It was two a.m. Luke ended the international video conference and took a shower in his bedroom’s bathroom. Then, he headed to the master bedroom.It was late at night, and every corner of the villa was silent.Luke gently pushed the bedroom door open. Luca had left the desk lamp turned on for him.The dim light lit up the darkness of the night, washing away all his weariness at that moment. Luke gently got onto the bed and carefully lay down sideways so that he would not press on Luca’s hand. “Mhm, Luke?” Even though Luke had tried his best not to wake her up, Luca still woke up and looked at him drowsily. “It’s me. Go to sleep,” Luke replied in a low voice.Luca subconsciously leaned closer to the heat source and buried her face in Luke’s chest.Luke could feel an uncontrollable desire arousing in him as her soft body leaned closer to him. He remembered those emotions he had been suppressing. Luke slipped his arms around Luca’s waist and asked in a low voice, “Are y
“No, I didn’t!” Rainie heard Lanie, and before Luca could answer him, she walked out of the room carrying her school bag on her back. “Tommy’s the only one who slept in.”“Is Tommy still in bed?” Lanie frowned. As the eldest brother, he was responsible for waking his sister and brother up. However, Rainie and Tommy were usually on time. That was why he did not wake them up today.“He’s up and showering. The two of you head downstairs for breakfast first. Uncle Zander will send you to school after breakfast,” said Luca as she urged them to go downstairs to have breakfast. The kids nodded.Lanie asked caringly when he walked past Luca, “Ms. Luca, is your hand alright?”“I’m fine.” Luca gave a faint smile.Lanie said, “It’s written in books that wounds easily get inflamed on the second day. Remember to head to the hospital if there's inflammation.” “Okay. I’ll pay attention to it.” Luca nodded. The child’s concern warmed her heart. “And don’t get your wound wet,” added Lanie. T
Rainie was wiping her mouth with the napkin. She slightly moved the table and rose to her feet. “Daddy, Ms. Luca, I’ve finished breakfast too.”Tommy realized that he was the last one again. After he stuffed the last bite of pot pie into his mouth and took another two sips of soy milk, he stood up and said, “I’m done too.”“Uncle Zander is waiting outside,” said Luke, telling the kids that they should head to school now that they were done with their breakfast.“Okay. Goodbye, Daddy. Goodbye, Ms. Luca.” After the three kids said goodbye to Luke and Luca, they left the villa.Luca finished her breakfast too. She wiped her mouth, and when she was about to stand up and head to work, she heard Luke saying, “There’ll be a live broadcast during the extraordinary general meeting this time. You can watch it on the internet.” “Sure.” Luca nodded.The only reason she was concerned about Mallory Corporation was because of Nina. Besides, Pierre was also Amur’s target now. If Pierre truly
Luca felt troubled, and she said, “Make a 1000-fold dilution for this sample and place it in another piece of equipment.”“Okay.” Rhett thought it would be better for him to keep quiet when he noticed Luca pulling a long face. He completed everything as he was told.Luca watched the two pieces of equipment that were running. She just had to wait for the results now."Dr. Craw, is there anything else I can help with?" Rhett asked.“No. That’s all,” answered Luca. She noticed there were a few samples on the laboratory table Rhett had chosen just now. Then, she asked, “Are you doing some research too?”“Yes. I’d like to try doing some research before we take up a new project.” Rhett took the gloves off and scratched the back of his head while smiling embarrassingly. His research was not on Luca’s level compared.Even so, Rhett still wanted to give it a try. “Great. Then you’ll be in the lab the entire time, right?” Luca asked again. She glanced at the time. The extraordinary gen
Percy was expressionless when he mentioned his own name.The shareholders could not help but wonder what Percy had in mind when they saw him like that. It did not look like he was getting dismissed at all. To be able to read the proposal out loud in such a calm voice, it was either Percy had a well-thought-out plan that would ensure the proposal would be voted down, or he was giving up his position. The minor shareholders could not figure it out. The major shareholders who owned more shares were even more confused. Old Master Mallory had already informed them in advance, and they had made known their position on this. Some people supported Percy, but most of the shareholders showed respect to Old Master Mallory by supporting Pierre…That was why Percy would definitely lose time. Even so, Percy, who had never lost in any competition, could still keep himself so calm. Was he waiting for a miracle to happen?Everyone was secretly curious about it.After giving his speech, Per
The voting session lasted for half an hour.After that, the notary public of A City began to count the votes.Percy sat on the chairman’s seat calmly. Pierre, who sat beside him, was on pins and needles. Pierre wanted to stand up and head to the washroom to take a look at his phone. He wanted to see what was the news on the online forum that Percy mentioned.Pierre knew it must be something advantageous to him when Percy mentioned it.Anything advantageous to Percy would put Pierre in a disadvantageous position. Old Master Mallory grabbed Pierre’s hand and asked, “Where are you going?”“To the washroom,” replied Pierre.“How can you do great things when you can’t remain calm?” Even though Old Master Mallory was curious about what Percy had posted on the online forum, he was confident about the proposal this time.Old Master Mallory had met up with many of the shareholders before he called for the shareholders’ meeting, telling them that he would be supporting Pierre. He hope
Hector noticed the expression on Old Master Mallory’s face as Pierre’s face hardened and had no choice but to excuse himself. “Old Master Mallory, let me know if you need any help in the future. Mr. Pierre will probably have some troubles to deal with soon. Perhaps I can be of help. Please excuse me, I have to leave first.”Hector immediately took his leave, leaving Pierre with a sullen expressio on his face.Pierre has had a bad feeling about it since the moment Percy had asked the shareholders to take a look at the online forum.A few shareholders who were closer to Old Master Mallory came forward immediately after that. They each had a look of remorse on their face when they apologized to him. “I’m sorry, Old Mster Mallory. We’re left with no choice. If we choose Piere, we’d lose all the money invested in the company at any point. We broke our promise, and we’re truly sorry for that.”Before this, Old Master Mallory had visited all of them, where they all had promised the Old Ma
The elevator arrived at the floor. Pierre walked into the elevator, pressed the button, and headed straight to Percy's office.Percy’s assistant, who was sitting in the office, saw Pierre flouncing into the office. He immediately stood up, trying to stop him. “Mr. Pierre…”“Move out of my way.” ordered Pierre, his eyes glowing with rage. He immediately pushed the assistant away and burst through Percy’s office door, “Percy, you’re a b*stard!”Nina immediately let go of Percy when the door blasted open without warning.They were happily hugging each other in the office. Now, the two of them frowned, looking at the uninvited guest in front of them.Pierre did not expect Nina to be here either. A tinge of embarrassment flashed across his eyes. Instead, he questioned, "Why are you here?" Percy looked at the assistant who followed behind him.The assistant cradled the hand that Pierre pushed away and winced, “Mr. Mallory, I’m sorry I couldn’t stop him.”“Get out.” ordered Percy, in