Chapter 3354 Do I Have To Go

Abel's pharmaceutical company was across town.

Watson was out in the suburbs. The drive would take over half an hour, and with Nyla involved, Luca dared not to waste a second. She rushed out of the building without even putting in a request for leave. She flagged down a cab and jumped

in.

As soon as she was in the cab, she called Rhett to go over the day's tasks and asked him to put in a leave request on her behalf.

After helping her out, Rhett asked, "Dr. Craw, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Just tell them I wasn't feeling well and went to the hospital." Luca hung up the call as soon as she finished speaking.

After the cab driver heard her, he asked with concern, "Miss, are you feeling sick? Would you like me to take you to the hospital instead?"

"No, just take me to my destination please." Luca knew her face looked tense and strained because she was worried about Nyla's situation.

That was why the driver, overhearing her conversation with Rhett, ended up misunderstanding the situation.

"Alright." The driver did not pry further, though he glanced at her in the rearview mirror. Then, she added, "Could you speed it up, please? I'm in a bit of a hurry."

The driver checked the GPS, nodded, and said, "No problem. The rush hour has passed, so I can get you there in half an hour, tops."

"Thank you,” replied Luca.

Every second mattered now. Luca knew too well what was at stake for both her and Nyla.

She had seen the brutal training for captured children on the Island of Despair. Their training was harsher than for adults.

Abel only kept children with high potential.

They were forced to fight every day, and any who did not survive were simply discarded without a second thought. Abel and his people would not show them any mercy.

After all, it cost more to raise and train a child than an adult. That was why they were very selective about those they chose.

Luca knew how cruel it was. If Nyla ended up in one of those training centers, she probably would not survive even a single day. If she could not endure, she was bound to be eliminated.

mother, would

reach her destination in just half an hour. After Luca paid the fare, she rushed inside the

saw her and tried to stop her. "Miss, please check in over here." Ignoring her, Luca

receptionist quickly followed. "Miss, who are you here to see? Do you have an

then, a security guard came over and asked, "What's

to go upstairs without

and blocked Luca from entering the elevator. "Miss, please

check in when I come back down," replied Luca as

blocked her again. "Miss, you need to

this." Luca

to the side from the push. This woman looked so slim and frail. How could she be that

steadied himself, yet she still managed to push him aside. What was going

walked into

the doors started to close, the receptionist, sensing that Luca was not someone to mess with, hurriedly asked, "At least tell us

come." Luca pressed the top-floor button, watching as the

guard scratched his nose, exchanging a look with

grumbled the receptionist. Even though Luca said she was meeting with the CEO, who could

risk going upstairs to

pin the blame on him. The guard's expression darkened. "Oh, it's my fault now? It's your job to make people check in at the front desk. If anyone gets in trouble over this, I'll be

about

receptionist did not expect the security guard to be so sharp-tongued.

back to her desk, unwilling to keep arguing. They

upstairs. She glanced at the guard, who gave no sign of movement either. Only then did she

was coming to scold

stepped out of the elevator and went straight to Abel's office.

sounded from inside. "Come

cloud of cigar smoke hit

sneeze.

match it. He exhaled

Guess it's true. You're not used to secondhand smoke anymore, are you?" taunted

knew how many cigars Abel had taken? While she could handle regular secondhand

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