She was just afraid that she couldn’t repay the kindness bestowed upon her.
After all, she was poor thoroughly.
“It’s getting dark now, aren’t you going home, Dr. Herbert?” Loredana asked.
Loredana had been addressing him as Dr. Herbert ever since they knew each other.
“Lola.” Sampson looked at her intently. “Can you stop calling me Dr. Herbert from now on?”
He continued to look at him seriously, “Call me by my name or you can call me Brother. We have known each other for a long time and are friends like brother and sister. ‘Dr. Herbert’ really sounded like we are strangers. What do you think?”
Loredana gave his words some thought. He was older than her, and he always watched over her like a real elder brother. “Shall I call you brother then?”
“Yes.” Sampson took this chance and took her into his embrace. He smiled meekly, “Just call me your brother.”
“Cormac, isn’t that Ms. Flores?”
Cormac who was driving didn’t pay any attention to passers-by. After being reminded by Helen, he shifted his gaze towards this direction…
Loredana was petrified on the spot. She never saw Sampson’s hug coming.
When she came to herself, she tried to wriggle free from his embrace.
From Cormac’s perspective, they were like a couple who were cooing each other.
His brows couldn’t help but frown.
Helen commented nonchalantly, “I didn’t expect that she actually has a boyfriend.”
Cormac suddenly felt very restless.
He stepped on the pedal hard and the car sped away.
Helen pursed her lips and asked, “Are you angry about that?”
Cormac snickered coldly, “Why should I be angry?”
She was currently pregnant, so it was normal that she was intimate with other guys too!
He was just being frustrated for no reason after actually witnessing her with other guys!
Soon, the car stopped in front of Helen’s residence. She didn’t get out of the car immediately as she stared longingly at Cormac, “Don’t you want to come to my place for a while?”
As if she was afraid of getting rejected, Helen added, “Cormac, I have prepared your favourite food—“
“Helen.” Cormac interrupted her. He was confused at his frustration at the moment. He caressed her hair and said, “I’m not going to drop by today. Please rest earlier.”
“But…” Helen didn’t finish her sentence but chose to alight his car obediently, “Please drive safely.”
Cormac mumbled a response before speeding away.
For some reason, he took lesser time than normal to reach home. By the time he entered his house,
Loredana hadn’t returned home yet.
He unbuttoned his shirt while asking, “What time did she go out?”
“She went out at noon.” Coral received his coat and asked, “Do you want to have dinner now?”
“Later.” He didn’t have any appetite at the moment.
The two buttons near to his neck had come off. He didn’t feel suffocated by his shirt anymore, but that didn’t reduce the restlessness in his heart.
It was a really strange feeling. He felt really uneasy!
He pushed open the door to his study. Loredana’ memo was still lying on the table. He picked it up and let out a cold laugh, “You’re really good at acting. On one hand, you’re making yourself looking very pitiful in front of me, but behind my back, you are fooling around with other men. Loredana, you really are different!”
He crumpled the memo vehemently after saying that.
Loredana hailed a taxi back home. Initially, Sampson had offered to send her home, but she didn’t want him to know about her connection to Cormac. Therefore, she had rejected him.
There was only Coral at home, so Loredana thought that Cormac hadn’t returned yet. She felt herself relax considerably.
Coral noticed Loredana’ good mood, so she asked her, “Are you happy about something recently?”
Loredana produced a smile, thinking that there was nothing particularly exciting going on, “I feel more at ease without him around here.”
Coral didn’t know how to answer her.
“Do you mean that I shouldn’t be here?” Suddenly, his long and slender figure appeared at the door of his study. He was leaning against the hinge lazily, and his tone sounded unconcerned yet mocking at the same time.
This voice…
Loredana turned around rigidly, and her eyes landed on that man who was leaning against the door hinge. He had a darkened expression on his face.
Why was he at home at that moment?
There wasn’t any sign of him coming home before this, so Loredana assumed that he was not home yet.
That was why she could talk so nonchalantly.
“I…” Loredana wanted to explain, but Cormac brushed past her and headed towards the dining room.
He was requesting Coral to serve the food.
Loredana quietly settled into her seat by the dining table. She wanted to speak for herself several times, but nothing came out of her mouth.
Cormac never once cast a glance in her direction during the whole duration. However, when he finished his meal, he suddenly said, “Come into the study with me.”
Loredana immediately put down her chopsticks and followed him into his study room.
Cormac sat down by his desk and placed the stack of her translated sheets of papers in front of her.
He glanced at her slightly, “You know how to speak the language of A Country?”
Loredana nodded earnestly.
Cormac was intrigued by this fact, “Why did you learn this language? It is never widely used in the world.”
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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