The brother was going to get a big red packet, Simona Flores was not willing to be outdone too, she shouted, “I want a big red packet too.”
“Alright, both of you will get it, how come I will leave out Simona?” Jayden stretched out his hand and rubbed her head, “Come here, grandpa feed you the dumplings, let’s have a taste on them.”
The little girl was a little foodie, she was attracted when she heard of eating. She stretched her hands to let Jayden hold her in his arms, Jayden then held his granddaughter onto his legs and placed the dumplings onto the plate, “The dumplings are hot, let’s chill them down first before eating.”
The little girl smiled and nodded in his arms.
With the help from the busy servant in kitchen, Samuel got them a small plate of vinegar, as well as the minced garlic and coriander that had been prepared by the servant. Cormac sat alone there, as if he was the outsider and the happiness here was not related to him.
Maybe because he felt so bored, he stood up and was going to leave.
This was a good chance to build the relationship among the family members, Loredana called and stopped him, “You help me to make the dumplings.”
“I don’t know,” He said.
Loredana smiled while talking, “I’ll teach you.”
Cormac’s eyes fell on the dumplings made by her, he frowned unpleasantly. Even she herself was making them look so ugly, how dare she wanted to teach him?
Loredana seemed to notice the objection in his eyes, she purposely said, “Mother can make nice-looking dumplings, should I let mother teach you?” Victoria was standing beside and she suddenly felt anxious, she was looking forward to, but at the same time she was scared to be rejected by Cormac. However, she was mostly awaiting for a miracle to happen, what if he agreed with it?
She lowered her head and was looking forward with full of joy.
“I’m not interested.” Cormac rejected directly.
Victoria felt so down in a moment, he was still not willing to accept her.
Jayden didn’t raise his head, he seemed to be talking to the two children, but also seemed to be talking to Cormac, “Do you guys like grandma?”
“Sure,” The two children said smilingly.
Jayden tousled Simona’s hair and his words were freighted with meaning, “Yes, don’t regret only after losing someone.”
The little girl didn’t understand about the meaning of this sentence, her big eyes blinked, “Last time when I met grandma, there was an old master who had given my brother and I some gifts.” Cormac looked up, when was the last time they met?
He narrowed his eyes, Loredana was still in contact secretly with Victoria as he expected.
Loredana glanced at her daughter, but she didn’t say anything. She was not as mature as Samuel, it was too late to take back the words. Based on Cormac’s keen observation, perhaps he had already noticed it.
Victoria was a bit panicked, she was worried of causing a quarrel between Cormac and Loredana due to this thing, so she purposely touched Loredana’s hand, “It’s almost done, you can stop and go for a rest first, we’ll dine later.”
Loredana was clear about Victoria’s meaning, she looked at Cormac and said, “I’ll finish these first.”
Victoria sighed because she seemed to make everyone unhappy again.
The little girl was not aware that she had made a trouble, she enjoyed eating the dumplings, “I still want some vinegar with my dumplings.”
“Little greedy cat.” Jayden touched her little nose, laughed pamperedly and dipped the dumpling into the vinegar, “I’m helping Simona’s dumpling to get some vinegar.”
The little girl laughed happily.
She ate the dumplings.
Cormac left quietly and went back to his room alone.
Victoria took away the dumpling from Loredana’s hand, “You should go to have a look at him.”
Loredana pressed her lips together, “He was having anxiety.”
There was no medicine for this.
To be honest, she could understand his feeling. If it was her, without knowing the deep facts inside, she couldn’t accept too if her father married a new woman just within one month of her mother’s death. “I’ll go to have a look.” She washed her hands, took out the apron and went upstairs.
Knowing that they were back, Victoria had tidied up the room upstairs for them to stay, and she would stay downstairs with Jayden.
Cormac stood in front of the window with his hands behind, the window was opened and the cold wind was blowing. Loredana closed the door and walked near him, then she closed the window. “Aren’t you cold?”
“I’m cold-hearted.” Cormac didn’t move. His spouse wasn’t by his side, how could he feel not cold-hearted?
Loredana kept silent for a while, “Are you angry with me?”
“Why am I angry?” He asked back.
“Because of the relationship between Victoria and I, you’re not comfortable with it, so you’re angry. From the beginning when I forced you to come, you’re not happy already right?” Loredana said directly.
Cormac looked at her silently, didn’t she know the relationship between Victoria and him?
Why would she do that?
Loredana gave him a hug and stayed in his arms, “I know that you have a knot in your heart, but the past is the past, can we just forget it?”
Cormac didn’t move, he didn’t hug her, could the past be forgotten so easily?
No, it couldn’t.
Jolene Harris’s legs didn’t recover, he heard that it was because of an accident that had occurred not long after his birth, and Jolene’s legs were injured in order to save him. At the age of five, he accidentally spilled a bowl of hot soup when he was eating, and Jolene had burnt her hand to protect him. The scar on the back of her hand were still there, it couldn’t be cured even after using the best scar gel. He always kept in mind.
If he was going to accept Victoria, how would Jolene feel in her grave?
“I can’t do it,” he said directly and resolutely.
Loredana frowned, “You can’t forget it, then do you want to remember this forever and continue to maintain this kind of bad relationship with them?”
“So what?”
To let him accept Victoria was impossible.
Loredana still wanted to persuade him, but suddenly someone knocked the door.
“Young master and young madam, the dumplings are ready downstairs. Mrs. Mendelsohn asks you to go down.” Thomas stood in the doorway. Loredana swallowed the words that hovered on the tip of her tongue and said, “Let’s go down.”
When Cormac was drinking with Armand and Boyce, he just drank some wine but did not eat anything. He was a little hungry at the moment.
So, he responded with a light hum.
It was not yet the end of the year, but Victoria had prepared a sumptuous meal, presumably it was because Loredana and Cormac had brought their two children over, so she prepared a lot of food to make Cormac happy.
But she did not know what he liked, so she prepared more.
Loredana knew what Victoria was thinking. She looked up at Cormac.
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.