Chapter 2741 It’s Too Late

Susan eventually took her phone out after Mrs. Malcolm urged her to hurry up. She tried to call the

security guard who was responsible for the villas security, hoping to have them delete the

surveillance footage.

However, before anyone could answer the call, Susan saw Luke walking toward them with Luca by

his side. Then, she muttered to herself, "It's too late.”

Mrs. Jackman and Mrs. Malcolm noticed Luke's arrival. The expressions on their faces turned ugly.

Indeed, it was too late. Once Luca told Luke about this, who would dare to delete the surveillance

footage?

"Madam Crawford, can’t you delete the surveillance footage yourself?" asked Mrs. Jackman.

Mrs. Jackman did not plan to confront Luke head-on. Her plan was to teach Luca a lesson, accuse

her of theft, and make her apologize to Susan.

However, when she saw Luca's youthful and beautiful face, it reminded her of her husband's

mistress. She lost her temper and threw a teapot full of boiling hot tea at her.

"I'm not familiar with the surveillance equipment, and I don't know where the computer is,” Susan

frowned.

She was not involved in the renovation of the villa. That was why she was not familiar with the

layout of the house, not to mention where the surveillance monitoring system was...

"Mrs. Jackman, I think Luke won't let this slide so easily..." said Mrs. Malcolm. She regretted

accompanying the two of them to watch this absurd spectacle unfold.

"Of course, I know that!" Mrs. Jackman's heart trembled as she watched Luke turn to look in their

direction.

She had heard about what Luke had done for his wife before. Even though Luca was not his wife,

she was currently his favorite person.

Therefore, Luke might really stand up for her.

"What's the matter?” Luke shifted his gaze from Susan and turned to look at Luca. He could read the

helplessness in her expression. He could confirm that Susan had given Luca a hard time.

Luke had been surrounded by people after dinner. He was pulled into discussing various things

about the business world. Hence, he got distracted and did not pay Luca enough attention.

He noticed that Luca was missing a moment ago. After he asked around, someone told him that

they saw her heading to the backyard.

Luke thought Luca headed to the backyard to take a break and get some fresh air since the front

yard was crowded. He followed behind her, but he did not expect to see Susan, Mrs. Jackman, and

Mrs. Malcolm there...

"They accused me of stealing a necklace and said they're going to call the police,” said Luca.

Luke's face turned livid with rage when he heard this. How dare they accuse her?

At the same time, he realized that Susan must have started this.

"Let's call the police, then,” said Luke.

"No, don't call the police...” Luca shook her head. "The guests haven't left yet. It'll make things ugly

if we call the police.”

Luke glanced at Susan and the other two women who were watching them from the pavilion. His

face darkened.

"It's Mr. Louis’ big day today. It'll affect Old Master Crawford and Mr. Louis’ mood if we call the

police. It'll ruin the Crawford family's reputation too," added Luca. It was not that she wanted to let

Susan and the others off the hook. She was putting herself in Luke's shoes and looking at the

situation from the Crawford family’s perspective.

"Okay, but I won't let this slide easily," Luke said.

"Can you ask Mr. Louis to find someone to retrieve the surveillance footage? Just the footage from

the camera that's recording the pavilion in the backyard,” asked Luca. There was no way the

Jackman family would become a threat to the Crawford family.

Ever since she joined the Island of Despair, she adopted a new philosophy...

She told herself not to get into trouble, but she did not have to be afraid to confront the other party

if they came looking for trouble.

Since the Jackman family could not do any harm to the Crawford family, it would be better for her

to settle accounts with Mrs. Jackman.

Luke pursed his lips and gave the three women who were in the pavilion a cold look. "What did they

do?"

"Mrs. Jackman threw a teapot full of boiling hot water at me. I couldn't dodge it in time and got

injured,” replied Luca.

Luke became nervous and examined her. "Where's the wound? Is it serious? Let me take you to the

hospital now.”

He was going to take Luca to the hospital after that.

Luca shook her head and grabbed his hand. "It's not serious. Although I wasn't fast enough, it didn't

hurt much. There's just some redness and blisters on my ankle.”

Luke immediately crouched down to check her ankle when he heard that. He noticed the redness

and blisters on her ankle. He pursed his lips and said, “It's blistered.”

"It's a small area. I'll be fine after applying some burn ointment. There's no need to go to the

hospital.” Luca took a step back. She did not expect Luke to crouch down to check her wound. "Mr.

Crawford, please stand up. They're watching.”

"Don't they like it? Let them have a good look at it.” Luke rose to his feet. Then, he grabbed Luca's

hand and left with a gloomy expression on his face.

As they watched Luke and Luca walk out of the backyard, Mrs. Malcolm asked, "What should we do

now?"

The expression on Mrs. Jackman's face was awful too. "We need to delete the surveillance footage

now!"

She was worried Luke would make an issue out of it.

After all, the surveillance footage would have shown that she did throw the teapot at Luca...

Susan pursed her lips and looked in the direction where the two of them left. The look on her face

was terrible too.

“Madam Crawford!” Mrs. Jackman urged her when Susan did not react. “Delete it. I was helping you

out. You can't get me into trouble, right?"

"Oh, I'll arrange it right now.” Susan called the security guard.

The call rang about ten times, but the security guard did not answer it. Susan made another call

with a sigh of frustration.

Luke held Luca's hand and walked toward Louis while carrying a storm cloud on his face. "Louis,

where's your first aid kit?"

"Brother, what happened?" Louis glanced at their hands that were held tightly together and realized

that Luca might be injured. He immediately led them into the house. "Follow me."

Luca's hand was held by Luke as they followed Louis into the house.

It was not until they reached the inside of the house did Louis ask, “Is Dr. Craw injured?"

"Yes. She needs some burn ointment,” replied Luke.

Louis took the first aid kit out of the cabinet and hesitated for a moment while he opened it. "How

did she get burned?”

"Mrs. Jackman threw a teapot full of boiling hot water at her..." Luke replied in a disgruntled tone.

Louis was startled. Then, he took the burn ointment out and handed it to Luke. "Mrs. Jackman?

How's that possible? Isn't she hanging out with my mom..."

He paused for a moment, realizing that something was off. Then, he turned to look at Luca. "Did my

mom have a hand in this too?"

Luca shook her head. "Mrs. Jackman threw the teapot.”

Louis looked unhappy. "But she was there, wasn't she?"

He knew the relationship between Susan and Mrs. Jackman. He also noticed that Susan had been

chatting with Mrs. Jackman and Mrs. Malcolm a moment ago.

"She accused Luca of stealing a necklace.” Luke's face twisted in anger as he carefully applied the

burn ointment to her.

The burn on Luca's ankle was not severe.

However, Luke felt sorry for her.

The woman he cherished and tried his best to protect had been hurt by Susan and the others. He

would not let this slide easily.

"What?!" Louis’ eyes widened. He did not expect Susan to do such a ridiculous thing.