After they finished breakfast, Loredana went to pay while Cormac and Samuel left first.
In the car, Samuel leaned over to Cormac and asked, “What do you intend to do? What do you need me to do?” Were they now on the same side? Cormac thought.
Cormac signaled him to get closer and Samuel obediently turned his ear to Cormac, “Leave the revenge part to me. You must protect your mommy when I’m not around. Don’t let her be so foolish to be set up again.”
“My mommy is not a fool!” Samuel erupted.
“Not a fool?” The bad guys almost succeeded.
“Not a fool.” Samuel shook his head, “It was someone she knew and she let her guard down. She is not a fool.”
Samuel disagreed with Cormac’s assessment of Loredana.
“If my mother is a fool and you still like her, then you are more of a fool.” Samuel insisted.
Cormac was speechless. What he said seemed logical. He could only admit that Loredana was not a fool, otherwise, this kid would continue to argue with him.
“I will protect my mommy well.” Samuel waved his hand at him, “Give me your cellphone number. Then we can be in contact.” Samuel had even thought of the details.
Cormac handed his phone to him and Samuel dialed his own number. After the call went through, he returned the phone to Cormac and said, “Here, this is my number and now I have yours.”
Samuel extended his hand officially, “Let’s work together.”
He was thoroughly amused by Samuel’s little hand. Was it necessary to be so formal? Okay then. He extended his hand and shook his tiny hand. It was small, meaty, and tender.
“Partners!” Cormac said.
“We are in agreement!” Samuel declared.
“What kind of agreement?” Loredana paid for the breakfast and heard Samuel say this as soon as she got into the car.
She looked at her son and then at Cormac and asked curiously, “What are you both talking about?”
“Did we?” Samuel couldn’t think of a reason and refused to admit it.
“Am I mistaken?” Loredana frowned. She wasn’t mistaken. She clearly heard Samuel talking.
“You heard wrongly.” Samuel leaned into her embrace and grabbed her neck coyly, “Mommy, you’re not old, why are you becoming so muddleheaded?”
“Rascal.” Loredana ruffled Samuel’s hair. Cormac looked at them from the rearview mirror and his eyes lit up.
Back at the apartment complex, Cormac waited while Loredana took Samuel back to the apartment.
Loredana got back into the car and asked, “Are you going to the office?”
“Give me the evidence.” He demanded.
Loredana was stunned, “What evidence…” She asked and then realized what he was referring to.
“They’re with Terry.” She said.
“Get him to hand them over.” Cormac requested.
“You want them?” Loredana didn’t understand why he wanted the evidence.
“Do you think that with the evidence you can deal with her legally?” The Herbert family’s business wasn’t great but their connections were strong. As long as they spend some money, they would be able to suppress any legal case. Not only were they unable to suppress her, but they would also reveal their intentions.
“Do you want to help me?” Loredana suddenly asked. She was partially hoping for it but was not confident that he would help her on this matter. He acknowledged simply.
Loredana clenched her hands and looked outside the window and didn’t want him to see her rejoice. It was the first time her hopes weren’t dashed.
After a while, she called Terry.
Terry was rather excited, “Let me tell you something. I found the B City Law society lawyer. I was about to look for you. Let’s find a time to discuss this and decide when to submit the litigation.”
“When are you free?” Loredana asked.
“Anytime.”
“Let’s meet up and bring along the evidence,” Loredana said.
“Okay.”
“Where shall we meet?” Terry asked.
“WY Group,” Cormac said this because he needed to go to the office now. Loredana just realized that he was driving towards the city. After hanging up the call with Terry, Loredana pursed her lips and asked, “If you’re going to the office, then what am I going to do?”
He extended his hand and caressed her palm, “Keep me company.”
Loredana was speechless.
She didn’t respond as she didn’t have much to do and that Terry would go over afterward. Teresa could handle the work at the shop. She hadn’t been so free for a long while.
After she gave birth to Samuel and Simona, she had to prepare for the examination, and thereafter she had to work. She had not relaxed for several years. She should use these days to rest.
She leaned back into the chair, retracted her hand from Cormac, and said, “Drive carefully.”
Cormac felt that he was missing something even though he was holding onto the steering wheel. He felt the emptiness and only when he was closer to this woman would he feel more complete.
It was red lights at the traffic junction. He seemed to unconsciously place his hand onto Loredana’ thigh.
Loredana was speechless… this man.
He even started to grab her gently and before Loredana could object, he said, “We are married.” If you don’t sleep with me, at least let me touch, he thought. He was a regular man and she couldn’t expect him to be a monk.
A woman’s thigh was a very private part of her body. Furthermore, he was very daring to continue to rub her thigh until she was starting to feel aroused. She grabbed a part of her clothes tightly and looked away, and did not dare to look at him.
Her heart continued to pound and didn’t seem to be able to control her own heart. She couldn’t seem to control her emotions whenever she was with him. Loredana didn’t object and Cormac felt satisfied. His hand remained on her thigh but didn’t move. He continued to drive towards the towering business district.
