Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 2318

Luca’s heart skipped a beat at the sound.

If not for the ambiguous and warm atmosphere of the living room, she might have thought that Luke realized something and wanted to question her under the excuse of drinking.

The gentle sound of the piano drifted from the speakers, and Luca felt herself relaxing. She did not ask Luke what he wanted to talk about and opted to listen to the music instead.

With her emotions calmed, she started drinking more wine without realizing it.

The red wine was tasty and quickly made her lightheaded. Luke stared at Luca’s flushed cheeks and decided that she looked much more enchanting like this than she did with the makeup blush.

He wanted nothing more than to engrave this enchanting look in his mind forever.

Luke’s gaze darkened. His desire for Luca was growing, but he forced himself to rein it in.

He did not want this woman to feel afraid of him.

Up until this moment, Luke had yet to find out why Luca was so willing to stay under the control of the Island of Despair.

He knew that she would not allow herself to be controlled unless the Island of Despair had a very important token in their hands.

As such, Luke did not dare to act rashly, not even if the woman in front was someone he was most familiar and intimate with.

Luca saw the burning desire in his eyes and put down the wine glass, straightening her posture in the process. The music and the wine had her almost forgetting what they were here for in the beginning.

“Mr. Crawford, there was something you wanted to talk about?”

Luke frowned with displeasure when he heard her call him ‘Mr. Crawford’. However, upon remembering that she was being forced, he could only sigh and accept her distancing herself from him.

“Are you going back to Russia for New Year’s this year?” Luke asked.

“I’m not,” Luca replied without much thought. Everyone else could spend New Year’s at home with their family, but it was different for her. She was with her family, but she had a completely different identity now.

“That’s nice. So you’ll be spending the holidays in A City, right?” Luke confirmed.

“Yeah.” Luca nodded.

“Let’s go buy gifts this weekend, then,” Luke suggested.

Luca did not expect such an invitation from Luke, since gift purchasing was usually done by Aunt Neile.

Luca had no choice but to brave on. “Mr. Crawford, I don’t believe I’m well versed with the practices of New Year’s here.”

Luke watched her try to lie with exasperation but knew that he could not expose her. “Then we’ll have Aunt Neile come with us.”

Luca’s lips parted. She originally wanted to offer to leave the preparations to Aunt Neile, but the man’s decision had destroyed all chances to raise such an offer.

“Don’t you want to experience the Thanksgiving atmosphere?” Luke looked at her. “Lanie and the others look forward to this holiday a lot. Buying gifts is a crucial part of this festivity.”

“Alright, then…” Luca wanted to spend New Year’s with her children as well.

Luke put down the glass. As they chatted, they managed to drink more than half a bottle of red wine. Luca herself had finished the other half.

He raised his gaze to look at the time. It was already past 11.

They had both drank and were slightly tipsy. To retire to bed now guaranteed the best sleeping quality.

Luke took Luca’s hand and stood. “Time to sleep.”

“Hmm?” Luca let him pull her up. She was confused since Luke said that there was something he wanted to discuss. ‘Was gift purchasing all he wanted to discuss?’

“We’ve already discussed everything,” Luke said as he walked toward the stairs.

Luca followed him to the second floor.

Three of them had Luca too.

The woman was dressed simply that night. When Susan saw the necklace Luca was wearing yesterday, she found it rather plain and did not understand why the photographer took photos of her.

“Alright. I’ll delete them right away.” The photographer did not understand what Susan was thinking, but since the customer was always right, he immediately deleted the pictures on his computer.

Susan was still displeased. She felt insulted to know that Luke’s photos were taken along with hers.

After all, Luke was Allison’s son, and Allison was a mistress her husband cheated on her with. Susan had never been able to throw either of them out of the Crawford family. She took it as a personal attack on her status as her husband’s legal wife.

She had endured the humiliation for years, and it built resentment deep within her.

The photographer arrived at the next photo after deleting the photos of Luke. It was a family photo, so he decided to ask Susan first before deleting it. “Do you want this deleted too, Madam Crawford?”

It was a family photo, meaning Luke was in it too.

Susan glared at the photo and was about to tell the photographer to delete it when she suddenly thought about Old Master Crawford.

Old Master Crawford was the one who asked for a family photo as he said that it had been years since the one at home was last updated. Hence, he wanted to take the chance to update it.

If she deleted this photo, she did not know how she should explain it to Old Master Crawford.

“Leave it.” Susan finally decided after much thought.

Old Master Crawford was still the head of the family, so it was not her place to decide whether to delete the photo or not.

The photographer nodded and continued to scroll through the photos.

Since Louis had selected the most expensive photo-taking service, many photos ended up being saved and left for Susan to decide whether to refine the photos or leave them be.