“When I had just arrived in City C, I met a beggar begging at the roadside. His shirt was so dirty that I didn’t know how his original shirt looked like. His hair all twisted together and was very dry. His face was full of wrinkles. He always sat in one place. Sometimes he would smile and sometimes he would cry. The people in the neighborhood would always take turns to give him food. I thought he was a madman. Then, I heard from the people in that neighborhood and realized that he had a knot in his heart.”
She turned her head to look at Cormac, “He would become that way because his wife died of a hemorrhage in childbirth. There was one body but two lives. He went crazy after that.”
The street where the beggar was sitting was near XF textile mill that Oscar first rented for her. She would pass by the street when she went to XF textile mill and she would meet the beggar every time. One day, the beggar was gone. Oscar said that he had passed away. He had cancer and could not be cured.
At that time, she was thinking, how could fate be so cruel and let a person suffer for his whole life.
So, all she wanted was everyone she cared about was safe and healthy and the same for herself, “I don’t want to lose the people I love and I don’t want the people I love to lose me.”
Her sudden emotional thoughts made Cormac unable to respond for a moment.
“I will not go mad and you will not leave me.” Cormac hugged her into his arms and pinched her cheeks, “What’s in your mind all day long?”
Loredana slapped his hand, “It’s painful.”
Cormac sneered indifferently, “You still know that it’s painful? If you ever think of any messy thing, I’ll …”
“What will you do?” Loredana tugged his tie and pulled it towards her. Cormac sat straight. His waist was hard and stable. Loredana was unable to tug it. She pretended to be angry and said, “Are you bullying me now? You can find someone else to be your bride for the wedding.”
Cormac laughed at her unreasonableness, “It is obvious that you want to strangle me. How can you say that I am bullying you?”
Loredana felt uncomfortable leaning on the sofa. So, she slid down and lay her head on his lap. She played with the tie she pulled just now, “You are bullying me as I can’t beat you. You are much taller and heavier than me. Your arms are more muscular than mine too.”
Cormac laughed, his voice was deep and long, “I’ll let you win in the future.”
Loredana was interested, “Won’t fight back when you are being punched and won’t scold back when you are being scolded?”
“No.”
Loredana looked up at the dark pupils above her and asked, “Then, what is it?”
He laughed lightly, “I let you be on top of me.”
Loredana hadn’t realized, “On top of where?”
“My body,” he smiled.
Loredana, “…”
“You might be perceived as a decent and cold guy, but you aren’t.” Loredana knew now.
A man that seemed calm, cold and introverted usually had another wild side hidden behind.
He had never taken anything seriously.
How come she never noticed it before?
Cormac leaned towards her and put his lips on the tip of her nose, smiling, “What kind of person am I?”
Loredana tilted her head but was stopped by him, “Do not avoid me.”
His smile and tease made Loredana wanted to take initiative in controlling the situation. She no longer avoiding instead looked straight into his eyes, grabbed his necktie, gradually moved up until she reached his collar and unbuttoned one of his buttons.
She touched his skin with her fingers lightly, this move made him thirst, and swallowed his saliva, “Do you want to try it right now?” he asked with a low voice.
Loredana’s red and seductive lips lifted, slightly embarrassed, “Can I?” she smiled.
No straight man would say no to this.
While he was a completely straight man, there was no way he would say no.
Loredana sat up from the couch and raised her chin, “Lie down.”
Cormac doubted, ‘she’s much more relax and open-minded compare to before but does she wants to do it?’
“Quick.” Loredana pushed him down as he was in deep thought, she seemed to be in rush.
She wore a skirt and deliberately rubbed her legs against his sensitive area, she then lowered her body onto his, smiling flirtatiously while touching her chest and whispered, “Close your eyes, I’m shy if you keep looking at me like this.”
A few strands of her hair fell as she lowered her body and it rubbed against his cheeks like feathers, it was soft and alluring.
Cormac felt hot. Her flirtatious move was like a drug he couldn’t reject.
He was a calm and pretty resistant person but it all collapsed in front of Loredana.
Loredana kissed his eyes, “I’m going to undress now, wait and don’t peek.”
Cormac nodded collaboratively, he was suspecting but now he was sure that she didn’t intend to do anything, she was just making fun of him.
But he was happy to play along just to make her happy.
There was a second where he truly believed that Loredana was serious, but he knew it was just a fun game the moment Loredana asked him not to peek.
Loredana grinned, looking at the man on the couch. She then walked quietly and open the door, she was not that crazy to do such a thing in bright daylight at the office.
While she was about to close the door, the secretary brought food over. She signaled her to be quiet and so she approached her silently.
Loredana took the food and whispered, “Tell him I left.”
She didn’t realize that the man opened his eyes the moment she turned around and he was now standing neatly dressed behind her. Cormac stopped the secretary who was about to greet him and signaled her to be quiet, he wanted Loredana to feel that her evil plan succeeded.
The secretary was confused, ‘What’s this couple up to? They are acting strange.’
She couldn’t understand.
Loredana took a taxi back to the villa and bumped into Abbott who was coming out from the villa.
“Missus,” Abbott greeted, thinking Loredana knew Cormac arranged for an extra maid, so he didn’t say much.
Loredana saw that he was empty-handed, so he wasn’t here to collect things, “Why are you here?”
“You have no idea?” Abbott was stunned.
“What?” Loredana confused.
“Mr. Mendelsohn asked me to get a new maid and I sent her here today, please let me know whether she’s suitable, I will arrange for another if she’s not,” Abbott explained. Loredana wanted to discuss this with Cormac but forgotten, he did before she mentioned it. “All right.”
“I shall go back to the office now,” Abbott said.
Loredana nodded.
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.