Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 1685

When Luca said that Old Man Rayne needed them, Wanda was persuaded. After all, Luca knew better than her what nutrients Old Man Rayne needed.

She took one of the bags and said, "Thank you, I'll take these. You can take the rest back."

Luca looked at Wanda's slightly sallow complexion and remembered that in the past, she was always a graceful woman. After she got divorced, she spent a lot of energy taking care of Old Man Rayne. She had no time to take care of herself. That was why her current physical condition was not the best.

She continued to persuade Wanda, saying, "Please take these too. I’m sure you’ve been putting in a lot of effort taking care of Old Man Rayne. You need to take care of yourself too. These are for conditioning your body and external use. I promise, these are much better than the cosmetic products you see on TV.”

Wanda was touched by what she said. "In that case, I’ll accept your gifts and—"

Before she could finish speaking, Luca shoved the bag in her hand and said, "Just take it. I don't need these things."

"Okay, okay." Wanda was moved by what she said. She believed in Luca, so she accepted both bags of gifts.

Luca glanced at the time. There was still some time before their meal. She said, "Mm, is Old Man Rayne upstairs?"

"Yeah. He knows that I invited you over for a meal today and has been happily talking about it the entire day," Wanda said. Luca was the savior of the entire Rayne family.

Luca smiled shyly. Even though she was not Bianca, she was overjoyed that Old Man Rayne still liked her. "Can I go up? I want to check Old Man Rayne's pulse, and if possible, I’ll play a game of chess with him?"

She knew that Old Man Rayne's favorite pastime was playing chess. It was boring for him to play chess alone. He would only play when someone who knew how to play visited the house.

"You know how to play chess? That's great. Go up, then. My father likes to play chess with others. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried to learn it, I still can't play well. Old Man Rayne doesn’t want to play chess with me," Wanda said. She placed the two bags on the coffee table for now, held Luca’s hand, and walked toward the stairs with her.

Luca did not enjoy being in close contact with others but Wanda was her aunt, so she was not against it.

The two went upstairs together and Wanda took her into Old Man Rayne's room. "Dad, guess who’s here?"

Old Man Rayne was basking in the sun with half-squinted eyes. When he heard Wanda’s voice, he opened his eyes. They lit up when he saw Luca. "Ms. Craw, you’re here."

"Old Man Rayne and Ms. Rayne, call me Luca." Luca listened to how they addressed her and did not want to put a distance in the relationship between them, so she told them to address her casually.

"Okay, Luca. Come here and sit down." Old Man Rayne was sitting under the sun on a chair by the window. When he saw Luca, the wrinkled smile on his face grew like a blooming sunflower.

Luca nodded and sat on the chair opposite him that he pointed to.

Wanda felt a little embarrassed with what was happening. "Dad, Luca said she wants to check your pulse. Oh, by the way, she can play chess. Do you want to play a game with her later?"

"Chess? That sounds wonderful! Wanda, go and get my chessboard. I didn't expect that someone would play chess with me today." Old Man Rayne completely ignored the part where Wanda mentioned that Luca wanted to check his pulse. All he thought about was playing chess with Luca.

"Okay, I'll go get you your chessboard now." Wanda nodded, turned around, and walked out.

Luca's mood was influenced when she saw Old Man Rayne's smiling face. "Old Man Rayne, can I check your pulse first?"

"Okay." Old Man Rayne readily agreed and reached out his hand for her to take his pulse.

Luca put her fingers on his pulse.