“She went looking for you?" Luke frowned. He thought Allison dared not to look for Old Master Crawford. He did not expect that
Allison would have the guts to do so.
"She can't cause any trouble with just a call. Enjoy your vacation. I'm hanging up." Old Master Crawford set his worries aside
after knowing where Luke had gone.
Even though Luke did not tell him why he had headed to X City, the old master knew it was mostly because of Allison.
Old Master Crawford also knew that Luke had been working hard and that he should take a break from work. That was why he
decided to help him to deal with Allison.
Luke's face turned gloomy after the call ended.
“Daddy, what's wrong?" Lanie asked first.
"Nothing." Luke was not planning to tell the kids about Allison's matter. She was their grandmother, after all. He was trying to
ensure that the kids still had somewhat of a good impression of Allison.
The three kids exchanged glances with each other and thought something must have happened.
It was just that their father refused to tell them about it.
Luke unblocked Allison's phone number and gave her one last warning: [I'm not going to pay for your surgery costs if you disturb
Grandpa.]
Luke had not deducted Allison's allowance. It was the money she deserved.
Allison would make a big deal out of it if Luke deducted her allowance, and it would eventually affect the Crawford family and T
Corporation.
However, Luke could choose not to pay for her surgery costs.
Allison's surgery was meaningless. If she dared to make a big deal out of it, Luke could always counterattack.
Before Allison could reply to Luke's message, Luke blocked her again. Then, he stood up and said, "I'm going to pay for lunch."
The moment Luke left the private room, the three kids whispered to one another in front of Luca, "Something's wrong with
Daddy."
"And it must be related to the family."
They nodded and turned to look at Luca.
With the three of them staring at her, Luca explained helplessly, "Just like you, I know nothing." Luca had her guesses, but she
would not tell the kids since Luke did not intend to let them know about it.
“Perhaps it's Grandma causing trouble again." Tommy was smart and hit the mark right away.
“When is Grandma going back to Seoul?" Rainie asked and frowned. Although Allison was their grandmother, they were more
worried about their father.
If it were not for their Daddy being strong enough, he would have been screwed over by their grandmother countless times.
“Probably after the New Year," Lanie guessed. He heard the adults talking about it before.
They said Allison would be coming back for the New Year. Hence, she should be going back after the New Year.
“Oh," replied Rainie. Then, she did not say anything more.
After Luke paid for the lunch and left the restaurant with Luca and the kids, they headed to the supermarket to get some
ingredients and seasonings for the barbecue tonight.
Luca was the one who was responsible for choosing the ingredients.
Luke noticed that Luca had been choosing the ingredients that were not marinated. Therefore, Luca would have to marinate the
ingredients herself after going back home. Luke said, “Just buy the marinated ingredients. It saves trouble."
The cook would only come to work when her shift started. It would take two to three hours to marinate the ingredients.
Hence, the job of marinating the ingredients would be left to Luca.
Luke did not want her to be too tired.
Luca smiled and replied, “The marinated ingredients here don't taste as good as the ones marinated at home. Besides, there's a
huge difference in taste preferences between A City and X City. I think it'd be better to go for something we're familiar with since
we're going to receive guests like Mr. Mallory and Nina."
“I agree. The ingredients Ms. Luca prepared will taste better than the ones in the supermarket." Tommy was a greedy little kid.
He went along with Luca's words, knowing that Luca's homemade food would certainly taste better than the ones in the
supermarket.
“You little greedy cat." Luke could not help but shake his head when he looked at the child.
Tommy grinned and looked at them.
After getting the ingredients, Luke carried two big bags and left. Luca was responsible for holding the kids' hands and followed
him.
Luke placed the ingredients in the car. Just then, he received a message from Percy.
After Luke saw the message, he said to Luca, “They've already arrived in X City. They'll be reaching the ancestral home in half
an hour."
Luca nodded, fastened her seat belt, and replied, "Let's hurry back home."
“Okay." After Luke fastened his seat belt, he drove back to the ancestral home.
There was another batch of people surrounding outside the wall of the mansion, and there were more people at this hour.
Luca could not help but ask, “Has this place become one of the attractions in X City?"
“I guess so," replied Luke. The designs of this villa, including the exterior wall, made a beautiful scenery.
The landscaper and Luke had spent a lot of effort on the designs of the exterior wall.
Although the exterior wall was special, they made sure the security system was working too. They were hidden by the beautiful
scenes. However, once someone tried to climb over the wall or do something suspicious, the security system would send out a
warning.
Many construction companies would come to observe and imitate what they had done to the exterior walls because of this.
Luca was not very surprised to see the people outside the wall.
After all, Luke's architectural design was recognized globally.
The car drove into the villa with those people looking at it. It attracted another bunch of onlookers.
Luca kept on looking behind her. She was worried that someone would break in. Only when the gate was completely closed did
she let out a sigh of relief.
After Luke parked the car in the parking lot, Otto walked toward the car and opened the car trunk. He took two bags of
ingredients out of it.
“Young Master Luke, Madam, please go into the villa. Leave these to me," said Otto.
Although he was the butler, he gave the others the impression of the simplicity and honesty of the citizens in X City.
As he said that, he carried the two bags of ingredients and headed into the villa.
Luca and the kids walked past the courtyard and returned to the villa too. After she got changed, she said to Luke, who was
beside her, “I'm going to the kitchen to marinate the ingredients first."
“Okay." Luke nodded and looked at the three kids.
“Daddy, you can leave us be. We brought our calligraphy homework here. I'm going to do my homework," Tommy spoke first.
Luke stroked his head and replied, “Okay. Off you go."
The three kids headed upstairs to finish their calligraphy homework.
Luca bought a lot of ingredients. Luke thought it would be tiring for Luca to marinate all the ingredients all by herself. Hence, he
walked into the kitchen and said, “Let me help you."
“Mr. Crawford?" Luca turned around and looked at him, only to see him walk straight toward her while rolling up his sleeves.
“Is there anything I can do?" Luke asked.
Luca frowned and reminded him, “Mr. Crawford, you might dirty your shirt."
Every shirt Luke wore was expensive. It would be hard to wash it off if he stained his shirt.
Luke saw a sky-blue colored apron beside. He took it and put it on right away.
Luca raised her brows after furrowing them. Was he not afraid of getting dirty?
“What's wrong?" Luke noticed the changes in her expression. He lowered his head and glanced at the apron.
It was a normal apron, and it was a unisex apron. Besides, Luke had already tied it around himself.
"Aren't you worried that someone has used the apron before?" asked Luca. She took a bag of chicken wings out of the bag
beside her. She remembered Nina loved eating barbecued chicken wings.