Chapter 2221 Luke’s Silhouette

She sat on the dressing chair, recalling the scene when Luke had just come in.

Luke sat on this chair. It was uncomfortable as the height of the table and the chair was not suitable

for a man who was almost 190cm tall to sit.

Luca noticed that Luke was hunching when he sat on the chair.

That was the only way to sit there and work, but such a sitting position was difficult for Luke, who

had gotten used to sitting up straight while he was working.

It was like correcting a man's walking and sitting posture when he often did it the wrong way. It

would be difficult and painful for him.

It was the same for Luke to sit on a dressing chair. It must have been tiring for him...

Luca's mind was full of Luke. She could not help but shake her head, trying to stop herself from

thinking about him.

Luca took her skincare products out. After she put it on her face, she took a notebook and a pen out

of the drawer. Then, she sat on the bed with the blanket covering her legs. She placed a pillow

behind her waist, adjusted herself into a comfortable sitting posture, and began to analyze the

experimental data.

She tried to focus, but there was no way she could do it. Luke's silhouette lingered in her mind, and

she was unable to get him off her mind.

Her bedroom door was pushed open.

Luca was so preoccupied that she was surprised by the sudden creaking sound of the door opening.

She lifted her head and looked at the door. Luke was holding a pillow and a book. He walked into

her room.

“Mr. Crawford, you're...” Luca sat up straight and looked at him.

Luke had changed into his pajamas. He walked to her bedside and signaled her to move over to the

side of the bed. Then, he said, “I'm sleeping here tonight.”

“No!” Luca unconsciously answered him, “You can't sleep here.”

“Reason.” Luke noticed that Luca refused to move away and give him space. He could not be

bothered that the remaining space on the bed was only enough for him to lay down on the bed. He

put his pillow on the bed and sat down on the bed.

As Luca watched him getting onto the bed from behind, she immediately said, “Nina is still here.”

Luke raised his brows. He leaned on the headboard of the bed, like how Luca did just now. He

looked at her, “Will she enter your bedroom in the middle of the night?”

“No...” Luca shook her head. Not even the kids would enter her bedroom in the middle of the

night...

Luke was the only one who would enter her bedroom in the middle of the night and cuddle with her

in bed...

"What are you afraid of, then?” Luke ignored her astonishment. They both knew that they were a

couple.

However, Luca was still being manipulated. That was why she could only use another identity to

approach Luke.

Hence, she was not Bianca to the others. Perhaps she might be called a mistress too.

Luke knew that Luca still had feelings for him, but she was afraid that Nina would be imagining

things given the circumstances now. Nina was Bianca's best friend, after all

Luca was getting along well with Nina now. That was why she did not want to put her in a difficult

position.

"Well, it'll affect us badly for now," Luca mumbled while she grasped the bedsheet. The intimacy

they shared that night flashed across her mind again.

Every little gesture he did was imprinted in her mind.

“Luca, if you don't move aside, I'll fall off the bed while I'm sleeping at night. That's how badly I'll be

affected,” said Luke. He did not tell her that Nina had already found out about their relationship.

Luca looked at him, and she moved her pillow aside helplessly. She glanced at the book he placed

on his thigh. It was a book about business management in English.

Luke moved toward her and leaned on the headboard comfortably.

“Mr. Crawford, are you sure you want to sleep here? If Nina—"

Before Luca could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Luke, “If you mention Nina's name

again, I'll ask her to move back to Percy's place tomorrow.”

Luca shut her mouth immediately once she heard that.

Nina could not go back there now.

Nina had told her that Percy was still on a business trip and there were only maids in the villa now.

The Mallory family found out that she was staying in Luke's villa after she asked the maid to bring

her clothes and necessities here. That was how the Mallory family knew it and came looking for her.

The consequences would be unimaginable if Nina was asked to move out of the house when Percy

had not come back yet.

Luca knew Luke was being serious.

After all, he would not be kind to other women. Hence, he would not care what Nina would be

facing when she was forced to move back there. He would not give a damn even if Nina was Percy's

fiancée.

Luca could only shift her gaze back to the notebook. She wrote and drew some chemical equations

on it. Sometimes, she would glance at the notes on her phone. It was the data she recorded when

she was experimenting.

"Are you studying medicine?" Although Luke could not understand what she wrote, he recognized

the chemical elements in the notebook.

Luca replied, “Yes.” She was startled for a moment. Then, she explained to him, “I'm doing research

for my own drug. It's not going to be launched in the market.”

“I didn't mean anything.” Luke comforted her when he heard her explaining to him with a nervous

tone.

He could sense that the research Luca was studying was not simple at all.

However, he could not take the samples in the test tubes out and bring them to Johann for him to

study them.

He noticed that Luca had labeled a serial number for every test tube.

There was also graduation written on every test tube. She would notice it if he took some of it.

If he took it and added some reagent in the test tube... Luke refused to do something like that.

There must be a reason Luca was doing her research. He would only be causing trouble for her if he

did that.

Besides, Luca was seizing every moment to do the research. The research must be significant to her.

Luca nodded and continued with her research.

Luke remained silent to prevent himself from disturbing Luca's thoughts. He took his phone out of

his pajamas’ pocket and put it on the bedside table. He began to read his book after he charged his

phone.

Luca only realized that he had already moved his phone charger here after watching Luke.

Her phone model was different from Luke's. That was why it was unlikely Luke would be using her

phone charger.

“What are you looking at?" Luke noticed that Luca was staring at him, and he asked.

“My phone charger..."

“It's on the bedside table on your side,” said Luke. He pointed at the other side of the bedside table.

He had already placed it there.

Luca quietly plugged the charger into the outlet. She was planning to charge her phone by sliding

the other side of the cable into her phone when she was about to sleep.

Luke held her in his arms when she had just sat down.

Luca frowned and said, “Mr. Crawford, I can't work like this...”

Luke let out a sigh. He had no choice but to let her go. “Is this okay, then?”

"Yeah..." Luca nodded. She could feel Luke's thigh leaning closer to hers.

Even though they had their pajamas on, they could feel each other's temperature easily with the

distance between them

Luke no longer said anything, and Luca continued to calculate the data and chemical equations.

She thought she would not be able to study the research with Luke by her side, but she did not

expect that she could truly calm down and focus on it. Her speed was twice as fast when she was

studying the research data.