Nina could not help but shoot her a grateful look. It was a silent expression of thanks.

Staying in Luke’s villa meant Karen would not come over, and she could spend the next few days in peace.

Luca held the ice pack and walked into the bathroom. After she placed it in the trash can, she said, "Let's go. Mr. Crawford will be working late tonight and won't be back for dinner. Let's have dinner first."

"Isn't it still early?" Nina had been living here for a while. She knew the usual dinner time for them was later than this.

"The kids are unusually hungry today, so we're eating a bit earlier," explained Luca as she led her downstairs.

It was not really that the kids were hungry. Luca considered that Nina might not have had lunch, especially after being slapped by Karen. She probably had no appetite.

"Aunt Neile made some soup today. Have a bit more later," added Luca as they made their way down the stairs.

"Okay." Even though Nina could not smile, she felt grateful. She knew that Luca had planned for her to stay here after knowing that Karen slapped her.

Hence, this soup was definitely specially prepared by Aunt Neile.

After they reached the ground floor, Luca went straight into the kitchen and asked Aunt Neile, "Is dinner ready, Aunt Neile?"

"Ms. Craw, everything is ready. Would you like to have dinner now?" asked Aunt Neile. Luca had informed her earlier that they would be having soup tonight, which saved her a lot of trouble.

"Yes, let's eat. The kids are hungry," replied Luca. She did not want Nina to feel burdened, so she was still using the kids as an excuse.

"Okay, please wait a moment. I'll bring the food to the table now." Aunt Neile nodded, preparing to bring the soup and other foods to the table.

heard them. She entered the kitchen and asked, "Aunt Neile, is there anything I can help

pack. Aunt Neile noticed the swelling

her not to mention it. Aunt Neile would not say anything that

bowls clean?" asked Nina. Even though she would be temporarily staying here and would not eat that much, it was in her nature to feel the

insisting on helping. If she did not let Nina do something, she

she called out to the three kids in the living room who were doing their homework, "Lanie, Rainie, Tommy, let's have dinner first and

kids usually finished their homework before dinner, they were having dinner half an hour earlier tonight. Thus, they still had some work

none of them complained. They put down their pencils, washed their

could not help but express his admiration with a deep

favorite tomato soup." Luca grinned as she set

brought the soup to the table, she

to buy things for Nina. She rose to her

as Luca was concerned that having just soup for dinner might make

again, clearly satisfied

of relief when she saw that. She was fully aware that this dinner was

the kids enjoyed such a simple

calmly enjoyed their dinner. During the meal, the kids did not ask anything about Nina's

gradually eased. She had initially been worried about how to explain if the

that she accidentally fell which led to the swelling on her face, the kids were smart

a fall was not a

none of them

to finish their homework. Luca and Nina sat on the living room sofa, waiting for the

exercise book to

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