How come he was so much straightforward?
And she withdrew her hand which was on his shoulder, “No! Not tonight.”
“Why?”
“My mom wanted to talk to me, I have to go to her room later.”
“I can wait.”
Right after Loredana finished her words, he told her he could wait. Cormac thought she wouldn’t stay overnight at Maxina’s room. He could wait. Loredana swallowed her saliva, this man…
She was afraid that Cormac might say something more, so she added, “Eat something first before the food gets cold. I will check on Samuel and I’m hungry too.”
She hadn’t eaten for a whole day, she really felt quite hungry.
Cormac held her hand and smiled slightly, “I can feed you tonight.”
Loredana blushed instantly and pulled back her hand from him and said, “Don’t be naughty.”
“Hurry up and eat the meal before it gets cold,” Loredana urged once more time.
Cormac stood up and walked to the table. He raised his head and looked at her, “Aren’t you going to eat with me?”
“I only fill one bowl of rice. I’ll go outside to eat.”
“Stay here with me.” Cormac sat down and pulled her to sit on his leg. Loredana raised her head and looked at him, emphasizing once more, “Only one bowl of rice.”
“We eat together.” Cormac thought this wasn’t a problem. He took the food and brought it to her mouth.
Loredana was speechless.
“Hmm?”
Cormac brought it closer to Loredana’ mouth. The greenish-blue okra was on her lips, “Aren’t you hungry?”
Loredana mumbled in her heart. She was not a child who needed to be fed.
“You don’t want me to feed you, do you?” Cormac only needed one glance to see right through her. Loredana said softly with her head lowered, “I’m an adult. You treat me like a child.” Cormac ate the food that she had not eaten and put down the bowl, “You feed me.” Loredana was speechless.
“You can treat me like a child.” He raised his head and tipped her a wink, “Feed me.”
The corner of Loredana’ eyes twitched. But obviously, if she didn’t do it, Cormac would bother her endlessly.
To get rid of him as soon as possible, Loredana picked up the chopsticks and the bowl. Then, she took a full chopstick of shrimp meat and placed it in his mouth.
Cormac opened his mouth and bit everything, including the chopsticks. Loredana tried to remove the chopsticks from Cormac’s mouth, but she couldn’t. She frowned, and just as she wanted to lose her temper, Cormac let go of the chopsticks.
“Tasty.” He gave a light smile.
Loredana stared at him, “Coral’s dishes are always tasty.”
“It tastes good because you fed me.” He put his arm around her waist. He raised his head and fed her the shrimp meat that she had just fed him, “You can try if you don’t believe.” Loredana was speechless.
She didn’t eat. Cormac raised his eyebrows, “What? Are you disgusted by me?”
Loredana missed his gaze, “No.”
“Then you eat it.”
Loredana was speechless.
“Can you stop it…Mm…”
Her lips were gagged by his kiss before she could finish her sentence, and the shrimp meat was passed to her mouth.
Loredana’ eyes widened.
He nickered, “Isn’t it sweet?”
Loredana wanted to spit it out. Cormac noticed her movement and raised her lower jaw. The shrimp meat made its way down her esophagus. The delicate flavor spread throughout her mouth. “Don’t be perverse.” He gave a broader smile. Loredana took a bite of rice without looking at him. Cormac didn’t tease her anymore. He had to coax Loredana if he truly enraged her.
And he wasn’t sure if he could calm her down with sweet words.
They finished all the dishes because there was only one bowl of rice. Loredana carried the plates out while Cormac went to the bathroom.
Coral was packing luggage. Maxina was bathing Samuel.
Loredana put all the cutlery in the dining room into the washbasin in the kitchen. She put on gloves and squeezed out some dishwashing liquid, and started washing the dishes.
Coral came here after she had finished packaging. She rushed in when she saw Loredana washing dishes, “You must be exhausted after spending the entire day in the car. Just put them here, and I’ll wash them. Then, you go take a bath and have a good sleep so that you don’t feel so tired.”
Loredana said with a smile, “I’m not tired.”
“Even if you’re not tired, you don’t need to wash them.” Coral drew her away and took off her gloves, “I noticed that the young master seemed unhappy. So, you go and accompany him more.” Loredana didn’t want to go into the room. Otherwise, he would bother her again. She stood aside and took a washed apple. She pretended to be inadvertent and asked, “His mother…” Coral raised her head and looked at her. She seemed to be to a bit astonished that Loredana brought this up so abruptly, “You mean Mrs. Mendelsohn?”
Loredana nodded, “Can you tell me about her?”
Coral was dazed for a moment before smiling, “Sure.”
Loredana took the initiative to ask something about the young master. Does that mean that Loredana and the young master’s relationship took a significant leap when they were outside these days? “I was following Mrs. Mendelsohn to the Mendelsohn family. I used to work for the Harris family as a servant. Mrs. Mendelsohn married into the Mendelsohn family later. The Harris family was concerned that there would be no one to care for Mrs. Mendelsohn here, so they asked me to follow her. Mrs. Mendelsohn and Mr. Mendelsohn were allied in marriage. Although they didn’t have much feelings for each other, they were respectful to one another. They then had the young master. Their relationship improved significantly. Mrs. Mendelsohn later passed away because of her illness. Mr. Mendelsohn married Victoria not even a month after Mrs. Mendelsohn died. Loredana took a bite of the apple and chewed slowly in her mouth, but she thought about this matter in her mind. She felt that there were still a lot of things that couldn’t be explained.
Jolene had passed away, but Victoria said that she had previously been pregnant. Then where was the child now?
Where was the man with whom she was in a relationship?
They all vanished as if following the death of Jolene.
Coral, on the other hand, knew even less. She even had no idea that Cormac was not Jolene’s biological child.
“What do you think about Victoria?” Loredana asked again.
Coral thought for a while and said unbiasedly, “Although the time she was married to Mr. Mendelsohn was not right, she is not a bad person. She seems like she was not in good health. She never criticized or framed the young master. She didn’t do anything beyond her bounds. And, most importantly, she didn’t have any children. I really admire her for this point. She was, after all, young at the time. It is unfortunate that a woman doesn’t have her own child for her lifetime.”
Loredana dropped her eyes, and the apple in her mouth had lost its flavor. Victoria gave her a call today to persuade her to give up on making Gambiered Canton Gauze available to the world.
At that time, she was forced by Jeffery to use the Forbis family’s family business in exchange for the marriage with Jayden due to the pressure from the Harris family in order to accompany her own child.
Even if her child didn’t know her.
Loredana was aware, and she couldn’t pretend that she wasn’t. She was not in a position to judge right from wrong at that time. However, the Harris family, who abused their power and bullied people, was out of line.
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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