“Let’s get in the car.”
Loredana stood in front of the door and let the kids get in first. Simona seemed to haven’t enjoyed herself outside yet. “There seems to be something fun at night as well.”
Victoria patted her on her little butt. “I’ll take you guys out for fun tomorrow.”
“Will Mommy come with us?” Simona turned around and looked at Loredana. She blinked with expectant.
“Isn’t it the same if I come out with you? Don’t you know there’s a little baby in Mommy’s belly?”
Simona pouted. Although she wanted to go out with her mother, she understood that there was a little baby in her mother’s belly. Her father told them that if they didn’t take good care of the baby, the baby would leave. In order to stop the baby from leaving, Simona decided not to come out with her mother.
Back to the villa, Victoria took the cake and got it cut into pieces. Each of them ate a small piece. Since it was getting late, they couldn’t eat too much.
Victoria was afraid that they would get choked, so she poured glasses of juice for each child, took them to the table, and put the glasses in front of them.
“That’s a pretty small piece.” Simona gazed at the cake on the plate. She didn’t think it was enough for her. Samuel shook his head, gave her half of his piece. Simona smiled delightfully. “Thank you, Samuel.”
“If you got fat, you wouldn’t fit in beautiful dresses.”
Samuel gave her a blow on purpose. However, if Simona ate too much cake at night, she would get fat for sure.
Simona snorted. “Do we have any fat family members? Daddy isn’t fat. Mommy isn’t fat. How could I be fat? We are supposed to be a slim family.” Samuel was speechless.
He wondered why his little sister became so sharp-tongued and could retort him.
“Okay. Go ahead.” Samuel was helpless.
“Of course, I’ll finish them. If not, I’ll leave some to Daddy.” Simona got a spoonful of cake and put it into her mouth happily.
Seeing that Simona was licking the spoon, Samuel frowned deeply. “Your saliva would be left on it. Who would eat it?”
“Daddy! Daddy wouldn’t mind.” The little girl was quite confident. Her father even didn’t mind her saliva when kissing. Victoria shook her head, thinking that Simona was truly hilarious.
Loredana nestled on the sofa, feeling a bit sleepy. Watching the kids eat at the table, she couldn’t help curling up her lips slightly.
“You can go upstairs to sleep. I’ll take care of them.” Victoria noticed that Loredana was quite sleepy.
Loredana nodded. She didn’t feel tired or uncomfortable, but she was sleepy. She stood up. “Okay. I’ll go take a nap.”
She walked upstairs steadily and quietly. She turned on the light, the bedroom became bright. The lilies on the nightstand looked kind of withered.
However, she was reluctant to toss them away. Reaching out, she touched the petals, which still emanated faint fragrance. She planned to buy another bouquet to change them some other day. It would look more lively with a bouquet in the room.
She lay down without taking a shower. She was too sleepy to move. Tucking her into the quilt, as soon as she lay down, she fell asleep.
At night, she heard some movements dizzily. She opened her eyes. The light in the room wasn’t on. Moonlight fell in from the outside of the window. She saw a figure in the room.
Just waking up, she said in a hoarse tone, “You are back.”
He took off the suit jacket and walked over. “Did I wake you up?”
Loredana hummed. She woke up after hearing the movements.
She fumbled for her cell phone and took a look at the time — it was already past two in the morning. “Why so late?”
“I was busy with some business earlier. I’ll go take a shower. Go back to your sleep.” He came over to stroke her cheeks, which were warm with smooth skin. He enjoyed stroking her. Feeling tickled, Loredana turned away. Cormac smiled. “Good night.”
He turned around and walked to the bathroom. While walking, he unbuckled his belt, letting out a cracking sound of the metal. He turned on the light after entering. Soon, Loredana heard the sound of the running water.
She was way too sleepy. Although there were sounds, she gradually fell asleep again. However, she faintly felt the mattress sink next to her. Her waist was wrapped by a strong arm along with a faint fragrance from the shower gel. His cool and soft lips clung to the back of her neck. He kept kissing and biting her gently. It didn’t hurt but tickled. Loredana mumbled, “I’m sleepy.”
“Ehn. Go ahead to sleep.” His lips didn’t leave her skin. His kisses changed to rubs.
Loredana creased her brows. She couldn’t sleep soundly at all when he was bothering her in this way.000
“I’m truly sleepy,” she emphasized with a heavy tone.
Cormac was silent.
He held her tightly, his muscled chest clinging to her back. “I won’t do anything to you. Let’s sleep.”
At past six in the morning, the sun rose gradually from the east.
“Hmm–“
Loredana turned around, reaching out. She failed to touch a warm body. Gradually, she opened her eyes. Since she just woke up, she hadn’t adjusted herself to the sunshine yet and raised her hand to block it. There was no one beside her. His temperature also faded away. He should have left a long time ago.
She frowned. Cormac came back so late and went out so early today. She wondered if he had a good rest.
She sat up, grabbed her phone, and wanted to call him. When she found his caller ID, she didn’t tab to dial. She believed that he must be quite busy. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have left so early. If she called him now, it might not be a good time.
Putting down the cell phone, she lifted the quilt, got off the bed, and went to the bathroom to tidy herself up. When she was squeezing the toothpaste, she heard the cell phone ringing on the bed. While brushing her teeth, she walked over t pick them up and saw a call from Boyce. She took out the toothbrush and swiped to answer the phone. From the other end of the line, she heard Boyce’s voice, “Morning, Loredana. Have you watched the news?”
“What news?”
“Hurry up to find the news today.”
Loredana felt quite confused. She started searching the morning news of City B on her phone. The headline on the top was about a murder in a bar. The police announced their investigation result t — a prisoner broke into the jail and was shot by the police. The video clip spread was edited by someone with an evil purpose, which was not true.
The police of City B had posted the whole investigation procedure on the micro-blog platform. They also warned the netizens about the public opinions of this case and told them not to believe or spread rumors, to contribute to social security.
This news was spread everywhere online in the morning. Loredana looked down, wondering if it was because of this matter that Cormac came back so late and went out so early.
“Loredana, seen it?” Boyce asked her again.
Loredana put the cell phone back to her ear and answered, “Yep.”
“The good show has just begun. The manipulator behind it wouldn’t escape, either.”
“Do you mean Jeffery Harris?”
“Nah. It’s Eddie Chambers.”
“Eddie Chambers?” Loredana was surprised, wondering if this matter was brought up by Jeffery.
“In fact, Eddie had done some tricks behind this matter. He used Jeffery’s disfavor of you and planned the whole thing. Sampson Herbert and Maria Herbert were both his chess pieces. He used them to make the Herbert family take revenge on you. Behind the scene, he wanted to achieve his goals just like two dogs strive for a bone and a third one runs away with it. He has thought that no one would know his schemes, but he didn’t know that we have already had all his crime evidence…”
After meeting Jeffery that night, Cormac went to meet Landon.
If it weren’t that Jeffery had given up first and actively withdrew the case, he would be involved in this matter as well.
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.