Chapter 217 Mr. Crawford Continues to Hoodwink Bianca...

Bianca put the keys away, changed into slippers, tiptoed into the bedroom, and found two blankets.

She draped one over Lanie's body and the other over Rainie, who was sleeping soundly on Daddy's

tummy..

Bianca was about to walk away when the man on the couch suddenly opened his bloodshot eyes.

His eyes looked tired under the angular brow ridge. Blood vessels could be seen at the corners of

his eyes.

On other days, she would tell her not to work so hard and rest more, out of concern as his

employee or as the father of her children.

However, Bianca was speechless.

Every word that Jason said over the phone lingered in Bianca's mind.

"Boss received a dinner invitation after he got back yesterday. He left the two children in the

apartment, and no one was around to take care of them...

"Boss drank a little too much last night, and we haven't managed to contact him at the hotel...”

Luke was wholly unqualified as a single parent.

After Luke woke up, Rainie also woke up. After Rainie woke up, Lanie woke up too.

Lanie rubbed his eyes. When he saw that Rainie was there, he hugged her thigh and said pitifully,

"Why are you here, Miss Bea?"

He was not in the living room or the bathroom. She finally found him standing at the balcony

smoking. His broad shoulders once made Bianca feel safe, but now she did not trust him as much.

She stepped into the balcony. "If you don't have the time to take care of the kids, I'd like to help,”

she said without any consideration for the consequences.

No mother in this world would want to hear the news that their children were starving or lost.

"I've never taken away your right to take care of them.” Luke snuffed the cigarette in the ashtray and

turned around to speak to her.

The balcony was cramped. Bianca looked at the tall and well-built man in front of her and did not

know what he was thinking.

Luke looked like a noble gentleman no matter the time or occasion, but an individual who had lived

a simple life could not imagine how complicated his life could be.

Bianca remembered that Jason had said that someone had invited Luke to dinner. She could not

help but wonder how important the dinner could be for a father to leave his children alone for the

entire night.

She was indignant that Luke did not know how to take care of the children, but she thought that

she did not have the right to reprimand him.

Luke looked at her and asked her a question she could not answer. "Given your current condition,

how are you going to take care of the children?”

"I..." Bianca was at a loss. She looked at Luke with frustration.

She stood there for a long time until Luke walked away and left her on the balcony...

Lanie and Rainie were only five years old. They would not know how to take care of themselves.

Old Master Crawford was elderly, and he was in the hospital. The caretakers in Crawford Manor

could not be wholly depended upon as they had other tasks to do.

The only suitable candidate was their grandmother Allison. Allison was not too elderly, and she was

capable of taking care of her grandchildren. However, she was not relieved when she was reminded

of Allison's antics.

The two young children could only depend on their single father. Bianca remembered what Jason

said about last night and felt sorrier than ever.

She went to the bathroom and spoke to the man who was shaving. "I can travel between the small

town and A City. The trains are convenient, but I wouldn't be able to fetch them to and from

school.”

Luke did not stop shaving. Bianca could not tell what Luke was thinking from his reflection in the

mirror.

Soon, the smell of aftershave permeated the bathroom. He turned around and looked at Bianca's

nervous face. "I agree with whatever your decision might be, but my mother might not.”

Bianca nearly forgot how troublesome Allison could be...

Luke seemed to have thought of how to solve that problem. "So, we'll go to do a DNA test in the

afternoon.”

No one could stop a mother from reuniting with their children...