Sophian


    seduce Luke was that she wanted to use this against Luke and manipte him.


    "Ms. Allison, don''t worry. If I be Mr. Crawford''s wife, you''ll be my mother-inw," Sophian smiled


    and assured her. What she wanted was not only as simple as bing Luke''s wife.


    If Sophian seeded in her first step, she would find a way to get pregnant with Luke''s child. Then,


    she would be Luke''s wife.


    Sophian had alreadye up with a n in her mind, and she knew what to do next. She mustered


    her courage and cheered for herself. Tonight would be an important night for her.


    Mnie hurried over and said in a low voice, "Madam, Young Master Luke is here. He''s at the door."


    Allison stood up in surprise and looked at the door.


    Sure enough, after half a minute, Luke walked in with snow on his shoulder.


    Allison immediately instructed Sophian, "Sophian, go and pour a cup of warm tea for Luke to warm him


    up."


    There was no expression on Luke''s face when he saw that Sophian was there too. It was as though


    nothing had happened between them that night.


    Sophian''s face reddened the moment she saw Luke''s tall figure. If she could cuddle with such a


    handsome man on the bed, how happy she would be.


    Sophian was suddenly jealous of Bianca. She could not help but mock her. It was stupid of her to leave


    such a good husband alone and travel abroad.


    However, her ignorance had given Sophian the chance to approach Luke.


    Since that was the case, Sophian thought she should thank Bianca for that.


    Sophian followed Allison''s instructions. She poured a cup of warm tea for Luke and handed i to him


    with some embarrassment. "Mr. Crawford, have some tea."


    Luke ignored the admiration Sophian showed on her face. He headed to the dining room and asked,


    "Aren''t we having dinner together?"


    Allison red at Sophian. She could not help but me her. If Sophian had not taken things into her


    hands previously, Luke would not be reacting this way now.


    Allison followed Luke into the dining room and said, "Yes, let''s have dinner. Serve the dishes." Sophian


    was dumbfounded as she remained rooted to the spot, still holding the cup of tea. She felt upset for


    getting ignored by Luke.


    Allison turned around to look at Sophian, who was spacing out, and urged her, "What are you doing


    there? Let''s go to the dining room for dinner."


    Sophian gave her a grateful smile. Fortunately, Allison was here to rescue her. Otherwise, it would be


    awkward...


    Sophian ced the cup of tea on the coffee table and kept up with them.


    In the dining room.


    Allison sat on the hostess'' seat while Luke and Sophian sat opposite each other.


    “Mr. Crawford, why don''t you have some soup first? Ms. Allison spent three hours preparing this soup.


    It''s good for your health.” Even though Sophian''s feelings were hurt, she continued to curry favor with


    him.


    Luke looked down and said in a cold voice, "She never goes to the kitchen."


    Sophian paused for a moment while she was holding the bowl of soup.


    Luke knew Allison too well. Allison had never entered the kitchen, so how could she have prepared the


    soup?


    "Luke, the soup was prepared by me. Try some." Allison felt slightly aggrieved.


    Although Sophian did it out of kindness, her lie was exposed in a second.


    Allison could not help but feel awkward for her.


    "No, thank you. My body is heaty these days. I can''t drink too much soup." Luke took the te from


    Mnie who helped him with the food and began eating.


    Sophian had no choice but to put the bowl of soup in front of her.


    She made the soup for Luke.


    The soup was good for his health, but Sophian did not expect Luke to not ept it.


    Sophian could not help but feel disappointed. His body would be too heaty if he drank the soup.


    However, she was not nning to give up like that. After all, tonight would be the night she slept with


    Luke.


    Allison was smoothing things over. It did not matter if Luke drank the soup or not. The soup would not


    have any effects on him either.


    "Drink some wine since you''re not taking the soup. I''ve just decanted a bottle of red wine. Bring it here,"


    Allison instructed Mnie.


    The bottle of red wine was the secret weapon.


    Even Mnie had no idea that Sophian had already secretly made some preparations.


    "Yes. How could we not drink some red wine during the New Year?" Sophian received the hint and put


    the three wine sses beside her in front of the three of them.


    "I''m not drinking it. I''ll have to go hometer," Luke rejected.


    "You didn''t drive here yourself. Even if you did drive here, there''s nothing wrong with spending a night


    here, right?" Allison insisted Luke drink some wine. She took the bottle of wine from Mnie and said,


    "It''s the New Year. Enjoy a ss of wine with me since you''re already here having dinner with me."