The language originated from a place where she had spent eight years of her life there. There were too many unspoken pain hidden deep inside her heart.
The thing was, no one could ever understand her pain. Only she knew about how belittled and despicable she was during that time.
She didn’t want to reveal her weakness in front of just anyone.
With a faint but forced smile on her face, she replied, “I learn it because I like it.”
Cormac couldn’t help frowning after hearing that. Despite her cheerful façade, he could still capture a fleeting sense of pain beneath her eyes.
What was she trying to hide?
“Come here.” He spoke in a low voice.
Loredana hesitated upon hearing that. She could never understand what this man was thinking at every moment, but she had no choice but to attend to him.
She slowly inched closer towards him.
Cormac placed a document in front of her, “Since you know the language, then translate this document for me.”
Loredana looked down at the document and noticed the wording “WY Group” imprinted on the top right corner of the document.
She was too busy translating the contents without realizing these words.
She couldn’t help raising her head and asking, “Aren’t you guys able to hire a translator?”
Cormac raised his eyebrows slightly.
Loredana took over the document and said in a low voice, “I have tried to interview for the translator job at your company. It seemed that they actually wanted me for the job, but later on, for some reason, I was being branded as unsuitable for this job.”
“Did this really happen?” His expression and tone exuded mystery and enigma.
Loredana mumbled a response as her affirmation. There wasn’t any point for her to lie about this.
“I can translate this document for you, but…” Loredana wasn’t the type to just think about the benefits she could gain from this. She just desperately needed a break since she had nothing at the moment.
She had to secure this job even though it was out of her league.
Cormac studied her carefully and vanquished her hopes before she could suggest anything, “If you’re thinking about involving the Repulse Bay in this, I have to say no. The Flores family couldn’t acquire the land for now.”
Loredana was indeed going to broach this subject, but she was going to take that piece of land for her own instead of letting Garrett own it. That way, she could finally secure a bargaining chip that enabled her to talk on equal grounds with Garrett.
Obviously, her idea had been rejected even before she could bring it up.
A measly translation job of course wouldn’t be able to let her leverage it to gain a piece of land for herself.
“You can compensate me with money.” Since she couldn’t take back her mother’s dowry for now, she had to earn more money so that her mother could live her life comfortably. In the future, she would have a baby. She needed a lot of money to ensure their future was a bright one.
Loredana flipped the pages of the document slowly and counted the pages. There were twenty pages in total. “I will charge one hundred yuan for translating one page. This is a pretty fair deal if you ask me.”
Cormac continued to remain silent upon hearing that.
Was the Flores family so short on money?
This woman’s behaviour was getting more and more confusing to say the least.
Cormac didn’t produce a response, so Loredana thought that Cormac was reluctant to give her that amount, “The amount I just mentioned is really not much, you know. If you think it’s a bit too much, shall I… reduce my price?”
“There’s no need for that. I’ll pay you for what you have asked.”
“Alright then.” Loredana took the document and stood up, “I need some time to translate them completely. I’ll do it in my room and send it back here after I’ve done with it.”
“Wait a minute.”
“Yes?”
Loredana gawked at him with doubt in her eyes.
He spoke what sounded like a warning, “I hope you can understand something.”
“What are you talking about?” Loredana was even more confused.
Cormac got up from his chair and strode towards her while being silhouetted by the lighting in the room. His footsteps were steady and slow. In the end, he loomed over Loredana and said, “You are still my wife in name, so you should refrain from being intimate with other guys.”
He didn’t care about what led to their marriage. As long as they were a married couple, he couldn’t tolerate being cheated on!
This was his limit, and it was also his dignity as a man!
Loredana couldn’t really process his words. Since when was she being intimate with other guys?
She retorted immediately, “Didn’t you sleep with other women here as well? Should I be demanding on you as your wife too?”
Cormac’s creases on his forehead deepened, “I didn’t sleep with other women.”
Loredana was stunned momentarily. She was sure that Helen had spent the night here yesterday.
Who would believe that they didn’t end up sleeping together?
However, she suddenly realized that whether he did or didn’t sleep with other women, that didn’t have anything to do with her anyway.
Cormac’s expression was getting uglier by the minute. What was he thinking?
Loredana didn’t want their relationship to turn sour. She softened her tone, “I will try to abide by your demands. Then I shall…”
She waved the documents in her hands to indicate her intentions, fearing that she wasn’t already obvious enough.
Cormac mumbled a response, but he failed to conceal the tinge of anger in his voice. He wasn’t mad at Loredana, but instead, he was mad at himself!
Why would he explain himself to her anyway?
Was he crazy?
He was really irked by his response to her nowadays! That feeling of discomfort almost morphed into one of disgust!
Since Loredana had secured a job working at a restaurant, she had to finish translating these documents as soon as possible.
When the clock struck midnight, she was only halfway done. However, her energy was already waning.
To freshen herself up, she carried the documents and headed to the living room. At that timing, the whole villa was shrouded in deep silence. Cormac and Coral were probably sound asleep at that moment.
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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