The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife
Chapter 505 Extracting Luke Jenkins

"How could you blame something like that on Lucas?" Susan frowned angrily.

Even though Mandy was in bad shape, she should not vent her resentment on a kid.

"Why can't I blame him? My life was going well before I had him. It's only after I got pregnant with him that my luck began to go downhill. He is such a jinx, and I have every reason to believe that he is the one who caused this ailment to me," Mandy said sharply.

Lucas did not dare fight back, but his eyes had gone red around the rims.

"Luca, your mommy is just throwing a tantrum. You don't have to take everything she said to heart." Susan hastily wrapped Lucas into her arms and comforted him. "Hah! Everything I said is true," Mandy said expressionlessly. "He is a curse that nobody wants."

The disgust in Mandy's eyes was too deep and powerful. Lucas finally could not hold back anymore and burst into tears. As he cried, he shouted, "Luca is not a curse! Luca is not a curse."

"Hah! You are not? Even your own parents don't like you, so I'm sure that nobody else will like you either. If you're not a curse, then what are you?" Mandy added, causing Lucas to cry even louder.

It hurt Susan to see Lucas cry. She helped Lucas wipe the tears off his face in a flustered manner and then said in a soft voice, "Don't cry, Luca. You are a good boy. Aunty, uncle, and Chessie like you very much. You are not a curse that nobody wants."

Lucas stopped crying for a while. He looked at Susan eagerly and asked, "Is that true?"

"Yeah, it is true." Susan nodded without any hesitation. Then, she frowned at Mandy and said, "You're emotionally unstable right now. I'll take Lucas away."

Then, she led Lucas out of the room.

Lucas seemed sad, so Susan set everything aside and comforted him first.

Lucas had obviously become more attached to Susan, especially right after Susan showed kindness to him following the hard hit he had received from Mandy.

After a short while, Julian came downstairs along with Chesney.

When Chesney saw Lucas, she hopped over to him. She shoved her face right in front of Lucas and studied him meticulously when she saw his red eyes. "Are you crying, Lucas? Chesney has not cried in a long time. You're even lousier than Chessie!"

Lucas' face turned pink in embarrassment, but he fought back. "I'm not crying."

"Alright, you're not crying. Chessie is hungry. Let's go eat breakfast together," Chesney said as she reached out with her hand for Lucas.

Before Lucas could say anything, Chesney put her hand into his and pulled him toward the dining table.

Thanks to Chesney, Lucas soon broke into laughter and the two of them began to have fun together. After entrusting them to Julian, Susan went upstairs to see Mandy.

When she entered the room, Mandy was standing in front of the window. It had only

been a short time, yet she was as thin as a rake.

"What happened to you this morning? How can you say something like that to a kid?" Susan walked to her side as she spoke.

Mandy's face was ashen. She pressed her lips slightly. She did not answer Susan's question. Instead, she asked one of her own in a voice that sounded like a broken wind box. "Has he become even more attached to you?"

Susan was stunned for a while before she said, "It seems so."

"That's good then," said Mandy as a relieved smile spread across her lips. She turned her head sideways to face Susan and looked straight into her eyes. There was a serious expression on her face that Susan had never seen before. "When Lucas grows up, don't tell him that I'm dead. Just

tell him that I'm a selfish woman who abandoned him." "Why would you do that?" Susan was shocked. "He will hate you."

"That is what I want for him, Susie. I want him to hate me. The more he hates me, the better," Mandy said as a gentle smile appeared at the tips of her lips. "Susie, both you and I know very well that it is easier to hate than love a person. Hating a person is much easier compared to missing a person."

It was only then that Susan realized why Mandy would do that to Lucas this morning. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she said, "You're mad, Mandy! No matter what reasons you have, Lucas will be very sad it you treat him like that."

"A little loss is better than long sorrow. That's what I believe." Mandy looked outside the window as her smile turned into a brittle frown. "Susie, I don't know what I can do for him anymore. Therefore, I can only protect him in my own way."

"You're mad," Susan said again.

"Maybe," Mandy responded softly. "I just hope that Luca will forget me completely. If he can't forget me, at the very least I have to make him resent me to the core."

Susan's heart trembled, and she was at a loss for words.

"Susie, don't tell him the truth. This is the last thing I beg of you." Mandy turned her head and looked eagerly at Susan.

Susan pressed her lips into a thin line. "I still don't think that is the right way to do this..." "Please, Susie." Mandy pulled at Susan's sleeve, her ashen face turning abnormally red due to her anxiety. Susan let out a soft sigh but did not agree or disagree.

"I'll take that as a yes." Mandy turned around to look out of the window once more. "I'm the one who has been dragging Luca down all these years. Susie, after you've spent some time with him, you will know that he is a well-behaved, intelligent kid. He will like you, and you will like him as well. I'm certain that you guys can make a good family."

Mandy's eyes glowed a little as if she could see Lucas' happy life in the future.

From that day on, Mandy scowled at Lucas every time he came to see her. She would scold him and hurl many foul words at him. Slowly, Lucas stopped daring to go and see her anymore. Meanwhile, Mandy's condition was worsening day by day. According to the doctor, perhaps her mood had fluctuated too much lately, and she might not be able to hold on much longer. Susan had tried her best, yet she still could not pull Mandy back from the grasp of death. Right now, she could only hope that Luke would return as soon as possible.

Perhaps God heard her prayer, or He decided to help Mandy realize her dream, as Julian heard that Luke was coming back.

This time, Luke was returning to the country to invest on the surface. In reality, he wanted to buy land to initiate an ambush. However, he had confessed the entire plan, and the ambush had long been eradicated by the source.

Their main mission right now was to extract Luke.

Luke had performed a meritorious act by helping them debunk the Dark Night Agency.

Even the VIP attached great importance to extracting Luke. Oliver personally presided over the mission, and a dozen of his team members were deployed. It could be considered an ultra-luxurious line-up. The moment the plane Luke took departed, they began to prepare at the airport.

Time was of the essence, and they had to be fast to save Luke. After all, the Dark Night Agency had made some marks on the land they wanted to buy, so they would realize something was amiss very soon. If that happened, it would put Luke in a dangerous situation.

This had to be done by professionals. Even though they knew Luke was arriving, Julian and Susan stayed put and did not follow after Oliver.

Whenever Susan thought about Mandy, who had one foot in the grave, she could not sit tight anymore.

She did not care if anyone said she was a kindhearted person, or if she had a messiah complex. The only thing she wanted to do right now was let Mandy meet up with Luke, even if it was the last time they would be seeing each other.