She cried in Luke's arms for a long, long time until the surrounding crickets quieted down. Bianca had tired herself from crying and felt a faint soreness in her lower abdomen and lower back. 1
It was a feeling that she had for years which she experienced once every month.
Only this time, it seemed to have come many days in advance.
When a woman’s body did not get enough rest, the body would react abnormally, and that included having irregular periods.
Bianca withdrew from his arms. She was anxious and embarrassed. She squeezed out the warm tears from her eyes.
When Luke's chest suddenly felt empty, he looked sadly at her and asked, "Should we head back to A City or continue looking around the town? Does Grandpa have any relatives in town?"
He would respect any decision she made.
"Grandpa doesn't have any relatives in town..."
Bianca suddenly thought that if Grandpa really ran away from home, he would never return to town.
When she thought about it, she started worrying about
Grandpa being in danger.
All the horrible images flooded into her mind all at once.
Luke seemed to know what she was thinking and stepped forward. He combed down her messy hair while she cried in his arms. "No news is good news. If anything happened to Grandpa, someone would've told the police by now."
Bianca looked up at him, instinctively believing every word he said.
Without her knowing it, she relied on him wholeheartedly.
"Really. Trust me." Luke's deep eyes looked into her fragile eyes.
Bianca nodded. 'It'll be okay. Grandpa will be okay.'
It was as if telling herself that over and over again would make Grandpa be safe...
"Get in the car. Let's head back to A City." Luke placed his big arm on her left shoulder and led her to the car.
However, Bianca suddenly stopped and thought about it. She said, "Wait here. I need to go to the supermarket to buy some things. Don't follow me."
After she said that, she left.
It was dark everywhere with no street lights around. The only light source was the moonlight.
Bianca did not dare not to get into his car straight away because she was afraid that she would stain his car seat. Furthermore, she knew that her period was only going to get heavier with time...
Luke stood tall and straight at the gate like a night knight who had just landed on earth.
In front of him was his parked black Range Rover.
Luke stared at her thin figure walking toward the supermarket. He did not hold back and followed her i n.
The Raynes' old house was some distance away from the supermarket. Since it had been a long time since she was back in the small town, she was a little unfamiliar with the place now despite it being her hometown.
Luke could not bear seeing her figure leave his sight.
When she arrived at the supermarket, Bianca took out her cell phone and turned on the flashlight to look for the supermarket doorbell.
In small towns like Luojiazhen, supermarkets usually closed after nine.
No one came that early unless it was for urgent matters.
"Why isn't there a doorbell?" Bianca muttered anxiously while searching for it.
Luke approached, reached out his arm, and knocked o n the door.
"Anyone there?"
The man's voice was magnetic, and he quickly heard the owner inside asking, "It's the middle of the night. Who is it?"
"We're here to buy some things. Can you open the door for us..." Bianca said first.
Luke's cold and hard voice was able to wake up the owner, but perhaps the owner would not dare to open the door to such a scary voice.
When the owner heard that there was also a girl, the owner put on a robe and opened the door for them.
The owner was a middle-aged woman, and she looked up at the two people outside the door.
The man walked in front while she walked behind as h e pulled her by her wrist toward the guest house.
Since it was a small town, there was only that one small guest house.
After checking in, she put on her pad in the bathroom while he waited outside. He stood outside the bathroom and waited because he was worried that the other guests from the other rooms would frighten her i f they came to use the bathroom.
"Let’s stay here for a night. Jason has already arranged for someone to guard your neighborhood and your place to look out for Grandpa. The moment w e find out anything about him, we'll be notified immediately," Luke said to her while she was inside the bathroom. However, he was also worried that she would not be able to rest well, so he had to lie. "Also, I don’t think I can drive anymore. I don't want to get us into an accident from me driving lethargically."
There was nothing for Bianca to refute. As such, she agreed to stay in the town for a night.
After he sent Bianca back to their room, Luke went out to ask the owner for simple toiletries to be sent to the room. While she showered, he asked the owner to make a warm supper as well.
In order to make some money, the owner quickly put down her cell phone poker game that she was playing and happily ran to the kitchen to make some porridge.
"Is there anything that your wife doesn't eat?" the lady owner came out and asked.
Luke thought for a while and said solemnly, "She's on her period, so avoid those things that she’s not supposed to have while on it.”
The lady owner was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, got it. No worries."
Luke nodded back. "Thank you."
After a while, the lady owner's husband came into the kitchen while the lady owner prepared a nutritious bowl of porridge. She whispered, "Look how gentlemanly, polite, and considerate he is to his wife. Meanwhile, you incompetent stinking man just nag at your wife all day long."
After eating the hot porridge, Bianca's stomach felt better.
Even though there was only one room and the two of them had to share the same bed, she believed that he would not do anything to her with Grandpa missing.
Therefore, she was able to close her eyes peacefully and finally get the rest she desperately longed for.
When it was around three in the morning, she was sound asleep.
Luke's hot body enveloped her as he held her in his arms.
Since she had just started her period cycle, it made her body cold and weak. Her body automatically yearned for a warm place. Before she knew it, she was huddled up in his arms.
Luke did not sleep a wink because he was worried about her. His warm and rough left hand stretched out into her shirt to warm up her lower abdomen. He wanted to help her keep warm so that she was able to sleep better.
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