“Uhm, sorry. I have something to ask you. I’m a bit disgusted by the smell of smoke. Can I speak with you first?” Loredana slightly frowned. She was sensitive to the smell of smoke because of her pregnancy. Oscar looked at her for a while, then he looked at his cigarette that was about to be lit. Finally, he took it off from his mouth, put out the fire, and put it into the box. He posed a posture suggesting ‘please’ to Loredana, “Let’s sit down and talk.”
Loredana nodded. She patted her son on his shoulder and whispered, “Take your sister to play at the door. Don’t go too far.”
Andrew thoughtfully held his younger sister’s hand and walked out of the office.
As Oscar watched the two kids leave, he also had a guess on Loredana’ identity.
Before Loredana could speak, he said, “The only one who knows my identity is probably just Jolene’s daughter. I originally wanted to raise her for her after she gave birth to my friend’s daughter. However, she said that she wanted to let the child grow up normally, so she didn’t give her to me.”
His showy face looked less impatient and became steadier. However, it was as if his cigarette addiction came by. He wanted to take a cigarette, but he stopped when he remembered that Loredana was disgusted by its smell, “I only watched over this place because she might come here one day. If she never comes here in this lifetime, everything in here will be donated after I die.”
He only existed to wait for a person he wouldn’t know whether or not would show up. After more than twenty years, she just suddenly showed up.
As he looked at Loredana’ eyes and brows, his eyes slightly teared up, “You look more like your father.”
Perhaps he felt more emotional talking about people and matters from a long time ago. He stood up since it felt wrong and uncomfortable in any postures.
Loredana took out that locket from her bag. She opened it and put it on the table, “I came to look for you because I wanted to know about them.”
She wanted to know what happened to Jolene’s death and her father.
When Oscar saw what was on the table, he lowered his head to take a look. After he saw what it was, he bent over and picked it up. He carefully studied the people inside and smiled, “My friend is still that handsome.”
Admiration and pity gleamed through his eyes.
He raised his head and looked at Loredana, “You just need to know that this man is your father and that he is a good person. As for what happened before, I already forgot about it. It’s been too long ago.”
He put the locket down as he spoke. He deliberately changed the topic since he obviously didn’t want to tell Loredana, “Did you just arrive here in C city?”
His responsibility in his life was to take care of his friend’s only child.
He didn’t want to mention the dark past. This was also Jolene’s wish. She told him at that time, “I want our child to live a normal life. I already arranged everything for her. Don’t try to find out her whereabouts. It nothing went wrong, she might never show up. If something goes wrong, just let her know that her father is a good man.”
Jolene thought that she could successfully grow up as Maxina Lennon’s daughter and marry into the Mendelsohn family. Based on what she knew about the Mendelsohn family, her daughter would live a good life marrying into their family. If nothing went wrong, she wouldn’t come here to look for Oscar.
This was what Jolene told him at that time.
This was also the reason why he stayed and guarded here and never went to City B to look for Loredana’ whereabouts.
Loredana could see that he wasn’t willing to say it, so she was a bit disappointed. She reached her hand out to take that locket and put it back into her bag. Then, she stood up, “Sorry for bothering you today.” Oscar quickly smiled and said that she didn’t bother him, “You must have encountered some problems since you came to look for me. Go ahead and just let me know.”
Loredana just came to this city for the first time, so she was indeed not familiar with it. She chose to come here with a lot of considerations in mind. On one hand, she wanted to hear about Jolene. On the other hand, she didn’t want to be too far away from Cormac Mendelsohn. She also had another very important thing to do.
She felt that perhaps this was her destiny. The Harris family led to the downfall of the Forbis family. Yet, she had acquired the skills passed down by the ancestors of the Forbis family. She wanted to stay busy while she was here.
“I want to live in this city. Those two kids a while ago are my children. After some time, they would have reached the age to attend grade school. If it’s possible, I’d like to ask you to help me find a good school in this city. I just came here, so everything here is new to me. Sorry for bothering you.”
“No, it doesn’t bother me. It’s no big deal. Just leave everything to me,” Oscar immediately waved his hands. Then, he asked in concern, “You brought the two kids to find me, but where is the father of your children?”
