Loredana let out a long sigh after exiting the room. She never expected to see him so soon after he left the house that morning.
The peak business period passed and the manager agreed for Loredana to leave. She changed out of her work attire and just walked out of the restaurant when she saw Abbott standing at the entrance. His expression was hostile.
He looked at her coldly, “Mr. Mendelsohn is waiting for you. Let’s go.”
Loredana followed him out.
“Mom, I saw a dress at Channel and can we go after we eat to buy the dress for me?” Annabelle held onto Beulah’s arm and walked over.
“Okay, my daughter should wear the best.” The mother and daughter laughed gleefully as they walked towards Lan-Kwai Restaurant.
Loredana paused when she saw them…
Loredana paused when she saw them and Beulah also raised her eyebrows.
“Mom, isn’t that Loredana? Why is she here?” Annabelle wasn’t able to suppress her anger as well as
Beulah could, “She was here to eat?”
The food here was delicious, expensive, and not a place for regular folks to dine at. How could Loredana dine at this place?
Beulah scoffed, “She married into the Mendelsohn family. Although that person is a cripple, his societal status and wealth are genuine. It should not be any surprise that she can patronize this kind of place.”
Loredana didn’t want to be entangled with them and wanted to walk away but Annabelle blocked her path.
“You just married a cripple. Even if you can come to this high-class establishment, you’re nothing but an unpresentable bum.” She looked at Loredana’ dressing from top to bottom as she said and laughed sarcastically.
“Step aside!” Loredana said coldly.
Annabelle didn’t, “What’s the hurry? Are you ashamed to marry a cripple?”
Abbott frowned and was about to respond to Annabelle’s blocking of Loredana’ path when he saw
Cormac walked over and quickly retracted his hand.
“Loredana, why are you still so shabby after marrying into that wealthy family? Is it because even that cripple despises you?” Annabelle laughed sinisterly as she said, “Don’t take after your mother who can’t even hold onto her man.”
At this point, Loredana also saw Cormac walk over and couldn’t help but stare with her eyes wide open.
Annabelle noticed the change in Loredana’ expression and thought that she was angry and escalated,
“Loredana, this is your destiny. You were abandoned by your father in the first half of your life and dumped overseas to fend for yourself. Now you need to serve a cripple for the rest of your life, bearing life of burden…”
“I’m afraid I have to disappoint you.” A deep and manly voice was heard. It was soft and impressive but not to be underestimated.
“Who do you think you are…” Annabelle turned and saw a man standing nearby. He was wearing a well-tailored slim-fitting business suit. He stood upright, especially the pair of slim and long legs. He held his head up high and his lips were sexy with dashing chiselled looks. His eyes were profound, lofty, and cold.
He walked over firmly and with each step, it chilled the hearts of those watching. His indifference and depth of silence highlighted his nobility. He walked over with a sacred aura that glared everyone’s sight.
Annabelle was shocked with her jaw opened.
He, isn’t he a cripple? She was stunned in disbelief. How could this be possible?
Under the judgmental eyes of Annabelle and Beulah, he placed his arm over Loredana’ shoulders, “Let’s go.”
Loredana was stunned for a couple of seconds, looked up, “You…”
His gaze deepened slightly and gently smiled affectionately, “What’s wrong, silly?”
Annabelle stared at his legs until her eyes were ready to pop out of their sockets, “Aren’t you crippled?”
She cupped her mouth after saying seeming to realize that she had misspoken. Beulah was also stunned. It was unbelievable.
Cormac felt disgusted and left with Loredana.
Abbott scoffed, “Shallow.” And thereafter didn’t look at their stunned and obnoxious expressions. He walked quickly towards the car.
Beulah looked on with surprise and fear and her legs started to wobble, “How can that be? Cormac isn’t crippled?”
“What happened?” Annabelle lost her self-control and grabbed Beulah’s arm, “Why aren’t Cormac’s legs crippled?”
Beulah came to her senses after a while. Weren’t his legs unable to be treated?
“Mom…”
“Enough!” Beulah felt her mind rumbling with noise and was frustrated, “I wonder if your father knows about this?”
They lost their appetite after they found out that Cormac wasn’t crippled and went together to the
Flores Group.
Garrett was brewing in anger. The property that the Flores Group had invested in had a collapse and now the company was being sued. Garrett was frowning deeply.
Knock, knock…
Garrett was about to rage at whoever dared to disturb him. Just as he was about to shout, the door opened and Beulah entered. As soon as she saw Garrett’s gloomy expression, her heart jumped, and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
Beulah didn’t bother with what was bothering Garrett and said as she walked over, “Do you know that Cormac can stand up?”
Garrett was stunned and then frowned and looked at Beulah, “He was bitten by a poisonous snake.
Wasn’t it diagnosed to be incurable? How could he stand up again?”
True enough, Garrett also didn’t know about this. Beulah’s expression turned serious, “He can stand up…”
“Who did you hear it from?” Beulah was interrupted by Garrett before she could finish.
“We saw it for ourselves.” Annabelle was quick to answer. She had calmed down and walked towards
Garrett, “Father, we must have been fooled.”
Previously it was clearly determined that it was incurable so how was he able to stand up now?
Garrett frowned as this truly startled him and he was puzzled, “But why did he spread the news that he wasn’t able to stand?”
Beulah couldn’t determine the reason for him to send out this signal and guessed, “Could it be that he was dissatisfied with the marriage arrangement with the Flores family and that’s why he spread that news so that we will break off the marriage instead of him?”
The entire office became so silent that one could hear a pin drop.
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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