It was two a.m.
Luke ended the international video conference and took a shower in his bedroom''s bathroom. Then, he
headed to the master bedroom.
It waste at night, and every corner of the vi was silent.
Luke gently pushed the bedroom door open. Luca had left the deskmp turned on for him.
The dim light lit up the darkness of the night, washing away all his weariness at that moment.
Luke gently got onto the bed and carefullyy down sideways so that he would not press on Luca''s
hand.
"Mhm, Luke?" Even though Luke had tried his best not to wake her up, Luca still woke up and looked at
him drowsily.
“It''s me. Go to sleep," Luke replied in a low voice.
Luca subconsciously leaned closer to the heat source and buried her face in Luke''s chest.
Luke could feel an uncontroble desire arousing in him as her soft body leaned closer to him.
He remembered those emotions he had been suppressing.
Luke slipped his arms around Luca''s waist and asked in a low voice, "Are you busy tomorrow?"
Luca, who had yet to go back to sleep, heard Luke asking her a question. She opened her eyes slightly
and pondered for a moment. Then, she closed her eyes and replied, "No."
"You''re not busy, huh..." Luke drawled. He was satisfied with her answer. Then, he turned around and
pinned her to the bed.
Luca opened her eyes as her heat source moved from her side to above her. She gave the man in front
of her a confused look.
Luke could not bear to see the way she looked at him confusingly and the drowsiness in her eyes.
However, the emotions within him urged him.
"Luke, my hand is injured." Luca waspletely awake now, and her cheeks began to turn red.
"It''s okay. I''ll be careful. I won''t hurt you." After that, Luke immediately sealed her lips with a kiss to stop
her from talking.
The night sky was aglow with bright shining stars. The couple was softly whispering their love to each
other.
The next day.
The maid who was transferred here from Crawford Manor had arrived at the vi when Luca woke up in
the morning. The maid ced the pot pie prepared earlier by Aunt Neile into the oven and baked it.
The soy milk maker was making soy milk as well. Everything that needed to be done in the kitchen had
been done.
Luca noticed that there was nothing she could help with.
“Ms. Craw, you''re awake. Breakfast will be ready in 15 minutes. Why don''t you wait in the living room?"
The maid smiled and greeted Luca when she saw her standing at the kitchen door.
"Okay." Luca nodded and walked out of the kitchen.
Luca did not expect Luke, who was busy working the whole day yesterday, to have already arranged
for a maid toe over. She woke up early in the morning without having to do anything.
Luca dragged herself to the living room wearily and sat on the sofa. She only found out why Luke
asked her if she was busy or not when she woke up today.
If Luca was not busy, then he could have his way with her.
Luca picked up her phone and asked the maid working for the Norman family how Jack and Queenie
were doing,
She let out a sigh of relief when the maid replied to her that everything was fine.
Luca picked up the remote control next to her, turned on the television, and switched to the news.
The news broadcast was reporting about the morning financial news.
As usual, they reported the stock market news on Friday. After in-depth analyses of the current market,
they reported financial news.
"Today, an extraordinary general meeting of Mallory Corporation will be held at their corporate building.
Based on the official announcement given by Mallory Corporation, the general meeting will mainly
discuss the development of Mallory Corporation in the year ahead. The meeting agenda has been
published on Mallory Corporation''s official website this time. ording to an expert..."
Luca frowned while she listened to the news.
Luca had not been paying attention to the situation of Mallory Corporation as she had been busy
dealing with Matysh. She had not contacted Nina either as she was worried that Matysh would do
something to Nina.N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.
Now that she saw the news, it reminded her that today was the day Mallory Corporation would be
holding the general meeting.
Luca listened to the news and noted down the meeting time.
The meeting would start around a quarter to 10.
Luca frowned. They did not want the general meeting to affect theirpany''s stock price today, which
was why they chose to hold the meeting at this hour.
Those cunning foxes hiding in Mallory Corporation would not let Percy continue to sit in the position of
CEO. The reason was that Percy did not listen to them and chose Nina instead.
Luca picked up her phone and searched online for the news of the general meeting. Most of them
supported Pierre.
The Mallory family was just helping Pierre gain some momentum and support from the movement.
They knew if Pierre did not have any support after he took the position of CEO, it would certainly affect
the investors'' confidence and it would have an influence on the stock price of Mallory Corporation.
That was why they made a show of power for Pierre on the inte. It was to build the investors''
confidence in Pierre.
Luca frowned as she read those exaggeratedments. She could not help but wonder if Percy had
made a move.
Why were there so fewments on the inte about him?
Even though Pierre had the Mallory family backing him up, some people supported Percy too.
T Corporation was one of them.
Hence, it was impossible for Percy to keep quiet and do nothing.
When Luca was scrolling through the forum on her phone, the maid walked out of the kitchen and said,
“Ms. Craw, breakfast is ready. Would you like to have breakfast now?"
Luca nced at the time and rose to her feet. Then, she replied, "Serve it on the table. I''ll wake the
kids up."
Lanie and the others had yet toe downstairs. Luca reckoned that they had not gotten back into the
swing of things, so she headed upstairs right away.
Luca pushed Tommy''s bedroom door open. Tommy was still in bed.
If it were during the holidays, the kids would wake up an hourter than usual. Hence, the kids had kept
the habit of waking up one hourter than usual even after the holidays.
Luca walked into Tommy''s room and gently patted the child''s shoulder. "Tommy, it''s time to get out of
bed."
"Um, Ms. Luca..." Tommy opened his eyes and nced at her. Then he closed his eyes again.
"You''re going back to school today. Did you forget about that?" Luca reminded her youngest son in a
soft voice. She realized how adorable he looked sleeping in.
Tommy immediately opened his eyes when he heard that. "Back to school?"
"Yes. Hurry up and get out of bed. Wash up and go downstairs for breakfast," replied Luca. She stood
up, opened the closet, and took Tommy''s uniform as well as some warm clothes out.
Tommy sat up on the bed and rubbed his eyes. "I forgot to set the rmst time before I went to bed.
Ms. Luca, luckily you woke me up. Otherwise, I would''ve beente."
"It''s still early. Go and wash yourself up." Luca smiled and held Tommy''s hand as he got out of bed.
"Let me check on Lanie and Rainie."
"Okay." Tommy was wide awake. He walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
Luca headed to Rainie''s bedroom. Rainie had already woken up, and she was about to head
downstairs.
"Good morning, Ms. Luca." Rainie gave Luca a sweet smile and greeted her when she saw her open
the door.
"Good morning. Hurry up. Go downstairs and have your breakfast." Luca smiled. She could not help
but exim how good her kids were when she saw them behaving themselves.
At the same time, Lanie walked out of his bedroom. He saw Luca standing at Rainie''s bedroom door
and asked, “Ms. Luca, did Rainie sleep in?"