Luca thought she should just leave them now, but she was too reluctant to do so.

Such conflicting thoughts made her feel defeated.

At least she knew what she needed back then, but right now, she could no longer figure out what she needed.

Luca gently pushed away Tommy who was clinging to her and stood up.

This was the first time Luca pushed Tommy away. He lifted his head and looked at her with some confusion. “Ms. Luca?"

Luca explained while concealing her feelings, "It's almost dinner time. I'm going to prepare dinner first."

Tommy watched her walk into the kitchen and looked at Luke, feeling sensitive. "Daddy, did I say something wrong to make Ms. Luca unhappy?"

Luke shook her head. He noticed that something was wrong with Luca's emotions, but it was not because of the children. He reckoned she must be having a hard time now due to the different emotions surging within her.

He wanted to help her, but what could he do if she refused to talk?

"Daddy, go ahead and cheer her up." Rainie pushed Luke's hand gently. She thought Luca was tired of a bunch of children surrounding her.

Luke knew what she had in her mind and emphasized, "She has always loved all of you. It's not what you think it is."

Rainie nodded.

Luke stood up and said, "I'm going to find out what's the matter."

He entered the kitchen as he said that.

Luca took the ingredients out of the fridge that the cleaning lady bought when she came to the house. She was thinking about what she should prepare for the children.

Luke leaned on the kitchen door and asked, "What happened at the police station?"

was deep in thought. She turned around and looked at the man

to." Luke

lost in thought..." Luca put the ingredients that she would not be using back

station?" "No. They don't have any evidence. There's nothing they can do to

what had happened at the police station, she must be thinking about

What was being held

there, so she asked, "Mr. Crawford, is

kids are worried about you. That's why I came here to comfort you." Luke directly told

a sigh. She felt amused and helpless when

alright. If you keep staring at me like this, I'm afraid I

felt happy to be watched by him, but there was a hint of uneasiness amid

deep, as though they could see through what

"Watching you make dinner

the ingredients on the countertop, getting

when he said the word. "She used to cook for the kids back then. And

back facing Luke.

so it doesn't matter who cooks the food, right?" She tried hard to speak gently to make herself sound more

added, "They're picky. They don't like eating certain foods unless it's their mother or you who cooked them. That's the only time they finish eating everything even though

that's why the kids enjoy it." Luca watched the water running from

when he heard

room. They asked their father immediately when they saw him return, "Daddy,

she be cooking your dinner if she's not alright? Don't worry." Luke

attentive and sensitive. When the adults said it was nothing, she knew it might not really be the

was washing the dishes after dinner. Luca headed upstairs,

her on the phone once she sat

screen and sighed. Did he install a security camera

her whenever she was enjoying these blissful illusions, reminding her of

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