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.

"That's nice. So you'll be spending the holidays in A City, right?" Luke confirmed.

"Yeah." Luca nodded.

gifts this weekend,

not expect such an invitation from Luke, since gift

to brave on. “Mr. Crawford, I don't believe I'm well

watched her try to lie with exasperation but knew that he could

wanted to offer to leave the preparations to Aunt Neile, but

others look forward to this holiday a lot. Buying gifts is a crucial part of this

spend New Year's

than half a bottle of red wine. Luca herself had

gaze to look at the time. It was already

slightly tipsy. To retire

Luca's hand and stood. "Time to

said that there was something he wanted to discuss. 'Was gift purchasing all he wanted

already discussed everything," Luke said as

him to

Then, he

comment when she saw his actions. She took her jacket off to reveal her sleepwear as well. Then, the

shuffled around until he found a comfortable position and wrapped his

sleeping in his arms as well, so she

day at

sat on the sofa as she scrolled through the

was rather famous in A City, and Susan

was skilled, and she

her the photos seeing as Susan made no

was until Susan saw a photo of Luca and Luke entering the venue. She frowned. "Why'd you take photos of

candid pictures, I can't guarantee that every photo is of good quality. So I usually

knew that many hosts liked to have photos

a good-looking couple was always nice to

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