But she still felt very painful in her heart.
She forced herself to calm down, for if she was impulsive, it wouldn’t solve any problems.
The courier that was sent to her was unsigned and unaddressed, so the sender obviously didn’t want her to know. And it would indicate that the person who sent her these photos must have had an intention. However, she was not sure what the person’s purpose was in doing so.
Maybe that person had a grudge against Cormac? Was it because that person knew about her relationship with Cormac? Was that why that person deliberately mailed these photos to her? However, she couldn’t figure it out.
She couldn’t solve the problem. After thinking about it, she found an unused folder, put the photos in it, and sealed it.
When she came out of the room, she saw Theresa receiving a guest, so she didn’t go up to her.
Oscar walked in with a basket of grapes and said to Loredana with a smile, “I picked these grapes from the vineyard when I passed by a Vineyard. And they’re very fresh. Have a taste.”
Because Loredana was so preoccupied, she had no appetite at all. Nevertheless, when confronted with Oscar’s kind gesture, she smiled and said, “Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it. I’ll go wash these grapes.” Oscar carried the basket inside. Soon, he held a plate of clean, green grapes, which were not very big but looked clear. Then he handed her the plate, “Try some.” Loredana picked a grape. Then she couldn’t taste the grapes, and all she could think about was the pictures.
She looked at Oscar and said, “Can two people who have nothing to do with each other be in the same picture?”
Oscar spit out the grape skin in his mouth and looked at her, “Why are you asking me that all of a sudden?”
Although Loredana trusted Cormac in her heart, she was still a little unsure inside. When she saw Oscar, she tried to find a reason for herself to reassure herself that the photos could have been photoshopped. And she could then tell that the photos she saw were fabricated, which would make her feel much better.
She curled her lips, “I was just asking.”
“Of course you can. Technology is so advanced now, so what can’t be faked? People can be faked, not to mention photos.” Nowadays, women could change their faces through plastic surgery. Even women who didn’t have that much money to get plastic surgery could use their phones to edit their photos and then post them on social media.
Therefore, those photos could be very fake.
He said as he pointed to the grapes, “Why don’t you eat such sweet grapes?”
“I just had a meal, so I can’t eat now.” She made an excuse because she just couldn’t eat. After hearing Oscar’s words, she felt better.
Oscar didn’t force her to continue eating the grapes, “That’s fine. Just eat those grapes when you want to. If you think they are delicious, you can tell me. I’ll go pick grapes for you.”
Loredana said, “Okay.”
“How’s it going at the factory?” She changed the subject.
“The equipment is in trial production. If there are no problems, we will start the production. But we can’t take any more orders these days, because the previous ones were enough for a while.” Oscar exclaimed “I didn’t expect that you knew so much despite your young age. Is this fabric that good? How come so many people want that kind of fabric?”
“You won’t know how good that fabric is! Only people who work in the factory can appreciate this kind of fabric.” Theresa sent the customers away and came over.
Oscar hated it when Theresa called him an amateur.
“As long as you know what you’re doing is fine.” He put another grape into his mouth.
Today, Oscar was wearing a white T-shirt with yellow trimming around the collar and cuffs. He was wearing a pair of yellow SpongeBob SquarePants short pants.
Theresa looked him up and down and curled her lips.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” Oscar looked down at the clothes he was wearing but did not see anything wrong.
“Nothing. I just think you look handsome in what you’re wearing.” Theresa knew he loved to hear such words. And it was his taste and preference. And he liked to wear fancy clothes like that.
As expected, when he heard Theresa say he looked handsome, he stood up straight.
“Uncle, how about I design some outfits for you?” Although Theresa didn’t know him too well, he had a good relationship with Loredana. No matter how fancy the clothes he wore looked, because he looked older, she didn’t feel it was appropriate to call him by his first name directly, so she called him uncle, just like Loredana.
After spending two months with him, they worked together, so they became even closer.
Although he looked playful, he was actually very reliable. He had few shortcomings other than he liked to be praised for being handsome and looking youthful.
That was not true. He had one more shortcoming, which was to wear fancy clothes. And he also always thought that fancy clothes would make him look young, making others feel speechless.
“Fine. You could tell what kind of clothes I like to wear. Just design clothes according to that style.” Oscar smiled and leaned over, “Don’t you think I have good taste?”
Theresa was speechless.
Loredana couldn’t bear to listen to their conversation. How could he think he had good taste in clothes like that?
“I wouldn’t call it good taste. I call it your preference.” Theresa corrected him.
If his preference was considered good taste, then the world would be a mess.
And everyone in the world would be wearing gaudy colors.
“Preference is fine.” Anyway, he liked that kind of preference.
“Okay. I have things to do. I’ve got to go.” Oscar was the busiest one, for he had to manage the company and help Loredana at the same time.
After Oscar left, Theresa dared to ask her, “What was in the folder? You seemed to look like…”
“Theresa,” Loredana interrupted her before Theresa could finish her words, “Give this to Cormac for me.”
Theresa looked at her and did not reply to her immediately. She was surprised by Loredana’ sudden mention of Cormac.
“You’re in touch with him, aren’t you?” When Loredana saw Cormac, she thought a lot of things through.
Theresa lied about taking her two children to eat the baked fish. In fact, she took the kids to eat in a Western restaurant. And she probably met him at that time.
Otherwise, Theresa wouldn’t have lied about it.
Cormac was not supposed to show up. And he only asked Theresa to bring the two children to meet him in secret. However, it was not clear to her why he asked Armand to show up. Perhaps the secret meeting with the children was no longer enough to satisfy his longing to see the two children, so he really wanted to take them to B City for a few days.
Theresa took a deep breath and reached out to pick up the folder. Now that Armand had shown up, it would be strange if Loredana hadn’t found anything.
“Is that something he sent you?” Theresa was a little curious. After all, Loredana didn’t look too good when she saw the contents of the file folder.
“No. Just give it to him. If he asks about it, just tell him someone has sent me the folder. And there’s no signature or address on that delivery. I’m guessing he should know who has sent it to me.” After all, it was obvious that the person who sent her the folder was targeting him.
Theresa said, “I’ll contact him right away.”
“I want to get off work early today.” She wanted to escape as if she was afraid to hear any news about him.
At that moment, she especially wanted to be alone, because she wasn’t really in the mood to continue working here. And her mind was in turmoil. Even if she knew the photos were probably faked, it still hit her hard.
Theresa said, “Alright.” She could tell Loredana’ mood had been affected by something.
She looked down at the folder in her hand and took out her cell phone to make a call to 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.