Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 3262

“Gale's handling it. Don’t worry,” said Luke.

Luca rubbed her eyes and replied, “I'm going to have to take another leave this morning. Good thing you're the boss. If it were someone else, I'd probably be fired by now.”

Luke's gaze deepened. “I'll have Rain and the others keep an eye on things.”

“That's fine, but try not to let them blow their cover. I might get hit once or twice today, but it's all part of proving my innocence. Don't worry, Abel won’t go too hard on me,” Luca assumed.

Luke instantly regretted his decision when he heard this.

Perhaps it would have been better to hold off a little longer.

Regardless of the situation, he would still be worried. Now that things were set in motion, there was no turning back.

“Take care of yourself.” He planted a kiss on her forehead.

Luca smiled, trying to reassure him. “Don’t worry, I'll be fine.”

She got out of bed, quickly washed up, and left without eating breakfast.

Aunt Neile noticed her rushing out and could not help but ask, “Mr. Crawford, is Ms. Craw busy today?”

“Yes.” Luke nodded. As he watched her leave, he wished could follow her and protect her.

However, he could not.

He could not neglect Nyla, who was still on the Island of Despair, just to protect Luca.

He had not even met his daughter yet. Still, their blood bond made it impossible for him to ignore her.

As he thought to himself, he murmured, ‘Luca, please be safe.’

…

Luca arrived at the hotel and gave Abel's room number.

The receptionist handed her a keycard and muttered, “Weird, why are so many people visiting this guest today?”

Luca raised an eyebrow. “A lot of people have already been here?”

The receptionist nodded, giving her a strange look. “Yes, a lot of men have already gone up. You're the only woman. Just don’t cause any trouble in the hotel, okay? If something bad happens, it’ll be a big problem.”

Realizing the misunderstanding, Luca lifted her briefcase and explained, “I’m here on business. It’s not what you’re thinking.”

The receptionist’s face turned red.

She could not really blame her for thinking that way. After all, all the previous visitors were men, and now, a woman showed up.

Even though she was dressed professionally, it was easy to assume the worst.

Fortunately, Luca did not press the issue and walked toward the elevator, letting the comment slide.

She took the elevator to Abel's floor and knocked on the door.

The door opened.

Luca noticed that everyone from the A City base was here. She walked in and closed the door behind her.

Most of them looked pretty rough.

Their clothes were marked with scorch stains here and there, showing signs of fire.

Luca, however, was an exception.

There were only four other men inside, and Abel and Shanks were not seen.

Luca stood among them and asked, “Where's the boss?”

“He's still in there,” replied one of the men.

Even though she had a good idea of what had happened, Luca still asked, “What happened to you guys? Why do you look so beat up?”

“Don't even bring it up. It's bad luck! There was a fire last night. We have no idea which bastard set it, but it burned down our whole base," grumbled one of them.

Another chimed in, “Yeah, the fire was so big that we couldn’t even try to put it out. Plus, with what we had inside, we couldn’t call the fire department right away. It was the neighbors who called them.”