The room remained quiet for some time before Elizabeth broke the ice. “How are you doing, Loredana? I heard that you’ve given birth to another son, what a blessing it is.”
There was a hidden meaning behind her words as if it was intended to tell Theresa that Loredana was blessed with three kids while she had none.
Loredana smiled politely, “Blessing? People kept scolding me behind my back, saying I had two kids out of wedlock when I was raising the kids alone. I’ve even been called a slut.” “Those are history,” Elizabeth said.
“True, it’s all histories but memories remained,” Loredana replied.
“Theresa.” Elizabeth turned and looked at Theresa. Her gaze made her stiffened and called out “Grandma.”
“Why didn’t you tell me that you visited the hospital again?” She asked in a half complaint and half concern tone. “You look thinner.”
Theresa lowered her glance slowly.
Armand took out a jacket and put it on Theresa. He then looked at Elizabeth, “Theresa suffered a lot because of me. Her body is too weak and I won’t consider having a kid anymore.”
“You won’t think about it or because Theresa’s egg is useless?” Elizabeth visited knowing Theresa’s condition. She couldn’t accept it and hearing Armand’s intention to give up made her lost her temper. “Won’t consider? Do you think this is your matter?” She added, “This is not something that you can decide on your own!”
“What do you plan to do?” Loredana asked as she reached for Theresa’s hand and put it in hers. She wanted to give her a leaning hand and to make her feel secure.
Elizabeth spoke after a moment, “If her egg is not fertile, search for a donor or look for a surrogate. There are plenty of women willing to do these for the sake of money.”
“I understand about looking for donors but I’m quite confused about surrogacy.” Everyone knew what surrogacy was, but they needed a clearer explanation from Elizabeth.
Since they talked about it, it was better to be clear.
Used this opportunity to put everything on the table.
Elizabeth knew she was a little over the line, hence, it took her a while before explaining. “Since Theresa is infertile, this means she won’t be able to have a child with Armand. There are tons of women willing to sell their fertile eggs and if this doesn’t work, he will have to create a child with someone else naturally. The doctor mentioned that conceiving naturally is the best and naturally conceived child is born smarter.”
Loredana took a deep breath.
“Madame…”
“Armand,” Loredana called, suppressing her disappointment as she looked at Armand, “What do you think?”
“I won’t ever do anything that hurt Theresa,” Armand said firmly.
“Nonsense, will have a child hurt her?” Elizabeth shouted in anger.
Theresa closed her eyes. She knew this day will come after the doctor explained everything. But she didn’t expect to face this so soon.
She opened her eyes and looked up slowly at Armand, “Let’s divorce…”
“I won’t divorce you!” Armand quickly interrupted and knelt in front of her, “I won’t listen or do what she said, I will never betray you.” Theresa smiled coldly, an ice-cold and pathetic smile.
“What’s the point of saying all this now? Can it solve the problem?” Theresa had finally realized, “It was my fault from the beginning.”
Her lashes trembled, holding up tears in her eyes. “Armand, you are my jinx and I fell into your trap, twice.”
“Theresa…” Armand held her hand, “Trust me…”
Theresa shook her head, “There is no solution to this.”
Loredana couldn’t imagine what kind of life Theresa had been through. It must be a hard life under this kind of circumstances. No wonder why Armand moved out with Theresa.
She swept a glance at Armand and fixed her gaze at Elizabeth. “Regardless of how this will end today, there’s something I wish to say.”
Armand looked at Loredana.
“Do you agree on their divorce too?” Elizabeth asked.
“Yes,” Loredana said.
“Loredana…”
“Listen!” Loredana interrupted Armand and took a deep breath, “Theresa came back with me and I’m her only family here. It pains me to see her being bullied and suffering. I am sad and full of regrets.” She looked at Armand. “You knew damn well how you started your relationship with her, don’t you?”
Armand gritted his teeth in silence.
“If I knew the ending today, I would never have agreed to your marriage!” Loredana suppressed her emotion and continued. “You be with Theresa in White City due to Madame Bernie urging you to get married, your relationship wasn’t strong and we came back to City B before the two of you even have to chance to get to know each other further. And then your ex-girlfriend came back, and you know what happened next. Three of you were fully involved and knew what happened after that. Who was the one that gets hurt the most in that incident?”
Loredana turned slowly and looked at Elizabeth. “Guess Madame Bernie knew best that Theresa isn’t born infertile, right? You know very well how she ended up being infertile today, don’t you?”
Elizabeth dared not look straight into Loredana’ eyes as she knew Theresa was the ultimate victim of this. But there must be an heir for the Bernie family, she couldn’t accept the fact that Armand might be childless.
“She was pregnant with Armand’s child once and that bastard didn’t appreciate it! How did she lose the baby?!”
Loredana stared at Armand, “Armand, do you know how did she lose the baby?”
Armand lowered his head and his body shook when he heard that.
“How did she end up like this? She is suffering more than anyone here as a woman who can’t have her child. Have you tried understanding her?” This question was directed to Armand but intended to Elizabeth.
“Who should be held responsible for her lost baby and her face destroyed in an explosion? Who is the one who should be blamed for the outcome today?” Loredana asked mercilessly, “Not many can survive what she had and still living a sane life. She is strong and courageous enough to accept Armand into her life again. No, it’s my fault too, I shouldn’t have encouraged her to take him back, I thought you should be together since you still love each other. But I was so wrong to once again put her in agony. Armand, I was confident that you will love her wholeheartedly after what happened, providing her with a loving home and made up for the wrong you’ve done before, but what have you done?”
Loredana’ words were direct and sharp, though she mentioned Armand, her speech was intended for Elizabeth.
She never thought that Elizabeth would behave so stubborn and conservatively because of an heir, she was too mean. She even caused hurt to Theresa.
She held Theresa up, “I’ll bring Theresa with me today, take the time to have a thorough consideration before coming to us.”
“Hey.” Elizabeth was hoping Loredana to advise Armand for her but her speech was full of sarcasm towards her, she was enraged, “You must not bring Theresa with you.”
Elizabeth paused, “This is our family matter, an outsider like you has no right and is rude to intervene.” Loredana said calmly, “I’ve always been a family member of Theresa.”
She then tidied up Theresa’s jacket and said, “Leave everything behind, I will buy you new stuff.”
Loredana glanced at Armand, “I’m extremely disappointed at you, Armand. Theresa has been tolerating while you took advantage of her kindness.” Theresa was calm too, she didn’t act out of rash but after thorough consideration, “Think about it and come meet me with the divorce paper.”
She held Loredana’ hand, “Let’s go.”
She didn’t want to stay here any longer, Loredana nodded and walked out holding her.
Loredana called the driver and instructed him to wait at the entrance as they walked out of the elevator. The car was already waiting when they arrived at the entrance, Loredana opened the door at the back and helped Theresa got into the car before she got on.
“Go home,” Loredana instructed the driver.
The driver nodded and they headed home.
In the apartment, what happened was out of Elizabeth’s prediction.
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.