Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 3274

Aunt Neile paused for a moment before continuing, “We don't have any at home, Ms. Craw. Are you craving some grapes? I can go get some now. Which kind would you like?”

“Concord grapes,” replied Luca.

“Alright, I'll go get them now.” Aunt Neile nodded and glanced at Queenie. Seeing how peaceful it was, she guessed Queenie might stay for lunch. She decided to buy extra groceries. Hence, she grabbed her shopping basket and keys before heading out.

After Aunt Neile left, Luke turned off all the house's surveillance cameras. He double-checked to ensure there were no other listening devices and then nodded to Luca.

Queenie let out a sigh when she noticed how cautious they were. “It must be hard on you, being so careful every time you’re about to talk about something.”

“It's nothing. We're used to it.” Luca smiled and sat down beside Queenie.

“Let me see if you're hurt anywhere,” replied Queenie, looking Luca over.

Luca had not bled in the car accident, but Queenie noticed a bruise on her forehead. “Your forehead is bruised.”

Luca instinctively touched the bruise and explained, “I accidentally hit it.”

“You've really worried me,” said Queenie, finally feeling at ease now that she saw Luca was alright.

When she first heard about the accident, even though both Luca and Luke had assured her that everything was fine, Queenie could not help but worry. They only shared the good news, never the bad, leaving her anxious all night.

She tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep until Jack persuaded her to take a melatonin pill, which finally helped her drift off.

Even then, her sleep was filled with bad dreams, so she came over early this morning.

“You don't need to worry. With Luke taking care of me, everything’s fine,” Luca reassured her, holding her hand.

At the mention of Luke, Queenie thought of Karen and looked at him. “Luke, I’ve heard about everything.”

Luke knew his mother-in-law was about to give him a hard time.

Luca glanced at him and replied, “Maybe you should head upstairs and take care of your work first?”

However, Queenie interjected, “What? You’re defending him already, just because I want to say a few words?”

“I’m not defending him. It’s just that he hasn’t been to the office these past couple of days because he’s been taking care of me. I’m sure he has a lot of work piled up,” explained Luca. She was not defending him, just concerned.

She also knew what Queenie wanted to say.

However, in this case, the blame really did not lie with Luke.

The reason he had not involved the police in the kidnapping was partly her decision too. It was done out of consideration that Nina was about to get married.

“Can I just say a few quick words and then I’ll let him get back to work?” asked Queenie. She felt comforted by how much her daughter was standing up for Luke.

At least their marriage seemed strong.

Luca, feeling a bit helpless, shook Queenie’s hand.

Luke said, “Go ahead, Mom. I’m listening.”

Queenie patted Luca’s hand and said, “Alright, I’ll be brief. It won’t take long.”

She then turned to Luke. “Luke, you didn’t handle this situation well. I heard from Jack that Karen kidnapped Luca, and you had the chance to turn her over to the police, but you didn’t.

"Instead, you gave her the opportunity to harm Luca, and that’s something I’m really unhappy about.

“Of course, I also understand it’s not entirely your fault. I’ve heard that Karen has mental health issues, so no one wanted this to happen. But you didn’t act as decisively as you usually do, and that led to your wife getting hurt.

"That’s on you. I don’t want to see something like this happen again.”

“I understand, Mom. I promised you that I would always protect Luca, and I'll keep that promise.”

“Good. Go ahead and get to work.” Queenie was pleased with his attitude.

Luca felt helpless.

Still, Luke remained seated, showing no intention of leaving.

Luca nudged him, “Why aren't you going to work?”