Chapter 1403 He Welcomed the Idea

Tommy was too young to tell that Luca was only giving him a non-answer. He clapped his hands happily and said, "Really? Rainie will be happy to hear that!"

Luca felt a little guilty for making Tommy so happy.

'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to keep your hopes up. I want to tell you that I'm your real mother and shower all my love on you, but I'm not strong enough to do that.’

Luke drove to Luca's neighborhood and stopped near the supermarket.

Luca unfastened her seatbelt and said, "You can wait forin the car, Mr. Crawford. I'll be back soon.”

She did not expect that Luke would be coming for dinner, so there was not enough food in the fridge.

Luke nodded.

Tommy wanted to go to the supermarket with Luca, but Luke stopped him from doing so. He could only sit and wait in the car.

In the car, Luke and Tommy stared at each other.

"Daddy, why am I the only one who gets to eat dinner at Ms. Luca's house? Lanie and Rainie want to ctoo," Tommy said.

Luke looked at his youngest son. He did not know what the other two children were thinking, but he knew that Tommy was willing to visit Luca at her house.

There was a reason why he did not want Lanie and Rainie to get close to Luca.

The fewer people knew about his plan, the better...

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Luke suspected Luca's identity, so he wanted to use Tommy as a reason to get close to her.

If Lanie and Rainie calong, his options were restricted if things got serious.

It was much easier to deal with one child rather than three. Even though he believed that Luca would not harm the child, he still had to take sprecautions.

"Because you're a picky eater," Luke made up an excuse to appease the child.

Tommy was not satisfied by that answer. "I'm not a picky eater, at least not at Ms. Luca's house!" "You fell ill because you're a picky eater. Ms. Luca created those recipes specifically to help you becstronger, so they won't be suitable for Lanie and Rainie," Luke explained.

Tommy might be young, but he understood what his father told him. He pouted and said, "I didn't expect that being a picky eater can sometimes be a good thing.”

"..." Luke did not know how to respond to that.

Tommy had always been a picky eater, and Luke had always been trying to correct his bad habit. He was the pickiest during the period Bianca was missing.

Luca had somehow managed to correct Tommy's bad habit. Luke wondered if Luca's cooking was really that amazing or if she had ssort of personal charm.

Luke looked at the supermarket entrance and waited for her to return.

In the supermarket, Luca thought hard about what she wanted to cook for Luke. She had to cook something other than the planned recipes, but she had no idea what to cook. She pushed the shopping cart around the supermarket and hoped to find sinspiration.

Suddenly, her phone began to ring.

Luca looked at the phone screen and saw that the call was from Sue. She answered the call and said, "Hello, Sue.”

"Luca, did Jason hand you the invitation card?" Sue asked.

"Mm, he did, but I can't promise that I'll be free this Sunday," Luca replied.

"No problem. I'm glad that you've received the card. It's Kari and Teri's birthday this Sunday. If you're free, I hope you can cand celebrate their birthday with them. My two daughters miss you very much,” Sue said.

Luca finally understood why Sue gave her a formal invitation card. It was her daughters’ birthday party.

She smiled and said, "Alright, I'll try to make it."

"That's good to hear,” Sue said. She was very fond of Luca, so she wanted to invite her to Kari and Teri's birthday party.

Luca glanced at the aisles of products and asked, "Right, Sue, what are you cooking for dinner tonight?"

"Spaghetti with creamed corn and grilled sea bass fillets. Why did you askthat?" Sue did not know why Luca asked her that question, but she answered it anyway.

Luca smiled and said, "I don't know what to cook for dinner, so I thought I'd gain sinspiration from you. Thanks for the ideas, bye."

"Alright, I hope to see you on Sunday," Sue said.

After the call ended, Luca picked up ssea bass fillets, a few ears of corn, and a pack of shredded cheese, then went to the checkout counter.

She cout of the supermarket with a shopping bag in her hand. Before she got near the car, she saw Luke step out and open the trunk.

Luca did not say anything. She put the shopping bag in the trunk, then sat down at the side passenger seat.

Luke closed the trunk and returned to the driver's seat. He parked the car at the parking lot near the apartment, and the three people stepped out of the car.

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Luca wanted to go to the trunk to pick up the shopping bag, but Luke was faster than she was. "Mind the child,” he said.

Luca was taken aback. She nodded, took Tommy's hand, and led him to the elevator.

Luke walked up next to Tommy. The boy lifted his head, looked at the two adults walking next to him, and grinned happily.

He thought that they were like a happy family of three.

In fact, he welcomed the idea that Luca would be his mother.

Tommy began to think: If their father did not like their current mother anymore, would Lanie and Rainie like it if their father married Ms. Luca?

He would be very happy if that happened.

Tommy grinned giddily as they stepped into the elevator.

Back at the apartment, Luca took the shopping bag from Luke's hand and went directly into the kitchen.

Tommy sat down on the couch and took out his workbooks from his backpack. He saw that Luke was still standing at the door, so he said, "Cover here, Daddy. I need help with my homework.” Luke glanced in the direction of the kitchen, then went in and sat down next to Tommy.

Tommy began to do his homework.

Luke, on the other hand, browsed the news on his phone for any updates about the unidentified female corpse.

A crof that severity rarely happened in A City. The police had not made any announcements of their findings, so any news that was spreading on the Intewas a mixture of fact and speculation. That only increased the general public's interest in the incident.

Luke did not order Jason to suppress the news. He could not afford to let anyone know that he was related to the incident.

The further he scrolled, the more ridiculous the speculation. He put his phone away.