Twins in Her Womb: Sir President, Please be Gentle by Heap Heap

Chapter 3354 Do I Have To Go

Abel's pharmaceutical company was across town.

Watson was out in the suburbs. The drive would take over half an hour, and with Nyla involved, Luca dared not to waste a second. She rushed out of the building without even putting in a request for leave. She flagged down a cab and jumped in.

As soon as she was in the cab, she called Rhett to go over the day's tasks and asked him to put in a leave request on her behalf.

After helping her out, Rhett asked, "Dr. Craw, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Just tell them I wasn't feeling well and went to the hospital." Luca hung up the call as soon as she finished speaking.

After the cab driver heard her, he asked with concern, "Miss, are you feeling sick? Would you like me to take you to the hospital instead?"

"No, just take me to my destination please." Luca knew her face looked tense and strained because she was worried about Nyla's situation.

That was why the driver, overhearing her conversation with Rhett, ended up misunderstanding the situation. "Alright." The driver did not pry further, though he glanced at her in the rearview mirror. Then, she added, "Could you speed it up, please? I'm in a bit of a hurry."

The driver checked the GPS, nodded, and said, "No problem. The rush hour has passed, so I can get you there in half an hour, tops."

"Thank you," replied Luca.

Every second mattered now. Luca knew too well what was at stake for both her and Nyla.

She had seen the brutal training for captured children on the Island of Despair. Their training was harsher than for adults.

Abel only kept children with high potential.

They were forced to fight every day, and any who did not survive were simply discarded without a second thought. Abel and his people would not show them any mercy.

After all, it cost more to raise and train a child than an adult. That was why they were very selective about those they chose.

Luca knew how cruel it was. If Nyla ended up in one of those training centers, she probably would not survive even a single day. If she could not endure, she was bound to be eliminated.

Luca, as a mother, would never let that happen.

The driver sped up, managing to reach her destination in just half an hour. After Luca paid the fare, she rushed inside the building.

receptionist saw her and tried to stop her.

Luca went straight

quickly followed. "Miss, who are you

security guard came over and asked, "What's

trying to go upstairs without checking in," explained the

and blocked Luca from entering

when I come back down," replied

but the guard blocked her again. "Miss,

time for this." Luca shoved

from the push. This woman looked so slim and frail. How could she be that

had steadied himself, yet she still managed to push him

walked into

the receptionist, sensing that Luca was not someone to mess with, hurriedly asked, "At least tell

told me to come." Luca pressed the top-floor button, watching

guard scratched his nose, exchanging a look with

person?" grumbled the receptionist. Even though Luca said she was meeting with the CEO, who could guarantee

risk going upstairs to bother the CEO if it was

security guard, trying to pin

darkened. "Oh, it's my fault now? It's your job to make people check in at the front desk. If anyone gets in trouble over this, I'll be sure to

about to take the

guard to be so sharp-tongued. His comeback left her

stalked back to her

going to come down on

wait, no call came from upstairs. She glanced at the guard, who gave no sign

coming to

elevator and went straight to Abel's office.

sounded from inside.

heavy cloud of cigar smoke hit her, making her

her with a smile on his face, but his eyes did not match it. He exhaled a thick plume of

heard Luke quit smoking for you once. Guess it's true.

nearly unbearable. Who knew how many cigars Abel had taken? While she could handle regular secondhand smoke, this special cigar's pungency was something

is overpowering," replied