Loredana patted her daughter, “It’s all over. It won’t happen again.”
Amanda didn’t say a word. She just wrapped her arms around her neck, and Loredana kissed her forehead, “We have a guest downstairs. I’ll carry you downstairs, okay?” Amanda didn’t say anything, but just stayed in her arms and didn’t come down.
Loredana stroked her head and stood up with her in her arms. Amanda was really much heavier now. She wrapped her arms around her daughter’s waist and held her over her bulging belly, then held her buttocks with her other hand. She just looked at the road against her daughter’s shoulder, and when she reached the stairway, she was afraid that it would be unbalanced, so she switched to holding her daughter with one hand and holding the railing with the other, and walked down.
Wendy, who had already been invited in by Coral, saw that Loredana was struggling to hold Amanda and came over to help, “Simona, your mommy is pregnant. It’s not convenient for her to hold you. Let me hold you.”
With that, she reached out to hug Amanda. Loredana said, “No, she doesn’t like to be held by others …”
Before she could finish her sentence, Amanda let out a cry.
Wendy hurriedly withdrew her hand.
Coral, who was pouring water for Wendy, heard the sound and immediately came over and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Wendy was a little embarrassed. She had wanted to help.
“I didn’t know she would cry.” She explained.
Coral looked at her and reached out to help Loredana, “You take it easy.”
Loredana patted her daughter and told Wendy not to mind, “She’s scared and doesn’t want to be held by others.”
“So that’s it!” Wendy followed suit and came over to sit on the couch.
Loredana sat her daughter on her lap and looked over at Wendy, “Why did you have time to come over? Is there something going on?”
“I haven’t seen Armand for the past two days, and I wonder what he’s been up to?” Wendy asked.
Armand said when he went to see Boyce that he didn’t tell the Miller family that Boyce had been found, and asked her and Cormac not to say anything either.
Armand said that Wendy and Boyce were not right for each other.
She didn’t know if it was good to hide her, but she felt some of Armand’s words make sense. If Wendy really loved Boyce, she should be able to wait for him for a month or two.
Now she thought that Armand must be trying to test Wendy’s true feelings for Boyce.
She didn’t think it was right to lie, but she had promised Armand and couldn’t back out.
“Didn’t he go to find Boyce?” As she spoke, Loredana lowered her eyes.
Taking the opportunity to pat her daughter, she avoided Wendy’s searching gaze.
Armand had gone to find Boyce?
Wendy wondered if she had been wrong. They were still trying to find Boyce? And they were just widening the scope? So she didn’t see Armand?
But then Loredana acted like she was avoiding her.
If he was really looking for Boyce, what was there to avoid?
She looked down, “I know you all must think Boyce and I are not suitable because I was married. However, I really like him. I missed him once before because I wasn’t a shrewd judge of character. I was very surprised and happy that he could accept me then. Now that his whereabouts are unknown, I am very sad and can not sleep at night. He called you sister-in-law, so I think you should be familiar with him and know what kind of person he is.”
Loredana said, “I know. He is indeed a man worth trusting.”
“Now I’m at a loss, and I don’t know what to do. Can you help me with some ideas?” Wendy came over and grabbed Loredana’ hand, “My mom told me to give up, but I don’t want to. Whether he’s alive or dead, I want to see him.”
At this moment, Loredana could feel Wendy’s inner torment.
But she also did not impulsively say Boyce was okay.
When facing Wendy, she felt very sorry inside.
“What can I do to help you?” Loredana asked.
Wendy slowly stood up and sat back on the couch, “You don’t need to help me with anything. I have to brace myself for this kind of thing. Just, if you ever hear from Boyce, please let me know the first time. Can you promise me that?”
Loredana clenched her hands a little tighter and said, “That’s for sure.”
Her hands were covered under Amanda’s skirt, so for the moment, Wendy didn’t notice her hands that were uncomfortably clenched together because she was lying.
Wendy pursed her lips and asked tentatively, “Would you also find Boyce and me inappropriate?”
“If you are sincere, why do you care what others think?” Loredana didn’t like her attitude of always testing others like this. “Even friends who are close can’t interfere with emotional matters. It’s good that you feel right and comfortable together. What other people think doesn’t matter at all.”
Wendy could hear the discomfort between Loredana’ words. She wasn’t trying to be annoying. It was just that Armand’s dislike for her was too obvious. She was afraid Armand would say something bad about her in front of Loredana and Cormac.
“I didn’t mean anything else. I’m just afraid people will say things about me …”
“Just follow your heart and have a clear conscience. You don’t have to care what other people think.” Loredana interrupted her from explaining, because there was nothing to explain.
But this time, Loredana did see that she was not innocent.
It seemed that she had quite a lot of thoughts.
At this moment, Wendy regretted coming here. Loredana was not too old, but she spoke without mercy. She was quite thoughtful and insightful.
She felt right too. The woman Cormac liked must have merits. With Cormac’s status, what kind of woman had he not seen?
And in the end, she managed to become Mrs. Mendelsohn, so it could be imagined that she must have been exceptional.
“I’ve brought you displeasure, haven’t I?” Now that she had seen through everything, she was no longer hiding. Loredana smiled, “It’s nothing.”
Actually, there was something wrong with her. Hadn’t she also lied to Wendy?
“I’ll have to listen to my mother’s nagging again when I get back tonight. Can I stay for dinner at your house? Actually, I think Boyce and you guys are close, so I want to get into your circle. Do you mind?” Wendy knew that if she opened her mouth, she would still see through her mind, so she might as well be frank.
She had been so frank, so Loredana could not just refuse her.
“Okay.” She turned her head to Coral, “Prepare more dinner.”
Coral said, “Okay.”
“Thank you,” Wendy said to Coral.
Coral smiled and said, “You’re welcome.” But in her mind, she was thinking that Wendy looked so smart, but how could she be so ignorant?
Loredana was pregnant, and Amanda was clinging to her. As she stayed here, Loredana had to deal with her, yet she still offered to have dinner here. She was obviously disturbing Loredana’ rest. She couldn’t help but feel a little annoyed with Wendy.
It was selfish to think of oneself and disregard the feelings of others.
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.