She sat on the sofa and continued to eat.
It seemed like she did not care about Armand at all.
Loredana sighed, “Send him to the guest room.”
“I still want to drink,” Armand got blasted. He still wanted to drink some more even though he could not open his eyes.
Loredana went to make a cup of honey water and handed it over to the driver, “Give him a drink of the honey water. He seems got so blasted. Sir, buy him some anti-alcoholic drugs from the pharmacy.” “Just let him have a sleep, and he will be fine,” Cormac handed Armand over to the driver, “Take Armand to the room.”
Lucy walked over to help and said, “I’ll cook some hangover soup tonight.”
Loredana nodded, “Please take care of him.”
Lucy said, “Sure,” she took the honey water and helped the driver to carry Armand to go to the room.
“Do you smell the alcohol on me?” Cormac raised his arm to Loredana’s nose.
Loredana said yes. Indeed she smelled light alcohol on him.
Loredana was pregnant, so she was sensitive to smell.
“I’ll go have a shower,” Cormac could not stand dirty, and he was even more afraid of Loredana smelling alcohol.
Loredana knew his habits. Although he had no fetish for cleanliness, he could not stand any smell on his body. She replied, “H’m.”
Cormac did not show affection with Loredana since there was someone in the living room. He turned around and went upstairs to take a shower. After the shower, he knew Loredana did not go upstairs, and Theresa was downstairs too, so he went to Coral and wanted to play with the two children.
Coral took the two children to the bamboo grove in the mountain behind their place. They were all on a picnic mat spread on the grasses, with some food on it. Cotton was lying on the side while Andrew was reading a book about chess, and Amanda was drawing.
When Coral saw Cormac coming, she wanted to greet him, but Cormac stopped her with a gesture, signaling that she went back to the villa and he would take care of the two children.
Coral gently got up and left. She thought, ‘Cormac rarely has time to spend with the two children. They will be happy for sure when Cormac accompanies them.’
After Coral left, Cormac went closer to Amanda with his noiseless steps. Amanda did not go to drawing class for learning, and it was Loredana and Theresa who taught her how to draw. Fashion design was essential for basic training in drawing. Since Loredana and Theresa were fashion designers, they had learned professional design and drawing skills. Both of them would teach Amanda drawing when they were free.
Amanda also liked to draw, so she learned it well.
She drew bamboo because she was in the bamboo grove. She was earnest in painting and did not notice the color stains on her white skirt, and she even did not notice Cormac was right behind her. It was summer. They did not feel hot in the bamboo grove but felt refreshing when the wind blew.
Cormac stood behind Amanda and lowered his eyes to look at her drawing. Although she had not yet finished the drawing, it had a pretty good rough sketch. So he did not disturb her and quietly paid attention to Amanda and looked forward to her finished the drawing.
Amanda was so focused that she did not notice someone was behind her. She asked suddenly, “Andrew, what do you think you would do if daddy betrayed mommy?”
Cormac was speechless.
He thought, ‘What’s she thinking?’
Same as Coral, Andrew saw Cormac walked over to them, but he did not say anything. Andrew glanced at Cormac, smiled, and asked in reply, “What about you? What would you do?”
Amanda tilted her head and thought about it. She seemed to have seen such a plot in a drama, so she recalled the lines at the time and replied to Andrew, “If it’s me, I’ll pluck all the hair from the mistress’ body like plucking a chicken until she has no more hair on her body, so that she will have no way to seduce others.”
Andrew concealed his smile and asked, “Will you pluck her fine hairs too?”
“Of course, all the hair should be plucked, like a hairless chicken that is very ugly. Nobody will like it,” Amanda said seriously.
Andrew gave a little cough and thought, ‘The first thing to be considered is whether a plucked chicken can still be alive instead of considering whether it looks good or ugly.’
“Do you think daddy will be angry when he heard your words?” Andrew suppressed his smile, and he could know that Cormac was pulling a long face even if he only looked at Cormac’s back.
“Daddy won’t hear it as long as you don’t go and tell him,” Amanda assured as if she knew Cormac very well.
Andrew pressed his stomach so hard so that he did not laugh out loud, “How can you be so sure?”
“How can daddy have time to care about us when he’s busying with his business every day? I’m wondering if we’re not his children.” Amanda thought, ‘If Cormac is our father, how come he doesn’t have time to spend with us?’
Andrew could not help but burst into a laugh.
Amanda did not understand why Andrew laughed at her, and she turned her head and asked, “What are you laughing at?”
She did not finish her words and saw the man standing behind her. Amanda’s little cute countenance fell, “D-d-daddy…”
Amanda was anxious, and she could not even speak the words clearly.
Cormac asked sullenly, “Where did you learn all these words?”
“Y-y-you heard it all?” Amanda thought, ‘When did daddy come? How come I didn’t notice it?’
She certainly would not have said those words if she had noticed he was there.
“Daddy,” Amanda hugged Cormac’s leg and pouted, “When did you come? How come I didn’t hear your steps?”
“Can I still hear you say those nonsense words if you heard my steps?” Cormac still pulled a long face.
Amanda put up a smiling face to please Cormac, and she hugged his legs more tightly with her arms and said in a baby’s voice, “Daddy, I love you so much. I’m just afraid of losing you, and I’m afraid someone will take you away from me.”
He could not get angry anymore after looking at Amanda’s pretty face. However, he wanted to teach her a lesson, so he was still pulling a long face, “Tell me, where did you hear all that?”
Amanda lowered her head and rubbed her fingers. She pouted and said, “I heard it all in dramas.”
“Don’t watch those nonsense dramas again from now on,” Cormac said solemnly.
“Alright, I promise you that I’ll never watch it again. Don’t be angry, daddy,” Amanda stretched out her two little arms, “Daddy, it’s been a long time since you have hugged me. I miss you, and I want you to hug me.”
Cormac was annoyed and amused at the same time, “Don’t we see each other every day?”
“I’m still missing you even though we meet every day. Daddy, I’ll first draw a portrait for you in the future, but you have to wait for my skills to become better,” Amanda said earnestly. Amanda’s serious expression successfully erased the little bit of displeasure in Cormac’s heart.
He bent over to pick up Amanda and patted her bottom, “Don’t you try to soap me up. You’re not allowed to watch TV anymore from now on.”
“Is cartoons okay?” Amanda asked in a low voice.
“Will you stop watching TV if I say no?”
“I won’t watch it if you say no. I’ll watch it without letting you know,” Amanda playfully kissed Cormac’s face, “Daddy hates to beat me up, right?”
Cormac was speechless and smiled, “You’re getting more demanding.”
“Daddy, get me down. I haven’t finished my drawing yet,” Amanda was in high spirits and wanted to finish the drawing.
Cormac pinched her cheeks and got her down.
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.