"Ms. Luca, I like you as much as Tommy and Rainie do. I want your concern and love as well," Lanie said in a serious tone when he noticed Luca's guilty expression.

Lanie was not always a light sleeper.

Lanie's sleep quality became poorer and poorer after Bianca's impostor moved to Crawford Manor.

Back then, the impostor was trying to play the role of a good mother.

However, there were no blood ties between them. No matter how hard Lanie tried to convince himself, he always felt that something was wrong. That was why he would wake up whenever the impostor tried to enter his bedroom to tuck him in.

He would also often hear loud noises in the middle of the night back then. That was when his sleep routine underwent a drastic change.

Luca blinked her eyes. She was a little surprised. Lanie's personality resembled Luke's. He normally would not say such things.

Luca walked toward Lanie's bed and sat down. “Lanie, why?”

"It's because you're a gentle person. We can feel the warmth of a mother when you care for us," answered Lanie. He told Luca about the vulnerabilities in his heart. "Ms. Luca, we only had Daddy and Great-grandpa in our lives before you showed up. We were envious of other children for having a mother by their side. It was until you came into our life that we didn't have to be envious of other children anymore."

Luca's gaze turned gentle when she listened to what her son said.

It was because she was their mother.

"Alright. I'll pay more attention when I open the door next time so that I won't disturb you. It's safe here. You don't have to worry that something bad will happen. Get some rest." Luca stroked Lanie's head.

Lanie nodded. The usual cool expression on his face turned into a shy smile.

Luca tucked Lanie in when he lay down on the bed. "Goodnight, Lanie."

Lanie closed his

put on his bedside table and glanced at it. It was a

tales. The books on his bookshelf were all books

were on the same topics. She muttered to herself,

on his bed. She tip-toed out of his room and

night. Luca could not hear

returned to the bedroom. She looked at the briefcase on the

how are you holding up?] Luca sent a message to

a while: [I'm still dealing with it. Are

Just tell me if you need anything.] Luca put down her phone after she

On the other hand.

matter at the hospital. She was overwhelmed as it was quite

got into a fight with someone because of a woman. He made a mess at the bar and injured that

Jean was not seriously injured, but the person who got beaten up by him suffered serious

of the CT scan, there were pieces of glass stuck in the patient's head when they were fighting each other. Thus, the doctor had no idea just how serious the

she was taken aside to

police officers about Jean's identity, Nina could only answer helplessly that she did not know anything about the fight when

He had no choice but to say, “That's all for today, then. The victim's family will come to the hospital later. Please

nodded. Then, she asked,

replied. "He's drunk. He doesn't answer our questions, and we can't get a statement out of him. It's

that. Was Jean tired of living a peaceful life? How

she thought of what the police officers had told her. She asked, "Then may I

other. They were hesitating and wondered if they should tell

me. I'm not going to do anything to her. I just want to know how it happened,"

is. You'll find out about it sooner or later anyway. The name on the woman's ID is..."

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