Nina was deeply moved. Luca even prepared new slippers for her. It was a welcoming gesture.

It meant she welcomed her for an extended stay here.

Nina could not resist Luca's kindness, so she changed into the new slippers without taking off her mask and asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

“No, it's alright.” Luca shook her head. With Nina's arrival, she had no intention of pretending anymore. She planned to let Nina spend the night here.

The moment Nina finished her sentence, she saw Aunt Niele with a surprised look on her face. Did Aunt Neile not take the day off today?

Her questioning gaze then landed on Luca.

"Alright, I lied to you. There's no barbecue today. I found out about your situation. Since Mr. Mallory is away on a business trip, you might as well crash here for a bit,” said Luca.

Nina was about to ask how Luca found out about it, but then she thought of Sue and figured that she must have told Luca.

Hence, she changed her statement. "No, staying here would be too much of a bother for you all."

"What's the matter? Didn’t you spend a few nights here before? Plus, the kids are totally cool with you staying. Just make yourself at home here. Take a seat. Let me grab something real quick, then we can head upstairs together.”

Luca pushed Nina to the sofa and headed to the kitchen.

Nina understood Luca's intention. She wanted her to stay.

No wonder she had the new slippers ready. It was more convenient this way.

"Hello, Ms. Nina," greeted the three kids in the living room who were doing their homework.

"Uh, hi..." Nina looked at the three well-behaved kids, but her mind was on what Luca had said.

okay for her to

minded. She did not think it was a big deal either when she

a whole week to avoid

Luca returned from the kitchen with

occupied with their homework. Thus, she planned to take Nina upstairs to apply an ice pack to her

had relayed what Sue said about Nina's face being pretty swollen. Even though she had a

nodded and followed her

prepared, and even a set of pajama-like clothes was laid out

to take me in

calmly took off her mask

shocked. “Why is it so

her face, feeling a slight pain. Even though she applied an ice pack on her face right after she got slapped across

"My body's just built this way. It doesn't

about Nina's delicate body, which was quite different from her own. Nina would swell up with just a slight bump, and it was hard to get the

sensed Luca's implication of blaming Percy. She shook her

to behave so crazily that she would slap her across her face. She even asked someone to kick the door open. It was far from the demeanor of an elegant lady. Instead, she exuded

of how Karen behaved just now. If she had known Karen would dare to hit her, she

why Nina shivered. Hence, she comforted her, "Don't worry. No

what about the office..." Nina replied helplessly. Karen might not

maintain the Mallory family's reputation, so she won't act recklessly. There are so many people at the office. If she were to really go there and cause trouble, the Mallory family's reputation would be at stake. She wouldn't dare to do

not great, but the more

if she did not care about her own image, causing a scene at Brilliant

legally married to Percy, it was known among all

conflict between mother and daughter-in-law. It would not be like before when Nina

her face was still bothering her. She slowly heaved a sigh and muttered, "I hope so." "Let me apply some ice for you. Otherwise, it might swell even more tomorrow." Luca

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