Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 1317

After Luca left the place and turned a corner, she collected her saliva in a vial.

Last month, she did not collect enough of the antidote to run an analysis. She hoped that it would be enough this time. After capping the vial, she put it in her handbag.

She caught a cab. Shortly after she sat inside, she received Amur's message that he had checked into his flight and was about to return to A City.

He originally wanted to return to A City on the same flight as Luca, but he had to tie up some loose ends. That was why he had to take a later flight.

[Safe journey.] Bianca replied. She thought for a while and sent a message to Luke, telling him that Tommy was already back in Crawford Manor.

Meanwhile, Luke was lying on the bed when he received Luca's message.

It was nighttime in New York. Luke had just finished his work, and he was feeling quite tired.

When he closed his eyes, Luca's face appeared in his mind. He immediately opened his eyes again and could feel a complicated mess of emotions in his heart.

'Luca…'

He went to look at Luca's social media profile. Her timeline was empty.

'She seems to be a clean freak…'

Luke put the phone away and slowly closed his eyes. Suddenly, his phone began to ring. The call was from the manager of the IT department, who had many things to report.

Luke's expression hardened as he listened to what he was told. He sat up and said, "I'll go over now."

…

Luca woke up early the next day. She opened the door of the other bedroom and saw Amur lying on the bed. Thinking that he must have reached home in the middle of the night, she decided not to disturb him.

She made breakfast, ate half of it, and went to work.

The people who went to the conference had to report on their trip. When Luca arrived at the company on time, Mo told her to go to the conference room.

When Luca arrived at the conference room, most of the people from the Technical Department were already there, and the meeting started shortly after that. Luca and Dr. Albus presented their respective reports.

At the end of the presentation, Cole said, "It looks like the two of you have learned a lot in your trip. Congratulations."

Luca could hear the jealousy in his voice, though she accepted his congratulations magnanimously. "Thank you," she said.

Cole suddenly felt that there was something stuck in his throat. He did not know how to react to Luca's composure.

He felt inexplicably frustrated. Luca's popularity in the company was rising; she was selected for the conference, and she was going to apply for her own laboratory and research team. She would be enlisting several researchers to help her, and when that happened, she would be leading the department in research progress again…

Who could say if she would replace Cole as the manager one day?

After the meeting ended, Rhett followed Luca out of the conference room. He considered himself lucky to go under such a capable researcher, but she seemed to be oblivious about what other people thought of her. He could tell that Cole's face was ashen throughout the entire meeting…

"Ms. Luca, did you purposely do that?" He asked softly.