“We are all people with reputation and status in the society. If this spreads out, I won’t be able to show my face anywhere. I wouldn’t have come to find you, but if a conflict arises between our families, it will only hurt both of us, don’t you think?”
Landon knew how to negotiate. He was not here to beg for mercy, but he didn’t want the two parties to get into a conflict and harm the peace between them.
“You also know my son’s temperament. If I could have controlled her, the engagement at that time wouldn’t have broken off.” Jayden was not a fool. He couldn’t just listen to Landon’s one-sided story and just agree with him or promise him something.
Landon’s face fell. Did Jayden not care at all about this? He thought.
“Jayden, even though we couldn’t become in-laws, we have still known each other for a long time. Do you really want to watch both families lose their peace because of this little incident?”
“Our Cormac is not an unreasonable person. Of course, if someone provokes him first, we won’t ignore it. As you know since a few years, both of them father and son have been at odds with each other. But we will try our best, we will call him back tonight and understand the situation clearly and give our best advice.” Victoria spoke, her voice soft but firm. Her first sentence suggested that they provoked Cormac first and were at fault and her last sentence made it clear that they did care but that it was a separate matter.
Landon was speechless by her words.
“As long as you both know, the best would be to keep the peace.” Landon stood up.
“Of course, we don’t want to ruin the peace.”
Landon smiled reluctantly, “I should go now.”
“Stay for dinner.” Victoria smiled in a dignified way.
“No, they are waiting at home.” Landon declined.
“Thomas, send them out.” Victoria did not personally send them off. Regardless what happens later, right now, they must stand with Cormac.
Obviously, it was their fault first.
She used her words carefully to let Landon know that if Cormac didn’t let them go it was their own fault. They had caused it themselves.
They also had to realize that it really harmed their friendship.
“No need to see us out.” Warner said to Thomas as he walked to the gate.
Thomas smiled and still opened the car door for Landon, “Madam asked me to see off the guests, how dare I neglect. Mr. Herbert, Please!”
Landon glanced at him and got into the car.
Warner got into the driving seat.
The car drove out soon.
Looking at the villa become smaller in the rearview mirror, Landon exclaimed, “Cormac is really smart, not without cause. When parents have such high IQ, how can the son be stupid?”
He had just experienced Jayden’s IQ and strategy.
Jayden’s behavior just now surprised him.
“Dad, what are you talking about? Cormac’s biological mother is Jayden’s ex-wife.”
“Oh, yeah! Look at me, I have gotten really old.” Landon held his forehead.
“Dad, what would happen if Jayden can’t convince Cormac?” Warner was worried.
Landon thought for a long time, weighing all the options, distinguishing the pros and cons but he still felt that he could never openly attack the Mendelsohn family.
After all, they were big in business now, he had no choice but to accept that he couldn’t afford to offend the Mendelsohn family.
If he tried to fight, only his family would suffer.
“The one who provokes is responsible.” Landon slowly closed his eyes.
It’s not that he was ruthless; it was just that he couldn’t help but care about his family in this situation.
If Cormac didn’t let them go, the matter was bound to ferment.
If that happened, the Herbert family’s reputation was going to be ruined and it was bound to affect the company. They were a jewelry business and could not handle the consequences of being boycotted.
In the Mendelsohn family’s living room…
Jayden leaned on the cushion on the sofa, holding Victoria’s hand and rubbing his thumb on the back of her hand. He was narrowing his eyes as if thinking about something.
“Are you thinking who that woman is? What about that child?’ Victoria asked.
She also felt strange. Before, she had thought that Cormac liked Loredana, but now there was another woman with a child.
This worried her.
Jayden reached out and brushed a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. He said softly, “Don’t worry,
I will go to the villa to see him.”
He will talk to him about this incident.
On the other side, Samuel fell asleep in Loredana arms while returning to the villa.
One side of his face was still red and swollen. Loredana felt very distressed and wanted to touch him but was afraid of hurting him.
She was really quiet and didn’t say a word, just silently wiped her tears from time to time.
Samuel had never been hurt before; this was the first time.
As it was said, when the child gets hurt the mother feels the pain.
Cormac looked at her in the rear-view mirror. He wanted to comfort her so that she would not be so distressed but when he opened his mouth, he didn’t know what to say.
He had never been a parent and couldn’t understand her feelings.
It didn’t take long before the car stopped in front of the villa.
Cormac got out and opened the door for her. It was not convenient for her to get out while holding
Samuel. He reached out to pick him up, “Let me hold him.”
“No, I will hold him myself.” Since Samuel was rescued, she had not been able to let go of him.
She kept holding him, not letting anyone take over.
Cormac looked at her for two seconds and couldn’t stand her attitude. This was her child and she could feel hurt and love him but she kept blaming herself and feeling like all of this was her fault. This was difficult for him to accept.
“It wasn’t your fault; you don’t need to punish yourself.” He stubbornly took Samuel in his arms. Loredana didn’t want to let go, “What are you doing?”
“If you don’t want him to be woken up, keep quiet!”
Loredana lowered her voice and whispered, “He has an injury on his head, please be careful.”
She was afraid that Cormac would hurt Samuel.
He was a big man and had no experience in holding children.
Cormac hummed lightly in response.
Loredana had lived here before and was not unfamiliar with it. It had basically not changed, was just like before.
After experiencing the events of the day, Simona was either very scared or really tired, she had fallen asleep right after Abbott had brought her here. She was still asleep.
Coral had met Maxina and Simona once, so when Abbott brought them, she was a little surprised but then quite quickly became acquainted with Maxina.
Abbott didn’t tell her why they were here and Coral didn’t ask. She knew that Abbott was Cormac’s right-hand man and he must have been instructed by Cormac himself.
After seeing the two children last time, she had felt that they were like Cormac when he was a child. In order to see them again, she often went to that supermarket, hoping to see them and asked around about their mother and father.
She was not able to meet them even if she went every day.
Unexpectedly, they came by themselves.
She looked everywhere for them only to have them come to her themselves.
Coral used this opportunity to inquire about the two children.
Maxina probably guessed what this place was, but she didn’t want to say much about her daughter.
She just said that they were her daughter’s children.
She didn’t mention anything else.
Coral couldn’t find out anything.
“Why don’t you sit down?” Coral got up and wanted to show Maxina a picture of Cormac, when the front door of the villa was pushed open.
Cormac walked in with Samuel in his arms. Loredana followed behind. Subconsciously, as if by habit, she opened the shoe cabinet and took out slippers. She knew which ones were Cormac’s and placed them in front of him.
Cormac lowered his eyes and glanced at her, “Still haven’t forgotten.”
Loredana paused. She had only stayed there for less than a month and she still remembered the shoes.
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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