Chapter 1721 Just Wait, Hang In There

After Luca returned to the apartment, she stood at the balcony and looked down. However, it was

too high. She could not see when she looked down.

The weather was getting cold. Luca, who was wearing a dress, felt a little cold. She walked back into

the room and turned on the heater.

She took off her dress and quickly washed up. After she changed into her pajamas, she let out a

sigh of relief.

She was intentionally provoked and gossiped by the others tonight, but it was finally over.

She lay down on the bed. Her phone suddenly rang.

Luca picked up her phone. She thought it was Nina who called, but she did not expect it to be a

video call request from the Island of Despair.

She quickly tapped on the screen to answer the call.

Her youngest daughter, Nyla, showed up on the screen.

“Mommy!” Nyla called out to her in a baby voice when she saw her mother. Her eyes reddened as

she missed her mother so much.

Luca was surprised to see her daughter. She sat up straight and looked at the phone screen. "Nyla?"

“Mommy, Nyla misses you.” When little Nyla saw her, she told her how much she missed her. He

tears trickled down her face.

When she saw her daughter like this, Luca said, “Mommy misses you too. How did you manage to

make this video call?”

The Island of Despair was always heavily guarded. They would usually limit the time she spent with

her daughter when she was there back then. Now that she was away from the island, it was almost

impossible for her to make a video call to her daughter as Abel would stop her.

However, Nyla was allowed to sit in front of the computer and make a video call to her today. Was it

Abel's arrangement?

Luca was worried about her daughter. She comforted her in a soft voice, saying, “Alright, alright.

Stop crying. Can you please tell Mommy why you're able to make this call?”

"It was Uncle Shanks who brought me here so I could go on a video call with Mommy." Nyla shot a

glance at the man beside her and turned to look at the screen again. "Mommy, when are you

coming back?"

Luca listened to her baby voice. It reminded her of Lanie and the other kids.

She enjoyed spending time with them tonight. Still, her youngest daughter was stuck on the Island

of Despair.

If she did not do something about it, she could only choose between Nyla and her other three

children.

No, that was not right. If she did not do anything about it and simply followed Abel's instructions,

she probably would not have the chance to choose either option.

Luca wiped away the tears that streamed down from the corners of her eyes and said, “Mommy is

working now. I'll be back to see you after I finish my job.”

Nyla listened to her and pouted her mouth. “Mommy, can't you finish it quickly? I saw that many of

them have already completed their jobs, but you haven't. I'm still waiting for you to come back and

keep me company.”

It was heart-wrenching for Luca to hear that. She intentionally bought time so that she did not have

to hurt Luke, but she was unaware that she was also hurting her youngest daughter who was

waiting for her.

Nyla was still young, so she could not leave her side for a long time.

Although Abel allowed Aler to take care of Nyla when she left the Island of Despair, she was still

worried about her daughter.

After all, Abel was a devious and cunning person. There were barely any good people on the Island

of Despair too. She was worried about Nyla living in such an environment.

"Alright, I'll finish my job as soon as possible and go back to keep you company,” Luca promised.

She felt guilty looking at her daughter's tender face.

She decided to keep the child, but she could not give her a good living environment. She looked at

her daughter's fair and pretty little face. She wished she could get her out of the Island of Despair.

However, she was still incapable of doing that...

"Alright. Mommy, Uncle Shanks told me I can't talk to you for too long. I'm very happy to have seen

you today. Mommy, I'll be good and wait for you to come back here,” said Nyla. She grew up on the

Island of Despair since she was young. Even if Luca tried her best to protect her, her personality

would still be affected by the organizational discipline of the island.

For example, Shanks limited Nyla's time to talk to her in a video call. No matter how much she

missed her mother, she would listen and obey Shanks’ instructions. She would take the initiative to

end the video call when it was time

Luca watched her daughter jump down from the chair. Her tiny figure disappeared in front of the

camera. She covered her mouth, stopping herself from making any noises.

Shanks glanced at Eler, who was beside, and said, “Bring her back.”

“Yes.” Eler nodded, pulled back her gaze, and carried little Nyla in her arms.

After they left, Shanks sat down in front of the camera.

Luca looked at the man who was sitting there. She took a deep breath and regulated her emotions.

Shanks watched her and asked coldly, “Do you miss your daughter?”

Luca looked at the man. He had not changed even though it had been a long time since she saw

him.

Out of all the people on the Island of Despair, Shanks was the one whose mind she could not read.

He would save people, but he would also develop those deadly drugs for Abel that could

manipulate people.

He could not be considered a good person or a bad person. Even so, he had saved many lives with

his hands.

“What are you trying to tell me?” Luca asked, fluently speaking Russian.

Shanks replied, “I'm just a messenger.”

Luca did not say anything. She waited for him to speak.

“Abel is very unhappy with your progress now. If you'd like to see your daughter soon, or if you

don't want her to get hurt, then get the mission done as soon as possible. He doesn't have that

much patience to wait for the chance to take revenge,” said Shanks.

Luca could sense their intention to harm her daughter from these words. She suppressed the

emotions in her heart and replied, “I'll complete the task as soon as possible, but don't hurt my

child.”

"That depends on you." Shanks reminded her expressionlessly. There was not even a trace of

warmth in those crystal blue eyes.

Luca was on the verge of a breakdown when she learned that Abel was impatient and would harm

her child. She said, “I'l complete the mission assigned by the organization, but you must protect my

child!”

Shanks was the only one who could protect Nyla among everyone else on the Island of Despair. It

was because no one was as capable as him, and Abel needed him, so he treated him as a friend.

Luca had no choice but to plead with him to help her.

There were no changes in Shank's expression. He reminded her, "That's your child.”

"You watched little Nyla grow up too, and you're the person she trusts the most. Please, help me to

look after the child. I'll complete the mission as soon as possible!” Luca was worried that something

would happen to the child and Shanks would not look after Nyla. She was helpless, so she could

only plead with him.

Shanks was still expressionless. He just said, “You know what to do if you don’t want anything to

happen to your child. I'm just a messenger.”

He ended the video call after that.

As Luca watched the video end, she closed her eyes. The feeling of despair was surging in her heart.

She could not allow herself to indulge in the warmth given to her and disregard her youngest

daughter's life...

She could not do that...

“Nyla..."” Luca muttered in a low voice, “Mommy won't let anyone hurt you. Just wait. Hang in there.”