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Chapter 183
Chapter 183
Chapter 183 Luke Crawford Who Rarely Showed His Face Showed Up Because of Her
While Bianca was talking to her grandfather, her phone rang.
"Grandpa, I'm going to take this call." Bianca withdrew her arm that was starting to hurt from his grip and took out her phone from her pocket.
It was Sue.
Bianca picked up the call and asked, "What's wrong, Sue?"
Sue told her briefly, "Bea, the development of the town would need at least half a year if things get along with no breaks, so after the consideration of the company’s upper management, the outdoor training this year will go on earlier than scheduled. Come to the entrance of the office tomorrow at eight. Don't forget to bring the necessities for going outdoors. I think that's it. If you have any questions, you can text me. I'll tell the other two who’re not in the office."
"Alright," replied Bianca before hanging up.
When she studied overseas, Bianca would take part in expansion activities when she had the time.
She could treat each time as training and a way to relax.
After having dinner with her grandpa, Bianca cleared the table quickly. 1
"Miss Rayne, don't wash the dishes. If Mr. Crawford knows about this, he'll fire us!" The caretaker stopped Bianca.
She would be the future daughter-in-law of a rich family, so should she not live like a princess?
Perhaps Miss Rayne was not used to living like a princess after having her Cinderella story?
The caretaker was new here, so she did now know anyone other than Mr. Crawford and Mr. Rayne. As such, she was always cautious when she went about her business. She was scared to offend anyone.
However, from the looks of it now, Miss Rayne was 1,000 times or even
10,000 times better than how she imagined she would be.
Bianca was forced to stop in the end. It had become her habit to wash the dishes after dinner.
"Grandpa, I’ll come to visit you when I have time." Bianca stopped her grandfather who came to walk her out. She turned around and walked down the stairs to the subway station outside.
While she stood at the side of the road that was planted with trees with yellowing leaves, Bianca looked around. There were not a lot of cars here, but they were all expensive cars.
She walked to the subway station and turned around to look at the mansion her grandfather was staying in. She figured it was not that far away from the mansion Faye and Charles were staying in.
Bianca lowered her head to walk to the station. There was another worry in her heart.
Crawford Manor.
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Allison was at home today, so she brought two glasses of milk upstairs. Then, she asked her grandchildren who were doing their homework," Where were you two these two days? Were you staying with your father?"
The kids' father was a busy man. He was usually absent. Would he have the time and energy to pick up the kids from school and take care of their wellbeing?
Just dinner alone would be a huge problem.
Plus, the kids' father was extremely strict. He would rarely give the children junk food.
"We..." Before Blanche could say anything, he spotted his father who was coming upstairs and heading to their room.
The floor was fully carpeted, so there would not be any noises when one was walking.
Allison looked over to where her grandson was looking and saw her son. She asked, "Were you taking care of these two yourself? Can you even do it?”
Allison wanted her grandchildren to stay at the manor.
This manor was the Crawfords’ foundation. Everyone stayed in this manor. There was a huge meaning to his manor aside from its market value.
No matter how many years had passed, Allison would not want to give this manor to Susan and her son.
In other people's eyes, anyone with their hands on this manor would be the true matriarch who was recognized by the Crawfords.
After Susan found out about her husband's affair, she suffered from depression, so she had backed out from the circle of fame that consisted of socialites and wealthy madams. Now, she was much better, so she started getting out there. On one hand, she was reclaiming herself, but on the other hand, she was getting back at the mistress who had wormed her way into this position.
Allison admitted that she was a mistress who wormed her way into the position she was in now, but she felt that it depended on one's skills to obtain both marriage and love.
Susan was the one who could not keep her man, so that was why this happened to her.
Susan was everywhere in this manor and insisted on staying here despite how unhappy she was. It could also be said that Susan wanted this manor.
Allison was no better. She was also unhappy but refused to move out.
If she moved out, then this manor would belong to Susan and her son.
The old master was remorseful toward his previous daughter-in-law, Susan. As such, he was always trying to make up for his son's wrongdoings to compensate Susan and her son.
However, the old master had not transferred the manor to Susan and her son.
The old master was not concerned about his eldest grandson, Luke. After
all, his eldest grandson had his business and properties. He even had so much money that he would not be able to spend it all in several lifetimes.
What the old master was concerned about were the feelings of his greatgrandchildren. The two of them were used to staying in this manor. Hence, how could he transfer the manor to Susan?
Susan hated everything about Allison, including Allison's adorable grandchildren.
Susan was unable to do anything heinous to children, but it was not unlikely that she would kick the two little children out of the manor. After all, out of sight, out of mind.
If one were to step into her shoes, which legally wedded wife would be able to tolerate a mistress’ son and her grandchildren after her husband cheated on her?
The only ones who were able to tolerate them were saints.
Susan was not a saint. She was just a normal human being.
After some consideration, the old master did not transfer the manor to Susan.
However, now that her son had brought her grandchildren to live outside, perhaps they were planning to live out there long term. It was impossible for Allison to not feel anxious.
If that was the case, the old master might really transfer the manor to Susan.
If Susan became the owner of this manor, Allison knew she would not be able to stay in this manor that she had lived in for so many decades. 2
It was not scary to live outside. What was scary was what people would say about her. 1
Allison knew for a fact that the women in the circle would criticize her for being a mistress at the end of the day. No matter what she did, she would not be able to live in Crawford Manor even until the day she died. Allison Tanner would not be buried in the Crawfords' family cemetery, 1
The more she thought about this, the more upset Allison felt.
Her son would not talk to her about private matters like this. Whenever she tried to ask him about it, he would only answer coldly, "Someone is taking care of them with me.”
Allison wanted to ask her son who was the person taking care of the children with him.
However, Luke merely frowned and pointed at the spelling mistake on Lanie's notebook. "You missed out an 'e' for the word 'deep'. Did you eat it?"
"Oh." Lanie was only five, and he was a year younger than the rest of the children in his class. When his father told him about the missing 'e', he grabbed his pencil and added the 'e'.
Allison left quietly after she sensed her son’s refusal to talk to her.
The next day, everyone in T Corporation joined the outdoor training. It would go on according to departments. Everyone in the department would be split into groups so that the activities would run smoothly.
They had to hike, swim, picnic, take part in some activities, and talk about corporate culture. After the entire day, everyone was exhausted.
At 6 PM, the sky was still bright, but the sun had started to set.
As the boss with the most power in the company, Luke rarely showed himself. According to the employees, this was the first time he appeared to say a few words to everyone in each department of the company.
It was not the design department's turn yet.
"Von, did you ask the boss to come over when you were having pillow talk with him last night?" The female employee who was brain-washed by Yvonne asked after making a reasonable guess.