Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 2313

Luke’s expression darkened when he saw how unwelcoming Susan was.

It was not that Susan disliked Luca as a person but rather showed hostility because he was close with Luca.

As such, Luke refused to let this matter be.

He was about to say something when Louis took the envelope from Luca and placed it with the rest of the gifts. “Thank you, Dr. Craw. Follow me.”

“Alright.” Luca smiled at Louis with gratitude. She would surely garner the curious gazes of everyone should she hold the red packet for too long.

The man had helped her out of the awkward situation.

“Let’s go, Brother.” Louis knew that Luke would not stand at the door to welcome other guests, so he showed his brother inside.

“Alright.” Luke nodded.

Louis greeted Aunt Neile as well and brought everyone into the banquet hall.

Susan watched them leave and cursed softy, “Vixen.”

Yuri heard what Susan called Luca clearly but chose to ignore it.

Susan then turned to Yuri. “Keep a close watch on your husband, lest that vixen manages to steal his heart too.”

“Yes, Mother,” Yuri acknowledged superficially but paid her no mind. After all, Luca’s target was Luke and not Louis, who had decided to open his own small workshop when he could have taken advantage of his family background.

Louis brought Luca to a table and said, “This is your seat, Dr. Craw. Nina will sit with you when she arrives shortly.”

“Alright, thank you.” Luca sat down elegantly.

Louis then turned to Luke. “Grandfather’s waiting for you at the main table, Brother. He said to go over once you’re here.”

“Alright,” Luke replied without averting his gaze from Luca.

Their close distance gathered the curious and guessing gazes of many people around them.

“Go, Mr. Crawford,” Luca said. She knew that if Luke stayed any longer, they would only attract even more gazes.

“Are you alright sitting here alone?” Luke asked. They had arrived rather early, so the table was still empty.

“I’ll be alright.” Luca shook her head to appease him.

Hence, Luke took Rainie’s hand and walked over to the main table.

Luca looked around. When she looked up, she realized that there were much fewer people looking at her now.

Still, that did not mean people would stop talking about her.

It was very likely that the crowd would manage to find out about her background information in a moment.

Luca felt lightheaded. She had set off and arrived at the hotel with Luke, so she had already predicted such turns of events.

Not that it made being stared at and guessed about any more comfortable.

Luca picked up her phone. If she could not face the gazes, then the alternative would be to escape. She scrolled through social media to ignore the questioning gazes around her.

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Luke brought Rainie over to Old Master Crawford’s side. “Grandfather, you were looking for me?”

“Hello, Great-grandfather,” Rainie greeted Old Master Crawford with Luke.

“Oh my, let me take a look! Whose little princess is this, hmm?” Old Master Crawford put down the teacup and looked at Rainie. He was elated by what he saw.