He was here to deliver this to Loredana. He sighed, “This is the fruit of two months of your hard work. I really can’t understand why you don’t want to show up.”
Loredana bowed her head and did not explain. She just said faintly, “Don’t take them out too long. Come back early.”
Oscar said, “Okay.”
Loredana went to the kitchen with the bowls. The two children had already put on their shoes. They could take care of themselves on their own now.
Oscar took them out. As they got on the elevator, he said, “What do you guys want?”
He had been with these two kids for over two months. Take a walk? That was clearly not their style.
Amanda smiled, took Oscar’s hand, shook it, and said sweetly, “We just want ice cream.”
Oscar rubbed her hair, “I knew you guys wouldn’t have the awareness to take a walk after dinner. Whenever you have time, you just stay at home and watch TV. Every time I ask you to come out, you always say it’s too hot outside. Now you want to eat ice cream and you don’t think it’s hot outside?”
“Ice cream is cold. When we eat ice cream, we are naturally not hot anymore,” Andrew said.
With a ding, the elevator stopped at this point, and Oscar led them out of the elevator. He laughed and rubbed Andrew’s head, “You’re so smart.”
Walking out of the neighborhood, Amanda immediately saw the man on the opposite side of the road answering the phone. Although the man’s back was to her and she didn’t see his face, she recognized his back. She immediately shouted, “Daddy.”
Cormac, who was on the phone with Abbott, heard her voice and turned around to see the two children at the entrance to the neighborhood. Amanda let go of Oscar’s hand and ran across the street, calling out to her dad as she ran.
“Watch out,” Oscar shouted. It was too dangerous to run across the street.
At that moment, there was a speeding car not far away. Amanda didn’t see the car, and all she could think about was running in Cormac’s direction. They hadn’t seen each other in over two months. Now, she finally saw her dad. She was afraid that if she was late, he would disappear.
She wanted her dad. She even forgot about the ice cream, much less the danger.
The car was fast. The driver didn’t expect someone to suddenly rush out from the side of the road and hit the brakes hurriedly. Nevertheless, the car didn’t stop immediately. At the very last moment when Amanda was about to be hit, a dark figure picked up Amanda’s small body like the wind. As she was picked up, the car brushed past them.
If Cormac had been a little later, Amanda would have been hit by the car. The car pulled up a short distance away. Oscar rushed over and kicked the car, cursing, “What the hell! Are you blind? How dare you drive so fast in front of the neighborhood.”
The driver was also in shock. He didn’t expect someone to suddenly rush into the road.
When the driver didn’t move, Oscar kicked the car again. A dent immediately appeared in the car door, “Get out of the car!”
The driver shivered in fear and opened the door with a pale face.
Oscar was usually cheerful and seemed to have no temper, but he was very scary when he got angry. He got angry mainly because his bottom line was crossed. Who was Amanda? She was Loredana’ child! Who was Loredana? She was the daughter of his older brother whom he had always respected. Just now, because of this driver, Amanda was almost in danger. How could he not be angry!
If something really happened to Amanda, how should he explain to Loredana?
Amanda, who was being held in Cormac’s arms, was so scared that she didn’t respond for a long time. She was dumbstruck and clearly terrified.
Cormac patted her back and said softly, “It’s okay. Daddy’s here. Don’t be afraid.”
Amanda immediately cried when she thought back to the scene she had just witnessed.
Amanda’s cries brought Oscar, who was in a rage, back to his senses. He glared at the driver, “If it were before, I would have beaten you to death. You stand still and don’t try to escape. There’s surveillance right in front of the neighborhood.”
After that, Oscar rushed over to check Amanda. At this moment, she was sobbing in Cormac’s arms and kept crying, “Daddy, I’m scared.”
Cormac kissed her on the face. Because she cried with tears all over her face, Cormac got the salty taste. But he didn’t mind, instead, it hurt more for him. His lips rubbed the corners of her eyes and he said in a low voice, “Don’t be afraid. Daddy is here.”
Hearing the word daddy, Amanda cried even harder. She was so aggrieved.
Cormac Mendelsohn hugged her with a hand while his other hand was stroking her back one and another.
He was sweating and he had the smell of sweat. The smell was faint and it wasn’t unpleasant.
He moved closer to his daughter’s ear. His voice was mixed with heartbroken feelings and mixed with the feeling of wanting to spoil her daughter. It was very gentle, “You will become ugly if you keep crying.’” Amanda Mendelsohn cared a lot about her appearance. She was praised since young. She couldn’t stand to become ugly. Her face was still full of tears and she asked as she sobbed, “How do I look ugly?” “You will become ugly if you keep crying.” Cormac reached out his hand and his finger touched the corners of her eyes to wipe off the tears, “Simona is a good girl. Don’t cry anymore.”
He was used to calling this name. Even she was no longer called Simona Flores, he still liked to call her this way.
Amanda sobbed. Her eyes were teary as she looked at Cormac. She sobbed as she asked, “Dad, are you leaving us because you think that I am ugly…”
After saying that, her tears fell again. She finally had a Dad but they had to separate again after a short period of time. She missed her Dad so much in this period of time.
She was crying sadly…
She felt sadder as she kept thinking about it.
Her words directly stabbed Cormac’s heart. He had never thought that he didn’t want them as he felt heartbroken towards them. His forehead touched his daughter’s head as he kissed her nose and mouth, “No. Simona is not ugly. Simona is the prettiest girl in the world. You are my dear daughter.”
“Dad.” Amanda tightly hugged his neck. Her little face buried into his shoulder as she cried. Cormac patiently comforted her. He knew that she felt wronged in her heart.
Oscar Adams was completely stunned at the side. He stared at the man who was hugging Amanda. He thought in his mind. ‘What is going on? This, this fool… No, is this man Amanda’s father?’
He lowered his head and looked at Andrew Mendelsohn who was beside him. His gaze seemed like he was asking him what was going on.
He frowned and his expression looked funny, “Is this man really your father?”
Andrew was very sure as he nodded, “Yes.”
Oscar was speechless.
That day he saw him sitting here and laughing like a fool. Why was he doing that?
Oscar looked at Cormac again. Cormac also looked at him at the same time. Just now when he came out from the entrance of the neighborhood, he saw Oscar taking care of the two kids. ‘Who is he? What is the relationship between him and Loredana Flores.’
‘Loredana wouldn’t let someone who is not familiar taking care of her kids. Just now he looked so nervous and he didn’t seem like acting. It seems like he is taking good care of the kids.’
Oscar laughed, “Hello. Why don’t you go in? I saw you giggling on the roadside, I thought…”
He didn’t say the word “fool”. Cormac didn’t look like a fool at all after seeing all these.
Even though he didn’t say it, Cormac knew that he wasn’t going to say some pleasant words. His voice was not too high or too low but it seemed like he was trying to probe him, “Who are you?”
He had never seen this person around Loredana or heard that she had friends or relatives in city C.
He squinted. ‘If he is not Jolene’s relatives. Could it be…’
He had a guess in his mind. It was not hard to understand the relationship between the people around Loredana. In the past, Maxina Lennon and Garrett Flores were her family members. Now it was Jolene Harris and Stanley Lennon. Jolene’s relatives were in City B. Then, was this man Stanley’s relative?
Oscar smiled, “It is a long story. Why don’t we settle the matter and find a place to talk about it?”
Cormac didn’t say anything. He agreed with it.
Oscar patted Andrew’s shoulder, “Be obedient. I will be right back.”
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.