Cormac was leaning against his chair, and the sunlight outside the window was pouring onto him. He lazily propped up his chin with his hand while his gaze was one of scrutinizing.
He felt like he no longer knew this woman in front of him, who once saved her when they were young and created a potion for him.
Helen tried to calm down her nervousness as she replied with tears welling up beneath her eyes, “She is always around you all the time, and if she even works for you, later on, you two will only get close to each other. I am really scared that you will have feelings for her.”
Since there was no point in hiding the truth anymore, she decided to come clean with it to clear up
Cormac’s doubts. She was doing all this because she was afraid of losing him.
She blinked her huge watery eyes, “You have known me for a long time. You know very well how much
I love—“
Helen stammered slightly while holding back her tears and continued, “I fear the day I would lose you, that’s why—that’s why I decided to meddle in the hiring process.”
Cormac frowned and replied, “I’ve already told you that we are going to divorce each other in one month.”
Helen was perfectly clear about this. If not for the fact that Loredana was that woman from that night, she was willing to wait as long as required. She had waited all those years anyway, so one month was nothing. However, she felt like her patience was running out.
She couldn’t let Loredana become too close to Cormac!
She didn’t want that to happen!
“Loredana, this is for table number two. Go serve them.”
Loredana responded but there was a nagging sense of pain in her lower abdomen area. She didn’t know whether this was because she didn’t sleep well last night coupled with the fact that she had been standing at work for a long time.
She carried the tray of food and headed towards table number two, but before she could reach that table, she caught a glimpse of Helen, and sitting opposite her—
She didn’t have to wrack her brain to identify that man.
She stopped short for a moment but she was able to regain her composure in the next second. This was her job, so she couldn’t avoid facing them.
With a polite smile plastered across her face, she announced, “Your food is here.”
When she placed one of the dishes in front of Cormac, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by him, “What the hell are you doing here?”
His tone was demanding and chilly.
His gaze stayed on her attire. With a white shirt, black vest and a short skirt, her long legs were exposed underneath her skirt.
He stared at her legs for a few seconds and his expression gradually darkened.
What kind of attire was this? Who was she showing off her body to?
She was now a married woman, so why did she have to come here to work?
Loredana maintained a formal smile and replied, “I’m working now.”
Cormac knitted his eyebrows slightly which had taken on a whiff of anger. She had been pursuing money for that translation job last night, and now she was even taking on this type of job. Was the
Flores family really so desperate?
“Can you please let go of my hand?” Loredana didn’t think much of her situation at the moment. She was just earning money for herself.
Helen held Cormac’s hand and said, “Cormac, people are looking in our direction. Let’s take this matter outside.”
Nobody knew about Cormac and Loredana’ secret marriage. Helen didn’t want Cormac to accidentally spill this fact to the public.
Cormac stared at Loredana for some time, and finally he was able to suppress his anger. He let go of her hand, “I don’t wish to see you working here.”
Loredana could only concentrate on the nagging pain besieging her belly at every moment. Beads of cold sweat were already forming a layer on her forehead. She wanted to argue, but her physical condition didn’t allow her to do that. She could only pick up the tray and left.
She put down the tray and walked into the bathroom. This sudden attack of pain really scared her out of her wits. Luckily, there was no sign of blood anywhere on her.
After coming out of the cubicle, she stood by the sink and talked to her stomach while caressing it, “Be obedient, my baby.”
She needed to earn money to take good care of her mother and the new life in her stomach.
At the same time, Helen walked into the bathroom and coincidentally heard Loredana talking to herself.
Her gaze was fixated on Loredana’ belly, and all colours had drained out of her face.
Loredana noticed the change in her expression and hastily explained, “This baby does not belong to
Cormac, so you don’t have to put on such an awful face.”
Loredana then raised her spirits while circling to her, wanting to exit the bathroom.
“Your baby is now two months old?” Helen turned around and asked.
Loredana stopped in her tracks and turned around too, “How did you know about this?”
“I—I can make a guess based on your bulging stomach,” Helen replied with difficulty.
Loredana was pregnant all along? And to top it off, that baby could be Cormac’s too.
As expected, she couldn’t just let Loredana stay by Cormac’s side anymore!
All of a sudden, Helen had an urge to annihilate this woman complete from Cormac’s life!
Loredana walked out of the bathroom, but she was immediately pulled by Cormac out of the restaurant.
She was already suffering from discomfort and after being pulled around by him like this, she felt that intense pain returning to her body.
“Let me go!” She wanted to scold him, but her voice lacked the punch.
Cormac dragged her to the roadside and by then only loosened his grip. He warned with a deadly serious look on his face, “If you need money, you can just tell me. No need to act pitiful in front of me!”
He couldn’t make himself accept that the Flores family had degraded to such a state. A few days ago, he had just seen Garrett bringing his family to splurge in a luxury items shop. On the other hand,
Loredana was seen working as a waitress in a restaurant.
Loredana clung to the advertisement post that stood tall by the road to support herself. Otherwise, she would lose her balance. She tried to cool her head, “Mr. Mendelsohn, we are just a couple by agreement.
This is all business. You don’t have to be so enraged by everything that I have chosen to do.”
“If you know very well that you are my wife, do you know that you are embarrassing me by doing this kind of job?” Cormac couldn’t understand this woman at all. He couldn’t see through the motives behind her actions.
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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