Theresa picked it up and took a sip. She answered, “Not really. I haven’t seen Armand. Has anything happened to him?”
She couldn’t hold back her worry but ask about his whereabouts.
Loredana looked at her. Obviously, Theresa still cared about Armand.
She poured a glass of water for herself and asked, “Why are you asking about him? Do you care about him?”
“No, I don’t,” Theresa denied immediately. She explained, “It’s your wedding today, but he hasn’t shown up at all. Is it normal?”
Loredana didn’t answer her immediately. She took a few sips of the water and said, “He’s been there all the time, but he didn’t show up in front of us.” “Why not?” Theresa asked.
Loredana put down the water, looking at her in silence. Obviously, Theresa asked because she truly cared. It was her subconscious reaction, which couldn’t lie. Soon, Theresa realized that she had reacted too obvious. She tried to explain but didn’t know how to achieve it. For a moment, she was in a panic. Loredana glanced at the door and checked the time. She guessed that Cormac should have taken Armand to the lounge now.
She started to talk seriously, “Theresa, you do care about Armand.”
“No, I don’t,” Theresa said less confidently. Her voice was lower.
In the beginning, she tried to hold back her question because she was afraid that her thoughts would be exposed. However, Loredana still found it. Loredana didn’t insist on asking her, giving her some time to relax.
In the room next door, Boyce asked Cormac to enter. He had found out the woman who sent the gift box, but he didn’t tell Loredana about her identity because it was a member form the Bailey family. To avoid worrying Loredana, he lied to her. After the wedding, he decided to tell Cormac.
Seeing Armand standing at the door of the lounge, Boyce asked, “Armand has been hiding in the wedding all the time. Why is he standing at the door of the lounge but not going in?”
Cormac sat on the sofa, looked up, and loosened his collar, “I did it intentionally.”
He lied to Armand that he wanted to talk to Armand, taking him to the lounge. At the door, they overheard the conversation between Loredana and Theresa.
Hearing that Theresa was in the lounge, Armand turned away and was about to go into another room. Cormac didn’t tell him about his plan but pulled him to stop.
Before Armand asked why in confusion, he overheard that Loredana remarked, “Theresa, you do care about Armand.”
For some reason, he wanted to know the answer extremely eagerly, wondering if Theresa still cared about him.
Even if she didn’t love him, it would be fine. As long as she still cared about him, it meant that he could still occupy her heart.
Probably in this way, he wouldn’t think that his love was way too worthless.
When Boyce came to them, Armand was concentrating on eavesdropping on Theresa’s answer.
“Why?” Boyce was confused. Why did Cormac intentionally let Armand stand at the door and eavesdropping the conversation inside?
As a smart man, Boyce realized that Theresa must be in there, “Loredana and you are truly considerate friends. Your wedding has just ended. I can tell how exhausted you guys are, but you still think about helping Armand.”
Cormac didn’t want to keep discussing this matter. He asked, “What do you want to tell me?”
Boyce instantly became serious, “Before the wedding, Loredana received a gift box.”
Cormac wasn’t drunk, but he had drunk a lot. Loredana had friends, so it was normal for her to receive a gift. He didn’t care much.
“It was from the sixth daughter of the Bailey family, Emma Bailey.” As he spoke, Boyce pulled his phone and showed the surveillance video to Cormac.
“This woman asked a waitress to pass the gift to Loredana. Although it was a hazard, I don’t think she did it out of kindness.”
Cormac squinted. He had been paying attention to the Bailey family. Although there were a lot of members in the family, they were not united. Moreover, more people tended to add insult to injury rather than offer others timely help.
Besides, Declan had been quite arrogant, so he had offended a lot of people. This time, his father and he would be fraught with grim possibilities.
Cormac also sent his men to keep an eye on Declan’s older sisters, who were all married. So far, none of them had taken any action. He also got some information about Emma. Since he had decided to do something to the Bailey family, Cormac had done a detailed investigation on their family and network structures.
However, he hadn’t expected that someone would make a move.
“What did she send?” asked Cormac.
“It wasn’t anything dangerous. I didn’t see it clearly. What do you plan to do?” asked Boyce.
“Have you told her that woman is from the Bailey family?” Cormac was afraid that Loredana would worry after knowing it. He didn’t want her to worry about those trifles.
“Nope. I told her I couldn’t find it out, and Loredana didn’t ask me for details,” said Boyce.
“Keep an eye on her.” Right now, Cormac couldn’t deal with this matter. They had just finished the wedding, so he wanted to accompany Loredana for a few more days. Two days later, Loredana would have the prenatal examination, and he needed to go with her.00000000000
Boyce said, “All right. I’ll send my men to watch her.”
“Call me if there’s anything.” Cormac took a sip of water, taking a rest while leaning against the back of the sofa.
Boyce was sitting next to him sensibly. He didn’t speak to disturb Cormac.
In the room next door, Theresa had been thinking for a long moment before answering Loredana. She stood up, walked to the window, and peered out.
“I don’t care about him. It’s just… I hid the reason why I broke up with him, and I feel sorry for him.”
She didn’t tell him the truth but hid something that she didn’t want to face.
“I don’t want him to break down because of my matter.” She had done it for his good.
And also, it was for her own good.
Her health problem was like a cell phone, which couldn’t be made for calls. Its existence was strange and unacceptable by others.
“Do you know why Armand hadn’t shown up?” Loredana knew that she felt self-contemptuous. She couldn’t face the fact. However, being unable to give birth wasn’t a dead end. What if Armand wouldn’t care? Why couldn’t Theresa give him and herself a chance?
They could face it together, couldn’t they?
“He had a fight with someone in a bar, and his faces were full of wounds and bruises. Hence, he didn’t show up at our wedding.”
Her words were reechoing in Theresa’s mind.
“Has he been hurt seriously?” Theresa turned around to look at her.
Loredana looked at her, “You’ve broken up with him, haven’t you? Why do you still care if he has been hurt seriously?”
She intentionally wanted to tear Theresa’s disguise off. Theresa cared about Armand truly, but she was too stubborn to admit it.
“I’ll call him over. You can ask him yourself.” Loredana stood up, walking to the door. Theresa hurriedly to pull her, “No, please don’t. I don’t want to see him.”
“Why don’t you want to see me?” Suddenly, the door was pushed open. Armand was standing at the door. He took off the sunglasses, exposing the bruises at the corner of his eyes. He gazed at Theresa, “What kind of excuse you’ve hidden from me?”
Loredana looked at Armand and grabbed Theresa’s shoulder, “You’d better tell him. If you truly want to break up with him, you should let him know the reason. He has the right to know it.” After finishing her words, Loredana walked out of the door, leaving the private space to them.
Theresa bent down her head. She wanted to leave the lounge as well. When she reached the door, Armand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back into the lounge. He also closed the door. “You must tell me what you’ve hidden from me. Otherwise, I won’t let you go.” Armand was quite aggressive.
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.