Sampson could not believe it. That was a heartless man, how would he suddenly give her money?
“Lola…”
“Sampson, I have to go to work.” Loredana stood up and put the money into Sampson’s arms, “This is what I owe you, so I should pay it back.”
After saying that, she hurriedly walked out.
Sampson did not follow her. Perhaps it was too sudden for her to accept this. He should give her some time to digest.
It was almost noon when Loredana arrived at the company.
When she walked towards her place, her way was blocked by someone. The person who blocked her way was Carole Minogue, the bestie of Sheryl. The reason that Sheryl was fired was due to Loredana.
Perhaps Sheryl was at fault but she would not set Loredana up for no reason.
Loredana must have been faulty before.
“You’re late, right?” Carole looked at her.
“I have taken a leave of absence,” Loredana spoke with a faint tone.
She was new and the people in the office were not friendly to her, so she did not care so much but just walked past Carole to leave. But, Carole grabbed her arm, “You’re lying!”
She had already inquired from Helen. Loredana had not taken a leave of absence from Helen at all.
“I have really requested leave. Can you please don’t block my way?”
“No! You’re definitely lying! Don’t ever think that you can do whatever you want just because you get the support of Mr. Mendelsohn last time!” They did not think deeply about the incident that day. They just thought that it was because Cormac was on a whim.
Loredana’s tone became cold, “Please move aside now, you can go and ask Mr. Mendelsohn if you don’t believe me.”
She did not want to make enemies with anyone. She just wanted to do her job quietly. But why did all of them come to look for trouble?
“There is a meeting with the president of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation at 2.30 pm and there is a banquet at 8.00 pm…”
With one hand in his pocket, Cormac paced steadily while listening to Helen who was reporting to him about his schedule later.
“Ask Abbott to attend the banquet for me,” he spoke faintly.
“This banquet is held by DF Corporation for its centennial celebration, it may be inappropriate if you don’t attend it.” DF Corporation was founded in the last century and it started in the jewellery industry.
It had been a hundred years old by now…
“Mr. Mendelsohn, Ms. White.” As if she had found a witness, Carole pulled Loredana over, “Ms. White, has she taken a leave from you?”
Helen looked up at Cormac and shook her head, “No, she didn’t. Anything wrong?”
“She was late and she said that she had taken a leave.” Carole’s volume raised slightly, “Doesn’t the new employee have to abide by the rules of the company?”
“Ms. White, her salary has to be deducted, right?” Carole was aggressive.
Helen spoke with a business-like tone, “According to the system of the company, yes.”
“I originally have no intention to make a scene since this is just a small matter but she is obviously late and she persists to say that she has taken a leave of absence. The personality of a person who says such lies must be…”
“She had taken a leave,” When Carole was triumphantly criticizing that Loredana’s personality was bad, a low voice sounded and interrupted her.
Carole froze for a moment, thinking that she might have heard it wrongly. Would such a matter be handled personally by Mr. Mendelsohn?
It was obviously not possible.
“The person who lies and comes late is bound to have a bad character. Such a person should not be allowed to stay in the company.”
“I had accepted her request for asking for a leave, do you need me to mention it again?” Cormac’s tone aggravated. He said slowly and heavily, apparently making others felt a sense of being oppressively questioned.
Carole could hear clearly this time. One time might be a hallucination, but it was already the second time she heard it, so it was impossible to be a hallucination.
She felt that it was too unbelievable.
This kind of matter should be handled by Ms. White but why did the boss personally handle it?
What was the relationship between this woman and Mr. Mendelsohn?
Two times already…
“Well, you guys go and do your work.” Helen pretended to be bland.
But she was actually anxious and panicked.
Loredana inadvertently glanced at Helen’s face that was pretending to be calm. A thought flashed through her mind. She wanted to prove Coral’s words that Cormac did not love Helen and there was another reason for him to be with her.
The reason was related to going to A Country.
Initially, she only wanted to take it as a coincidence.
However, the words uttered by Coral and Sampson today made her took them to heart.
Her child indeed needed a father.
Helen followed Cormac into the office. After reporting all the itinerary, she closed the schedule list and asked tentatively, “Is it that you’ll ask Ms. Flores to attend the banquet tonight with you?”
Cormac seemed to be a little tired as he closed his eyes. After keeping silent for a few seconds, “You go with me.”
Helen heaved a sigh of relief, “I’ll go out now and do my work then.”
After closing the door, Helen turned around and saw that Loredana was standing behind her. Helen’s pace stopped.
“Ms. White, I have something to ask you, can I have a word with you?” Loredana asked.
Helen was surprised that Loredana would take the initiative to find her.
She would like to hear what she wanted to say, “Sure, let’s go to the café downstairs.”
They took the elevator and reached the café on the first floor.
They found a seat with no noise and sat down.
Both of them did not utter a word. Loredana said something only after the coffee was served for quite a moment, “Ms. White seems to have great animosity towards me.”
“Cormac and I are couples. We’re forced to be separated. If Ms. Flores stands in my position, what will you do?” Helen asked.
Loredana pinched the spoon and gently stirred the coffee in the coffee cup and felt that Helen was really good at telling a flawless story.
“You are clear that Mr. Mendelsohn and I are just implementing the marriage contract. It’ll not last for long but Ms. White seems to be very eager to stop it and also very afraid of me.” She slowly raised her eyes.
“Why do you say so?” Helen smiled and took a sip of coffee.
“I know, you know. Spreading the news of my pregnancy in the place where I live, asking people to vilify me, and stimulating my mother, I think Ms. White knows well about the reason that you did all these things.” Helen could disguise well but Loredana was even greater than her. It was as if she had controlled everything in her hands.
“I can’t get what Ms. Flores meant. The thing I do is just that I’m dissatisfied with the marriage between you and Cormac. If Ms. Flores wants to complain to Cormac, just go ahead, I don’t care. Cormac will understand me, I’m just a woman, a woman in love, a woman whose original position was taken by others. Understandably, I’ll do something out of the ordinary.” She smiled faintly and looked at Loredana,
“Whereas, Ms. Flores’s action of taking the initiative to ask me out for a talk shows that you seem to blow your cool.”
Loredana smiled without saying anything. Her inscrutable look made Helen’s hair stood on end.
An icy-cold tone sounded, “Why’re you laughing?”
“I heard a funny thing, is Ms. White interested in hearing it?”
“What?”
“I heard that Ms. White had followed Mr. Mendelsohn for a long time but he did not fall in love with Ms.
White. The reason he suddenly gave Ms. White the status of being his girlfriend was because…”
Loredana purposely paused to observe Helen’s face.
As expected, her expression changed. Although she was trying to hold back, Loredana was still able to notice the change.
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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