Abbott’s expression changed. Stop making these kinds of jokes. He would prefer to stay alive. The man arrived at Cormac’s office and knocked on his door when Abbott wanted to clarify.
A husky voice replied, “Come in.”
The man walked into the room and handed in the document, “This is the new proposal.”
The company was planning on the acquisition of an electronic company. The electronic company did great as it exported its products overseas, but the successor of the company failed, and the sales dropped off every year. Cormac planned to get his foot in the electronics industry, which was why he had his eyes laid on this company.
The last proposal wasn’t approved, so this is a new one.
The door of the room wasn’t closed tight. The man took a glance outside the room while waiting for Cormac to read the proposal. He saw Abbott was still talking to the woman in the lift. Loredana knew Cormac had work to deal with, so she didn’t go into the room.
Cormac approved the content of the new proposal. He closed the file after signing the document. Then, Cormac raised his head and saw the man was staring at the outside of the door.
Cormac took a glance outside and saw Loredana. He pursed his lips and wondered why didn’t Loredana come in?
Cormac threw the document file onto the desk. The man quickly took the file and said, “Abbott’s girlfriend is pretty.” Cormac squinted his eyes. Abbott’s girlfriend?
The man thought Cormac was interested in what he said. He pointed at Loredana, “That’s her. She came up with me in the lift, saying that she’s here to see Abbott. Then they kept chatting over there.” Cormac laid back into his chair and unbuttoned the button of his sleeves. He looked sulky. He said, “Ask him to come in.”
The man felt the temperature dropped in the room out of a sudden. He walked to the door and called Abbott, “Mr. Mendelsohn is looking for you.”
Abbott looked at Loredana, “You want to go in with me?”
Loredana saw the man was holding a document file when he came out. She thought, perhaps Cormac has completed his work. So, Loredana nodded.
Abbott and Loredana walked into the room together. The man didn’t want to gossip much. What he said just now was impulsive.
“Mr. Mendelsohn, I better get going,” the man said.
“Wait,” Cormac stood up. He was wearing a shirt. Cormac rolled his sleeves and showed his brawny forearms. He loosened his collar and said, “Tell them what you said just now.”
The man was stunned. What did he say?
He suddenly realized what Cormac was saying. He looked at Abbott, “I told Mr. Mendelsohn that your girlfriend is pretty.”
Abbott froze. His knees went weak. Then Abbott widened his eyes and glared at the man, “Damn, are you blind? I don’t have a girlfriend.” Loredana stood beside Cormac, and she could see Cormac’s blue veins bulging out on his temples. Loredana silently leaned against Cormac.
But Loredana was complaining in her heart. That man didn’t know about them, and that was why he misunderstood.
Why the fuss?
The man was confused. What was going on in here?
He looked at Abbott, then he looked at Loredana.
Did he say the wrong thing?
The man was sweating, “I…”
Loredana knew Cormac was bad-tempered. She didn’t want to disturb Cormac when he was working, which was why she didn’t head into the office right away, and that caused a misunderstanding. Loredana didn’t want Cormac to throw tantrums at someone else.
Loredana looked at the man, “I was actually looking for Mr. Mendelsohn. You should leave now.”
The man didn’t dare to make any move. He looked at Cormac like he was waiting for his order.
Cormac scolded the man, “Didn’t you hear what she said?”
The man was stunned. He gazed at Cormac slack-jawed. Did he find out something he shouldn’t?
This woman…
“Why are you still here?” Abbott glared at the man.
The man rushed to the exit and accidentally hit the door. A bump appeared on his forehead right away. Abbott made fun of him, “It seemed like you are poor-sighted. You should go to the hospital for check- ups.”
“Yes, yes, I should,” the man ran out of the office covering his forehead.
Abbott laughed fondly, “He wasn’t seeing things right. He made a mistake.”
However, Cormac didn’t buy Abbott’s story. He continued glancing at Abbott.
Abbott was terrified. He looked at Loredana and asked for help.
It wasn’t his fault. Don’t let Cormac torture him.
When Loredana wanted to say something, Cormac stopped her, “You want to put in words for him?”
Loredana changed her mind right away.
Abbott gave up.
He felt like he was having bad lucks today.
Loredana held Cormac’s arm and asked, “What time do you get off work?”
Cormac was still mad. He didn’t reply to Loredana’ question.
Loredana stood on tiptoe and hugged Cormac’s neck, trying to be cute, “I’m hungry. Can we please go eat?”
Loredana waved her hand at Abbott behind Cormac. Abbott understood her signal and slowly moved towards the exit.
Cormac lowered his head and looked at Loredana. The way Loredana smiled made her eyes looked like the bright crescent moon. Cormac ordered Abbott without raising his head, “You’ll be responsible for the acquisition.”
Abbott took a breath of relief, “Sure.”
Then, Abbott quickly walked out of the room and closed the door.
Loredana let go of Cormac and wanted to take a step back. However, Cormac hugged her waist and pulled her back into his arms. He pouted, “Why? You want to leave once you finished using me?” Cormac and Loredana were so close to each other. Loredana lowered her head and said softly, “You’re petty.”
Cormac raised Loredana’ chin and kissed her lightly on her lips, “I’m petty?”
Cormac thought that he was only being human. No man could ever stand the thought of having his girlfriend recognized as somebody else’s.
“So domineering,” Loredana thought.
Loredana said carefully, “Please call Armand. I need to see him.”
Cormac felt speechless.
“Oh, why did you ask me to come here?” Loredana suddenly reminded.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.