After hearing what the children said, Luca knew that Susan must have come with ill intentions. She told the children, “Why don’t you watch cartoons in the second-floor living room?”
Usually, they would not turn on the television on the second floor because Luke spent most of his time working in his room. Turning on the television on the second floor might disturb him.
Thus, the children had developed the habit of watching television on the first floor regardless of whether Luke was home or not.
That way, if the adults were out, it would also be easier for Aunt Neile to look after them on the first floor.
“Okay!” said Tommy first.
When Luca saw the kids go upstairs, she added, “Oh, ask your father to come downstairs and tell him that your grandma is here.”
“Alright,” said Rainie before going upstairs to tell Luke.
Luca stood at the entrance and took out a pair of disposable slippers as she waited for Susan to come in.
The structure of both their homes was the same. Although the garden landscape was different, the mansion was not big enough for people to get lost in it. Susan managed to quickly make her way inside.
She saw Luca when entering the porch, and her eyes blazed with disdain.
“I see that you’re still living here,” she said, emphasizing the word 'still'.
Luca pointed at the slippers on the ground. “Mrs. Crawford, you can change into these slippers.”
Susan put on the slippers with a poker face. She wanted to find fault with Luca, but seeing as the slippers were unused, it was hard to nitpick.
After changing into the slippers, she walked into the living room and said bluntly, “I came here to see you.”
Luca was not surprised to hear that. Besides, Luke was the CEO of T Corporation and the person in charge of the Crawford family. Susan would not come to cause a commotion over a small matter.
At least Old Master Crawford could still bring her under control. If Susan were to offend Luke in any way, things would not end up well for her.
Therefore, she came to ruffle Luca's feathers instead.
Luca had already accepted her fate of getting picked on.
Besides, when she was still Bianca, she had suffered Susan’s criticisms and her efforts to make life difficult for her. Although she had not experienced it for several years now, Susan's methods were still familiar to her.
“Mrs. Crawford, would you like some tea while we talk?” Although she came with ill intentions, it was still Luke’s house. Luca still had to show basic etiquette.
Luca was protecting him. She was fine being called rude, but she was not okay with others saying the same about Luke!
With Susan’s nitpicking personality, she did not want to hear Susan complain about the poor hospitality at their place the next time Luke went back to the manor.
Susan did not expect to see her behave so indifferently.
Was this the attitude a mistress should have?
Normally, after mistresses get exposed, they would be obsequious to the elders and be scared to death.
At the very least, Luca should be like Allison, who was fearless and acted as if it was an honor being the mistress.
However, Luca was neither. After Susan gave it some thought, she felt that Luca had already thought of herself as the lady of the house.
How ridiculous!
“No need.” Susan did not come here to drink tea. She invited herself in and sat on the sofa as if she was the hostess.
Did Rainie not tell him? Rainie was a meticulous child, so she would not have forgotten.
Did he not come down on purpose because he did not want to see Susan?
Luca thought to herself that if she had known, she would not have opened the door for Susan. She could just unplug the doorbell camera if Susan kept on ringing, and she would not even know.
Now that Luke had not come down after she let Susan in, it gave Luca a headache.
She really despised talking to Susan about this as it affected her mood.
She was already feeling uneasy and wanted to organize her thoughts.
Now that Susan came to stir things up, Luca could not help but feel angry.
Who on earth gave the reporters the information and pulled her into a whirlpool of public criticism?
However, Luca was surprised that Queenie and Wanda, the people who were most protective of Bianca, did not come to her first. Instead, it was Susan…
Susan could not suppress her anger when she saw Luca’s calm expression. “Yes, people change. Just like how you’re getting greedier and greedier.
"Do you think that you can replace Luke’s wife and marry into the Crawford family? Let me tell you that you should stop dreaming. Luke’s father is the perfect example!
“Even when Allison was with child, she couldn't drive me away. I was still his father’s legal wife, so who cares if they all called Allison ‘Mrs. Crawford’?
“Their relationship was never recognized by the law. His father has left for so many years now, and Allison's marital status is still single. If you continue to insist, you will end up the same way.
"It doesn’t matter how you make yourself appear in front of people because they’re all cursing you behind your back anyway.”
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