“She went looking for you?" Luke frowned. He thought Allison dared not to look for Old Master
Crawford. He did not expect that Allison would have the guts to do so.
"She can''t cause any trouble with just a call. Enjoy your vacation. I''m hanging up." Old Master Crawford
set his worries aside after knowing where Luke had gone.
Even though Luke did not tell him why he had headed to X City, the old master knew it was mostly
because of Allison.
Old Master Crawford also knew that Luke had been working hard and that he should take a break from
work. That was why he decided to help him to deal with Allison.
Luke''s face turned gloomy after the call ended.
“Daddy, what''s wrong?" Lanie asked first.
"Nothing." Luke was not nning to tell the kids about Allison''s matter. She was their grandmother,
after all. He was trying to ensure that the kids still had somewhat of a good impression of Allison.
The three kids exchanged nces with each other and thought something must have happened.
It was just that their father refused to tell them about it.
Luke unblocked Allison''s phone number and gave her onest warning: [I''m not going to pay for your
surgery costs if you disturb Grandpa.]
Luke had not deducted Allison''s allowance. It was the money she deserved.
Allison would make a big deal out of it if Luke deducted her allowance, and it would eventually affect
the Crawford family and T Corporation.
However, Luke could choose not to pay for her surgery costs.
Allison''s surgery was meaningless. If she dared to make a big deal out of it, Luke could always
counterattack.
Before Allison could reply to Luke''s message, Luke blocked her again. Then, he stood up and said, "I''m
going to pay for lunch."
The moment Luke left the private room, the three kids whispered to one another in front of Luca,
"Something''s wrong with Daddy."
"And it must be rted to the family."
They nodded and turned to look at Luca.
With the three of them staring at her, Luca exined helplessly, "Just like you, I know nothing." Luca
had her guesses, but she would not tell the kids since Luke did not intend to let them know about it.
“Perhaps it''s Grandma causing trouble again." Tommy was smart and hit the mark right away.
“When is Grandma going back to Seoul?" Rainie asked and frowned. Although Allison was their
grandmother, they were more worried about their father.
If it were not for their Daddy being strong enough, he would have been screwed over by their
grandmother countless times.
“Probably after the New Year," Lanie guessed. He heard the adults talking about it before.
They said Allison would being back for the New Year. Hence, she should be going back after the
New Year.
“Oh," replied Rainie. Then, she did not say anything more.
After Luke paid for the lunch and left the restaurant with Luca and the kids, they headed to the
supermarket to get some ingredients and seasonings for the barbecue tonight.
Luca was the one who was responsible for choosing the ingredients.
Luke noticed that Luca had been choosing the ingredients that were not marinated. Therefore, Luca
would have to marinate the ingredients herself after going back home. Luke said, “Just buy the
marinated ingredients. It saves trouble."
The cook would onlye to work when her shift started. It would take two to three hours to marinate
the ingredients.
Hence, the job of marinating the ingredients would be left to Luca.
Luke did not want her to be too tired.
Luca smiled and replied, “The marinated ingredients here don''t taste as good as the ones marinated at
home. Besides, there''s a huge difference in taste preferences between A City and X City. I think it''d be
better to go for something we''re familiar with since we''re going to receive guests like Mr. Mallory and
Nina."
“I agree. The ingredients Ms. Luca prepared will taste better than the ones in the supermarket." Tommy
was a greedy little kid. He went along with Luca''s words, knowing that Luca''s homemade food would
certainly taste better than the ones in the supermarket.
“You little greedy cat." Luke could not help but shake his head when he looked at the child.
Tommy grinned and looked at them.
After getting the ingredients, Luke carried two big bags and left. Luca was responsible for holding the
kids'' hands and followed him.
Luke ced the ingredients in the car. Just then, he received a message from Percy.
After Luke saw the message, he said to Luca, “They''ve already arrived in X City. They''ll be reaching
the ancestral home in half an hour."
Luca nodded, fastened her seat belt, and replied, "Let''s hurry back home."
“Okay." After Luke fastened his seat belt, he drove back to the ancestral home.
There was another batch of people surrounding outside the wall of the mansion, and there were more
people at this hour.
Luca could not help but ask, “Has this ce be one of the attractions in X City?"
“I guess so," replied Luke. The designs of this vi, including the exterior wall, made a beautiful
scenery.
Thendscaper and Luke had spent a lot of effort on the designs of the exterior wall.
Although the exterior wall was special, they made sure the security system was working too. They were
hidden by the beautiful scenes. However, once someone tried to climb over the wall or do something
suspicious, the security system would send out a warning.
Many constructionpanies woulde to observe and imitate what they had done to the exterior
walls because of this.
Luca was not very surprised to see the people outside the wall.
After all, Luke''s architectural design was recognized globally.
The car drove into the vi with those people looking at it. It attracted another bunch of onlookers.
Luca kept on looking behind her. She was worried that someone would break in. Only when the gate
waspletely closed did she let out a sigh of relief.
After Luke parked the car in the parking lot, Otto walked toward the car and opened the car trunk. He
took two bags of ingredients out of it.
“Young Master Luke, Madam, please go into the vi. Leave these to me," said Otto.
Although he was the butler, he gave the others the impression of the simplicity and honesty of the
citizens in X City.
As he said that, he carried the two bags of ingredients and headed into the vi.
Luca and the kids walked past the courtyard and returned to the vi too. After she got changed, she
said to Luke, who was beside her, “I''m going to the kitchen to marinate the ingredients first."
“Okay." Luke nodded and looked at the three kids.
“Daddy, you can leave us be. We brought our calligraphy homework here. I''m going to do my
homework," Tommy spoke first.
Luke stroked his head and replied, “Okay. Off you go."
The three kids headed upstairs to finish their calligraphy homework.
Luca bought a lot of ingredients. Luke thought it would be tiring for Luca to marinate all the ingredients
all by herself. Hence, he walked into the kitchen and said, “Let me help you."
“Mr. Crawford?" Luca turned around and looked at him, only to see him walk straight toward her while
rolling up his sleeves.
“Is there anything I can do?" Luke asked.
Luca frowned and reminded him, “Mr. Crawford, you might dirty your shirt."
Every shirt Luke wore was expensive. It would be hard to wash it off if he stained his shirt.
Luke saw a sky-blue colored apron beside. He took it and put it on right away.
Luca raised her brows after furrowing them. Was he not afraid of getting dirty?
“What''s wrong?" Luke noticed the changes in her expression. He lowered his head and nced at the
apron.
It was a normal apron, and it was a unisex apron. Besides, Luke had already tied it around himself.
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"Aren''t you worried that someone has used the apron before?" asked Luca. She took a bag of chicken
wings out of the bag beside her. She remembered Nina loved eating barbecued chicken wings.