Loredana held Simona Flores in her arms. She didn’t want her to see the violent scenario. She whispered, “I’ll get in the car first.”
Cormac nodded.
“Wait.”
Just when Loredana took a step forward, the little girl lying in her arms raised her head, “Mommy, didn’t you teach me to be tolerant to other people?”
Loredana slightly nodded. Yes, she did tell this to her daughter before.
Just because one was right, one shouldn’t continue to argue and not forgive. Instead, one should be tolerant to other people.
However, she failed to do it herself at this moment.
As a mother, she was angry and blamed herself when she saw her own child being slapped.
Simona turned her head to the messy woman sitting on the floor and asked in a hoarse voice, “Do you know what you did wrong already?”
The woman’s eyes looked gloomy. She mockingly laughed at herself, “You can only see the people around you clearly after committing a mistake once.”
Her husband usually sweet-talked to her with flattery. However, as soon as he saw that the opponent had power, he immediately turned into a coward this time around. Not only did he abandon her, he also despised her for being embarrassing.
Simona sighed. She felt that this woman was very pitiful, “Mommy.” Then she turned her head to Cormac, “Daddy, just let her go. My face doesn’t hurt anymore.”
Cormac took his daughter over and held her in his arms. Her skin was delicate. It was still very red at this time, and the marks of the five fingers were still somewhat visible. At first, he stretched out his hand because he wanted to touch her cheek. However, he was afraid that she might feel the pain, so he moved his finger across her forehead instead. His daughter was very kind.
However, this world had a hideous side.
“Are you sure?” He asked his daughter softly.
Simona nodded, “I’m sure. Mommy also said before to forgive other people when you can since forgiving other people can also bring happiness to yourself.”
Cormac raised his eyebrows, “What else did your mommy teach you?”
“I will not attack other people if they didn’t attack me. However, I’ll double their punishment if I was attacked!” Samuel Flores interjected.
Simona looked at her brother, “Mommy said that to you, but not to me.”
Loredana had different educational concepts for both of her kids. She tried her best to care for her daughter. She hoped that she would become a self-regulating and open-minded woman of culture and intellect in the future.
It was different for her son. A man needed to be daring and decisive. A man shouldn’t be afraid of hardships and the future in order to become a strong and upright man.
That was why what she said to the two kids was also different.
“What does an eye for an eye mean?” Simona blinked her eyes.
Samuel said it without any hesitation, “It means that I have to hit you back if you hit me.”
“But you didn’t even hit me when I hit you,” The little girl naively said.
Samuel really wanted to roll his eyes. Was her younger sister a dummy?
“You’re my younger sisters, so of course I won’t take an eye for an eye with you. Mommy said that we’re born from the same mother, so we’re siblings of the same blood. I would never hit you no matter when it is because you are my younger sister. And because both of us are born to mommy.”
Simona tilted her head and thought for a while. She seemed to understand the reason, “Does it mean that we’ll be even if I hit her back after she hit me?”
Samuel crossed his arms across his chest and rested his chin, “Hmm, it should be two slaps because she hit you first. She should be punished, so that she can learn the lesson.”
“Then two slaps,” Simona looked at Cormac, “Let Armand slap her twice and we’re even. If you really chopped off her hands, it would be pitiful since she wouldn’t be able to eat with chopsticks.”
Cormac looked at his daughter’s innocent and clear eyes. He actually didn’t know how to reject her.
Since he didn’t say anything, Simona thought he didn’t agree. So she put her arms around his neck and acted cute, “Daddy, just let her go.”
In the end, Cormac let her go due to his daughter’s plea. It was not because he wasn’t angry anymore; he just didn’t want to reject his daughter.
However, Cormac didn’t let Armand Bernie hit her. Instead, he let the two bodyguards hit her. The strength of Armand’s hands was too weak. The strength of his hands couldn’t compare to those of the trained bodyguards.
“Let’s go,” Cormac held his daughter in his arms, while Loredana held their son in her arms. Armand walked in front and led the way.
With two bodyguards, one of them caught the woman and kept her from moving around, while the other one slapped her.
They walked for a few steps when they heard a slap.
One would know that she was slapped hard just by listening to this crisp sound.
Simona raised her head to look, but Cormac pressed her raised head down into his arms. He didn’t want her to see it.
The little girl poked her head out from his arms and blinked her big eyes, “Daddy.”
“Hmm?” Cormac lowered his eyes.
The little girl giggled, “Are you angry because I was beaten up?”
Cormac raised his eyebrow, “Why did you ask that?”
“Because your anger proves that you care for me. So of course I’m happy,” The little girl seemed to have forgotten the fear brought by that slap.
Simona blinked her eyes and emphasized it again, “I’m very happy.”
She felt extremely happy and blessed because her daddy, mommy, and brother loved her.
She wouldn’t think that it was the end of the world already just from this much of pain. Because the people she liked also liked her.
Cormac spoke with a hoarse voice, “Silly, you’re daddy’s child. Who would I love if I don’t love you?” The little girl smiled. Her brows and eyes curled in exactly the same way whenever Loredana smiled.
Cormac thought it looked pretty. But when he touched the mark on her face, his smile sank again.
He got into the car while he held his daughter and sat in the innermost seat. He didn’t want to look at anyone nor say anything. He just held his daughter and never let go. Samuel rolled over the jackfruit Armand bought, “Simona, do you want to eat this?”
The little girl shook her head for the first time, “I don’t want to eat it.”
Samuel was too shocked to react for a long while. He couldn’t believe her foodie sister actually didn’t want to eat it today.
It was really, really strange.
Simona motionlessly lay in Cormac’s arms. It was as if she felt what Cormac was feeling, so she wanted to stay with him.
Loredana knew that Cormac was still thinking about how Simona was slapped. She was also blaming herself.
The car slowly drove out of the service area and went into the highway.
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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