A retired reincarnator from a certain American film studio

Seoul.

Luke spoke frankly, glancing at the time on his watch: "Waiting for Stryker's plane to arrive."

Rachel's smile vanished.

"problem occurs?"

"Correct."

Luke nodded again, followed Rachel to the bar, turned around, took out a bourbon, poured himself a glass, and then looked at Rachel sitting on the bar stool. Without hiding his thoughts from her, he said directly, "Lucy is missing."

He didn't come back yesterday. He just told Rachel that something came up, but he didn't say what it was.

After all, Lu Ke wasn't entirely sure yesterday either.

But it's certain now.

There is nothing that cannot be said to others.

not to mention……

Ultimately, Lucy's disappearance was aimed at him.

Luke briefly explained to Rachel that he had been busy all day yesterday and had collected some approved information.

Lucy has disappeared.

She was kidnapped by the 325 missing hydras that he discovered after taking over the Whitehall estate.

Of course.

And there was also his daughter, whom he never met, who disappeared along with Lucy.

Luke didn't hide anything from Rachel and told her the truth.

After listening, Rachel nodded: "They captured Lucy and Mengmeng, which is obviously to force you to go to Seoul."

Lu Ke nodded and said, "Yes."

next second.

Luke raised an eyebrow and looked at Rachel: "You're not surprised?"

Rachel looked at Luke curiously.

"What's so surprising?"

“I have a daughter.”

"I would be surprised if you didn't tell me."

"what?"

"I'll play you a recording."

Rachel smiled, grabbed her phone, and while looking through it, said, "I received a very interesting phone call this morning."

Done.

Rachel found the saved recording of the call, winked at Luke, placed it on the bar, and played it.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Ms. Rachel Valeries?"

"I am, you are..."

"I have some inside information about your fiancé. I don't know if you're interested."

"……what do you want?"

“I don’t want anything. I’m a kind-hearted person and I can’t stand hypocrites. Your fiancé has never been the way he appears in the media.”

The voice he used when talking to Rachel was clearly disguised.

“Let’s take a gamble, Ms. Valeries.”

"What do you want to bet?"

"Your fiancé will definitely be going to Seoul soon."

Seoul? Why?

“He might tell you that he went to Seoul for business, but he definitely won’t tell you the real reason, but I can.”

"what?"

"The reason he came to Seoul is because of his daughter."

"what?"

“He’s been having an affair with another daughter, Mrs. Villaliss, behind your back.”

"...Do you have a license...hey?"

The call has ended.

After the recorded call ended, Rachel smiled at Luke and said, "That's why I'm not surprised."

She was already quite surprised by the phone call this morning, even while she was still sleeping.

but……

The guy who called Rachel didn't know one thing.

Nowadays, Lu Ke's positive image of "heroism," "fearlessness," "decisiveness," and "selflessness" in front of the public and various media outlets is a perfectly crafted and carefully packaged image.

And the person who packaged him was none other than his fiancée.

Rachel Villalis, a presenter for Columbia Media's primetime evening news.

Even after Luke became the FBI director in Los Santos, there were several public speeches he gave that were reviewed and approved by Rachel before he used them.

Rachel is meticulous in managing her public image.

Moreover, this person clearly doesn't understand how Luke and Rachel get along.

Luke and Rachel's way of getting along is very simple.

There are no secrets.

Luke always informed Rachel before going out to play jungle camps or returning from them.

Furthermore, Rachel had already punished Luke.

That is, if Rachel goes out to hunt in the wild, she has to compensate him double or even triple the amount when she returns home.

Lu Ke grabbed the phone from the bar and found the number for the call.

Rachel, sitting opposite, said, "Stop looking. It's a one-time use phone number. I had my assistant check it. This time, the people on the other end don't seem to have any good intentions."

Not only did they kidnap Lucy and Luke's girlfriend, but they even went to Lucy's girlfriend to tell her that Luke had a daughter outside of their marriage.

obviously.

"The other side is trying to set fires from both inside and outside."

"Yes."

Luke put down his phone and looked at Rachel thoughtfully: "This is clearly a setup to make things difficult for me after I go to Seoul."

Rachel rested her chin on her hands and smiled as she said, "Obviously, they don't want you to go to Seoul; they deliberately want you to go there. They're intentionally trying to get you out of the way."

Again.

She is a smart woman; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to keep Lu Ke firmly by her side all this time.

When Rachel first received the call and heard that Luke suddenly had a daughter in Seoul, she was indeed quite surprised.

But after the other party revealed that the daughter's mother was Lucy, they were not so surprised.

Because she knew that Lucy was Luke's ex-girlfriend, she was also on Luke's list of people he had reported to.

Rachel wouldn't be surprised if Lucy had a daughter, or even if Cipher had a son.

Because Safer had been informed by Luke in advance.

and so……

Rachel quickly realized the purpose of the call.

“If it was Whitehouse’s henchmen who left behind, then it’s easy to understand why they made this call. They want to sow discord between you and me, and then, after you leave here, they’ll try to ruin your reputation by getting back at me.”

"Ah."

Luke nodded in agreement, then looked at Rachel with satisfaction: "But they have no idea that the relationship between us is unbreakable."

Rachel rolled her eyes at Luke.

Luke returned the gesture with a kiss.

Rachel rolled her eyes and changed the subject.

"So what are you planning to do? Go to Seoul again?"

"go."

Lu Ke chuckled: "They went to so much trouble just to make sure I would go to Seoul. In that case, I should go. Let's not let their efforts go to waste, shall we?"

Rachel frowned.

"At home..."

"I captured all the remaining Hydra agents in Los Angeles yesterday."

"But more than three hundred Hydras disappeared."

"I know."

Lu Ke nodded, his mind racing: "They sent me away and then secretly contacted you. Clearly, they think you're my fiancée and they must have enough dirt on you to get me out of office."

Rachel shrugged and smiled at Luke: "I do."

Luke looked at Rachel with a helpless expression.

Rachel raised her eyebrows and looked at Luke thoughtfully: "Honey, what do you think? Should I cooperate with them?"

Luke laughed heartily: "So, darling, are you planning to cooperate with them?"