She saw Coral educating the new maid about the family and tasks as she stepped in.
“This is Missus,” she introduced Loredana.
The maid immediately turned her body and greeted, “Hi, Missus.”
Loredana took a good look at the new maid sent by Abbott. She was in her thirties, looked young, hair was neatly tied up, dressed in a blue-white shirt and black long pants, simple and without extra accessories, she looked slightly nervous with her hands behind her body.
Coral noticed her nervousness and said, “Relax, Missus is kind and as long as you do your task, she won’t mistreat you. Now introduce yourself to her.”
They would be living under the same roof, it was necessary to get to know a little about her.
She began, “I’m Lucy Poole, aged thirty-six, divorced with a son where my ex-husband has the custody, I am now single.”
Loredana smiled, “We are a family with kids; let’s get along in the future.”
“Of course, Coral explained to me and I’m used to household chores and nursing children, please rest assured,” Lucy explained immediately. Guessed Abbott checked her background before hiring her, Loredana didn’t ask further and told her to refer to Coral if she had questions. “Please go to the market and prepare more dishes tonight, we have guests coming over,” Loredana told Coral.
Coral nodded while Loredana asked her to bring Lucy along so that she could get used to the surroundings since she was home now.
Coral and Lucy then departed to the market while Loredana went to Theresa’s room. Andrew and Amanda were in the room, “Let’s go, Cotton,” Amanda said as she saw Loredana entered the room.
She was still angry with Loredana, she went away with Cotton the moment she saw her.
Loredana stopped her daughter, “Are you still angry? Can I bring you tomorrow?”
“Really?” Amanda looked up.
Loredana nodded, “Yes.”
She wanted Cormac to bring her but he seemed busy.
Amanda smiled while Loredana let out a sigh of relief. ‘Children are hard to please as they grew up, a toddler was better, apart from being clingy everything else is fine. This is her first time being angry with her and for a long time.’
“Let’s go play chess Simona,” Andrew approached.
Amanda wanted to play too, so they went back to their room with Cotton while Loredana urged her son to take care of his sister. Andrew waved, “Got it.”
He knew that he had to be more patient and vigilant about her little sister since she was angry.
Loredana closed the door after the children left and looked at Theresa, “Feeling better?”
Theresa looked fresh, “Fever is better, but an injury on the legs prevents me from walking.”
Loredana poured her a glass of water and sat beside her. Armand might be here tonight, so she came to let Theresa know in advance. “Boyce got promoted, I invited him over for a celebration,” she said tactfully.
She believed Theresa understood, the three of them were buddies, Armand would definitely be here to celebrate Boyce’s promotion. Theresa understood but remained calm, “Congratulation, Boyce deserves it.”
She shared the same view as Loredana regarding Boyce’s promotion.
Loredana was confused looking at her calmness, it looked like Theresa had let go of her love towards Armand.
“We’ve caught the man in the temple, Armand will be interrogating him.” Loredana couldn’t help but praised Armand.
There was no other intention or asking for forgiveness, she simply wanted to let her know.
Theresa’s fists under the blanket clenched, she remained calm recalling what the doctor told her. She smiled, “I know your intention, regarding Armand…”
Her face turned stern, “We ended. I will still consider others if there’s a suitable person, but not him.”
She sounded stern and the meaning was clear. She would never reconcile with Armand but had not lost faith in love, she would still consider being in love with the right person, she didn’t give up.
It didn’t seem like she said that impulsively. Loredana didn’t say anything else, relationship was not something a third party could easily get involved with. She held Theresa’s hand tightly, “I will support whatever you decide.”
That was the only thing she could do for her.
“I want to go back to city C once I recovered. Although Oscar is currently taking care of the factory, the shop needs to have its person in charge, or else we will be losing customers.” There was no reason for her to stay here in B City, but she had work to do in city C.
“I’ll go back with you once you’ve recovered.” Loredana had the same thinking, ‘Cloud’ was her work, and she couldn’t leave it aside. Cormac could take care of everything here.
It was a long life, she didn’t want to stay home and do nothing her entire life, that was not the life she wanted, she was not the kind of woman who gave up on a career for marriage.
Theresa agreed, “Although you are married and having a good life with Mr. Mendelsohn, one shouldn’t depend on man, one should have own career.”
“We are such a good buddy, we even have the same thinking.” Loredana smiled, “Take a good rest and dress pretty tonight.”
“Will there be a handsome man?” Theresa joked.
Loredana patted her, “Yes.” Then she stood up, “I’m going to take a nap and then get the dinner ready when Coral is back.”
Theresa opened her arms wide and said, “I can only help with the eating.”
“Getting well soon is the biggest help you could give me.” Loredana smiled as she left the room. She dropped by to see her children, there were sunken into the world of chess, not even realizing the door was opened. She then went upstairs for her nap.
She was sleepy but couldn’t fall asleep. Two hours later, Coral came back with the new maid with groceries. Loredana went down hearing them.
“What did you buy?” Loredana asked as she approached.
“Didn’t you say we have guests? So I bought a bunch of vegetables, meat, and seafood.”
Coral put everything in the kitchen and took them out, “Oh yes, I bought a salted goose at “Delicacy Camp.”
She looked up and said, “I heard that this tastes good, but you can’t eat much, you can taste a little, salty food is not good for a pregnant woman.”
Coral was so considerate.
Loredana nodded and helped with the dinner preparation but was stopped by Coral. “Both of us can handle everything, go and have a nap.”
“I can’t sleep, let me help.” Loredana looked at everything Coral bought while thinking of dishes she could make.
So they stayed in the kitchen the entire afternoon, preparing for the dinner feast.
The three men came home at seven o’clock in the evening.
Cormac went upstairs for a change while Boyce and Armand played with the kids in the living room.
Armand asked a few probing questions trying to find out Theresa’s condition here from the kids.
Andrew saw through him instantly and said, “That’s Renee’s room over there,” pointing at her room.
Armand glanced at it and said, “Knowing that she is fine is enough.”
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.