“I saw you were wet too, so I got the hotel chef to make two bowls.” Boyce passed the bowl to him.
Cormac took it from him, and finished his ginger tea. He passed the bowl to him, and took the other one, “You wait outside for me first.”
“Alright.”
Boyce took an empty bowl and went out. Cormac put the ginger tea on the table and helped Loredana sit up. Loredana was just getting comfortable in her sleep, she was unwilling to move. Now that she was being moved around, she was annoyed and her brows furrowed.
Cormac coaxed her patiently, “Good girl, wake up and drink a bit of ginger tea and eat some medicine before going back to sleep.”
He put the medicine in Loredana’ mouth. Perhaps because it was too bitter, she didn’t swallow it, but instead spat it out.
Cormac, “…”
“Good girl, take your medicine.” Cormac took out two tablets again. This time Loredana didn’t even open her mouth, mumbling, “Bitter.”
All medicines were bitter.
With no other choice, Cormac put the medicine in his own mouth, then put his lips to hers and pushed it to her.
Loredana twisted her head, wanting to push him away but Cormac pinned her head down, not allowing her to move. He used his tongue to push the medicine to her throat. It was as if something was stuck there, it felt terrible, she wanted to spit it out, but she couldn’t, and she could only try to swallow it, but there was no water. If she swallowed it dry, it wouldn’t go down and would stick at her oesophagus.
Cormac drank a gulp of ginger tea, and once again put his lips to hers, pushing the water to her. This time, Loredana was very proactive in wanting to drink water.
Very quickly, the medicine was brought by the water into her stomach.
Cormac had used this method to make her finish the whole bowl of ginger tea.
Putting her down, he covered her blanket and let her sleep.
After drinking the ginger tea, her body warmed up. She turned her body, moved to find a comfortable position, and continued sleeping.
Cormac sat by her bed for a moment. Seeing her fall fast asleep, he then only got up to leave the room.
Boyce was outside the house, seeing Cormac come out, he asked, “Is she better?”
“Just had her medicine…”
“I want to look for Mr. Mendelsohn.”
“I’m sorry, outsiders are not allowed here, you can’t enter.”
Charles’ and the bodyguard’s voice passed through from the lift.
“Charles?” Boyce looked at Cormac.
Cormac’s expression was dark. He had come just in time. This matter, Charles had to give him an explanation.
“I would like to talk to Mr. Mendelsohn, please let me go in.” Charles was trying hard to persuade the bodyguard. However, the bodyguard was determined to not let him in. It was his duty to not let any unauthorized people in. It did not matter what other people said, he would not let them enter.
Charles frowned. Why the person was so stubborn?
“I have an important matter…”
“What’s the important matter Mr. White has?” Cormac stood in the corridor. He did not show any expression on his face. The corners of his mouth slightly pursed and his eyesight was sharp.
His eyebrow could be seen clearly even though he was on the corridor, the tension could be felt, “Does Mr. White have found out the truth that happened today and want to have a talk with me?”
Charles knew that he was the wrong party, therefore, he apologised first, “It’s my bad to let Lacey know my whereabouts…”
In fact, he was not beware of Lacey, that was why Lacey could track him so easily.
It was after Tom’s investigation then only he knew that Lacey caused Loredana to fall into the lake. His hands were clenched tightly on the handrail, “Is Ms. Flores okay?”
“How Mr. White wants to settle it?” Cormac did not answer his answer directly. What he wanted now was an explanation.
Charles was still expecting that Lacey was just reckless and she was not a bad guy.
Boyce could see that he was hesitant, he reminded, “I think Mr. White cannot believe blindly that she was kind as you know her since young. You shall investigate her background. I think there must be a surprise.”
“What do you mean?” Boyce had hidden words obviously.
“I think you better ask her yourself. Oh, yea, talking about the threat last time, I think Mr. White must give an explanation. Overall, it’s Mr. White’s place. Mr. White would not conceal her faults, right?”
Boyce leant against the wall and twisted his wrist, “Even though this is Mr. White’s place, we will still take action and no one can stop it if we decide to do that. It’s easy to settle a woman, but this is like committing a crime, shield one’s shortcoming is considered a crime too.”
It was a threat, an unrestrained threat.
Charles could understand the hidden meaning. If he insisted to conceal Lacey’s faults, Cormac would surely cancel their cooperation and they would become enemy too.
He smiled bitterly, “It’s my responsibility to explain the incident of Ms. Flores’ near-drowning. However, there must be evidence to show that Lacey was the one who caused it. I’ll definitely not conceal her faults.”
He did not give up on Lacey but this incident made him realized that Lacey was weird.
He never thought that Lacey would commit such a crime.
“Is Ms. Flores okay?” Charles asked again, not because he thought the incident was weird, but he really wanted to know Loredana’ situation.
“She’s my wife. It’s none of your business.” Cormac was fed up with Charles when he stuck to Loredana. Using this opportunity, he would like to let Charles know that Loredana belonged to him.
Charles should not come up with any weird thinking on Loredana.
“It’s not a real man who covet other people’s wife. I think Mr. White is an understanding guy and a real man.” Cormac took it easy but Charles could not come up with a single word.
“Where’s the person? Mr. White shall lead the way, right?” Boyce could not wait longer to arrogate Lacey. He was very interested in her secret.
Charles took a deep breath and inside his heart, he had determined that if there was evidence that showed Lacey was the one who made mistake, he would not conceal her faults.
“How about this, let’s wait until Mr. Flores wakes up and let her arrogate Lacey on her own. Give me some time too, if Lacey admits it, it’ll be great. If she doesn’t want to admit it, I’ll hand over her to you.”
Charles would like to hear something from Lacey in person.
Boyce did not know how to decide. He looked at Cormac.
Cormac kept quiet for a few moments, “I hope that Mr. White can bring good news to me.”
After the words, he went into his room.
Charles put up his hand to tip Tom to push him into the lift.
Boyce walked away and looked at Charles, “Goodbye, Mr. White.”
Charles kept quiet. After going into the lift, Tom spoke softly, “Ms. Ward’s in the villa.”
If Tom did not watch the CCTV, he would not believe that Lacey pushed Loredana into the lake, “She seems to be an honest and kind person, why she does that?”
Charles was down. He did not wish that Lacey was that kind of person but the evidence was there.
She was likely the one who committed the threatening crime too.
Tom could sense that Charles did not want to discuss the issue, so, he shut up his mouth.
After walking out of the hotel, he pushed Charles into the car. In a split second, the car stopped at Charles’ villa.
Lacey went there a few times only. The last time she went there was when she was acquainted with Charles and Charles brought her there.
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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