Cormac didn’t want to entertain her at all as he circled her and continued his stride towards the meeting room.
Sheryl wanted to try again but she was stopped by Abbott, “You know very well what you have done, and you are very familiar with Mr. Mendelsohn’s temper.”
“But…” Sheryl wanted to explain again but she couldn’t form any coherent words.
Abbott shot her a warning glance before heading towards the meeting room himself.
Sheryl really didn’t want to lose this job. She tried to beg in front of Helen in the hopes that she could put in a good word for her seeing that she had a special relationship with Cormac. There must still be some hope left.
She waited patiently in front of the meeting room.
After the hour-long meeting had ended, the door flung open and Cormac immediately came into view.
Abbott and Helen were following closely behind him.
At the sight of her, he couldn’t help but frown.
Sheryl instantly grabbed Helen’s arm and started to implore, “Ms. White, you must help me put in a good word. I tried to make things difficult for Loredana because of you…”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Helen retorted fiercely while shoving her.
“You told me that you are not fond of her.” Sheryl couldn’t predict this drastic change in Helen’s attitude.
“I don’t like her, that’s right, but did I do anything to make her life difficult?” Helen probed.
The fact that she was not fond of Loredana was something Cormac was very clear about.
Sheryl couldn’t deny what she was saying.
Helen indeed didn’t say anything of the sort, but her words were obviously implying Sheryl to do something to Loredana. “But…”
“You have to pay for the price of your actions.” Helen called forth the security guards, “Take her away!”
“Ms. White, I beg you to help me now. I can’t lose this job now!”
Helen didn’t budge despite her begging like that. Sheryl was spouting carelessly at the moment, which could cause Cormac to get the full picture. That would destroy her image in Cormac’s mind.
Save her?
She didn’t care about that.
Seeing that all traces of hope were diminishing, Sheryl finally flew into a rage as she shouted at Helen,
“Helen, you are one ungrateful woman. You are just a hypocrite who has caused me to lose my job.
You will suffer the…”
“Take her away now! Don’t let her disturb the atmosphere in the office.” Abbott howled in response to her tantrum and the security guards responded by hastening their movements. Soon, her cries slowly disappeared in the corridors of that floor.
Cormac was tired of this turn of events. He quickened his pace as he walked forward.
Helen followed him closely from behind.
After entering the office, Helen immediately threw herself at her by wrapping her arms around his slender waist, “Cormac, listen to me…” Her face was glued to his broad back as she continued, “Yes, I don’t like Loredana, but that doesn’t mean that I’m the one who has ordered someone to make life difficult for…”
Cormac lowered his head and stared at her hands which were locked around his body, “I’ve told you that I will make our relationship official soon enough. Why are you being so impatient?”
As he said that, he pried away Helen’s arms, “Since I’ve done those intimate stuff with you, no matter what, I will take responsibility for you. Don’t ever create trouble for her again.”
Helen was reluctant to let him go, but Cormac was too strong for her. In the end, she could only loosen her arms.
“Cormac, I really didn’t instigate that at all. Even if I have really done something wrong, I did it for your good. Is it wrong to display my love for you? We have been together for a while, shouldn’t you know me well by now?” Helen looked at him with tears in her eyes, “Let alone giving up my body to you, I can also die for you. That’s how much I love you. I really don’t want to lose you!”
There was a fluctuation on Cormac’s face, but he wasn’t thinking about her passionate words of confession. Everything came to this because of that fateful night.
He reached out to thumb away from her tears, “I didn’t even scold you, so why are you sobbing? Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you?”
The tears broke free of her eyes as she replied with a cracked voice, “I am really afraid that you will abandon me. Since I was young, I didn’t have a family to grow up with. I was always at the orphanage, and to leave that life behind, I have done my best to study and work hard to have a decent life. Later on, a stroke of luck occurred to me when God sent you my way. You are my only family, my only love. I can’t lose you…”
“It won’t happen. I will fulfil my promise to you.” He retrieved his hand and turned his back on her.
“Carry on with your job.”
Helen felt like she couldn’t understand him anymore.
