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.

So you'll be spending the holidays in A City, right?” Luke

“Yeah.” Luca nodded.

buy gifts this

invitation from Luke, since gift purchasing was usually done by

don't believe I'm

to lie with exasperation but knew that he

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

to experience the Thanksgiving atmosphere?" Luke looked at her. “Lanie and the others look forward to

Luca wanted to spend New Year's with her children as

than half a bottle of red

to look at the time.

tipsy. To retire to bed now guaranteed the best sleeping

hand and stood.

there was something he wanted to

everything," Luke said as

him to the

Luca's bedroom door and walked in. Then, he took off his

when she saw his actions. She took her jacket off to reveal her sleepwear

used to sleeping in his arms as well, so she did not move around and fell asleep too. The following day at Crawford

as she scrolled through the

was rather

was skilled, and she looked beautiful in

to show her the photos

a photo of Luca and Luke entering the venue. She

looked at the photo and explained, "I take photos of essentially every guest, but because they're candid pictures, I can't guarantee that every photo

many hosts liked to have

was always nice to take photos of, so he snapped

the

floor, so Susan had no fear that Old Master Crawford would hear what she

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