Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 2177

Luca and Rainie were baking cookies in the kitchen, while Aunt Neile was tidying up the living room.

The villa's telephone rang. Aunt Neile answered the call with a puzzled look on her face. After all, people nowadays used smartphones, and there was hardly anyone who would call the villa's landline number. The telephone was basically a decoration in the house. Besides, it was the first time the telephone rang after she started working here.

"Hello, this is theCrawford family." Aunt Neile picked up the receiver.

“Is Luca there?” Luke’s voice came from the other end of the line.

Aunt Neile was startled for a moment, and she replied, “Mr. Crawford? You're looking for Ms. Craw, right?”

“Is she in the villa?” Luke asked.

"Yes. Ms. Craw is in the kitchen. She's baking cookies with Ms. Rainie. Do you need me to inform her to pick up your call?" Aunt Neile asked.

“Never mind. If she’s at the villa, then it’s fine,” said Luke. He called Luca after the meeting ended, but no one was answering the call.

Hence, he called Aunt Neile, but she did not answer the call either.

He had no choice but to dial the villa’s landline number.

“Okay, Mr. Crawford,” Aunt Neile was confused. Luke called to ask about Luca, but he did not ask her to answer the call. That was weird.

Luke added, “Aunt Neile, bring your phone with you when you’re doing house chores. I need you to pick up my calls if anything happens.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Mr. Crawford.” Aunt Neile knew Luke had tried to call her when he told her that, but she had been carrying her phone with her. She did not hear her phone ring, though. She took her phone out of her pocket and realized she had no idea when her phone had been switched to airplane mode.

"My kids must’ve touched my phone and switched it to airplane mode. That's why I didn't hear the phone ringing. I'm sorry," explained Aunt Neile.

“It’s okay. I’ll be back in a few days. Take good care of them.” Luke hung up the call after that.

Aunt Neile listened to the busy tone coming from the other end of the line. She hung up the call even though she thought it was strange. Then, she turned off airplane mode on her phone. She could not help but mutter to herself, “It looks like I can’t let the kids mess with my phone anymore. Otherwise, they’ll turn on the airplane mode again and I’ll miss Mr. Crawford’s calls. I’ll be fired sooner or later if that happens again.”

Luca walked out of the kitchen and heard Aunt Neile muttering to herself. She asked with curiosity, “Aunt Neile, what are you saying?”

Aunt Neile put her phone back into her pocket and replied, “Nothing. Mr. Crawford called the landline just now. That was when I realized my grandson had turned on the airplane mode and Mr. Crawford couldn’t reach me just now.”

Luca’s face was slightly red when she heard it was Luke who called. Then, she recalled what Rainie told her.

“What did Mr. Crawford says?” Luca asked.

"Nothing. He just asked if you're in the villa. He didn't say anything and hung up the call when he found out that Ms. Rainie and you were baking in the kitchen." Aunt Neile expressed this in her own words.

Luca raised her brows. Luke called just to find out if she was in the villa?

Was he looking for her or not, then?

Luca could not guess it and asked, “Aunt Neile, where did you put the icing sugar for the cookies? I need it.”

“The icing sugar… Let me get it for you. The previous bag was finished, but I haven’t been using it lately. That’s why I didn’t take a new one out.” Aunt Neile put down the vacuum and marched into the kitchen. She took a bag of icing sugar out of the shelf.

Aunt Neile smiled when she saw that Rainie's hands were covered with flour. She said, "Way to go, Ms. Rainie."

“Aunt Neile, I’ll give you some cookies later.” Rainie smiled and looked at Luca.

“Sure. Ms. Rainie’s cookies must be good.” Aunt Neile agreed with her, then she turned to look at Luca. “Ms. Craw, I’m going out to continue with the house chores if there’s nothing else that you need.”