“Cormac…”
“Go.” There was a hint of impatience in his voice. He obviously wanted to move away from this topic.
Helen had no choice but to exit his office.
Cormac’s behaviour was getting more and more baffling. It was precisely this uncertainty in him that had caused her heart to be stirred up once again.
As she went to the bathroom, she made a call.
“Didn’t you promise me that you would have done her in? Why could she still make it to the company in one piece?”
“I’ve failed this time.” Annabelle was also pretty frustrated.
Helen wanted to vent her anger at Annabelle, but thinking that she still need to make use of her, she could only endure that seething fury, “How did you fail?”
“My mother and I have both been careless. We only hired one man to stand guard, yet she was able to flee!”
Helen secretly wanted to deprecate her!
“Then do you plan to just let her go like that?”
“My mother said that she would have been very cautious after that close call. It would be difficult to replicate that again.” Furthermore, since that fiasco in the company, Garrett was getting more and more unfriendly towards her mother.
As of now, they had to get their hands on Garrett first.
If that incident from eight years ago repeated itself and they were being abandoned just like Maxina and her mother, that would really spell their end.
Helen was really anxious about this matter, but unfortunately, she couldn’t pull the moves herself. She could only be patient, “Then you should hurry up.”
“Why do you sound even more nervous than me?”
Helen was slightly stunned upon hearing that. She realized that she was being too anxious, so she immediately dismissed Annabelle’s suspicion, “No, I’m not. I’m just worried about you. How could a woman like Loredana be worthy of Cormac? Don’t you agree with me?”
“Of course, I should be the one who marries Cormac. Loredana, that bitch, shouldn’t even stand a chance in the first place!”
Helen flashed a cold smile on her face. If Loredana wasn’t worthy, did Annabelle naively think that she would be worthy?
If it was not because Helen still wanted to manipulate her, she would have hung up the phone immediately. It was disgusting to talk to her.
“Don’t fail again next time.” After giving out a warning, Helen hung up the phone.
Two days ago…
Two days ago, Helen was drinking alone at the bar. Coincidentally, she bumped into Annabelle.
They were seated next to each other, and Helen could tell Annabelle was fairly drunk from the girl’s flushed face. Since Cormac was no longer a cripple, Annabelle had inadvertently missed her chance to marry into the Mendelsohn family because she was too selfish to love a man who supposedly couldn’t provide. Annabelle was very resentful about that fact and she couldn’t stop cursing out Loredana.
Helen inched closer toward Annabelle to build some rapport between them. Helen learned from
Annabelle that she was also from the Flores family and she hated Loredana, her half-sister, very much.
Helen was close to Cormac the entire time, so if she was going to launch an attack on Loredana, she would easily be found out. Therefore, she realized she needed to manipulate Annabelle if she wanted
Cormac back.
Although Annabelle greatly resembled Beulah, she was nowhere near as well-read and cultured. After all, Annabelle was only seventeen and still had a long way to go before reaching maturity.
Helen had been well-versed in the ways of society since she was young and, to top things off, she was always learning from Cormac. She was very good with words as a result.
She’d told Annabelle she was working at WY Group, and it would be easy for her to help Annabelle eliminate Loredana.
Under the enticement of Helen, Annabelle reached an agreement with her. After Annabelle returned home, she immediately told Beulah what happened.
While the idea excited her, Beulah was also afraid of Loredana’ revenge. Eight years ago, by bearing a son, Beulah became the new young lady in the family. Having a child granted her the opportunity to entice Garrett into sending Loredana and her mother away.
Therefore, Beulah agreed to Annabelle’s proposal almost immediately. The two of them conspired and spoke with a guy about their plan. They planned to bring Loredana somewhere secluded and have the guy rape her while they took photos of the process. They wanted to destroy her and cause Cormac to rid himself of such a soiled woman. They just hadn’t planned on her escape.
After answering Helen’s call, Annabelle descended the stairs immediately, wanting to discuss their next step in targeting Loredana with Beulah. However, when she reached the living room, she sensed an ominous atmosphere hanging over everything.
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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