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Chapter 1743
Chapter 1743
Chapter 1743
After Luke talked to Luca, he fell asleep easily.
After a dreamless night, he woke up to find that Luca had left the apartment.
He raised his eyebrows when he saw the breakfast on the table. Luca did not usually make these dishes. Sometimes, when they were in a rush or if the prepared breakfast could not be eaten in time, she would make these dishes.
Luke touched the toasted bread with his hand and found that it was cold. It seemed that it had been on the table for a while.
"What an ostrich." He looked at the breakfast prepared for him and commented in a soft voice. He felt relieved that he had laid it all out on the table. No matter how much Luca wanted to run away, she would not escape from his palm.
No matter if she was Bianca or Luca, she was the love of his life.
Luke glanced at the time. He was not going back to the office that morning because today was the day Allison would get out of jail.
Even though he had only visited her a handful of times in the past few years, he had to be present for such an important event. After Luke washed up, he sat at the dining table and ate breakfast while planning some tasks for Jason.
Seeing that it was almost time, he drove off to the prison.
The lawyer had already arrived and started on the paperwork to get Allison released.
Luke stood at the door and waited. After a while, Allison came out. It was cold, so she put on a hat and a scarf that covered half of her face. No one could see what was going on with her face.
The public knew of Allison's release from prison, so there were many reporters around the prison gate. When she walked out of the prison, she noticed the reporters and quickly lowered her head.
Some of the reporters immediately surrounded her.
However, they were blocked by the prison guards. One of them scolded, "This is the prison. No one should mess around here."
"Sir, we just want to interview her," a reporter explained.
The prison guards' superior had already briefed them, so they firmly stopped the reporters. "No, this is the rule."
The reporters had no choice but to watch Allison, who was completely covered up, get into Luke's car.
Luke looked at the reporters. The time of Allison's release from prison was kept secret but seeing that there were so many reporters surrounding them, he was certain that someone had disclosed Allison's release to the reporters.
That person was probably Susan.
Only Susan would want Allison to make a fool of herself in front of the reporters.
Allison shut the car door and took off her scarf when she was certain that the reporters could not see her face. She watched Luke get in the car and asked, "Why are you the only one who came to get me? Where's the doctor?"
"Which one?" Luke started the car and left the prison. The lawyer would handle the rest.
"The doctor who treated my skin with her herbal concoction. Why didn't she come?" Allison was referring to Luca. Although her skin was not healed, there were no new scars and she was satisfied
with the effects.
"She's working," Luke said.
"What kind of work? Can't you get her here? You can easily pay her any amount she wants," Allison said, dissatisfied. Since the herbal concoction worked, she wanted to see Luca again but the lawyer was unable to help. Hence, she had no choice but to endure it.
"She's busy," Luke said.
Allison snorted coldly and replied, "It seems that you've been getting worse and worse in recent years. You could still get people to do as you please a few years ago, but now, you can't even get a doctor to come. Luke, I was in prison for a couple of years and couldn't keep an eye on you. Have you gotten lazy? I told you, you can't give Susan a chance!"
Luke ignored what she said when he heard that she was thinking about fighting for power as soon as she got out of prison.
Seeing that he did not respond to her, Allison said, "By the way, I'm moving back to Crawford Manor. Did the lawyer tell you?"
"Yeah," Luke replied. He knew all about it even if she did not say anything.
Allison did not have much money. Her only fixed asset was the villa. If she lived in the villa, she would have no other funds. If she sold the villa, she would still have some money on hand. After all, her villa had appreciated over the years.
However, if she sold the villa, she would have no place to live.
As such, whether the villa was sold or not, Allison would move back to Crawford Manor.
"What's the situation in Crawford Manor?" Allison continued to ask. Even with her face like this and the fact that she had stolen something from the manor, she did not feel any embarrassment or guilt.
To her, Crawford Manor was her territory.
"Same old," Luke replied.
Allison took off her hat. She found a mirror from the belongings in her bag and glanced at herself. She then put the mirror back in the bag, irritated.
She blamed it all on the Crawford family. She swore that she would get back everything that belonged to her when she was back!
Luke looked at her through the rearview mirror. With that look of resentment, he knew that when Allison returned to Crawford Manor, there would be a bloody storm.
The tranquility of Crawford Manor was sure to be ruined.
Luke thought about moving Luca into a bigger apartment, arranging for a maid, and taking the children to live with her.
The children would certainly be happy and would not be involved in the dispute.
Luke thought about it and was worried that Luca would not agree. Nevertheless, considering her concern for the kids, she would not be happy if she saw the children being involved in the drama between the adults.
As such, he was confident that he could get Luca to agree.
The kids were his secret weapon.
Luke drove back to Crawford Manor. Before he could stop the car, the gate opened. Everyone at Crawford Manor knew that it was the day Allison got out of prison, so they got ready early. They cleaned her room and prepared some hearty food to welcome her.
Seeing that they had arrived at Crawford Manor, Allison said with dissatisfaction, "The decoration around the door has not changed after so many years. The old man's taste is still the same. How boring."
Luke did not say anything. Crawford Manor was renovated every year but it was based on the preferences of Old Master Crawford. The door had always been solemnly decorated and had not changed.
"I'll drive in," he said.
Allison snorted coldly before putting on a hat and a scarf. She covered herself tightly so that the butler and maids would not see her face.
Luke drove in and parked his car in the parking lot.
Allison dawdled for a while before she opened the car door and got out. She tried to straighten her back to make herself look the same as before.
The maids had already heard about the news that Allison's face was ruined. Even if they were curious about how she looked, they did not look up so as not to anger her.
"Welcome home, Madam Allison," the butler and the maids greeted her in unison.