Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 1024

Bianca touched Rainie's head and did not answer her question. Instead, she asked, "Rainie, do you want to go to class later?"

Rainie and Lanie had extracurricular classes planned for the day, but to make Allison happy, Bianca took a leave of absence for them and brought them to Allison’s place instead.

However, Allison was pulling a long face and was not welcoming, so she planned to leave after Luke took the box.

Rainie did not think too much about it and nodded, saying, "Okay, Mommy."

"I'm going too," Blanche said. If it were not for his mother's request, he would already be in his extracurricular class.

Elsa brought out a pot of tea and walked to the living room. She saw Bianca still standing there and greeted her, "Madam, take a seat and have a cup of tea."

Bianca shook her head and replied, "No, we're leaving soon."

When Bianca said that, Elsa glanced at the children with a smile while saying, "Okay, I'll go back to the kitchen first. If there’s anything you need, let me know."

Bianca nodded and watched her walk away with coquetry. She wondered in her heart whether Elsa was really a caretaker.

Upstairs.

Luke's legs were longer than Allison’s, so he quickly arrived at the second floor. He had not been here before and tried to open the doors of each room.

He saw Allison's bedroom, the guest room, and her vanity room. Even though he opened the doors, he did not go in. He was just looking for the study.

Finally, in the penultimate room at the end of the corridor, he stopped and twisted the doorknob. He found that the door of this room was locked.

Allison arrived angrily and looked at him with her hands on her waist. "Luke, what are you doing? This is not the Crawford Manor nor your home!"

Luke looked at her with a chilly expression and said, "This is the study, right?"

He was familiar with the layout of a mansion like this. The last room would usually be a common bathroom. Allison’s mansion had only two floors, and none of the rooms he visited earlier were the study. Hence, he was sure this was the study.

Allison bit her red lip, her expression a little contorted.

"Mother, why did you lock the study? Is there something important inside?" Luke asked. Of all the rooms in her mansion, this was the only room that was locked. It was indeed unusual.

"What do you think can be inside? I want to have collectibles too, but unfortunately, you’re an unfilial son. Even if I want to collect something, I don’t have the money for it," Allison said with a stubborn expression, her tone filled with complaints about being wronged.

"I want to take my father's box." Luke stood aside and waited for her to open the door.

Allison did not move as if she had not heard what he said.

Luke raised his eyebrows, put his big palm on the doorknob, and twisted hard.

The doorknob made a ‘click’ sound.

Allison was startled. Luke wanted to use brute force and break the door lock. Passive resistance was useless, so she slapped his hand and said, "Don't break my lock."

With that, she took a key from her pocket and opened the door to the study.

There was only one key for this door, and she kept it on her to prevent Elsa and Elsie from entering the study. If Luke broke the lock and she could not lock the door after, it would cause even more trouble for her.

Although no one knew that there were antiques worth hundreds of millions of dollars hidden in the safe inside the study, Allison was still cautious.

These antiques were valuable. They were her lifeline!

Allison walked in, took out a box from the drawer of the desk, and handed it to Luke. "This is the box your dad left you. I haven't touched the contents inside. Take it and leave quickly."

She expressed her hostility.

Luke picked up the sandalwood box and glanced at the study. The bookshelves were full of books, but they were all bought by Allison for appearance’s sake. The books were all brand new as though they had never been flipped through.