Loredana understood what she was worried about. She said, “Don’t worry. We have a lot of rooms in the villa. I’ve called Coral to prepare you a guestroom on the first floor. Just move in. I’ll take care of you.” Theresa pressed her lips and didn’t refuse her anymore. Loredana asked her to take a nap and she would go through the hospital discharge procedure. Actually, with this excuse, she went to see Armand outside.
Armand didn’t dare to enter the room after Theresa had woken up, afraid to upset her.
He was sitting on the bench in the corridor, his hands on his knees, looking quite depressed. Loredana called him in a low voice, “Hey, Armand.”
“Yes?” He looked over.
Loredana said, “I’ll ask my driver to come over and take Theresa home later. Take good care of yourself. Get better soon.”
Armand nodded. Then he lowered his head.
Loredana heaved a sigh. She didn’t speak again and turned away. She called the driver to come upstairs and borrowed a wheelchair from the nurse’s office. With the driver’s help, she helped Theresa to sit in the wheelchair and pushed her away from the hospital.
When they reached the car, she helped Theresa sit in with the driver’s assistance. Armand was standing in front of the window at the end of the corridor, watching that Theresa was helped into the car and the car roared away.
Soon, the car vanished from his sight. He turned away and didn’t continue staying in the hospital.
When Loredana brought Theresa back to the villa, Coral had already prepared the guest room. She helped Theresa to lie on the bed. Although it was summer, there were a lot of trees in front and behind the villa. The dense branches and leaves had blocked a lot of sunlight.
Loredana asked Theresa if she felt hot.
Theresa shook her head. “Not at all.”
She was still on a fever. The room with the air condition was way too dry, so she wouldn’t feel comfortable. Loredana walked to the bed and asked, “Shall I open the window?”
Theresa said, “Sure.”
“Call Coral if you need some water or use the bathroom. I’ll go out shopping for your clothes.”
Theresa was in a patient’s gown as well. She was kidnapped and had no belongings at all. She needed to get changed every day in summer. Loredana had a similar figure as she had, so Theresa could put on Loredana’s clothes, but she needed new underwear.
Hence, Loredana would go shopping for lingerie and some casual clothes for her.
Theresa said jokingly with a smile, “You are pregnant, but I still send you out. If your husband knew it, would he scold me?”
Loredana put down the medicine from the hospital on the nightstand and cast her a glance, “He never scolds anyone.”
Theresa curled her lips and reminded her, “I know you haven’t been together for a long time. Now you are reunited so you must be clingy to each other. Don’t do PDA in front of me. I’ll be jealous!” Sometimes, Loredana felt that Theresa and Armand were alike — their speaking tones were alike.
“Take a nap. I’m taking off now.”
“Okay. Go ahead. I’ll take a nap.” Theresa lay down.
Loredana could tell that she was sleepy, so she closed the door. Amanda was still angry with Loredana. Since Loredana came back, Amanda didn’t speak to her at all. She was sitting on the sofa playing with Cotton. Andrew threw up his hands. He also didn’t know what was going on with his sister today as he failed to coax her.
Loredana didn’t have time to coax Amanda. She said to Coral. “Theresa is napping in the guestroom. Please check on her later to see if she’s still on fever.”
Coral answered, “Okay, I will.”
She said to the kids, “Keep quiet. Aunt Theresa is napping now. She’s not well. You guys need to behave yourselves.”
“We will,” said Andrew.
Amanda seemed that she hadn’t heard anything, only continuing teasing Cotton.
Loredana sighed and didn’t expect that Amanda started showing her temper. After casting her daughter a glance, she turned around and walked out of the house. The driver was waiting for her outside the door as she requested.
The driver got off the car and opened the rear door for her. Loredana bent over and sat in. “The shopping mall, please.”
The driver answered and trotted to drive the car.
Soon, the car was pulled over in front of the shopping mall. After parking the car, the driver followed her in.
Loredana’s goal was quite clear. She walked directly to the women’s outfit section.
“Loredana Flores?”
When she was about to enter a store, someone called her from her back.
The voice sounded a bit familiar to Loredana, and soon she recognized the person. She stiffed a bit.
She wondered if she should look back or just pretend not to hear her.
Even if they met, she didn’t know what to talk about.
Right then, the person repeated her name and kept looking at her up and down.
Loredana couldn’t pretend that she hadn’t heard her anymore, so she looked back.
Sure enough, Marian was standing afar. They were not quite distanced from each other, but Marina changed a lot. She looked much older. She used to take good care of herself, but now she looked even older than her actual age, having a lot of gray hair.
Marian forced a smile. “I thought I called the wrong person.”
As she spoke, she looked at Loredana’s belly. It had slightly bulged now. She asked, “Almost five months old, is it?”
Loredana hummed. “Almost.”
“Are you shopping here?” asked Marina.
Loredana said yes.
“Are you in a hurry? If not, there’s a cafe on the sixth floor. Shall we have a talk?” Marina suggested.
Loredana pressed her lips without speaking. She wondered what she could talk about with Marina.
“I don’t mean anything, just want to talk to you. I’m alone at home, always bored,” said Marina with a smile.
Since she said so, Loredana would be quite heartless if she kept refusing. Even if she didn’t want to mention her relationship with the Harris family, Marina didn’t do anything wrong. They used to talk with each other like a family and have meals together.
“Please wait for me,” Loredana said to the driver.
The latter nodded. “Okay, Mrs. Mendelsohn.”
“There’s an elevator.” Marian pointed at the elevator and said.
Loredana walked over. They wait for the elevator to come down and went to the sixth floor. Marina chose an inner corner next to the window. It was quiet in the cafe, and there were almost no customers.
A waiter came over. Marina ordered a cup of coffee and looked over at Loredana. She asked, “What would you like to order?”
“A glass of fruit juice, please.”
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