Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 1776

Luke stepped on the accelerator when he heard what she blurted out. "Are you taking pity on me?"

"No, your identity and status are envied by others. You don't need any pity." Luca turned her head to the side and was annoyed at herself for babbling.

"Those are just what others see on the surface. Luca, you see more of me than others do. Do you still envy the real me?" Luke asked.

"No," Luca answered without a second thought.

Luke chuckled and said, "You can take pity on me. I do hope that you sympathize with me more and stay by my side."

Luca's heart ached when she heard what he said.

She wanted to stay by his side, but it was impossible. Abel would never allow it. She was living in agony but she could not tell him anything.

The only thing that she could do was express her firm denial. "Mr. Crawford, nothing is ever going to happen between us."

"Someone said this to me once and I made the impossible possible. Luca, how long do you think it’ll take me to get you to accept me?" Luke stood his ground.

Luca was heartbroken. She wanted nothing more than to hug the man who seemed to be glorious on the surface but bore a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders.

He was human. No matter how tough he was, he would get tired as well.

However, he did not let anyone know about his difficulties. He just endured them silently.

"Mr. Crawford, as I said, nothing will ever happen between us."

"You’ll know that you’re wrong sooner or later." Luke parked his car at the entrance of the supermarket and said, "Don’t you want to make chicken soup for Nina? Do you need to get the ingredients?"

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Crawford. You can head back now. We’re not too far from the villa. I can just walk back after I’m done getting groceries," Luca said.

Luke unbuckled his seat belt and opened the car door. "The kids didn't bring any snacks when they moved in. I'm going to buy them some."

Luca was surprised that he knew what snacks the kids liked.

She thought about it. It was not odd seeing that he had been taking care of the children all these years. No matter how careless he was, after a while, he would learn about the kids' likes and dislikes too.

"Why don't I buy them on your behalf?" Luca said. She was not into the idea of the two doing groceries together.

There were a lot of popular movie stars living in the area, so many reporters were lurking around to get first-hand gossip.

As such, if those reporters saw her shopping in the supermarket with Luke, news of it would be sure to occupy the headlines the very next day.

"Do you know what snacks they like?" Luke asked.

Luca wanted to say that she knew seeing that they were her kids, however...

"There are only so many snacks that kids like. I'll just buy a little of everything," she replied.

"You haven't been a mother, have you? A lot of companies include additives in the snacks to improve the taste. Those aren’t nutritious for kids. On top of that, the kids are picky. They won’t eat just any snacks," Luke said as he walked into the supermarket.

Luca glanced around and found that there were no reporters around, so she followed behind him and walked into the supermarket.

She thought that she would just buy what she needed while Luke went to get the children's snacks. They would go their own ways and the reporters would have nothing to write about.