Twins in Her Womb: Sir President, Please be Gentle novel Chapter 1523

"How about this? There's four of us, and we can split into two teams. One team will take one path, and the other team will take the other path. We'll race to see who can reach the summit first. The two paths are about equally long," Tina suggested.

Luca glanced at Luke, then at Jason. Neither of them said anything.

She said, "Sounds fun. Let me team up with you, Tina."

If she could team up with Tina, Jason and Luke would be on the other team. She would feel better if she did not have to walk along with Luke.

Tina looked at the men, who said nothing about her suggestion. She said, "No, Dr. Craw, it's better if we team up one man and one woman."

Luca looked at her, at a loss of a reply.

"Alright, I'll team up with Mr. Doyle. We've been colleagues for many years, and I can get along with him. You and Mr. Crawford can take the other path." Tina arranged the teams by herself.

She did not really have a basis for teaming up a man and a woman, neither did she want to team up with Luke. She did not want Luke to misunderstand if she suggested teaming up with him.

Before Luca could voice her objection, Jason said, "That settles it, Mr. Crawford. Tina and I shall take the left path, and you and Dr. Craw can take the right path. See you at the summit."

He quickly agreed to the decision so that Luca had no chance to object.

Tina nodded. She and Jason began walking down the left path.

Luca remained standing on the spot. She looked at Luke, who was also standing there. Their eyes met, and they did not say anything.

A while later, Luke said, "Let's go."

"Mr. Crawford, are you sure you want to race with them?" Luca asked.

"You didn't say anything earlier. The race has already begun," Luke said while walking forward. After taking a few steps, he turned around and saw that she was still standing there.

"I don't like losing. Let's go," he urged.

By then, Jason and Tina had already turned a corner and were nowhere to be seen.

With no other choice, Luca began walking to catch up with Luke.

Meanwhile, on the other path, Jason praised Tina, "I didn't know that you're so good at this."

"What do you mean?" Tina pretended to be oblivious.

"You're giving Mr. Crawford the chance to be alone with Dr. Craw," Jason said without beating around the bush.

"I didn't do it deliberately, but the opportunity presented itself, so I went along with it. Did you think that I didn't notice that? Along the way up, Mr. Crawford was either looking at his feet when he walked up the stone steps, or at Dr. Craw. I hope Mr. Crawford will appreciate what I'm doing for him and give me a pay raise!" Tina said with a cheeky grin on her face.

Jason knew Tina was thinking about that. He said, "Have you ever wondered why Mr. Crawford can't keep his eyes away from Dr. Craw?"

"I've thought about it before, but I don't know if my reason is correct, but if I think about it further, Mr. Crawford doesn't seem like that kind of man…" Tina said. She glanced at Jason and grinned mischievously, "We're not in the office now, so do you think you can tell me what's in Mr. Crawford's mind? Can you?"

Jason shook his head. "You'd better not have any sneaky ideas. If Mr. Crawford doesn't like your arrangements, who knows if he'll dock your pay?"

"Huh? That can't be, right?" Tina was surprised by what Jason said. "I don't have any malicious intentions."

Luca was surprised, though she did not take Luke's hand. Instead, she stepped onto the unpaved ground and said, "I can handle myself, Mr. Crawford. You should be careful too."

Seeing that Luca did not want to take his hand, Luke did not insist. He continued walking forward.

They walked next to the stone path. Soon, they encountered some more rocks. They walked around them again, but they were getting farther and farther away from the stone path.

Luca did not say anything. She followed behind him without saying a word.

The sky began to darken. Luke lifted his head and looked at the sky through the dense canopy. If it started raining now, the uphill journey would be quite difficult.

"Let's walk back to the stone path. We need to be quicker," he said while leading the way.

"Alright." Luca caught up to him, though she did not want his help. She held the trekking pole in one hand and supported herself with the tree trunk with the other.

The two people continued to walk uphill.

Suddenly, Luca lost her footing. She yelped and fell to the ground.

When Luke turned his head around, Luca was already rolling downhill.

He tried to catch up with her, but she was rolling faster than he was running. Eventually, her body hit a tree, and she cried in pain.

Luke quickly arrived in front of her. Luca looked at him with tearful eyes. She noticed that he nearly stumbled while rushing toward her.

"Are you okay?" Luke crouched down in front of her and looked at her.