Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 1805

"How much did you overhear from the conversation between me and Mrs. Mallory?" Susan asked. The maid was responsible for delivering food and drinks to Allison. She was usually the one in contact with Allison.

The maid's body shook as she uttered, "Madam Susan, I didn't hear anything."

"Very well. If someone else knows about what we talked about, I’ll know that you accidentally overheard it and spread the news. You’re aware of the consequences, yes?" Susan threatened the maid. Although Old Master Crawford was still in control of the Crawford family, she still had the ability to frame the maid and have her fired.

The maid nodded quickly and said, "I understand. I didn't hear anything."

The maid cleared the cups and snacks on the coffee table. Then, she got a text from Allison, so she immediately went upstairs.

She knocked on the door of the room, and Allison's voice came from inside. "Come in."

The maid opened the bedroom door and saw Allison's face. She was frightened and could not help trembling. She immediately lowered her gaze and asked, "Madam Allison, what can I help you with?"

"Take that bowl out of here. It stinks like hell," Allison said while she pointed to the bowl next to her that contained the herbal concoction. She had only taken two sips before she decided that she did not want it anymore.

The maid came in and picked up the bowl along with the tray.

Allison asked, "Has Madam Mallory left?"

"I think so," the maid replied cautiously. She knew that Allison wanted to get information out of her, so she was careful not to let herself slip. After all, Susan had warned her.

As such, she could only hide what she knew from Allison.

"Did she say anything?" Allison looked at herself in the mirror, her thoughts in turmoil. She covered the mirror with a black cloth.

The maid replied softly, "She chatted with Madam Susan for a while and left."

Allison raised her eyebrows and looked at the maid. She was jealous of the maid's fairly smooth face and was mad that a maid's skin was better than hers. "Chat? What did they talk about?"

"They seemed to be talking about some household matters. Nothing out of the ordinary." The maid tried to fool her.

Allison continued to ask, "Household matters? She didn't mention to Susan why she came to look for me?"

"I didn't hear anything… I was in the living room only for a while before I was asked to go to the kitchen by the cook to help out." The maid quickly shook her head.

Allison did not look at her anymore. She waved her hand and said, "You can leave now. By the way, you don't need to bring me lunch later. I’m trying to lose weight."

"Okay, Madam Allison." The maid got her permission and immediately went downstairs with the bowl for fear that Allison would continue to question her. She was worried she would end up letting something slip because she was too nervous.

Allison sat on the vanity chair, deep in thought.

Madam Mallory was not close with her and would usually look for Susan if she visited.

‘Why did she suddenly come to look for me today? Is it as simple as wanting to see my disfigured face?’

"What a bitch!" Allison yelled out vicious words when she thought that Madam Mallory came for just that.

...

At noon.

Luca finished a task and ran to the lab downstairs to check on the progress of the experiment.

Rhett handed her the reports. Luca carefully looked at every line of the data. She did not dare to be careless. All of the data would affect the final stage of the drug’s research and development.

She did not sleep all night last night, so she was a little tired and sleepy.

However, there were not many office sofas that a person could lie flat on. Hence, Luca came down specifically to lie down and rest in this office.

"Okay, Dr. Craw."

Luca walked back to the office and sighed as soon as she closed the door.

The high-intensity workload required her to get enough sleep. She glanced in the direction of the surveillance camera and wondered if Luke had already gotten someone to dismantle the camera or if he was still monitoring her through it.

Now that she was working in the upstairs office most of the time, she assumed that he was no longer monitoring her.

Luca thought about it but still decided to turn her head in the direction of the camera, lay down, and put her coat over her. She planned to rest for a while.

Upstairs.

Luke opened the office door and walked to Luca's office. He found that while the door was open, Luca was not inside.

‘Did she go out for lunch?’

He raised his eyebrows. He thought that it was more probable for Luca to ask someone else to take away food for her while she made use of the time to get some rest.

"Boss?" Jason had finished lunch and walked over when he saw Luke standing in Luca's office. He asked Luke, "Are you looking for Dr. Craw?"

"She went out for lunch?" Luke glanced at him, his eyes focused once again on the office chair.