Chapter 1471 The Ultimatum

Luca walked in after the door was opened.

She was surprised to see Abel sitting on the chair. He was actually in A City...

Back then when she was on the Island of Despair, she often saw Abel in A City. The errands were

always run by someone else.

Ever since she got out of the island, the chances of him being in A City were higher. Sometimes,

Luca thought that he did not rebuild the Island of Despair for the sake of money. It was to deal with

Luke Crawford.

Luke Crawford was a thorn in his heart. He wanted to get rid of it, and she was his tool.

"Why are you so late?" Abel complained and glanced at the time. She was half an hour late for the

appointment.

"Your reckless way of doing things has caused me to be followed closely by his men now. I needed

some time to get rid of them," Luca explained with many grievances in her tone.

Abel listened to her and chuckled. Then, he made eye contact with his men.

His subordinate received his signal and handed the vial to Luca.

Luca shook the vial and stared at the color of the antidote which was the same as the previous ones.

Thinking that Abel dared not do anything now, she opened it and drank the antidote in front of

everyone.

There was not even a drop left.

Abel looked at her actions and said, "I did everything I could to get you close to Luke Crawford, yet

you tried so hard to escape. Luca, you've double-crossed me, so don't complain anything more.”

Luca knew he was referring to her staying together with Nina at the hotel.

She replied coldly, "I did that for the sake of getting the antidote. I'm being watched by the

caretaker in the apartment every day. How was I supposed to get out?"

Abel listened to her disingenuous explanation, but whatever. He would not believe it either.

“Luca, you can get rid of those bodyguards and the caretaker. Return after two days and stay there.

Follow Luke's arrangement and just do everything he wants you to do. I want you to clear up his

doubts within a month.” Abel gave her the final order. It was obvious that he was extremely

dissatisfied with Luca's progress.

After Luca listened to his ultimatum, she sneered, turned around, and left.

Abel's subordinate watched her as she closed the door and left. He asked in a deep voice, “Boss, I

think she’s not being honest recently. Do we need to send a few more men to follow her?”

“There's no need. It'll naturally be done by someone else,” Abel answered.

After Luca left, she went to buy two sets of lunch boxes and some fruits. Then, she returned to the

hotel.

There were still two people there in the lobby. Those people who went out to follow her had not

come back. She reckoned that they realized they had lost her and were apologizing to Luke now.

Those people saw Luca carrying two bags and walking into the elevator. They looked at one another

in astonishment.

Before the elevator door closed, Luca saw one of them taking his phone out to make a call. It

seemed like he was going to inform those who were still looking for her.

It looked like Luke Crawford was deeply skeptical about her...

Luca felt slightly melancholic, and she recalled Abel's ultimatum. He was not joking about that. If

she failed in the task, he would interfere with the matter later.

When the time came, she could not tell what he would do either.

After all, ever since the day Kassy was imprisoned because of Luke, this man had gone insane.

Luca was not complacent over the fact that she got away from those people who were sent to tail

her. There was a feeling of melancholy in her heart that was difficult to calm every time she met

Abel.

How was she supposed to let Luke's guard down against her?

Even if she succeeded, what would she be facing later?

The elevator had reached the floor. Luca's phone vibrated once she stepped out of it. It was a text

message from Abel

She tapped on the message, then she saw a few photos in it. They were photos of little Nyla.

During all these months after she left, the child seemed to have lost some weight. Although she still

looked energetic, Luca could sense the threat behind the photos.

If she did not follow what Abel had asked her to do, the one who would have to suffer was not only

her but little Nyla too.

Luca held her phone tightly...

If Luke knew about this in the future and that all these things that she was doing now were for the

sake of their child, would he forgive her?

Luca smiled mockingly at the thought of this.

What made her think that Luke would forgive her? There was no turning back for her now. All the

explanations would sound lame, and no one could understand her...

Luca returned to her room with a heavy heart.

Nina put down her spoon as soon as she saw that Luca was back. She said, “Luca, you're back.”

"Yes, I bought some snacks and fruits. Do you want some?" Luca smiled and replied.

"Yes!" Nina nodded. She did not expect that Luca would still think of her when she was out running

errands. She even brought so much food back.

It came at the right time as she needed food to distract her now.

Luca opened the bag and shared the food inside with Nina.

After eating, Nina got up and switched on her laptop. She wanted to look for houses that were

available to rent nearby.

Luca helped her too. In the end, both of them chose a few apartments that were closer to Brilliant.

After lunch, both of them went to survey the houses together. When they got out of the elevator,

Luca noticed that the people who were sitting in the lobby had changed shifts

She had no idea what Luke had in mind. If he was a little more attentive, he probably could have

realized that she already knew he had sent people to follow her.

Nina noticed that she was distracted, so she asked with concern, “Luca, what's wrong?”

"Nothing. Let's go.” Luca snapped back to her senses and walked out with her.

Although the places they picked were nearby, they were scattered around. Hence, Nina chose to

drive.

After they reached the property agency, the agent brought them to a few places. At last, Nina

confirmed that she wanted to rent a single-room apartment and returned to the agency to sign a

rental agreement.

When Luca watched her place her signature on the agreement, she felt confused and puzzled.

Nina's final decision was the apartment located in the city center. It was convenient no matter if she

was going to Brilliant or T Corporation. It was even close to the city center if she wanted to shop.

However, the rental was much cheaper than the rest of the apartments they surveyed.

Luca was being careful. She had the feeling that there was no such thing as a free lunch, so she shot

a glance at the rental agreement. There was no information about the landlord.

“Hello, may I know if it's unnecessary to include the landlord's information in the agreement?” she

asked.

The agent smiled and said, “Miss, the landlord left it for us to manage, so our company is signing

the agreement with Miss Langdon directly. It has nothing to do with the landlord.”

“Then can you provide some information about the landlord?” Luca continued to question.

“I'm sorry. The landlord doesn't want to be disturbed, so he asked the company to keep all his

information confidential.” The agent did not just give her the landlord's information right away

because of her request.

After Nina finished signing it, she handed the agreement to her and asked, “Is there any problem?”

"I'd like to know about the landlord. You're a single woman living alone there. After all, it'd be better

to pay more attention,” Luca replied.