After saying that, he continued to take his steps.
“Why?”
After reading the letter, Sean knew that Victoria was his biological mother, but did not know that Victoria’s death was caused by Jeffrey.
In his opinion, Loredana’ identity was a happy ending for all as Jeffrey would not think of ways to break them up. He thought this was a good thing.
Cormac did not explain. Jeffrey’s fault had nothing to do with Sean. He did not want to be angry with him but he did not want to have anything to do with him either. His expression and tone were very light, “Please leave.”
“Brother.”
Sean wanted to catch up and ask for clarification, but Cormac walked to the door and ordered the bodyguard who was guarding the villa, “I don’t want anyone to come in and disturb.”
After he said that, he walked inside the house. Sean, who was coming after him, was stopped by the bodyguards outside the door. He shouted at Cormac, “Isn’t it good for us to know Loredana’ identity? My father won’t break you up, right? Why are you and Loredana so determined to draw a clear distinction? Before this, my dad was ridiculous and did a lot of wrong things. However, he knows he’s wrong and has suffered a lot. He’s gotten his comeuppance. Loredana doesn’t care that he’s her father?”
Cormac did not hesitate to pause his footsteps. He did not answer his question. He shut the door immediately and isolated his view. His eyes were red and he was eager to go in and ask for clarification. He tried to break away from the bodyguards, “Move aside, I’ll just go in and have a word with him.”
“Sorry, you can’t go in.” The bodyguards’ attitudes were clear. They would not let him in. Without Cormac’s order, they would not let him in.
Sean stomped his feet in anger. However, he could barge himself in, so he could only leave first.
Inside the house, when Coral saw Cormac, she was not calm. She looked at him, “Missus said that you are treating them to dinner. Why are you coming back? Where are they?”
After hearing Maxina’s words, he could guess why Loredana behaved so strange. It might be because she planned to leave earlier on.
His face was cold, his eyes were heavy, vaguely revealing a hint of helplessness and heartache, his tone was light, “When did she leave?”
Coral glanced at the clock on the wall and replied, “Two or three hours ago.”
“Okay.” After saying that, he went upstairs. Coral wanted to ask him where Loredana and the children had gone, but seeing that Cormac was not in a good mood, she did not dare to ask. She quietly retreated.
On the first floor, Cormac pushed open the bedroom door. The room was the same as when he left in the morning, nothing had been moved. He walked in slowly. She did not take her stuff away. She only brought the two children. The only change was that there was a bouquet of flowers on the table in front of the window.
He stood in front of the window and unfolded the letter that Sean gave him. After hearing Maxina’s words, he was not emotional when he was about to read the content of the letter.
However, when he saw that….
‘Brother, I still have something else to tell you. I’m pregnant. It’s Stanley’s baby. I had done a checkup. The baby is a girl. I had told Jayden that I want her to marry Cormac. Once again, I’m selfish as I want my daughter to make up for what I owe to the Mendelsohn family.’
His gaze lingered on the last line of the passage for a long time.
Buzz–
The phone in his pocket suddenly rang. He pulled it out. The caller ID showed ‘daughter-in-law’ which was the name he had set up specifically for Loredana.
It was a notification to notify him that a text message had come in.
He paused his movement slightly as he stared at the screen, then he quickly tapped it.
‘When you see this text message, I think you would have already known everything. I wanted to tell you face to face, but then I realized that I did not have the courage to face you.
I used to think that I was a very strong person, but in this case, I was timid, I was weak, I was afraid, I was conflicted, and I didn’t dare to face you.
Please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye, please forgive me for taking Samuel and Simona away. I had thought of letting them stay with you, but I realized that I needed them more. I am not so heartbroken when I look at them.
If I could choose, I wish that I can be born in an ordinary family and give you lots of children and live a normal life, but I can’t choose. There is no choice in this world.
On the day of the car accident when danger came, mum defied the odds and stood in front of me, blocking all the danger, just to keep me and our child safe. I always had a dream, I dreamt that she lay above me and told me, ‘Loredana, please help me to take care of him and his children.’ I am sorry that I have to go back on my word as I can’t be with you now. The only thing I can do is take care of our children. Cormac, do what you want to do, don’t let yourself regret it, that’s not what I want to see.
