“I’m not trying to be tough. I just want to know my strength and I don’t want others to let me go first.” Andrew looked at the board carefully, taking each move cautiously.
Armand ate Andrew’s ice cream, pulled a chair and sat aside, watching their game with interest.
Halfway through the game, Andrew lost half of his pieces. It looked like he was going to lose again. This time, Andrew got hit really hard. He didn’t want to play before the game was over. He didn’t say anything, got up, and left.
He looked angry.
Armand said, “Tsk, why are you so serious about playing chess with your son! Can’t you just let him win? He’s lost several times.”
Cormac also wanted to. But Andrew was too competitive and proud. If he deliberately let him win, he wouldn’t be happy even if he won.
“He still has a long way to go. If I’m soft on him, can anyone else be soft on him?” Cormac got up with the cake and walked out.
Armand turned down the corners of his mouth and whispered, “Inhumane.”
Cormac was inhuman to his friends and his own son. In short, he was an inhumane man.
Jayden didn’t take Loredana to the room to talk, but to a quiet place outside the courtyard where large and lush camphor trees with dense leaves blocked out the sunlight. Under the trees was a large shady area With an occasional breeze, it was very cool and not hot at all.
“I heard about you guys,” Jayden said first. He stood under the trees with his back to Loredana.
Loredana looked at his back. He had lost a lot of weight in the past two months. His eyes weren’t as bright as they used to be.
If it weren’t for the two children, he wouldn’t even have the energy he had now.
It was only when the two children were here that he looked more spirited.
“You knew her heart from the beginning, and you knew how important Cormac was to her. She surely wanted her son to live a happy life, not be separated from his wife and children by her death,” Jayden’s voice was low. He brought Loredana out to try to talk her out of the past. After all, it wasn’t her fault.
What could be wrong with her?
She couldn’t choose to be born and she couldn’t choose her family. She was put through this by the last generation.
“I think she must want you to take good care of her son, not stay away from him because of her death. If you feel guilty, you should stay with him and take care of him and the two children. Those two children are so poor that they don’t have any peaceful days.”
How poor the children would be if they did separate!
Jayden turned to look at Loredana, “We don’t know what we have until we lose it. But when you lose it, you can’t get it back. Promise me you’ll go back with him this time.”
Loredana kept her head down, “I promise you. I understand what you mean.”
Jayden nodded in satisfaction, “I’ll be here for a few more months. But I’ll go back occasionally to see the two children.”
It seemed that he was saying that he would go back from time to time to see if they were together.
Loredana knew his thoughts. She was touched, “Dad, thank you.”
After all, Victoria’s death had something to do with her more or less, but he still treated her with such tolerance.
Jayden sighed, “Silly girl, you call me dad and her mom, so we are family. Don’t thank me.”
He waved his hand, “Go inside. It’s hot outside.”
Loredana didn’t say anything, but she wasn’t calm inside. Hearing Jayden’s words, she felt mixed emotions. He said that people didn’t know what they had until they lost it. He seemed to be referring to himself. She thought, ‘Jayden should be talking about him and Victoria.’
He had regrets for Victoria.
She understood and would cherish what she had now, including her lover and family.
After this incident, she realized her feelings for Cormac.
Her love for him turned out to be so deep!
She had just stepped over the threshold when she was grabbed by the wrist. Seeing that it was Cormac, she said nothing and followed him into the room.
This was the room in the east, the room where he slept last night. It was clean and spacious. Although it was a wooden house, it had modern decoration inside and it was convenient to live here.
Cormac pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed and without asking anything, he took her in his arms and kissed her on the lips. In the past, his kisses were always deep, domineering, and passionate. But this time, he just kissed her gently. He repeatedly pressed his lips gently against hers and then quickly left.
Loredana looked into his dark eyes, knowing that he was testing…
Loredana looked into his dark eyes, knowing that he was testing or waiting for her to take the initiative.
In fact, she especially wanted to hold him and try to respond to him.
But she didn’t do that because her body didn’t allow her to indulge right now.
After waiting for a long time for her to respond to him, Cormac was a little frustrated. He frowned and asked in a low voice, “Don’t you want to have me?” “Yes, I do,” Loredana said.
Cormac stopped frowning at once. With light in the corners of his eyes, he asked with a smile, “So why didn’t you do that?”
Loredana sighed, “I didn’t dare.”
Cormac was speechless.
His face was extremely close to hers. His breath could even blow her hair as he spoke. He said in a low and hoarse voice, “It’s easy to have me.”
Loredana turned his face away and looked down and stroked her belly, “Your son won’t allow it.”
Cormac was speechless again.
He felt like having cold water poured over his head suddenly. Then he fell back onto the bed.
Loredana glanced at him, “I’m hungry.”
She hadn’t eaten since this morning and her stomach had been rumbling long ago.
Cormac sat up. He had brought the cake Armand had bought into the room and it was on the table. He took it over and handed it to Loredana, “This is the cake you want to eat. Try it to see if this is what you want.”
Loredana reached for the cake, opened the box, and the smell of cream came out immediately. It made her mouth water.
She found that her taste had become very strange now. She suddenly wanted to eat this, and suddenly wanted to eat something else. Moreover, she couldn’t miss her meal. She would feel very hungry if she ate later.
There was a spoon in the box. She took a spoonful of the cake into her mouth, and her mouth was full of the sweet and creamy taste. She used to find the cream very greasy, but now she felt it sweet. Cormac got her a bottle of milk for fear that she would get thirsty. He handed her the milk with a straw in it, “Eat slowly. I won’t grab it from you.”
Loredana didn’t take the milk with her hands, just took a sip of milk and swallowed the cream in her mouth, “I haven’t eaten anything since this morning. I’m very hungry.”
“Why didn’t you eat?” He frowned. Why did she always let him worry about her?
“I was picked up by Tom yesterday. Charles wanted to see me this morning. Then I went to his wedding. I didn’t have time to eat at all.” Loredana completely forgot that Charles was Cormac’s “enemy”. Only after she finished did she remember how much Cormac hated Charles. She quickly looked up at him and tried to explain. She opened her mouth, but she realized she couldn’t say anything.
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.