Loredana was familiar with this girl after a few days together. She went to her, “It’s so cold outside, why don’t you stay inside?”
“Young master told me to wait for you here. He said you would come.” Amelia smiled and said, “Come inside first.”
Loredana was no stranger to this place. After all, she had lived here for a few days.
As she walked into the living room, Loredana took off her coat and hung it on the coat hanger. The house was warm with air conditioning and floor heating. She would be hot in her coat.
Amelia went to make coffee, “I didn’t think I’d see you again.”
She came over with steaming coffee and put it on the table, “Actually, Young master is quite nice.”
Of the two women around Charles, she preferred Loredana. She didn’t know why, but she found Loredana kind and easy to be with.
Lacey looked gloomy, and she didn’t like her.
Loredana didn’t sit down, but walked towards the fish tank placed at the window, pretending not to hear Amelia’s words, “These fish are still here.”
She remembered that after she was rescued, she had difficulty moving because of her injured feet.
Charles got these fish for her to kill time for fear that she would be bored.
These fish were indeed rare, brightly colored and peculiar looking. She put her hand in the water and flicked the tail of the fish, which got scared and swam away quickly, making Loredana laugh.
Amelia stood aside, also staring at the fish in the water, “Young master feeds these fish himself every day.”
Loredana looked up. Would Charles be so idle as to feed these fish every day? Amelia smiled, “Of course, when he’s here. Usually, I take care of these fish. Most of the time, I change the water and feed them, but as long as he’s here, he’s the one who feeds them.”
As the water moved, the fish swam happily. Loredana gazed into them.
“I heard that fish only have the memory of seven seconds. It would be nice if people could also selectively forget things.” Suddenly, a low male voice came from behind her. Loredana turned around to see Charles walking towards her in his wheelchair.
“Have you been here long?” Charles asked.
Loredana shook her head, “No, I just got here.”
Charles rolled his wheelchair to the fish tank and waved his hand at Amelia, “You guard the door and don’t let anyone in.”
Amelia looked at Loredana and then at Charles, but finally said nothing and left with her head down. She walked out of the house and closed the door.
The large living room fell silent suddenly.
Loredana looked at the closed door and raised an eyebrow, “Do you have any secrets to share?”
He sent Amelia away and didn’t let anyone in.
Charles was frank, “Yes, I have something to tell you.”
But, not something secret.
“What’s it?”
“Sit down then.” Charles rolled his wheelchair towards the couch.
Loredana followed him to the couch. The coffee Amelia had made was still steaming and she picked it up and took a sip. As she put the cup down, she heard Charles say, “She’s fine, but she doesn’t talk and refuses to see me.”
Loredana’s hand paused for a moment. She didn’t say anything. She knew who Charles was referring to.
At this point, she preferred to be a listener.
“I know she feels too embarrassed to see me,” Charles said to himself. Now he did want to talk to someone. Otherwise, he would be depressed, “The doctor said she is in bad mental health. I’m going to send her to a nursing home.”
He hoped that Lacey could live like a normal person in the future.
“I’ll let my people gather evidence of the Ward family’s abuse of her. I think it won’t take long for the bad guys to be brought to justice.”
At this point, Charles was calm. After one night, he had calmed down.
“I believe you can do it.” With Charles’ status and position here, it shouldn’t be hard for him to punish two bad guys.
Charles looked at Loredana, “You trust me that much?”
Loredana smiled, “It’s not that I trust you, but you have that ability.”
Charles gave a bitter smile, “Are you really going to draw a line with me?”
Loredana fiddled with her coffee cup on the table, “If I was going to draw a clear line with you, I wouldn’t be here today.”
How could she possibly draw a line with him when she had no grudge against him?
Charles smiled, “Yeah.”
Loredana looked up, “Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?”
Charles stared at Loredana for a few seconds, somewhat torn, but asked, “You have met Victoria, haven’t you?”
Loredana was surprised because Charles changed the subject so quickly. They were clearly talking about Lacey. Why did he suddenly bring up Victoria?
And, he also knew Victoria.
But the thought that Nathan was his adoptive father made it not surprising to her that he knew something.
“She’s at City B. How could I have met her?” Loredana looked down at the coffee in her cup. She’d promised Victoria.
She didn’t even tell Cormac about this, and naturally, she wouldn’t tell Charles.
Charles looked at her, “You even kept your mouth shut to me?”
Loredana looked at him, “So what if I’ve seen her? And so what if I haven’t seen her?”
“I want to know what she said to you,” Charles stated his purpose directly.
Before Loredana could answer, he revealed what he knew, “The person who taught you how to make Gambiered Canton Gauze was Victoria’s brother Kevin. Victoria was my adoptive father’s first love. He never married because of her. My adoptive father lost his finger when he was alive. To be honest, I’m now investigating the person who cut off his finger.”
Loredana’ hands clenched suddenly. Nathan had his finger cut off?
Her brain worked fast. At that time, Victoria only said that Jeffery used Nathan to threaten her to make that phone call to Jayden, but she didn’t mention what cruel methods Jeffery used to threaten her.
So, Jeffery cut off Nathan’s finger to threaten Victoria to make the call?
“He raised me and left me his fortune. I have to do something for him.” Charles stared at Loredana’ face.
He knew Loredana must know what happened back then, and knew who cut off his adoptive father’s finger.
Loredana was in a difficult position. The Harris family was not simple and had ties with the Mendelsohn family.
After she told him, if Charles went to the Harris’s to seek revenge, would it bring up what happened back then?
By then, Cormac’s identity would be revealed.
No, she couldn’t risk it.
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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