She nodded too as she felt that this was the most appropriate way.
When he finished the bowl of soup, Loredana asked, “Do you want more?”
He shook his head, “That’s enough.”
She thought for a moment and asked, “You like to collect red wine?”
He frowned and thought, ‘What kind of question was that?’
She pursed her lips and showed him the wine cabinet, “There are so many wines here. Are these special collections?”
“No, lots of wine were given by other people, what’s wrong?” he felt scared because she had never asked even though those wines had been kept there all the time. What was wrong with her today? She smiled, “Nothing, I’m just curious suddenly. I’ll go upstairs first.”
She put down the chopsticks and got up.
Now Amanda was sleeping with her, she had to take a shower first, so that she could snuggle up with her after her daughter was done with her bath later.
After Loredana finished showering, she put on her loose pyjamas, lying on the bed and picking up her phone. Sometimes she would chat with Theresa Gordon for a while about the affairs of shop.
Now Theresa was running it herself and it was going well. She had recruited a few more designers and had found a few skilful dressmakers and embroiderers with Oscar Adams’s help.
Those bespoke clothes required a high level of craftsmanship from the dressmakers as the general tailors were unable to complete some of the special designs.
She sent a message to Theresa, but she didn’t reply.
She thought that Theresa was probably busy at work, so she put her phone down and prepared to lie down. Then Cormac came in with Amanda in his arms who had already finished her bath and wore a pink silk nightgown with short sleeves and short pants with lace trim. He put her down on the bed and she quickly crawled to her arms. He stood beside the bed, looking at Amanda and thinking, ‘When will you recover?’
She was so clingy that she didn’t give them any time to take a breath.
Loredana gave him a look, “Why are you standing here? Don’t you take a shower?”
He unbuttoned his blouse with one hand and said, “I’ll take her to the office tomorrow.”
In this way, Loredana could have a rest.
She had always carried Amanda herself when he wasn’t at home.
He was worried as Amanda would soon be in first grade, she had grown quite tall and had put on weight, so it was too tiring to carry her all the time.
Moreover, with her health condition now.
It was better for him to take her to the company.
Loredana was speechless, “Why you want to bring her there?”
He said, “Let her meet more people, it’s good for her recovery.”
Amanda looked at Cormac and blinked her eyes, then turned her head to bury her face in Loredana’s arms, as if she was rejecting his behaviour in this way.
Cormac pretended not to see it and turned around to go to the bathroom.
Loredana lied down and hugged her, patting her back, “Are you sleepy?”
She shook her head.
Loredana picked up the book on the table ‘Peppa Pig’, “I read you the story.”
Amanda nodded.
Loredana lowered her head and kissed her forehead. She was very worried as Amanda who was so lively and playful before had turned so quiet.
When Cormac came out of the bathroom, Amanda was still awake, so Loredana moved to make room for him. He walked over to the bed and sat down, reaching out to take the book from her hands, “I’ll read to her.”
She felt a bit sleepy, so she nodded. He carried his daughter over, put his arms around her and asked her deliberately, “Where did your mummy leave off?” In fact, he had heard it.
Amanda pointed to the line that Loredana read just now.
He said gently, “You tell daddy where mummy left off, I want to hear you to talk.”
She burrowed her head into his arms and kept silent.
He stroked her head and continued to read the story to her after he sighed.
By the time she fell asleep by listening to the story, it was already two hours later and Loredana had already fallen asleep. He put down the book and switched off the bedside lamp. During the night, he heard Loredana’s voice in a daze.
“Hiss …so painful …”
Was she about to give birth?
Cormac was instantly awake. He turned on the light by the head of the bed and looked at her worriedly, “Does your stomach hurt?”
Loredana frowned and she looked like she was in pain. Cormac didn’t even put on his slippers when he got out of bed. He walked to her side and said, “I’ll bring you to the hospital.” He leaned over and tried to carry her. Loredana grabbed his hand and shook her head, “No, it’s not my stomach.”
She couldn’t move. Her body was tense, it was because she had a cramp in her leg.
“My leg cramped,” she said painfully.
Cormac lifted the blanket and examined her legs under the light. He rolled up her pyjamas and could see her fair and slender legs before his eyes, “Which one?”
“The right one,” she frowned even harder. It was as if her nerves were in a knot, she grabbed the blanket tightly and said, “It really hurts.”
Cormac’s face was tense, he tried to massage her cramped leg. He didn’t really know what he was doing, he just wanted to ease her pain.
After a while, the pain was finally eased. Loredana looked up and said, “I feel better now. Let’s go to sleep.”
Cormac sat next to her on the bedside and put her legs on his thighs. He continued massaging them.
“Let’s go to the hospital tomorrow.”
Loredana said, “This is normal. Something like this often happens during the 3rd trimester.”
Cormac pursed his lips and didn’t say anything. He couldn’t take the pain away from her. The only thing he could do was to make her feel as comfortable as he could. Loredana nuzzled her legs against him, “Do you feel bad for me?”
Cormac slapped her legs lightly, “No.”
Loredana moved her legs away and said coquettishly, “Then go away, I don’t need your massages anymore.”
Cormac grabbed her ankle and said, “Don’t move. Be good, I’ll massage you so that you don’t feel pain.”
“But you don’t feel bad for me, I don’t want your massage.” Loredana arched her legs and tried to move away, not letting him touch them.
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.