At noon, Boyce came to deliver some food to her, but she didn’t have any appetite. Instead, she kept asking him how Cormac was doing.
Cormac had been in Victoria’s ward all the time.
“Don’t worry. He needs time. After all, it happened too suddenly. Everything came up to him altogether.”
Boyce convinced her to eat. “If you don’t any appetite, you should eat for the baby in your belly.”
Loredana forcibly pressed some food into her mouth. Then she wanted to vomit. She vomited everything, more fiercely than before. When she couldn’t vomit anything from her tummy, she started puking the gastric acid. She was so exhausted.
Boyce called a nurse over to inject some vitamins into her. Otherwise, she couldn’t hang on at all.
In the afternoon, she felt too tired, so she fell asleep again.
When Loredana woke up again, it was pretty dark in the room. It was night already. Rubbing her sore eyes, she tried to sit up. In a trance, she saw a figure sitting beside the window.
She stared at the figure and recognize who he was. After a moment, she lifted the quilt, got off the bed, walked to him, and hugged him from his back.
They didn’t speak. Looking at each other, they could understand how each other felt.
After a long while, he reached out to rub her hair. “Let’s go home, shall we?”
She answered, “All right.”
Boyce drove them back. She was sitting with Cormac on the back seat arm-in-arm. He was very quiet and didn’t speak anything on the way.
When they went back home, he went to the study directly. Loredana knew that he needed to be by himself right now, so she didn’t go to disturb him.
Ont the second day, Jayden came to the villa. No matter if the car accident was an accident or manipulated, they wouldn’t look into the matter for the time being. They needed to let Victoria rest in peace first. Jayden said the funeral was planned to hold in three days, which was a suitable day.
He also chose the cemetery in person. He also decided the location of the funeral ceremony personally.
After informing her, he asked about Cormac.
Loredana told him that Cormac had been in the study, locking up himself. Jayden heaved a deep sigh. Over one night, he seemed to be aged a lot. His upright figure suddenly bent over.
With turbid eyes, he whispered, “Please inform him about it.”
Loredana agreed.
In the evening, Loredana sent some dishes to the study, only to find that Cormac was sitting on the chair next to the window. The light was off in the study, and only the moonlight fell from the outside. She turned on the light, put down the dishes on the desk, and walked to him. “Dad came here earlier this morning. He said the funeral will be held in three days…”
Suddenly, Cormac pulled her hand, reached out, and wrapped around her waist, unwilling to let go.
“Lola, please let me hug you for a while.” His voice was quite low. She couldn’t see his expression at all. He pressed his face on her tummy.
Loredana stood motionlessly, reaching out to hug him back. She didn’t speak or look at him. She just accompanied him in silence, hoping that they could go through such difficulties. No matter what, she would always be with him…
Time flew. Cormac seldom spoke during the past three days. However, he would occasionally come out of the study, holding Simona and telling her bedtime stories.
He looked as usual. Except that he had become quiet and less talkative, he was almost the same as usual.
This day, it was drizzling. It was the day of Victoria’s funeral.
Q cemetery was surrounded by green pines and cypresses. Probably it was raining, the wind was extremely cold. Sadness fulfilled the air.
Since Victoria was known as the mistress who succeeded to marry Jayden, most of the wives from rich families didn’t keep in touch with her. She also liked to be with herself, so she didn’t have many friends. All people who attended the funeral were members of the Mendelsohn family. Kevin was the only one left in the Forbis family.
Besides them, some relatives from the Mendelsohn family also came here. They didn’t have anything to do with Victoria, but they came here as the Mendelsohn family was rich and famous. Other attendees were business partners, most of whom were celebrities.
Someone asked. “Why hasn’t Cormac come here? Although Victoria is his stepmother, she’s his elder. It’s not proper for him not to attend her funeral, is it?”
Cormac truly didn’t show up at Victoria’s funeral.
Jeffery was wearing his uniform with Marina next to him arm-in-arm. He answered, “He’s one of our Harris family. What does he have anything to do with the Forbis family?”
Loredana cast him a cold glance but didn’t speak. It was Victoria’s funeral, and she wanted Victoria to rest in peace.
She was holding Victoria’s portrait on behalf of Cormac. Samuel and Simona put on mourning apparel as she did.
Right then, Marina pitied Victoria a lot. Tugging Loredana’s sleeve, she said, “Call Cormac over. She hasn’t had a child. It’s such a sad scene. Ask him to see her off for the last time.”
“Not necessarily. If he wanted to come here, he would appear,” Loredana said flatly, even not sparing a glance on Marina.
In her opinion, all those who came were just accomplishing a process emotionlessly. No one felt truly sad for the dead woman.”
Jeffery pulled Marina over with a sulky face. He’d be scolding Loredana already if it weren’t for a lot of people here. He let out a cold snort, “Why must he be here? Jolene is his birth mother. Why must he mourn for this woman?”
Samuel blinked his eyes and looked at this mean uncle who used to be amiable. He instinctively stood in front of Loredana.
Kevin couldn’t keep his composure and came over. Loredana stopped him, and said in a low voice, “Let’s forget about all the disputes for now, and let her go peacefully.”
Kevin clenched his fists. A wave of anger was burning inside his heart, angry that Cormac wasn’t here.
Today would be the last day they see Victoria away. As her son, how could he not be here!
In the midst of the drizzle, under the priest’s prayer, Victoria’s ashes were buried. Everyone present didn’t make a sound, rending a melancholy atmosphere at the scene.
Loredana stopped tearing. She just stood there and watched silently. However, the two children beside her were choking and sobbing.
They saw Loredana put their grandmother’s black-and-white photo in front of the tombstone. At that moment, they knew their grandmother had left them forever, and they would never see her again. Loredana rubbed the two children’s heads and said, “Kowtow to grandma.”
Everyone silently bowed three times in front of Victoria’s tombstone and left accordingly. Before Loredana could walk away, Jeffery came up to her, “Cormac isn’t here, so why are you here? Are you trying to show how filial you are? You should know your place by now.”
Loredana stared at him with cold and sharp eyes, “I don’t need you to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do. And I sincerely hope that you have nothing to do with my mother’s death.”
Jeffery narrowed his eyes. He didn’t expect Loredana would talk to him like that, and his face uncontrollably became sullen.
Jeffery’s temper was bad and stubborn. Afraid that the two of them might quarrel, Marina quickly came over and pulled him away.
Loredana didn’t bother to argue with him either. She held the hands of her two children and left.
The funeral session ended at noon. After Loredana bid all the guests farewell, she told Armand, “Send the two children back home first.”
“Okay, call me if you need me.” Armand took Simona in his arms, held Samuel’s hand, and left the cemetery.
Loredana watched Armand took the two children away. Then, she turned around and looked at the tombstone behind her.
It was bleak and lonely.
With the passage of time, at this moment, Victoria’s existence was erased without a trace.
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.