The cleaning lady was wearing gloves and an apron. With a smile, she said, “Ms. Craw, I've finished cleaning up the apartment. And I've already put the fruits in the fridge. Is there anything I need to do?"

"No, you can leave now," Luca replied coldly. She glanced at the living room. It had indeed been cleaned and tidied up.

"Alright. Then, I'll leave first." The cleaning lady took off her gloves and apron after she finished her work. She turned around and left after putting them back in place.

Luca picked up the sample and put it into an impenetrable sealed bag. Then, she put it in the disinfection cabinet. She did not have as many equipments as in the laboratory. Hence, she could only use these home appliances to do her research.

After all, she could not bring these to the laboratory.

After Luca handled everything, she went to take the clams that the cleaning lady had cleaned out of the fridge. She took some out, planning to make a pot of clam chowder as a side dish to have with the leftovers from lunch. She wanted to make an easy dinner.

An hour later, she had finished preparing the creamy and thick clam chowder.

The doorbell rang while Luca was putting her meal on the dining table.

She had a feeling that the person outside the door was Luke.

Even if she did not open the door, he knew the passcode and would be able to come in. Luca thought it was unnecessary to say these things to him, so she went to open the door. The man outside the door was him, indeed.

"Mr. Crawford, what brings you here?" She looked at the man, and a helpless glint flashed across her eyes. The more she wanted to stay away from him, the more often they met each other.

Usually, the chances of running into him at work were lesser as they were not working on the same floor. She thought that it was normal. Now, when she was resting at home, they had been seeing more of each other. She felt that something was wrong here.

Luke really seemed like he was taking responsibility of her...

He picked her up from the hospital and hired a cleaning lady to take care of her.

Noticing the helplessness in her eyes, Luke remained unchanged and asked intentionally, "Am I not welcome here?" "No. Please come in." Luca shook her head and made way to let him in.

in, unbuttoned his suit coat with one hand, and hung it on the clothes rack behind

so

table. Considering that he

to have dinner with her, and it was something that she should do. However, the dishes on the table were all

rid of the leftovers from each meal so that they

very demanding when it came to the freshness

when the food

you going to invite me for dinner?" Luke

an arm's length of distance from him and felt safe with this distance between

"The food on the table are leftovers. Only the clam chowder was freshly made.

the clam chowder?" Luke asked as he walked to the dining

his gestures and it seemed like he was going to take

noticed that there was only a set of cutleries on the table. He was about

going to get a spoon and

previously took the initiative to do the dishes, so he knew where the cutleries were in the kitchen. After a while, Luke carried a bowl and

here almost made Luca think that she had prepared the meal for

down on the chair, "I don't have bread here, only

at her and said, "Sure.

not a picky eater per se, but

of filling up a bowl of oats for him.

bowl covered with a

looked at the creamy white clam chowder inside. A savory smell greeted him. He filled up a big bowl of it, then took a sip. She had indeed

chowder that she

that Bianca had prepared herself. That was why he decided

asked curiously,

"I'll have to go back to the office

the office was not far away from here, it was pretty time-consuming if he came back and

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