Loredana didn’t see Cormac in the USB Oscar gave to her either. At that time, the three of them kept a low-profile. There were a lot of people and they also sat at a corner, so they weren’t captured in it. Thus, it seemed that Cormac must not know about this, so it was completely impossible for Cormac to appear.
She lowered her eyes and hid her thoughts.
“Why did you ask that?” Theresa looked at her and asked to test the waters, “Is there someone you want to meet?” As she spoke, her gaze fell at her bare feet.
Following her gaze, Loredana lowered her head and just realized that she walked out barefooted. She even forgot to wear her slippers. She quickly explained, “No, I’m just asking. I came out hurriedly because I was so thirsty.”
To prove that what she said was true, she walked toward the table and poured a glass of water. Then, she put the glass down after drinking, “I’ll go back to my room to change my clothes.”
After she spoke, she hurriedly returned to her room. She was deliberately avoiding the topic. Her room looked the same as last night before she went to sleep. Nothing had been moved, and no traces were left She sat at the bed side, wore her slippers, and bitterly laughed. She must be too tired recently to have this kind of hallucination.
She put her elbows on the table and closed her eyes as she rubbed her brows.
Andrew entered as he pushed the door open and looked around. He was sure that Cormac had already left when he didn’t see Cormac in the room anymore. He was half-conscious when he felt that someone went to his room in the morning. But he was too sleepy, so he didn’t open his eyes.
He jumped into Loredana’ arms and asked as he raised his head to test the waters, “Did you sleep well last night, mommy?”
Loredana opened her eyes to look at her son and stretched her hands to touch his face, “I slept very well. Did you sleep well?”
During the first half of the night, she was haunted by a nightmare. However, she dreamt of him later on, so she was able to sleep peacefully.
Although it was a dream, it still felt warm.
Andrew nodded and said he slept well. Then, he carefully looked at her expression. It seemed like she completely didn’t notice that someone came here before, so he felt relieved. He asked, “Today’s the weekend already. Do you want to spend a day at home with us?”
“Sure, I won’t go anywhere today. I’ll just stay with the two of you,” Although there were still a lot of upcoming things, she needed to take a rest. It had been a long time since she spent time with them. Andrew stretched his arm out to touch her belly and said with a little anticipation, “When will the baby be born?”
“After five more months,” Loredana subtly said.
Ten months of pregnancy didn’t mean that one had to be pregnant for ten months before the baby would be born. The ten months were counted from the month of conception to the month of childbirth. It would be ten months from the two ends. However, it would be nine months if it was counted by whole months.
“Mommy, bring me and my sister to the cinema to watch a movie today, okay?” Andrew held Loredana’ hand and acted cutely, “Alright, mommy?”
He never acted cute toward Loredana easily, so it was hard for people to reject him whenever he acted cute.
Loredana dotingly smiled and said, “Okay.”
“I want to buy popcorn and coke…”
Loredana ruthlessly interrupted him, “Go change your clothes first, wash your face, and brush your teeth, okay? Just think about these after you eat breakfast, alright?”
“Okay,” Andrew pursed his lips as he broke out from her arms and ran back into his room. Loredana also cleared up her emotions, stood up, and walked toward the cabinet to look for the clothes to wear today. In City B, Boyce and Armand were stunned by a news after coming back from country Y.
The incident about Boyce and Jasmine Burke kissing at the gate of a university that day was photographed by a student and posted on the internet.
It immediately caused a stir. That day, Boyce was wearing a uniform, so it was obvious that he was a public official. It would be fine if he was just an ordinary person, but Boyce was not. After all, public officials had special identities. Everyone was watching their every move. This kind of incident would naturally generate public discussion.
People might say that they had an indecent lifestyle.
Armand couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the news. The Boyce he knew was a stupid person.
However, this news changed his view on Boyce.
He smacked his lips, “You are indeed a beast under a human mask. She’s so young. You can do it if you want to, but do you really have to cause such a stir? Are you showing off how amazing your kissing skills are in front of so many people?”
Based from the picture, many people were watching from behind.
Moreover, the photo was taken from the side, so both of their faces were exposed. They could clearly see their looks.
Boyce ignored him. This kind of news really affected him, since both his and Jasmine’s identity were exposed by people. However, he was a man, so he could withstand it. Worst come to worst, he would be investigated. But the impact on Jasmine would be massive.
Women were more vulnerable in this kind of matter. Moreover, she was just a freshman in university.
The comments on the net were not nice at all, most of them were about Jasmine.
He only scanned it quickly, but already saw a lot of comments that were very disgusting, some said that Jasmine was seducing men because she was young.
Some also said that she was cheeky, that she was learning bad things in such a young age, and that she was selling her body….
He didn’t keep reading them, because he would only get more angry. After he got into the car at the airport, Boyce told the driver, “To HQ University.”
Armand reached out and patted the driver, “Don’t listen to him, we are going to No. 1 Mansion.”
“I am not going home.” Boyce frowned, he had to check how Jasmine was doing.
Armand looked at him and knitted his brows, he thought he was foolish, now Armand found that Boyce was stupid, he humphed, “If you go to see her now, you will only hurt her more, it will settle your relationship. Try to imagine, if you go to her school now, what would it look like? What would the others think? You are a man, you will not suffer any losses, she is just a girl, how will she face the others in the future? How will she stand in society? How will others look at her?”
After Boyce calmed down, he thought that it was right, if he went to the university now, it would only make the situation worse.
“Tell me her address, I will go to see her, you should go home and clean yourself up.” Armand said.
Boyce patted his shoulders, “Thank you, I wasn’t thinking right before.”
Armand shrugged his shoulders, then he shook off the hand, “You are so boring, are we good friends? No need to thank me.”
Boyce laughed, he knew that this was his character, and he didn’t take it to heart. He was worried when this story came to the open and to what extend it had been released. He didn’t know anything yet. And he really needed to wash up, to calm down, and to sort out everything that was coming.
They drove to Boyce’s living place, Armand didn’t get off the car, he asked again for Jasmine’s address so that he could go to visit her, this needed to be done quickly, because people talked. If they dragged it out too long, it had nothing good for any of the two.
Boyce wanted to know how Jasmine was doing now, after he got off the car, he said, “Go to the gate of the university and tell them you look for first year student Jasmine, someone will tell her.”
Armand nodded, then he said, “Don’t think too much, I am here, and worst case, we still have Cormac. The public relation of his company is not just for nothing, they’ve had so many difficult situations but it was all solved.”
Boyce made a fist and hit his shoulder a few times, he didn’t say any appreciative words but Armand got what he meant.
“Don’t be sentimental with me, I am going now.” Armand lifted his chin, this was nothing to him because of their close relationship. He asked the driver to leave.
The driver drove away, he looked at the man from the rear mirror, “That guy, he is the same as the one in the news right?”
Armand was speechless.
“Do you watch news while driving?” Armand blinked, was this news really so viral now?
The driver laughed, “Sometimes I do check the news on my phone to pass time, to find something fun to do, gossip always get our attention, that’s why it spreads so fast.” Armand understood, why would a story of an old man with a college student not attract attention?
There are enough people who had nothing much to do, they liked to be on the net, to send out some extreme comments, they liked to look for trouble on the internet.
“The point is the person that my friend is, tell me now, is it illegal for him to be in love? There is no law for a couple of such age difference, right?”
The taxi driver laughed, and said, “Yes, you are right, if you are rich, who wouldn’t want someone young? The rich men all have wives at home, but a girlfriend out there, they are enjoying their life.” Armand frowned, why did this not sound so good in his ears?
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.