With a second thought, Loredana believed it was reasonable – Maria wasn’t young. Since she wouldn’t marry Cormac, there should be other men. The marriages in such rich or noble families were always connected to interests. Probably she would have another marriage for convenience with another famous family.
With that thought, she didn’t feel weird that Maria had bought the wedding dress.
“Lola.” Mrs. William walked over.
Loredana put away the thoughts in her mind, looking at Mrs. William. “Yes, Mrs. William?”
The lady pulled her hand. “I’m going home now. Please take care of this branch. LEO Corporation is my work for a lifetime. Please try your best to guard this brand for me.”
“I know.” Loredana knew the importance of LEO Corporation to Mrs. William. “I’ll treat it as my lifetime career, protecting and defending it.”
“I trust you.” Mrs. William hugged her and gave her a cheek kissing. “Take care of yourself.”
“Can’t you stay here a bit longer?” Loredana tried to make her stay.
For this lady, Loredana didn’t only take her as her boss, but also a family for whom she had gratitude for receiving her help and encouragement.
“I still have something to deal with back home, and I’ve been staying here long enough. It’s time for me to go back.”
“I’ll give you a ride,” Loredana asked Theresa to give her the car key.
Mrs. William laughed. “How could you drive in a dress?”
Loredana lowered her head and took a glance at her dress. She laughed. Reaching out, she lifted the hemline of the dress and tied a knot in front, and her straight legs were exposed. “I can drive in this way now.”
Mrs. William still laughed, rubbing her hair lovingly.
Loredana walked out of the store with Mrs. William. Theresa and Allison walked them to the door.
Loredana looked back. “I’ll drive Mrs. William to the airport and ensure she’ll board the plane safely.
Please take care of the rest matters here. Thanks.”
“Sure. No worries.” Allison gave her an OK gesture and waved at her.
After seeing Mrs. William off, Loredana went back to the store. Everything was well-arranged by Theresa and Allison. On the sofa in the reception lounge, a man was sitting.
Seeing Loredana walk in, Terry stood up. He complained, “Lola, we’re friends now, aren’t we? Why didn’t you invite me over for the opening ceremony of your store today? Although I’m not wealthy, I can come here to support you, can I?”
“I didn’t mean to do it. I’ve forgotten, really,” Loredana answered apologetically.
Terry knew that she was not that kind of snob woman, so he didn’t take it seriously. The purpose why he came over wasn’t to question her but for the matter of the cassation. Cormac asked him to delay it, and he didn’t understand, so he came over to ask her.
“About the car accident, what are you thinking about now? Aren’t you in a hurry? Why is it delayed?
Don’t you know the longer it has been the less beneficial was for the case?”
Since the last time when Cormac asked her to leave the case to him, she hadn’t asked. If it weren’t that Terry asked, she had almost forgotten about it.
She sat down on the sofa, rubbing between her eyebrows, having a migraine.
“Are you not feeling well?” Terry asked with concern, “I shouldn’t have asked you, should I?”
“Not really.” Loredana shook her head. “I’ll ask him what’s going on when seeing him tonight. I will ask him why it’s delayed.”
“Sure.” Terry could tell that Loredana was in a bad mood. “I’ve got to go now. Call me if you have any news.”
“All right.”
After Terry was gone, Loredana and Theresa started to sort out the orders received today. Since they were not running a clothing shop, which depended on the sales of the orders, they would design and made the clothes for the customers upon their requests.
Certainly, the cost here was far higher than that of an ordinary clothing shop.
Ordinary people couldn’t afford their clothes.
Since Theresa needed opportunities, Loredana gave one of the orders to her.
She gave the other one to Allison.
Allison refused. “The customer appointed you as the designer purposely. I don’t think I should take it over. Besides, I don’t need this order to present my capability.”
Looking up, she said proudly, “I’m quite famous already. I don’t need an offered opportunity.”
Theresa kept silent because she did need such a chance.
She loved to design.
“Okay. I’ll give both orders to Theresa, then.” Loredana passed the customers’ information to Theresa.
“Work hard.”
“But-” Theresa didn’t think it was appropriate in this way. She couldn’t occupy both of them. After all,
Loredana had provided her with a lot of chances.
“Don’t hesitate. I’ll show the design drafts to the customers first. If they are happy with them, I’ll tell them that they are designed by you. Since they’ve already approved, they wouldn’t object.” Loredana had already thought about how to introduce Theresa’s work to the customers.
“But…”
“Stop it,” Allison interrupted her, “Lola didn’t need any chance to prove herself, but you are the one who needs such a chance. You’ve been working with her for such a long time, so she wants you to become better. Just take it.”
Theresa felt quite grateful. However, she still asked stubbornly, “Aren’t you afraid that I might become better in the future?”
Loredana rubbed her hair. “I wish so.”
This girl had been working with her for a long time. She was professional and responsible when doing things and she had the capabilities. The only thing she needed was the chance to present her capabilities.
Theresa opened up her arms and hugged Loredana. “Thank you, Lola.”
“We’re already so close to each other. Please don’t mention it.” Loredana patted her on her back.
“So you both want to leave me alone, don’t you?” Allison pretended to be jealous while standing aside.
“Of course not.” Loredana pulled her over and the three women hugged together.
Loredana patted them on their backs and then released them. “Let’s go home early today. It’s been such a long day.”
“I’m indeed exhausted,” said Allison, “I haven’t worked like this for a long time.”
“Yeah. I also need to consider the requirements of those two customers carefully,” said Theresa.
“All right. You may leave now. I’ll leave later.”
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.
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