When she saw Cormac coming out of the study, Simona jumped into his arms and started complaining, “Daddy, Armand is bullying me.”
Loredana glanced at her daughter and shook her head helplessly. Simona loved to pout and complain to Cormac. She didn’t know if all daughters were more clingy to their dads. She walked to the kitchen to help Coral serve the food and prepare the dishes.
Cormac wrapped one arm around his daughter, used his other hand to tuck her loose hair behind her ear, and asked softly, “What’s he doing to you?”
Simona blinked her big eyes, “Armand just asked me if I was smart.”
“Well, then what?” He walked over to the table with his daughter in his arms and pulled out a chair to sit down.
Simona looked down and did not want to say anything as she played with her fingers.
Samuel came over and climbed into the chair and repeated what Armand had said to Simona, “Simona, are you smart?”
Simona smiled and said proudly, “Of course.”
“Then let me ask you a question. If you can answer my question, you’re smart.”
“Sure.” Simona was confident, and then Armand asked, “I’m going to ask you a question, and all you have to do is answer yes and no.”
“Okay.”
Simona was quite interested and waited with anticipation for Armand’s next words.
“Do your parents know that you’re so stupid?”
“No… yes…”
It seemed like no matter how she answered she was admitting she was stupid.
By the time Simona reacted, she was chasing Armand to hit him. Then there was the image of them seeing Simona chasing Armand around the living room.
Simona pouted and said in aggravation, “Daddy, Armand said I was stupid.”
Armand pulled up a chair and sat down, and chuckled awkwardly, “I’m just kidding.”
Simona got out of Cormac’s arms, ran to Armand, and crawled into his arms Armand took her into his arms and looked at her warily, “What are you doing? You want to get back at me?”
She shook her little head, “I’m just going to tell Theresa that you got another girlfriend while she was away.”
Armand was speechless.
He was wrong, okay?
He apologized, okay?
Could she stop playing him like that?
Armand especially regretted it. Why did he have to mess with this little girl?
“Simona, I’m the stupid one. I’m stupid. You can’t talk bad about me to Theresa. Otherwise, I’ll be a bachelor, just like Boyce. Look how pathetic he is. So, you can’t talk nonsense to Theresa, you know?” Boyce was speechless.
He didn’t do anything, how come he was targeted again?
He walked over and landed his hand heavily on Armand’s shoulder, “Buddy.”
He felt bitter in his heart, but he couldn’t say it yet. He took a look at Simona, who was in Armand’s arms. This girl was becoming more and more like Samuel. He couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief, “Both of these kids are getting pretty shrewd. You’d better not mess with them.”
Armand continued to admit his mistake, “Simona, I was wrong. I’m stupid, let’s not talk nonsense with Theresa, okay.”
Simona reached out and squeezed Armand’s face, “For the sake of your sincerity, I’ll forgive you for now.”
Armand was so relieved that he thought, “I will never mess with Simona again. She’s so young, yet she is so vindictive.” “When you grow up, who will dare to marry you.”
“What?” Simona didn’t hear clearly.
Cormac cast a cold glance, Armand shut up and patted Simona’s back, “I didn’t say anything. Let’s eat.”
Coral served all the dishes and went to bring the last soup.
Loredana set up the plates and bowls and sat down next to her son.
She stroked his hair, “Let’s eat.”
Armand sat across from her and hesitated, but asked, “Loredana, how is Theresa doing?”
Theresa was recovering well, but her appearance had changed quite a bit. She also spoke to her on the phone before Victoria died. She said she would be back soon, but didn’t want her to tell Armand. Loredana looked at Armand and said honestly, “She’s recovering well, but, you shouldn’t rush. She may need time.”
After all, what happened earlier hit her too hard. A woman’s face was important. Not to mention that she was still pregnant and the baby was gone.
If it was her, she wasn’t sure she would be able to pull through.
Armand bowed his head in loss and said sadly, “I know.”
The atmosphere at the dinner table inexplicably became depressing. Except for the two children, none of the adults ate much.
Cormac did not eat a single bite and left the restaurant without even drinking water on the pretext that he had something to deal with at work.
Loredana knew that he was still having a hard time inside.
Of course, it would not pass so quickly. She did not try to persuade him, but only let time fade the sorrow.
Her appetite was not good either. It was only for the sake of the baby in her belly that she served a bowl of soup and ladled a spoonful into her mouth. Then Boyce suddenly said, “Jayden’s sick. Cormac went to see him and asked for some details about the time by the way.”
“What did he say?” Loredana asked tentatively. She wanted to know how much Cormac knew.
Boyce did not hide from her and felt that she was not an outsider either, she was Cormac’s wife, and even more so the person Victoria gave up her life to protect.
Loredana knew all about it, so he said more briefly, “He just said he and Jolene were connected by marriage at the time, but Jolene had someone in her heart, so she got Victoria to send to him. You know all this.”
“The Harris family are just odd.” Armand couldn’t help but interject.
Loredana gently lowered her eyes and used the action of drinking soup to conceal the mixed feelings under her eyes.
“He didn’t say how Jolene died?” Loredana continued to drink her soup without looking up. At that time when Victoria talked to her, she didn’t say exactly how Jolene died.
In fact, she would like to know.
Boyce shook his head, “No.”
She asked another question, “Did he say anything about Jolene having a child?”
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.