When the elevator reached the floor of her office, Luca walked out and noticed that the assistant''s
office was empty.
She clocked in before entering her office and putting on herb coat. Then, she entered theboratory.
The researchers all looked up when they heard the door open.
When they saw Luca, they were reminded of the news. However, because Luca was their immediate
superior, they dared not bring up the topic.
They were pretty much the only department in the entirepany to talk about Luca''s news the least.
Plus, on the way to work today, many of them were osted by people from other departments or
research teams. They were trying to get more information on Luca.
However, they had professional ethics. No matter what other people asked, they told them nothing.
“Good morning, Dr. Craw," several researchers greeted her.
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“Good morning." Luca acted as if everything were normal. Then, she returned to her seat and began to
work on her part of the experiment.
Rhett sat opposite her before saying, "Dr. Craw, have you canceled your leave?"
"Not yet. I didn''t see Ms. Stone on the way here," said Luca. Thepany had its own management
system. If she asked for a leave, she would be granted one. However, if she returned before her leave
ended, she would have to cancel the leave.
The assistants were in charge of this system. Even if she clocked into work, her leave was not
automatically canceled.
When Rhett heard that, he said, "I''ll help you cancel it."
After a few clicks on theptop next to him, he was done.
Then, he went straight back to work.
In theboratory, other than some small talk about work, no one said anything else.
Luca was able to concentrate on her research better without being disturbed by hearing talk about the
news reports.
Half an hourter, Rhett nced at the time and reminded the other researchers, "It''s time for the
meeting."
Luca was stunned. Meeting?
Why was she not aware there was a meeting?
She looked at Rhett and shot him a questioning gaze.
Then, Rhett exined, “Dr. Craw, the new general manager just informed his assistant about this
meeting."
"Oh, let''s go, then." Luca nodded. A few days ago, Jason brought a man over, saying he was the
company''s new general manager. She was aware of the new general manager but because she was
busy with her research as well as Wanda''s and Sarah''s situation, she never got the chance to meet
them. Plus, she usually went straight home after work, so she never stayed at the office for too long.
"Dr. Craw, the research professors weren''t called to join the meeting," said Rhett.
Although they did not mention the purpose of the meeting, Rhett could guess that it was probably to
discuss Luke and Luca''s news.
Thus, Luca did not need to be at this meeting.
When Luca heard that, she gave a deadpan nod and sat back down to continue working.
Then, the others left with Rhett.
After leaving the office floor, a researcher said, "Good thing Dr. Craw didn''t insist on joining the
meeting, or else the general manager would have nothing to talk about..."
As if they could read each other''s minds, they knew exactly why the general manager called for this
meeting.
It was to tell them not to tell those reporters anything, and they had to obey if they wanted to keep their
jobs.
Even if they secretly told the reporters, Mr. Crawford might still find out in the end.
Therefore, when others went to them for more information about Luca, they had to keep quiet.
When a researcher from another team heard them, he immediately went up to them and asked, "Isn''t
Dr. Craw on leave? Why is she back at work?"
Rhett nced at them and said, "Well, the workload of our group''s research is pretty heavy, so Dr.
Craw came back."
The researcher rolled his eyes and pried again, "Is there anything unusual about Dr. Craw, though?
Like, is she sad or depressed?"
"If you''re so curious about Dr. Craw''s condition, why don''t you go ask her yourself?" another researcher
interrupted after seeing how nosy he was.
Today, there were rumors in thepany that Luca was only hired because of her rtionship with
Luke.
If not for what they had achieved with Luca, they might have thought that way. Besides, it was natural
for a young, dirty-minded researcher to think that way.
However, they had seen what Luca could do. Under Luca''s guidance, they had be the fastest
team in the entirepany to produce results with their research.
In front of the envious eyes of the other research teams, they even received a generous bonus.
Therefore, even if Luke and Luca were having an affair, they would never doubt Luca''s abilities.
The researcher pouted, unhappy with the other researcher''s tone, which sounded like he was
defending Luca.
She was just a woman who climbed up thedder by selling her body. What was there to defend?
Even if Luca was capable, that did not mean that she did not sleep with Luke!
If not for the sake of keeping his job, the researcher would have given the guy who interrupted him a
good beating.
The researchers were at the meeting, while Luca was busy in her office.
Only after a long while did she stop to look at her phone.
She was stopping herself from checking her phone, but after her surroundings grew quiet, she was
reminded of the news.
Luca opened the forum, and sure enough, the front page was still about her and Luke. When she
scrolled down, there were reports about them as well.
Many photos of her were revealed by people who posted them.
Among them included photos taken during thepany team-building when she was on stage
receiving an award and shaking Luke''s hand. It was a formal asion, but with a twist of words, the
photo looked like she was flirting with Luke.
Luca had never been at such a loss for words...
She opened the first article and saw that the number of likes andments had doubled since this
morning.
Luca looked at the number ofments and realized that it had reached half the poption of A City.
In other words, half of A City hadmented on this article.
Of course, it was just an assumption.
The article was not just spread around A City; it was spread throughout the whole country.
Luke was a well-known entrepreneur in the country, and he had a reputation even in cities far away
from A City. His every move would attract the media''s attention, let alone his having an affair.
Luca read all thements cursing her, as well as thements cursing her and Luke together, but
she was not too affected by them.
She did not care what they said about her.
She only cared about how her family would think of it.
If they found out, they would feel sorry for the past her.
At the thought of this matter affecting their health and putting Luke in a difficult situation, Luca
intertwined her fingers together. She was in deep conflict.
Should she really leave?