Luke originally wanted the stylist to give her a more glamorous look, but after listening to her opinion, he went with her idea.

She looked pretty even with a simple look.

Luca felt his eyes on her, and she started breathing faster.

“Mr. Crawford, the ceremony is about to begin," Luca reminded softly. If they stayed in here any longer, people would start to misunderstand.

Mo knew that she was inside.

With a guy and a girl were alone in a lounge, it would be hard for other people to not overthink.

"What did you just call me?" Luke narrowed his eyes to show dissatisfaction. Was she using this alienating title on purpose to keep her distance from him?

"This is a public setting, and the people from Watson Biopharmaceuticals are inside." Luca knew that calling him that would upset him, so she had to explain.

"Uh-huh." Luke was still unhappy.

What did those people have to do with him?

She was his beloved wife.

"Luke..." Seeing his expression, Luca had no choice but to compromise and call his name.

The knit in Luke's brows loosened up, and he showed a little smile. If someone saw her face right now, they would have thought that Luke was bullying her.

How could he ever bully her?

He just did not like Luca being all timid and cowardly.

She was supposed to be the woman next to him. The confidence and aura she worked so hard to build up in the past should not be dimmed down by such cowardice.

"Is there a reason why you called me in here?" Luca asked.

there were too many people, and he did not want to be distracted by others when he was

this lounge and asked Mo

outside." Luca did

clearly." Luke held her hand and

Luca blushed at his compliment and withdrew her hand before walking out without waiting for

Luke at the same

as he watched Luca push open the door of the lounge and walk out. She

was still the same girl back in high school who would blush at just a glance from

to

they started surrounding her again. Mo said, "Everyone, please return to

they heard her, they all stopped

her words saved her a lot of

Dr. Jackson come over to

about five minutes," said Mo after glancing at

well, then. Ms. Stone, please tell the hotel manager to get ready to serve the food," said Dr. Jackson. Although this was a celebration dinner, it was also a

was the most important

Luke that the ceremony was about to start before going to find the hotel

that he had to attend a ceremony. Then, he kept

the

"Good evening, Mr. Crawford."

"Hello, Mr. Crawford."

was an endless stream of

nodded slightly and walked to Luca's table. Then, he asked her, "Dr. Craw,

her was indeed vacant, and it would not be nice of her to lie with so many

here, then," said Luke while completely ignoring the table full

"Professors, you've worked hard. I hope

Dr. Linwood was not expecting Luke to sit at their table. He glanced at Luca

of them had a

was taken aback when he met Luke's

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