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Chapter 2321
Chapter 2321
Chapter 2321
Luca smiled and said in a soft voice, “It was you who moved on. There's no need to thank me."
“No, I still have to thank you because I'll need your help after this. I have no friends in A City. So, there are many things that I might need to trouble you and Mr. Crawford with," replied Vivian. She had already told Ray to keep it low-key about her going there to further her studies this time.
Vivian did not want her classmates to know that her family donated the library. Also, she did not want a bodyguard to follow her around as it would make her classmates find out about her family background.
Ray disagreed with her at first, and he insisted on keeping a few bodyguards beside her. Then, he would also arrange for two maids to take care of her there.
It took a lot of effort for Vivian to convince him.
The reason why she wanted to go to A City was to experience life in a place without her family's influence. She wanted to start a new life in a new country.
Besides, Luke was staying in A City. He was a trusted friend of Ray's. Thus, Vivian eventually managed to convince Ray.
“It's nothing. Just tell me if you need anything in the future. I'll be willing to help you as long as I'm in A City," replied Luca.
Vivian was sensitive enough to get the hint in her words. “Will you be leaving A City?"
Luca was startled for a moment. She did not expect that she would spill the beans.
Vivian's voice was so gentle that Luca was unconsciously letting her guard down. It made her feel like she was talking to a psychiatrist, and she accidentally revealed the deepest secret that she had been keeping at the bottom of her heart.
“I mean, I'll be away for business trips occasionally. I won't always be in A City. But don't worry, I'd be glad to help you as long as I'm here," Luca quickly explained.
Vivian chuckled and replied, “Okay, then I'll leave you to your work. I'll see you on New Year's."
“See you." Luca let out a sigh of relief after the call ended.
She almost told Vivian her deepest secret that was kept in her heart...
Vivian might tell Luke about it if she found out that Luca would be leaving. She had to stay alert when she talked to her in the future.
Luca looked down and picked up her phone again. New Year's was just around the corner. She promised Luke that she would go shopping with him for the new year. Also, she reckoned that she would be busy handling the kids' matters like how things used to be in the previous years.
Therefore, she had to take care of everything at hand.
Luca sent a message to Queenie, asking about Leia's situation.
Queenie called her after a while. “Luca, I saw your message. I thought I should give you a call to explain it to you."
"Okay, Mrs. Norman. I'm listening," Luca looked down and turned on the phone's speaker.
Although Queenie sounded like Leia was seriously ill, she knew that Luke would certainly know about it if she was really in a bad condition.
Besides, Johann would have told her too.
Hence, Luca was not anxious about it. She read the document and listened to Queenie talking on the phone at the same time.
"The doctor said that Leia can be discharged from the hospital after some time. Her vital signs are fine after the surgery as they're improving. But her vitals have stopped improving in the past two days. Although Dr. Park told me that it's normal and Leia's body needs a long time to recover as there's no way she can recover so quickly, I'm still worried about her. You know she doesn't have much patience as well, so if she's not recovering fast enough, I'm worried that Leia will get anxious and her health will be affected too," said Queenie even though she thought troubling Luca again was not a good idea.
Leia was the only child she left now. She had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask for Luca's help.
Luca paused for a moment and replied in a soft voice, "Ms. Norman's body has to recover slowly. Her body can't be fully recovered in such a short time. She'll be fine as long as she takes her medicine and goes for her injections."
"Dr. Park said so too, but Leia hates it. There's nothing I can do now. Luca, you do have a way to make her body recover faster, right?" Queenie asked. She had heard that herbal medicine was good for the body and was not as toxic as synthetic drugs.
Although the naturopathic doctors in the hospital were professionals, Queenie had witnessed Luca's ability herself. Luca was still the one she trusted the most.
"Yes. I'll go over tonight," Luca agreed to help her.
If she did not go to the hospital tonight, she would be too busy to go in the next few days. Hence, she planned to solve Leia's problem when she had the time to do so.
After all, she had promised Queenie that she would help.
"Okay. I'll be waiting for you at the hospital tonight," Queenie was delighted when she heard Luca was coming over.
"You don't have to be there. I'm just going there to check her pulse and prescribe the medicine for her. It'll be fine as long as the doctor's there," replied Luca. She was not a doctor, so there was no way she could ask the hospital to prescribe the medicine.
"Sure. I'll inform the doctor," Queenie claimed that she would get the doctor, but she secretly decided to wait for Luca.
After all, it had been some time since she saw Luca, and she missed her.
Queenie seemed to have a very keen interest in Luca. She was always glad to see her, and she would also miss her when they had not seen each other for a while. It was as though she was thinking of her biological daughter.
It was like before she knew Bianca. She had the same feeling for Bianca too.
Luca continued with her work after she ended the call.
Luca had been working until it was time to get off work. She got into Warren's car and returned to the villa, then she helped Aunt Neile to prepare dinner.
Luca initially thought that Luke would stay in the office and work overtime, but when she heard the kids calling Luke in the living room, she was startled for a moment. Luke did not work overtime today.
After they finished preparing dinner, Luca and Aunt Neile served the dinner on the table. Luke brought the kids along with him to the dining room.
“Time for dinner," Luca nodded when she saw Luke and shifted her gaze. She picked up the ladle as she was about to fill the bowls with soup for Luke and the kids.
After Aunt Neile served the last dish, she took the ladle that Luca was holding in her hands and said, "Ms. Craw, leave it to me. Please take a seat."
"Thank you," Luca sat beside Luke.
Tommy smiled, looked at her, and said, "Ms. Luca, you made buffalo wings today!"
"Yes. A greedy little cat was talking in his sleep, saying that he was craving buffalo wings after he fell asleep last night," Luca teased Tommy. After Tommy fell asleep while leaning on Lanie in the backseat last night, he was mumbling in his sleep. Everyone in the car heard him.
Tommy's face reddened as he replied, "Ms. Luca, the greedy little cat you're talking about, is it me—"
"Ms. Luca is talking about you. Tommy, you fell asleep when we were on our way home, and you mumbled about buffalo wings in your sleep five times," Rainie smiled and made fun of her younger brother.
"So that's how it happened. I was wondering why there were buffalo wings before I even told Ms. Luca and Aunt Neile I was craving them," Tommy gently scratched his face with his fingers.
"Have some more," Luca helped Tommy with the buffalo wings and placed them on his plate, then she helped Lanie and Rainie with the food.
The buffalo wings were not deep fried with flour like how people did it out there. She baked the buffalo wings in the oven. Luca mentioned it to Aunt Neile this morning and told her to marinate them according to her recipe with special seasonings. Then, she would come back to bake them in the evening. Hence, the buffalo wings tasted just as good as the ones they ate outside.