Very soon, the car reached the WY group building underground garage. It was a new car Cormac had just bought for Loredana and it had not been registered with the car parking system. The guard yelled,
“This is a garage for WY group and is not opened to the public. Please go elsewhere.”
Cormac wound down the window and as soon as the guard saw him, he quickly raised the barrier and welcomed, “Oh, it’s Mr. Mendelsohn, I didn’t know that it was you.” He definitely shouldn’t stop the boss from entering for fear of losing his job. He looked at the woman seated beside Cormac and was stunned.
He had been working at that place for almost five years and had never seen a woman in Cormac’s car.
This was the first time and he couldn’t help but take a good look at her. Cormac glared at him and wound up the window to block his view.
After the car was parked, Cormac gave the keys to Loredana and she took them over.
“Thanks.” Although he kept emphasizing that they were married, Loredana knew that this marriage was not done willingly and out of mutual attraction. It was an arranged marriage by the parents.
She found out that this car cost over a million yuan. He didn’t want any money from her but she felt uncomfortable and should express her gratitude.
“Do you really want to show your gratitude?” Cormac grinned.
Loredana said naturally, “But of course.”
He leaned over, “If you really mean it, then kiss me to express your gratitude, hmm?”
Loredana was speechless. What’s up with this man? Didn’t he know where this was? It was his office!
What if someone saw him?
Loredana pushed him and said, “Don’t mess around.”
“Then you owe me.” He took Loredana’ hand and placed it in his arm and walked to the lift.
Loredana was uncomfortable and bit her lips as she said, “Would it be inappropriate for the staff to see us this way?” Her status was rather awkward.
Furthermore, he had just rejected a marriage. Would others think that she was the cause of that?
“I don’t want others to think that I’m a mistress. I don’t like it.” She didn’t like the concept of a mistress.
The notion of falling in love at the wrong time or meeting the loved one at the wrong moment… All these were excuses to her.
Just like Garrett had a change of heart and couldn’t be bothered about the life and death of his wife for the sake of his enjoyment.
“We’ll do this in the future…” She was willing to hold his hands in public if he still liked her and not due to the current surge of emotions.
Cormac was deep in thoughts. He also didn’t like mistresses because there was one in his family. He let go of Loredana’ hand.
When the lift stopped, some people stepped in and greeted Cormac, “Mr. Mendelsohn.” Cormac gently nodded in acknowledgment. It was unusually quiet in the lift.
Cormac slowly reached over to touch Loredana’ hand and she felt the electrifying touch and quickly shifted her hand behind her and took a step away from him.
One of the staff in the lift turned around to look at Loredana and asked, “Are you working at WY group?
How come I’ve not seen you around?”
Loredana worked several days at WY six years ago to do some translation work for Cormac. Time had gone by so quickly and definitely no one would remember her after all this time.
Loredana didn’t know how to respond other than to say, “I’m new here.”
“Oh? Which department?” A male colleague asked.
Loredana was speechless and wrung her hands.
Cormac stood still and took up a good portion of the lift. He grinned slightly and was curious about how
Loredana would respond.
Ding.
That colleague got off the lift. Loredana heaved a sigh of relief as her shoulders relaxed.
“I’m short of a secretary,” Cormac said.
Loredana looked at him and rejected, “Impossible, I have my own job.”
She didn’t want to serve him. She would be insane to give up doing what she liked as a designer to work as a secretary for him.
“Do you want me to speak to Mrs. William to close her branch here?” Cormac asked.
Loredana immediately faltered, “No.”
“No what?” Cormac pressed on.
“Don’t say that to Mrs. William,” Loredana replied.
“Okay. Kiss me and I won’t.” Cormac teased.
Loredana was speechless and almost lost her mind at his antics.
“Aren’t you being a scoundrel?” Loredana glared her eyes.
“I always am.” Cormac declared.
Loredana was speechless once again.
Cormac suddenly grabbed Loredana’ waist and before she could react, she could feel him breathing down her neck. His soft lips pressed onto her forehead. Cormac very quickly released her and the entire process happened so quickly that Loredana thought that she was hallucinating. But she knew that it wasn’t. She could still feel clearly the warmth on her forehead and his lingering breath.
He stood on one side and grinned like a kid who just received a toy.
As the lift stopped, Cormac got off the lift and walked towards his office, and said, “I’m thirsty.”
Loredana looked around and didn’t see anyone else. Was he talking to me? She thought. It was obvious that he was talking to her because there wasn’t anyone else around them. Did he really treat her as his secretary? Loredana sighed and she went to the pantry with familiarity as if she had worked here. She found the pantry easily and poured a glass of water for him.
There were some changes here. In the past, there were several women but now there were only men at this level. She sighed emotionally as she pondered how time could change a lot of things.
The manager of the finance department, Candance Jones, was taking a monthly report for Cormac to sign.
She met Loredana just as they were entering the Director’s office.
Loredana carelessly spilled some water onto her and her expression darkened instantly.
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.
Leave a Reply