Comparing with herself, she believed that Charles had more secrets.
“Lady first. Please ask.” Charles was fully prepared when suggesting the deal.
Loredana thought for a while and asked, “What are your parents called? Where did they come from?
Where are they now?”
Charles frowned. “Did you ask only one question?”
“Yes, I did,” Loredana answered affirmatively without any sense of guilt. “I’ve just asked one question about your parents, haven’t I?”
Charles laughed out. He couldn’t retort Loredana’s explanation at all. She was indeed sharp-tongued.
Looking depressed, he answered, “I don’t know who my mother is, because I was an orphan. My foster father’s name is Nathan White, a local in White City. He was also the successor of the White Group.
After he passed away, he asked me to take over the White Group. Before he died, he had a request to me…”
He paused. His eyes staring at Loredana were deepened. “He hoped that I could marry the daughter of a woman named Victoria Forbis. I thought you were the girl.”
Loredana wondered if that was indeed the reason why after saving her, he had kept her here.
But, she couldn’t help wondering who his foster father Nathan was and what his relationship with Victoria.
“I’ve finished answering you. Now it’s my turn.” Charles was quite calm. “Are you ready?”
Loredana’s brain was working rapidly, wondering what he would ask her and how she would respond.
“Are you ready?” Charles urged her.
“Yes.” Loredana looked at him.
Charles raised his eyebrows slightly. “I have a business dinner this Saturday. Please be my date to attend it.”
Loredana frowned, wondering if she had misheard anything.
What did he say?
He asked her to be his date to attend a business dinner, didn’t he?
“Didn’t you want to ask me a question?”
“I don’t think I could know you well by just a question, so I’d rather fully utilize the chance.”
Loredana was speechless.
“You can’t go back on your words now. A human being should have integrity, right?” Charles smiled complacently.
“I won’t harm you. Probably I can give you a surprise.” He blinked at her.
Loredana didn’t expect it much. As long as it wasn’t panic instead of the so-called surprise, she would thank God.
“Your condition disobeys the rule. I can be your date, but you must promise one thing as well.”
“I’ve answered your question.” Charles blinked, realizing that Loredana was never willing to suffer any loss.
“Then, please ask me a question instead.” Loredana raised her head. Obviously, she didn’t want to cooperate with him. If he wouldn’t promise her, she wouldn’t agree to be his date.
Charles stared at her for a moment and said helplessly, “All right. I can promise you one thing. Tell me what it is.”
“Let me make the phone calls.”
Sure enough, Charles had known that she would request so.
“Yes, you may, but you can only contact your family after attending the business dinner with me.”
Loredana did quick math – there were still three or four days to Saturday. As long as she could contact her family, she was willing to wait and tolerant for another few days.
“Go to bed early.” Charles smiled brightly at her.
The following few days passed quickly. After the doctor’s professional massage, Loredana’s ankle had almost recovered. She could walk properly now but she couldn’t walk for quite a long time since it hadn’t completely recovered.
“Ms. Flores, this is from Young Master.” Amelia came in with a delicate box in her arms.
Loredana was moving her ankle while sitting at the bed edge. Upon hearing it, she raised her head and asked, “What’s in the box?”
Amelia shook her head. She envied Loredana a lot as Loredana could receive a gift from Young Master.
“Ms. Flores, don’t you want to open and take a look at it?” Amelia stood next to the bed with the boxes in her hands. Looking at expressionless Loredana, she added, “Young Master rarely gave a gift to others.”
She wondered why Loredana wasn’t excited.
At least, Amelia had never seen Young Master give a gift to others before.
“You can open it,” Loredana said indifferently.
Amelia widened her eyes in disbelief. “Do you want me to open the box for you?”
Loredana thought for a moment. She didn’t think it was quite polite to ask another person to open it, although she didn’t expect any gift from Charles. “I’ll do it.”
She reached out and opened the box.
It was a dress inside.
“Gosh!” Amelia exclaimed. “Isn’t this dress that you designed last time? Young Master asked the tailor to make it!”
Loredana saw it too. She picked up the dress and felt the silk-like delicate satin, which gently slipping and then spreading.
“It’s so gorgeous!” Amelia was stunned, touching it. “What’s the material? Why is it so soft and smooth?”
“It’s the real watered gauze.” Loredana hadn’t expected that Charles would ask the tailor to make the dress by using the water gauze.
There were a lot of imitations of the water gauze with high prices, but they were not the real cloth.
The water gauze was known as the noble fabric in the fabric business. It also had other names such as “the soft gold” and “Fiber Queen”.
It was the cloth that with the highest quality in silk products.
The craft was quite complex to produce this cloth. There were not many masters who could make this kind of cloth, and the craft was on the verge of being lost.
Even Loredana’s knowledge about this cloth was found in the books and online. She had only seen one dress made of the water gauze in Mrs. William’s closet.
It was so priceless and rare that not many rich ones could get such a dress.
She wondered where Charles had found this fabric from. It was a big piece because her design was an evening dress with a long hemline, which would use a lot of cloth.
Amelia didn’t understand anything about it. She just felt that the style was pretty and the cloth was soft and silky, sparkling. Although it was a long black gown, it didn’t look boring and old. Instead, it looked elegant, graceful, and sexy.
“You must look quite beautiful after putting it on.” Amelia hid her envy deeply.
“Do you like it?”
Loredana raised her head when hearing Charles’s voice, only to find that he was wearing a blue gingham suit with a light-colored necktie. Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, he still looked quite handsome.
Loredana was quite surprised indeed. She wasn’t shocked not because he had made such a dress, but that he could find the real watered gauze.
She put the dress back into the box and asked, “I’m curious. Where did you get this cloth from?”
“Do you like it?” Charles asked purposely.
He deliberately brought this cloth to her, as all fashion designers love good cloth.
He didn’t think that Loredana would be an exception.
Loredana was truly interested, but she didn’t show much of it. She lowered her head, continuing to rub her ankle.
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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