Loredana was asleep. Maxina answered Cormac, “A lady gave these to Loredana when she came visiting her.”
“What’s her name?” Cormac asked again.
Maxina shook her head, “I don’t know…”
Loredana slowly opened her eyes when she heard somebody talking while she was sleeping. Cormac approached Loredana and whispered, “You’re awake?”
Loredana rubbed her eyes. She was a light sleeper, “Why did you come back?”
Cormac didn’t answer Loredana, but instead, he asked her back, “Did you meet Emma?”
Did he found out about it so soon?
Loredana got up from the bed, “Did you come back to ask me this? How did you know about that?”
Cormac then told Loredana what happened between Emma and Abbott.
Just like telling Loredana a gossip to ease her boredom. Cormac knew Loredana was bored to stay in the room all day.
Loredana widened her eyes and was stunned after hearing what Cormac told her. She recovered from shock after a while, “Emma and Abbott?”
Cormac reached out his hand and tucked Loredana’ hair behind her ears, “You’re surprised?”
Loredana nodded. She had a feeling that something wasn’t quite right.
Loredana told Cormac what she thought, “She didn’t have to sacrifice herself even if she wanted vengeance.”
Loredana couldn’t understand why Emma used herself as bait. She could have used another woman instead.
The kind Emma could use the money to pay them. Emma really didn’t need to do it herself.
What was she thinking?
“Did she fall in love with Abbott?” Loredana took a wild guess.
Women always knew what another woman was thinking. An idea occurred to Loredana when men didn’t have any idea of it.
If Emma hated the man, how could she overcome the resistance and be naked in front of him?
There was only one answer to the question. Emma liked the man, so she offered herself willingly.
Cormac didn’t care who Emma liked. It was none of his business.
It was out of the topic.
“So you met Emma? And she gave you these flowers?” Cormac threw in the same question again.
Loredana nodded, “Yes, I’ve met her, and she gave me these flowers.”
Cormac didn’t say anything but took the bouquet up and asked Maxina to throw it away.
Loredana felt speechless.
“What’s wrong with the flowers?”
Cormac said, “Who knows if she did anything to the flowers. What if she hid something in the flowers that endanger your health?”
Loredana smiled. Cormac was overreacting.
“Did you watch too many thriller films?” Loredana would watch movies when she was feeling bored in the ward. Something storylines were so complicated that it blew her mind. Everything was a plot.
Cormac didn’t have time for movies. He thought it was a thing for people who had nothing to do.
“Ouch.”
Loredana frowned. Cormac was worried, “Stomach ache?”
Loredana shook her head, “No, my leg cramped.”
Cormac opened Loredana’ blanket and gave her a massage, “This one?”
Loredana always had cramps on her right leg, so Cormac automatically assumed it was her right leg.
Loredana nodded.
The pain was unbearable.
Massaging the leg only offered relief on the tensed muscle. The pain that cramps brought would only go away after a while.
Loredana was used to it. She leaned against the headboard and waited for the pain to go away.
Cormac kept talking to Loredana and tried to distract her, “Let’s have lunch together later when the kids come.”
Loredana said softly, “How come they are free? It’s not the weekend today.”
The kids usually had lunch in school. They sent them to school in the morning and would only fetch them back at night.
They were only free during the weekends or at night.
“I’ll ask the driver to fetch them here to have lunch with you. Then, I’ll send them back to school. You haven’t seen them for days. You must be missing them.”
Loredana nodded.
Cormac gave his driver a call in the afternoon and asked him to fetch the kids to the hospital.
Abbott had been looking for Emma the whole morning, but he couldn’t find her. She left and cleared out everything.
Emma’s phone was still turned off. He couldn’t get hold of her.
Boyce then reminded Abbott, “Could she go overseas?”
Abbott didn’t think it was possible. Why would Emma go overseas for nothing? Abbott went and checked the departure record anyway, even if he didn’t believe it at first. Abbott found Emma’s record, and it showed that she went to Canada.
It was easy for him to find out where a person went in this country, but it was a different thing overseas.
Abbott sat in the office looking defeated. He didn’t understand why Emma had to go.
Abbott was the most dispirited person other than Armand now. The happiest person other than Cormac was Boyce.
He hadn’t got married to Jasmine, and they had an age gap, but they got along pretty well. Jasmine was lively, playful and mature, while Boyce was dependable. He was quiet when he was alone at home. Jasmine would never disturb Boyce when he was busy at work, but he was free, Jasmine would tease him and play with him.
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.