Chapter 219 – Back Home to Marry Off Myself Novel

Loredana patted her shoulder and comforted her, “It’s okay, it will be fine.”

When she managed to hire the master who knew how to make gambier canton gauze, the store was bound to have many businesses.

Theresa told Loredana what happened in the store during this time. The two of them talked while going upstairs.

Boyce had arranged a sumptuous dinner to welcome Armand and Theresa.

Simona was sleepy and she insisted on wanting to be carried by Cormac, “Dad, hug me when I sleep.”

The little child was very pampered. She wrapped his neck and did not let go of her hand. She sweetly called, “Dad.”

Cormac kissed his daughter’s cheeks. He totally could not refuse upon seeing her cute look.

Cormac whispered to Loredana, “I’ll take her up first.”

Loredana nodded.

After Cormac left, Loredana used chopsticks to place food in her son’s bowl. Samuel took a bite, put down the chopsticks and slid down from the chair, “I’m done eating too.”

He wanted to go back to the room himself and he was so understanding that he was like an adult.

Loredana was a bit worried, “I’ll accompany you to go up.”

“No need, I’ll be fine since there are people following me.” He pointed to the two bodyguards behind him.

Sampson’s position was unknown. Cormac worried that he would do something to his children and Loredana so he let the bodyguards always follow them.

“Loredana, you shouldn’t be like that. We came from thousands of miles away to come and see you, are you going to leave us alone?” Armand looked at Loredana with the grievance, “Let me toast you since I’ve tried hard to bring Ms. Gordon to you?”

He originally wanted to say that you should toast me but he did not dare to let her toast him as she was Cormac’s wife.

So, he changed his words and he said that he would toast her instead.

Loredana looked at Armand and then looked at Boyce and Theresa. She took the wine glass handed over by Armand and said while smiling, “I toast you guys, thank you for taking care of the people around me during my absence.”

She drank it all. Spirit was strong so the moment she drank all, her throat felt spicy and painful. She frowned, put down the glass and took a sip of water to ease her discomfort.

Armand blinked, “Loredana, you’re indeed good at drinking, I’ll also drink.”

Loredana had already drunk. She thought of the two children and said, “You guys continue to enjoy, I’ll go up first.”

Armand pulled her, “Loredana, Cormac is really inhumane, in addition to exploit us, he totally doesn’t treat us as human beings. I’m aggrieved but I dare not say.”

Armand was ‘crying’ when he complained about Cormac.

Loredana was speechless.

What did this have to do with her?

“Is he really that inhumane?” Loredana asked as she looked at Armand who was pestering her like a ‘puppy’ and would not let go of his hand.

Armand twitched his lips and nodded forcefully. He even pointed at Boyce to prove for him, “Ask him if you don’t believe me.”

Boyce knew that he was deliberately pestering Loredana to drink with him. He pretended that he did not hear his words, turned to look at Theresa and asked with concern, “You should be tired during the journey, right?”

Theresa shook her head, “No, I’m not tired.”

“Did that guy bully you?” Boyce’s words meant a certain thing.

Theresa lowered her head, pursed her lips and shook her head, “Mr. Bernie has taken good care of me.”

“You see, you see, am I the kind of man who only bullies women? Boyce, you’ve indeed underestimated me!” Armand got up and pointed at Boyce, “You guys slipped away and left all the mess to me.”

Armand was absolutely not drunk. He purposely pretended to be drunk and was pulling Loredana, totally not intending to let her go. He even complained to her about the vast amount of works he had done.

But in fact, he was deliberately saying how anxious Cormac was when she disappeared, “Do you know? When you disappeared, I accompanied Cormac to look for you everywhere. When he later learnt that you’re here, he came here with Boyce and left me alone in City B to deal with the mess caused by Maria. But, you don’t need to worry, I’ve already dealt with it nicely, she can no longer come out to cause trouble again…” Armand moved closer to Loredana, “She committed manslaughter so she won’t be able to survive.”

Loredana looked at Armand with mixed feelings. Emotions surged in her mind. It was Maria who threatened and coerced her to come out using the safety of the two children. For the safety of her children, she fell into the trap designed by Maria and was controlled by Sampson.

It was already a surprise to her that Cormac managed to come here and find her.

Unexpectedly, he would also take action to deal with Maria.

Armand poured wine for Loredana and also filled his own glass, “Since I’ve helped you so much, shouldn’t you drink with me?”

Loredana knew that he was intentionally saying this to her. She picked up the wine glass, “You guys are really good buddies.”

Armand was stunned. He purposely pretended that he did not understand.

Watching this on the side, Theresa was anxious. It was very obvious that Armand was deliberately making Loredana drink.

She wanted to persuade but was pulled by Boyce to deliberately stop her, “Ms. Gordon, it must be a tiring journey for you to bring Armand over. Thank you for bringing my useless brother safely over.”

As he spoke, he stuffed a glass of wine into Theresa’s hand.

Theresa was speechless.

This reason was too far-fetched, right?

“But…”

“Thank you, Ms. Gordon.” Boyce did not give Theresa the chance to refuse and first said thank you.

This forced her to drink.

The approach of Boyce and Armand was too obvious so Loredana could figure it out easily. She did not refuse to get drunk once, “It’s like what you guys think. The relationship between Cormac and I, in fact, is not as good as it seems…”

Armand and Boyce looked at each other. This woman actually saw through their intentions?

The two people silently withdrew their gaze and pretended to be dumb, “Loredana, what’re you saying.

You and Cormac have destined fate and you two are a perfect match.”

Loredana smiled, “Well, we’re probably indeed destined to be together but other than this, it is hard to judge.”

The fact that they had been engaged to each other since they were young indeed showed that they were destined to be together.

Armand was careful, “Are you still angry with the previous matter that he divorced you?” Out of the blue, Armand changed the subject and said righteously, “If it were me, I would be angry also. I would never forgive him if he divorces me for another woman.”

Soon, Armand’s tone became gentler again, “For the sake of the two children, give him a chance?”

Loredana drank a mouthful of wine. They did not understand the twists and turns.

The reason why she did not accept Cormac wholeheartedly was not because of the divorce in the past. After all, at that time, none of them liked each other and they were only bound together by an agreement made by people of the previous generation.

She was just not sure if Cormac’s kindness to her was for the sake of the two children.

She was not sure if she really liked him.

And how much did she like him.

She did not like others to judge the matters of her love relationship, “In the future, don’t be like this. I’m going to be angry if there is such a thing next time.”

Boyce glared at Armand. He realized that the relationship between Cormac and Loredana was not as normal as what was shown so he told Armand this matter. And, he came up with this idea, saying that they could get Loredana drunk and then sent her to Cormac’s bed. Everything would be solved afterward.

But, their intentions were seen through by her at a glance.

Armand smiled awkwardly and muttered in a low voice, “A woman who is too smart is not attractive.”

“You guys don’t make Theresa drink so much. I’m going back to see Samuel and Simona.” Loredana’s words meant very clearly so Armand could no longer continue to pester her.

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