Boyce automatically looked towards Armand.
Armand stared straight at Theresa. ‘How could she utter words that pierce his heart regardless of venue and event?’
Boyce wanted to advise Theresa but found no words.
Armand was responsible for what happened to Theresa, hence, he had no ground to defend him. He could only get clean from this, “Say whatever you want to but please leave me out of this misunderstanding, one should never touch a friend’s partner, I’m very well aware of this.”
Theresa smiled, “Look at your scary face, I know my condition.”
Boyce immediately explained, “I didn’t mean that…”
He had got no intention to discriminate and didn’t say that because he thought she was not pure.
“What did you mean then? Do you like me too?” Theresa interrupted him.
Boyce was at loss for words. ‘I shouldn’t have come, how can I explain this?’
Loredana slapped Theresa slightly, “That’s enough.”
“I’m just joking, just teasing Boyce,” Theresa said, smiling.
Boyce put on a serious face, “Please don’t joke with this again in the future.”
Others that didn’t know him could easily misunderstand it to be true, this was a sensitive issue after all.
“All right, let’s eat.” Loredana tried to change the weather by introducing the dishes, “The one in the middle is salted goose, Coral said it’s delicious, come on, let’s try.”
Salted goose is pickled using salt during winter. And then it was chopped into small pieces and slow-cooked for two hours into a stew along with ingredients such as wolfberry and ginseng. The bitter taste and saltiness of the meat match each other well. It had a special fragrant to it.
She picked one piece for her son.
“I want one too.” Amanda thought she was forgotten.
Loredana didn’t forget her, but Andrew was closer, so she picked one for him first, she couldn’t pick two pieces at once.
Cormac picked up a goose nibble and put it on his daughter’s plate, “Daddy is the best, Mommy only loves Andrew now,” she complained while blinking.
“Can Mommy picks up two pieces at once?” Cormac asked her gently.
Amanda shook her head, “No.”
Her response was quick this time, “I know, I know Mommy loves me too, she said she will bring me to the pet shop.”
She then picked up the meat and started eating. The meat was tender and full of ginseng flavor, “Yummy,” she said.
“Eat up, Renee, it’s tasty,” Andrew reminded Theresa while he ate.
Theresa smiled, “You are so nice to me, never forget about me, look at how delicious you eat, let me try some too.”
She picked a piece of meat, tasted it, and said, “It is delicious.”
The children were good at making the atmosphere lively.
The atmosphere around the table was turning better, apart from Armand, he was not as talkative as usual, and he kept drinking quietly.
The doorbell rang in the middle of the dinner, Coral wanted to get it but Loredana stopped her. She had been cooking the whole day, she needed some rest, “Let me go get it.” “Let me,” the new maid volunteered.
Loredana nodded but didn’t sit down. She stood at the dining room looking at the front door, curious about who could be visiting at this hour.0000
The maid opened the door and saw two women who seemed to be mother and daughter, “Who are you looking for?” she asked. “Is my sister here?” Tiana asked.
“Who are you?”
“I’m Tiana Meyer, please let them know,” Tiana said politely.
The maid looked at Loredana, “It’s someone named Meyer.”
Loredana was shocked as she saw Mrs. Meyer and Tiana, she was shocked that they would visit here.
“Charles disappeared,” Tiana sobbed.
Loredana was stunned, “How and why?”
“Tiana said Charles sent someone over, is that true?” Mrs. Meyer asked.
Tiana didn’t understand what happened but Mrs. Meyer did.
It was not a secret that Declan and Cormac were not on good terms now, the person he tried hiding desperately disappeared, of course, he would be furious. Guessed he knew Charles was involved, hence, he kidnapped him and then asked her for the man. She promised to hide the man for Declan and it was her responsibility now that he disappeared. She knew she had to find the lost man before she approached Declan to release Charles.
Charles told Tiana not to mention that he sent someone here, but Tiana got anxious when Charles disappeared. Under Mrs. Meyer’s pressure, she told her that the person Declan looking for was sent here. That was the reason for her visit.
“Talk to me,” Cormac overhead their conversation as he approached, so he could guess the entire story.
Mrs. Meyer was direct, “Declan asked me to hide that person, I wanted to reject at first but Charles said he has a place for him, so I agreed. I never expected that he will send him here. I think Declan is angry and kidnapped him. My intention is simple, hand me the man in exchange for Charles.”
It was her fault, she knew Charles and Cormac were friends but didn’t know they were this close.
“He is a criminal, he needs to be sent to the police, not other people. Mrs. Meyer should understand this as your husband is an expert in this area. Do you want to break the law and bring shame to your husband?” Armand said coldly.
He was afraid that Cormac would hand him over to Mrs. Meyer, he had nearly beaten him to death if Boyce hadn’t stopped him.
Mrs. Meyer regretted so much that she agreed to help Declan. She didn’t care much, she just wanted Charles back and cut ties with Declan after that.
“Charles sees you as friends, he’s now captured, aren’t you supposed to try saving him?” Why did he sound like he was not handing him over?
“I’m sorry, we are not close and not friends with him, he had another intention when he sends the man over…”
“Armand.” Loredana stopped Armand. Tiana was here and she married Charles, regardless of his intention of sending the man over, he should not mention it in front of the Meyer. This would hurt Tiana and affect Charles’s relationship with the Meyer.
She turned to Cormac, “What do you think?”
Cormac asked her to go back inside, “Go in first, I’ll be right back.”
She nodded, “Call me no matter what.”
Cormac nodded. They gathered for an enjoyable dinner tonight but what happened to Charles ruined their appetite.
“Let’s talk in some other place.” Cormac was still with his casual wear as he didn’t plan to go far, he just didn’t like discussing about this at home.
They sat in the garden in front of the villa.
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.