In the study room, Cormac was looking impatient on the phone, “What is the matter with the human resources department? Is it that hard to get a good translator?”
He knew a variety of languages, but not the language spoken by A Country because it was not widely spoken. Furthermore, he was handling a new project in that country, so not knowing the language was going to cause him a lot of troubles since he had to personally deal with everything himself.
“Let the human resources manager know, I’ll only give him a day. If he can’t hire anyone within a day, ask him to get ready to get lost!”
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Cormac was still fuming with anger when he was interrupted by that knocking sound. He called out coldly without keeping his emotions in check, “Come in!”
Loredana suddenly felt her guts tighten. Was he angry for some reason?
However, since she had already announced her arrival, she had no choice but to go in even though he might not be in the mood to receive any guest.
Loredana put on her widest grin while announcing the reason for her arrival, “I have made some coffee for you.”
Cormac trained his gaze on her face before slowly turning it onto the cup of coffee in her hands. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously. Just in the morning, she was avoiding him as if he was a plague, but now she was sending in a cup of coffee for him?
This woman was really capricious!
Cormac replaced his phone to its original place and sat down. He watched her intently to find out what this woman was up to at that moment!
“I hope it suits your taste buds.” Loredana placed the coffee on his desk.
Cormac continued to sit there motionless. His body gradually relaxed and in the end, he was lying lazily against his chair.
Loredana prompted him, “Have a taste of it?”
Cormac raised his eyebrows and suddenly came to a realization. He could guess the reason behind her transformation as he said mockingly, “Are you flattering me now because you want to ask about that land in Repulse Bay?”
Loredana froze briefly in disbelief. She didn’t think that he would be able to make the connection so soon.
Suddenly, Cormac grabbed Loredana’ chin and said menacingly, “Is this the reason the Flores family insist to let you marry me although I’m a crippled person?”
He exerted a lot of strength into his fingers, which caused Loredana to feel an excruciating pain besieging her chin.
She opened her mouth, seemingly trying to explain herself.
However, no words of explanation could come out at that moment.
Should she tell him that she was actually abandoned by her family?
Would he believe her?
“I’m not…”
“Get out!” Cormac flung her away.
Loredana lost her balance and her arm accidentally toppled over the cup of coffee. Black liquid poured out of the cup and seeped into the sheets of documents on his desk. Cormac’s face completely darkened at this sight.
Loredana didn’t anticipate such a turn of events as she frantically tried to wipe the coffee dry.
Cormac snatched away from those sheets and bellowed, “I ask you to get out; didn’t you hear me?”
He was feeling repulsed by her who was sucking up to him!
Loredana could only leave.
“Wait, take these out too!” Cormac said with annoyance.
Loredana obediently fetched the cup outside the room.
After dinner, Cormac returned to his room after finishing his meal.
Loredana let out a helpless sigh. This man really had an unpleasant character. It was a challenge to get close to him, let alone capturing the rights to that piece of land and regained the authoritative position from Garrett.
Loredana took a bath and then lied in bed after that. She fumbled around from time to time, not able to fall asleep. She decided to get off the bed for now.
At the thought of what had happened in the afternoon when she had accidentally spilt coffee all over his documents, she felt a little sorry for him.
She wanted to make it up to him, so she tiptoed to his study room.
She switched on the lights in the room and saw that those moist sheets were still on the table. The documents were written in the language used by A Country.
Some of the ink on the sheets which were interfered with by coffee was muddled up, making that part unrecognizable.
She took some fresh papers and copied down the information on the documents. Loredana was well-
versed in the language used by A Country although it was not widely used at all. This was her way of apologizing to him. She translated the words into his familiar language so that he could decipher the information.
She methodically translated the contents of more than ten sheets of documents. By the time she was done, it was almost dawn.
She put down the pen while massaging her sore wrists. After making sure the papers were in order, she tidily placed them on his desk before returning to her room to get some sleep.
When Cormac was having breakfast the next morning, Loredana was still soundly asleep. She had fallen asleep way too late last night. Coupled with her pregnancy which caused her sleeping time to increase, she failed to wake up early today.
Cormac frowned, “She hasn’t gotten up yet?”
Coral lowered her gaze, “Yes. You guys are husband and wife, so you shouldn’t ask me that.”
Cormac understood completely what Coral was trying to say.
“Forget about it.” However, Cormac was never the type to explain himself clearly, and this attitude applied to Coral who had practically cared for him since he was young.
“Young master, I know that you have no feelings for Miss Flores, but your marriage was still being blessed by the madam when she was still alive. Besides, I can see that she is a thoughtful person. She had asked me about your favourite food and made those dishes for you last night. She even boiled some coffee for you.”
The reason Loredana was flattering him was just to grab that piece of land in Repulse Bay for the Flores family. Nothing more.
Did she really care about him? Cormac found this thought amusing.
He turned around and stared at Coral, “Don’t be deceived by her appearance.”
He knew very well her real personality behind that mask!
At the thought of the documents which was stained by coffee, he headed to his study room to bring it back to the company. He had to make sure a new copy was printed out for him.
The moment he entered the study, he knew intuitively that someone had been here.
Besides Coral and Abbott who had been to his study, there shouldn’t be anyone else who was supposed to be here. Even Helen was never here before.
Who was that intruder?
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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