“Lola…”
“Stop speaking, if you say one more word, I won’t even consider to help you!” Loredana yelled. Her emotions were somewhat uncontrollable as she could easily become agitated.
Perhaps it was because the things done by Garrett could hardly stop her from becoming agitated.
“Calm down.” Cormac clasped her shoulder.
Garrett wanted to say something but Cormac interrupted him, “If you want to get help, leave now!”
Even if Garrett was reluctant, he also dared not to stay there anymore.
The living room quickly became silent. Coral, who was on the side, also dared not utter a word. She originally thought that it was a family bond in which a father came to see his daughter. She did not expect that there was such a feud between the father and daughter.
Coral’s heart ached for Loredana.
When parents divorced, the one who was hurt the most was always the child.
Loredana wiped the tears off her face, “It’s embarrassing to let you guys see all this.”
She lowered her head and her hair had covered most of her face.
Cormac pursed his lips and did not say anything to comfort her.
Indeed, some matters could not be easily forgotten with just a few words of comfort.
Let alone this kind of matter.
Even if she hated Garrett very much, seeing him in such a wretched state, she would definitely not feel good.
“What do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you if you want?” Coral changed the subject, trying to break the ice.
Loredana appreciated Coral and said, “I want to eat something sweet.”
After she was pregnant, she did not like sour and spicy food but preferred sweet food.
“Good, I just bought fresh ribs today. I can make sweet and sour ribs and boil a sweet soup for you.”
Coral turned and went to the kitchen. When she reached the door, she looked back at the two people on the sofa and smiled.
After Coral left, the living room was quiet for a while.
“Are you the one who did that?” she said in a questioning tone unknowingly.
“What?”
Loredana raised her head to look into his eyes. People always said that businessmen would do something immoral, was he like that too?
Achieving the goals by devious means?
Even harming human lives?
“What do you mean?” Cormac flashed with anger. He thought he was calm but he spoke without calmness, “You think the case that involves human lives is related to me?”
The surrounding was quiet for three seconds, “Isn’t it true?”
Out of the blue, Cormac clasped her jaw, “In your view, what kind of person I am?”
He did do something to make the Flores Group disappeared.
The Flores Group was already like an old building beside a tornado in which it would collapse with just a gentle push. So, was it reasonable that he put so much effort and he even did something that harmed human lives?
She actually thought it was him who had done it.
She suspected him twice today. The first time was that she suspected that he really did something to
Annabelle when he was at the Flores family that day.
And now she suspected him of hurting human lives to achieve his goal.
What did she treat him as?
Facing his eyes which glowed in fury, Loredana felt that she might say something wrong, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to suspect you.”
Cormac was gasping but the force in his hand did not seem to reduce.
He was still angry because she suspected him.
Her jaw hurt and felt as if it was dislocated as his fingers were clasping it forcefully. She did not say anything and did not beg for mercy but just endured the pain silently.
Seeing her silent endurance, Cormac’s anger gradually disappeared.
His face moved closer to her, “If you dare to indiscriminately suspect me in the future, I…”
Cormac moved his face closer to Loredana’. “If you dare disrespect me like that in the future, I…” He glanced at her lips, leaned down, and bit them.
She felt a sudden pain. The taste of blood spread in her mouth. She grimaced. It hurt, it burned.
Cormac really bit her.
“In the future, every time you wrong me, I’ll do this as my way of punishing you. Does that sound fair?”
Loredana felt disoriented as she gazed at the man in front of her. She couldn’t understand the reasoning for behaviors.
“Do you understand what you’re doing right now?”
Speechless, Cormac didn’t know how to answer her question. Every moment that happened after he met Loredana was so unexpected that he lost control of himself and became a different man from who he was in the past.
He realized Loredana wasn’t virtuous, as she was impure, and didn’t respect herself.
However, the fact that he was interested in such an immoral woman, and felt like a real man—a man who had the normal, physical reaction a man should have when facing a woman—was confusing. He hid his emotions well as he stared down at Loredana.
He smiled faintly and asked, “What about you? You rushed forward to protect me from the sword without worrying about your own life. Does that mean…”
As Cormac spoke, his face moved even closer to hers. When Loredana took a step back, he would take a step himself and follow her. They were very close to each other. The smile on his face was slight, soft, gentle, and could hardly be ignored.
“Have you fallen in love with me?”
Was that why she rushed forward without concern for her and her child’s safety when Cormac was in danger?
Cormac remembered how shocked he was when he turned around and saw her rushing over.
Loredana turned away and refused to look at him. “Mr. Mendelsohn, you have quite the sense of humor. I’ve only known you for a few days. How could I fall in love with you so quickly?”
If she didn’t suspect he was the father of her child, she certainly wouldn’t have put herself in such a dangerous situation. She cherished her own life as she had to survive for the sake of her mother and her child.
Cormac didn’t anger. Instead, turning away and leaning back on the sofa, smiling. “Perhaps, you fell in love with me when we first met? Love at first sight. That happens, right?”
He was apparently speaking to Loredana, but it sounded like he was asking a rhetorical question.
Loredana’ hand that had been resting on her leg squeezed tightly, but she responded with a calm demeanor. “I don’t believe in love at the first sight.”
Not wanting to continue the conversation, she stood up to get some water for herself, deliberately ignoring the topic. They were strangers, but they lived under the same roof due to fate. Now they were talking about the most indescribable word in the world, ‘love.’ She couldn’t help but laugh quietly to herself.
While drinking her water, Loredana looked through the glass and gazed at the piano placed in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Depression clouded any happiness she had been feeling.
The next day, Loredana went to the hospital to see Maxina. This time, Maxina was sober and recognized Loredana at first glance. She grabbed Loredana’ hands, not letting them go.
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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