Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 1856

"If you're too busy, just give the butler of Crawford Manor a call. He’ll arrange for a nanny to come over to take care of the kids." Luke knew that Luca had a lot of things to do. After all, she took on many jobs in T Corporation.

Later on, she would be much busier than she was now as she would be swamped with work and had to take care of the kids as well. He was worried she would be overwhelmed.

"Alright, I got it. Just rest assured." Luca nodded. Currently, all she could do was reassure him. He would no longer be as troubled once Allison was sent out of the country.

Luke looked at Luca, who was far away from him. Even the tone she used to speak seemed to carry a great sense of distance between them.

She was probably not as calm as she appeared. However, she was very good at putting on an act. Looking at her now, she seemed composed.

She was obviously concerned about him, yet insisted on putting on an act as though she was merely an employee obeying her superior’s commands. This made Luke feel uneasy.

"Sorry to trouble you." It was clear he was feeling uneasy when he spat out such a cold statement. He then turned around and entered the bedroom.

Luca slowly closed her door when she saw him closing his door too.

'He looks unhappy…

'But I didn't do anything wrong. I didn't say anything I shouldn’t have said either…’

Luca massaged her forehead. Most of the time, Luke's thoughts were hard to guess.

The next morning.

Luca got up and made breakfast for the kids. When she served the breakfast, she saw Luke carrying his suitcase downstairs.

This time, he did not bring a large suitcase.

Luca thought to herself, 'At this time of the year, the weather in South Korea is much colder than it is here. Looking at that small suitcase, I wonder if he brought enough clothes with him.”

He would come back once he sent Allison abroad, but it was a rushed trip. If he did not bring enough clothes, he would not have much time to purchase them.

The thought of it made Luca ask, "Mr. Crawford, South Korea is very cold this time of the year. Did you bring enough clothes?"

Luke heard her words and felt sad. 'She’s obviously concerned about me, but her tone sounds so distant.’

"I won't be away for too long, so the clothes I brought are adequate." Luke wanted to give her a reply that sounded distant as well, but after looking at her face and those familiar eyes, he was unable to stand firm with his decision. Hence, he still spoke a lot without him realizing it.

Luca nodded her head and said, "Breakfast is ready."

Luke was not in a hurry. Despite not being happy with how Luca was distancing herself from him, Luke still decided to have breakfast before departing.

He sat at the dining table. Soon, the kids changed their clothes and came downstairs with their school bags.

Seeing the suitcase in the living room made Tommy look at his father with a look of shock. "Daddy, are you going abroad for work?"

"Yeah." Luke helped himself to a bowl of porridge.

"Why didn't you mention it earlier?" Tommy said with much dissatisfaction. In the past, Luke used to notify him and his siblings much earlier before he went on business trips.

"It was a last-minute decision. I'll be back after three days." Luke could tell his son was dissatisfied from his comment and explained helplessly. It was a decision made yesterday, so he did not have time to tell the kids about it.

If it were not for Allison wreaking havoc, he would not have made such a hasty decision either.

"No thanks. I've already eaten," Luca thanked her politely and rejected her kind offer.

When Tina heard the words, she did not pursue the matter further. She suddenly recalled that Luca had come from the basement floor, so she became a busybody and asked, "Did you drive your car here today, Dr. Craw? Did you buy a new car?"

Luca recalled that the car Luke gave her was not a brand new car. She then shook her head and said, "It's an old car."

"I thought you didn’t own a car. I always see you taking a cab to work," said Tina with a smile.

Luca explained, "I just returned from a foreign country and wasn’t familiar with the traffic rules here. That’s why I didn’t dare to drive a car. I just recently got my driving license."

Tina nodded. "So, that's how it is. Oh yeah, do you know? Boss has suddenly gone on a business trip and will be away for three days. For the next three days, it’ll be Mr. Doyle handling the issues in the office.”

"Oh really? Where did the boss go?" Luca asked, pretending to be clueless about it.

"No idea. My. Doyle didn't say a word about it. Perhaps it's an emergency issue. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left at the eleventh hour. I hope it has nothing to do with this project, or all our efforts throughout this period of time will go to waste," Tina said. Many people hoped that this bidding would end with success and they could gain huge rewards.

"I don’t think it’s that. Let’s just focus on our jobs.” Luca comforted her. She could not say a word about Luke's family issue.

"Oh right, the translator who was on leave is coming back to work. From now on, you guys will work together for any translation work. Her office will be in our secretary's room," Tina said.

Luca looked at her. "Isn't she going to share my office with me?”

"There isn't a translator who has their own office. All the translators in the company are under one department, and that's on the 13th floor. Of course, you were initially just a secondment. Besides, you occupy a much higher position, so you were arranged to have your own office," Tina explained.

The translator’s office was not initially on this floor, but Jason had arranged it at the last minute so that Luca could better communicate and work together with her. He arranged a seat in the secretary’s office for the translator who had just come back from her leave. This way, Luca would not have to go back and forth from one place to another.