He indirectly asked. Although Jolene didn’t directly tell him how she arranged for her child, he was able to guess a little after hearing those two children’s surname.
Loredana didn’t want to tell him about it. To be exact, she didn’t want to mention this to anyone.
Oscar was also an observant person. Loredana obviously didn’t want to talk about this, so he took the initiative and said, “It’s almost noon already. Let’s go eat first, then I’ll arrange an accommodation for you.” Loredana said okay and continued to ask, “How should I call you?”
He didn’t look young anymore, so it might be impolite for her to directly call him by his name. However, she also didn’t dare to hastily call him by any name.
“I am your dad’s friend. Just call me Uncle.” Oscar was in his carefree and cheeky look again.
After he spoke, he explained again. “My name was originally Peter. I changed it to Oscar later on.”
He changed his name and retreated here after that incident.
Loredana found a quiet place after her own heart with the help of Oscar and got settled in City C.
After settling down, she called Mrs. William and told her that she wanted to close up the clothing store in City B and stop the business. Many things had happened to Loredana since she backed to City B for so long. She had no time to manage the clothing store. The business at the clothing store was poor as well. Plus, she was not in City B, so she did not want to continue the business.
Mrs. William had heard Allison said what happened to Loredana, so she understood Loredana’s situation and agreed to her request. She also had no alternative but to stop the business back then.
Mrs. William asked Loredana if she would go back and continue working as a fashion designer at LEO Corporation.
Loredana said she was not going back to work at LEO Corporation.
She was busy lately because what she wanted to do was not simple, so she could not continue to work as a fashion designer at LEO Corporation anymore.
She could only disappoint Mrs. William, who was appreciating her ability.
She developed into a professional and well-known fashion designer because of Mrs. William’s talent cultivation.
Although Loredana looked for Oscar, she used her own money for expenses instead of those left by Jolene. She even bought the current accommodation at her own expense. She had a lot of savings earlier which was originally for the two children, but Loredana would use it for something else.
However, she was willing and wanted to do something for the Harris family. People would not imagine nonsense when they were busy doing something, and times passed quickly as well.
In the blink of an eye, Loredana had been in City C for a month. Samuel and Simona got used to living in City C.
Loredana signed up for Samuel and Simone to take a preschool class to let them quickly adapt to the future of elementary school life and learning state.
Theresa had come back in this month. She had a big difference in her appearance, but she seemed to be pretty well.
Theresa did not ask about Armand as if she never met Armand in her life.
Loredana did not know whether Theresa put the past behind or still a knot in her heart. Theresa did not ask about Armand, and Loredana also did not mention him in front of her.
There was no time for busy people to immerse in love.
“Embroidery is not an easy work,” Theresa looked at the embroiderer who was sewing a phoenix on the Gambiered Canton Gauze, stitch by stitch.
She slightly frowned and thought, “When will this phoenix be embroidered? The embroiderer has been sewing the phoenix for half a month, and the phoenix embroidery has been only half done. There are still many things to be done.”
Theresa thought that it would take at least half a year for done a dress by hand embroidery.
“The gauze is too thin and can’t be embroidered by the machine. The embroidery is not as lifelike as hand embroidery,” Loredana was in a light green dress, revealing her white, thin arms since it was summer and hot weather.
She opened an embroidery store this month, and it was not only her ultimate goal. She wanted to bring the Gambiered Canton Gauze to light in some particular ways and stepped into the prosperity like it used to be.
Theresa knew Loredana’s intention, but she was just a little anxious, “There are twelve pieces that need a lot of embroideries now. It was a huge undertaking. I’m afraid that it will take two years to finish it with only these few embroiderers.”
Loredana raised her eyes to look at her and said with a smile, “Don’t be anxious. We will have more embroiderers to work here soon after.”
Loredana had asked Oscar to look for good embroiderers all over the country because she knew that it was not easy to find a good embroiderer. What a coincidence! Loredana received a call from Oscar this morning, saying that he found nine embroiderers with excellent craftsmanship.
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.