Don’t look for me, don’t make me feel sorry to you. I hope that time will erase everything. I am looking forward to some unplanned time, you and I can meet unexpectedly somewhere and you can look at me, I can look at you and we can hug each other without any distractions.
I used to think that the so-called love was far away from me, but at this moment I realize that I love you very much. Even though I had just left, I already missed you like crazy. Cormac, I love you. I love you very much.
Let’s look forward to the next time we meet, you are Cormac, I am Loredana, you are you, I am me, not for anyone, not for anything, just simply you and me.
The last thing that I want to ask is, will you miss me?’
He lowered his head and his eyes. He stood there quietly. His originally upright spine was now bent due to the immense pain. His fingertips were trembling slightly and he was eager to dial the number. Loredana, who was sitting in the car and had already left City B, was about to turn off her phone and throw away the card. At that time, she received a call. She looked at the display screen of her phone. Her heart was like being imprisoned by invisible iron claws, tightly imprisoned. She felt suffocated and pain until she could not breathe.
She stared blankly for a long time but picked it up at the last moment when it was about to disconnect. They both knew well who was on the other side, but no one spoke.
After a long time, an extremely suppressed hoarse voice came from the other side, “I will miss you.”
Loredana leant on the car window and bit her lips. Reluctance and sadness filled her brow. Her eyes were blurred and she felt sad. Her tears came out immediately and flowed into her mouth. It was salty. She closed her mouth lightly and could not control herself anymore. She let the tears continue coming out and she cried in pain.
The phone was not hung up but no one spoke.
Seemingly separated by distance, they spoke to each other silently about their hard feelings.
Loredana could not stand it any longer and ruthlessly hung up the call. She clutched the phone tightly and pressed it against her heart. She desperately restrained herself but was unable to suppress her sob. Her sob was more and more suffering.
The two children who had fallen asleep seemed to be disturbed by Loredana. They opened their eyes in a daze and saw Loredana crying. Simona rubbed her eyes and reached out her hand to help her to wipe her tears away, “Mum, are you crying?”
Looking at her daughter, she wiped her tears away and tugged her dry lips, “There’s sand in my eyes. I’m not crying.”
The little girl blinked, where did the sand come from in the car? There was not even a breeze, even if there was, how could it get into her eyes?
“Simona will help mummy to rub.” She reached out her little fleshy hands and gently rubbed her eyes.
On the other hand, Samuel was mature. He seemed to know why his mother was crying but he did not comfort her.
He just looked out of the window alone and sighed.
At night, the car arrived in city C. Loredana paid and got down the car. She took the two children to stay at the hotel. Although it was very late, the hotel still offered food. Loredana called the receptionist and asked for some food. She did not have much appetite, but for the sake of the child in her uterus, she had to eat. The two children were also hungry.
Since she did not bring anything with her and it was night time, she washed up the children and asked them to sleep after eating.
The two children were tired from the car ride and comfortable from the bath, so they soon fell asleep in her arms. However, she did not feel like sleeping.
Through the thin curtain, she could see the city light. It was twinkling, like a bustling urban scene.
The uncertainty of being new to the city and the longing for that person made it a sleepless night for her. She had a lot of thoughts that could not be calmed in her mind.
In the same way, in that villa in another city, the lights were not on in the master bedroom on the first floor. The house was dimly lit. Vaguely, a figure standing in front of the window could be seen. The air around him was cold. He was the only one left in the world. He was lonely.
Suddenly, there was light. It was because he tapped on his phone screen. He lowered his eyes to read the text message sent by Loredana. His gaze fixed on the sentence ‘Even though I had just left, I already missed you like crazy. Cormac, I love you. I love you very much.’
The thick eyelashes went against the light, a dim light shadow was refracted. It was vaguely visible that the eyes were covered with water.
He tried to stop the hoarse voice that could not be controlled, “I miss you too, I miss you so much that I am going crazy.”
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.