She was sulking when she didn’t see Cormac in person. However, the anger suffocated in her chest got even worse when Cormac was right in front of her eyes.
“Do you feel worse than me? Is it that I slept with another man, and the photo was sent to you?”
Cormac was speechless.
“Those photos are fake, I don’t know the woman in it.” He anxiously explained.
“Really? Then tell me what happened? And why are you here, what about Amanda and Andrew?” Loredana asked quickly.
She was really worried about them in the past two days, afraid that something might happen to them, her heart was as heavy as a piece of stone.
“Someone framed me. This is a long story. I will explain to you slowly when we go back. Amanda and Andrew are in the Forbis family’s old house, Lola…”
Cormac’s voice lowered, and he called her name slowly. The restless mood started to settle down slowly through his calling of “Lola”. He looked at her eyes, even the burning sun in summer was not as hot as his eyes.
The air around her seemed to stop flowing. She even forgot to breathe. She just stood there, forgot to react, and forgot about everything.
He stretched out his arms to hold her, and said in a low voice, “I miss you very much these days.”
Loredana’s rigid body started to have sensations, and the air around her seemed to start to flow, with various thoughts and mixed feelings in her heart, which were unable to describe her complicated feelings at the moment.
She raised her arms mechanically, hugged his waist back, her face buried in his chest, the tears she wanted to hide still dropped.
There was no heartache, no grievances, no feeling of reunion after a long separation. She didn’t know why, the tears just slid out of her eyes, without any sign, she was caught off guard and could hardly conceal, “I’m sorry, I originally wanted to leave them both by your side…”
“I know you need them more than I do.” He had never blamed or complained. As a mother, she needed the children by her side more than he did.
Those days were too difficult, and the moment Cormac hugged her, those difficult days seemed insignificant.
No one said a single word about the past.
They were holding each other quietly, the enthusiasm of them holding each other at this moment, seemed to be even hotter than the blazing sun.
It was then until Loredana’s mobile phone rang that interrupted the two of them. She took out her mobile phone, and the word ‘Uncle’ was displayed on the incoming call screen, which was called by Oscar. Cormac took her hand and stood under the plane tree on the side of the road when she pressed the answer button. There were dense branches and leaves crowded together which blocked the sun’s light. He wiped off the fine beads of sweat on her forehead and lifted a strand of black hair stuck on her cheek.
She looked up at him.
Oscar’s voice came from the phone, “I have already found out what you asked me to look into. He is not in City B, and nothing seems to have happened. However, I heard about another thing.”
Loredana Flores averted her eyes without looking at him, lowered her head and asked, “What happened?”
“The stuff of your uncle, Jeffery Harris,” Oscar Adams said.
As Jolene Harris was his elder brother’s woman, thus he knew something about her. He had initially promised Loredana to investigate Cormac Mendelsohn’s affairs, but he ended up knowing about Jeffery’s affairs. He had no idea about the feud between Jeffery and Cormac, and he only knew that something had happened to Jeffery.
As Jolene’s daughter and Jeffery’s niece, Loredana should have been informed or given help.
Cormac also heard Oscar’s voice on the other end as he was close, then he looked at Loredana and wanted to see what her expression was, whether she was unhappy about Jeffery’s matter. However, he couldn’t see her expression at that moment since she lowered her head.
She had already seen the news and her mood swings had long passed. Moreover, even if she had any emotions, she wouldn’t have shown it with Cormac around.
She moved her feet and took two steps towards the roadside to distance herself from Cormac. She didn’t intend to stay away from him, she just didn’t want him to hear Oscar’s voice.
She still kept her head down, looked at her toes and said, “I know it. Don’t ask any questions and don’t interfere. I’m not in City C. Please help me to look after the things of the factory.” “He is your uncle…”
“Uncle.” Loredana interrupted him and obviously didn’t want to talk about this topic.
Oscar wasn’t stupid and he understood her rejection. He paused for a moment.
Then he changed the topic, “Where do you go since you’re not in City C?”
“I attend my friend’s wedding. I’ll be back soon.”
“Well, I’m here, don’t worry.”
Loredana said, “Um, I’m going to hang up then.” She just hung up the phone after she heard his response. She put it back into her bag, raised her head and met his eyes. He was looking at her and his deep eyes looked obscure.
It seemed like he was probing, but also like he was pretending to be indifferent.
Just now she was standing close to him, so he must have heard what Oscar said.
She was afraid that he would misunderstand and explained, “I received those photos and was afraid that it was someone intended to deal with you, so I asked him to inquire about you.” That was why she knew something about Jeffery, but she didn’t talk about it as he was a barrier between them. Once mentioning his name, both of them would feel uncomfortable. Cormac pursed his lips and he knew what she was worried about. He also didn’t want to mention it as he didn’t want to ruin the mood because of someone who didn’t matter. He smiled and asked, “So are you worried about me? Are you afraid that I’ll be in danger?”
Loredana glanced at him, “I’m worried about the two children as they’re with you.”
He came over and put his arm around her shoulders, “Is it so hard to admit that you’re caring about me?” She turned her face away, but he didn’t allow it and turned her face to look at him, “Say, did you miss me?” “No,” she deliberately denied it.
In fact, she had missed him a lot during this time.
She missed him very much.
“Really?” he lifted his lips with an expression of disbelief as she had been very passionate that night.
“It’s fake.” Suddenly, she turned sideways and put her arms through the side of his waist to hug his thin waist. She had a tough time and she was stressed, “I’m tired of living.”
He stroked her back as he knew that she had endured more than him, “Let’s settle down in City C. when we go back, I’ll buy a bigger house and we’ll live together as a family. Do you think that’s okay?”
“Is that okay?” she really didn’t want to return to City B. Even if they didn’t mention those people and those things, they would always hear about the things that had happened before when living in that place. After all, things happened in that city and there were many people who knew about it, surely they would gossip.
Loredana had concerns in her mind as Cormac worked over there after all, “How about your company?”
“I’ll hire someone to take care of it.” He smiled, “I’ll stay here with you and the two kids. If not, I can count on you since you can support me now.”
She said, “I can’t afford to support you.”
“Then I’ll eat less and there’s no need to prepare another room for me. I’ll share your room and a small portion of your bed will be mine. I don’t occupy the space anyway, it won’t cost you much.” She was speechless.
“It’s too hot outside, let’s go back and pick up the two kids.” Cormac put his arm around her and stood at the roadside to call a taxi. As there were no cars coming now, he asked, “Are you tired? Let’s take a day off before we go back, is it okay?”
“It’s better to go back. Do you know who did it regarding the photos?” she tilted her head to look at him.
She would always feel uneasy if this matter wasn’t solved.
Cormac hugged her more tightly, “I know, I’m just not sure yet. I’ve asked Boyce Shawn to investigate.” He looked at her and said seriously, “I really didn’t do that.”
She understood, but she pretended not to understand deliberately and asked, “What?”
Cormac was speechless.
“You know what I mean.” Did he had to say it so clearly?
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.