Cormac slowly opened his eyes and asked in an emotionless tone, “Which kind?”
“Do you prefer women who have given birth…”
Bryan suddenly felt something had gone wrong. He paused right away and smiled obsequiously and apologetically, “Women who have given birth to a child have their special charms. Judging from her good-looking child, I can tell that she hasn’t had any cosmetic surgery.”
When hearing the words ‘given birth to a child’, Cormac felt inexplicably fretful. He pulled his collar,
“Will you die if you shut up?”
Bryan soon stopped talking and studied the man who had uncertain moods from the rearview mirror from time to time.
He had been in a good mood, but suddenly turned gloomy. Oh god, could they have a pleasant conversation?
Bryan then arranged a hotel for Cormac.
Cormac stayed at there for the whole night, but he lay tossing and turning and kept thinking about that woman.
He couldn’t fall asleep.
She had really changed. In the past, people would feel that she was a pure and meek woman, but now, she became confident and the speech and deportment she had when she was talking eloquently about her profession made her look particularly charming.
Nevertheless… Did she have the other man by her side when she was staying here over the past years?
When thinking of this, he took out his phone and made a phone call to Abbott, asking him to investigate
Loredana’ living conditions over the past years as well as the people staying by her side.
‘Boss’ phone calls recently have been all about Loredana. Could it be that he has fallen into her? When has he been caring so much for a woman? He even never cared so much about Helen whose identity is now Maria Herbert. He has gotten more and more indifferent during the past years, but now he suddenly becomes passionate; and all these are caused by a woman who has disappeared for a long time. It’s inconvincible to say that he doesn’t have feeling for her.’ Abbott thought to himself.
Nevertheless, Abbott still couldn’t figure out why Cormac would take fancy to Loredana since although they had gotten married back then, they didn’t get along with each other for a long time.
He didn’t understand this, yet no one could answer his question.
Just as Cormac had hung up the phone, there came the phone call from Jayden.
Cormac could guess his intentions without even answering the phone call.
With some lights flashing across his eyes, he slowly closed his eyes in an attempt to conceal his emotions. The gentleness in his eyes when he was thinking about Loredana disappeared and was replaced by coldness. He then pressed the answer button.
“What’s going on with you and Maria? I heard from her that you wanted to cancel your engagement…”
“Let’s talk about this when I come back.” Cormac looked out of the window gloomily. This was the reason why he didn’t choose to stay here and asked Abbott to investigate into Loredana instead.
It was because the engagement was not only about his marriage, but also about the business connections between the Mendelsohn family and the Herbert family.
The news about their engagement had gone virus. Now that he wanted to cancel the engagement, he had to explain to both his families and the Herberts.
Therefore, he went back to the country on the next day.
Since Abbott had gone to Country A to investigate into Loredana past, it was a driver who came to pick
Cormac up. Cormac didn’t look tired from the several-hour long journey and asked the driver to head to the Mendelsohn Mansion directly.
The sceneries flashed past the car windows quickly and the car soon stopped in front of a magnificent yet low-key mansion which had high and magnificent doors as well as a courtyard. The round arched windows and the marbles at the corners made it look sumptuous.
After parking the car, the driver walked to the door to backseats and pulled open the door. Then
Cormac stooped and got off the car composedly. He stood in front of the first gate and looked up expressionlessly before striding steadily towards the house.
Walking past the broad road that was paved with marbles, he walked into the house.
“Young master.” Thomas, the butler of the family, took a step forward and greeted Cormac, and then continued, “Master is waiting for you inside.”
Cormac nodded slightly to show that he had got it.
The living room was spacious, majestic and stylish with a vintage decoration which had a heavy color tone, making the whole living room look more solemn. There was a man leaning against the cushion on the black wood sofa – that was Jayden Mendelsohn, Cormac’s father.
As for the woman sitting beside Jayden, Cormac felt bothered to even glance at her.
He took off his suit jacket, handed it to the servant and then headed towards the sofa and sat beside
Jayden.
“What’s going on with you?” asked Jayden, who was sitting on the sofa straightly. He looked composed and reserved, and his voice was sonorous and oppressing yet helpless and anxious.
“I will handle it.” Cormac replied briefly without any emotions.
Jayden was quite clear about why Cormac was so indifferent. It was all because of the things happened to his mother back then…
He seldom went back in usual times and had been acting willfully…
Nevertheless, this society marriage was related to the future development of the Mendelsohn family.
The Mendelsohn family was like ‘a parvenu’ in the City B. Although the scale of its company was quite big, it somehow lacked some foundations.
But the Herbert family which had been lasting for a century was quite different. Although it didn’t have outstanding performance in the business field at present, it still had its reputation.
It would be a win-win situation if the two families could be connected by marriage.
“I can let you act willfully when it regards to other matters. But you can by no means cancel this engagement.” Jayden’s attitude became tough.
Cormac replied in a lukewarm and casual tone, “Only I myself can decide on my marriage.”
“You…” Jayden was rendered speechless due to anger and his chest was heaving up and down.
Victoria Forbis, who was sitting beside him, hastily smoothed his back, “Speak slowly and don’t be angered.”
“How can I not be angered?” Jayden said with a long face.
“Cormac, just follow your father’s will this time…” Victoria tried to persuade him.
Cormac’s voice became even colder as he sneered, “Who do you think you are to persuade me?”
Victoria’s expressions turned hideous.
“She’s your senior after all. How can you talk to her in this manner?” Jayden slapped on the armrest and stood to his feet.
Victoria also stood up to support him, “Don’t be angry. I can understand Cormac’s feelings.”
Jayden heaved a sigh and reached out to hold up Victoria’s hands, “It must be hard for you over the past years.”
Cormac stood up, not wanting to see his father displaying his affections towards this woman.
He took the suit jacket from the servant and turned his back on Jayden, “I will explain to the Herbert family.
He then strode out of the house after finishing the words.
Jayden pointed at his back, “How… How could he still be so willful? Is he still a child? Doesn’t he know what is more important?”
Victoria also briefly let out a sigh, “Maybe he doesn’t like the lady of the Herbert family.”
“No.” But Jayden didn’t think so. He added, “He agreed with it before.”
Victoria agreed after a second though. Cormac agreed with the engagement back then, but suddenly changed his mind when the engagement ceremony was approaching.
Jayden sat down onto the sofa again and asked Thomas to come over, “Go investigate whether if something special had happened to Cormac when he went abroad this time.”
He couldn’t help but think wildly about the reasons behind this since he cancelled the engagement out of no reasons.
Victoria reached out to hold up Jayden’s hand and said with a worried look, “If he knows that you are investigating into him, he will definitely be annoyed. His relationship with us has already been tensed, why not have a further talk with him later?”
Thomas also chimed in, “Yeah. You’re also clear about young master’s temper.”
Jayden’s pulled a longer face and said coldly, “With his bad temper, can I reach an agreement with him regarding this matter?”
He got less gloomy after saying the words and added in a firm attitude, “I can let him act willfully when it comes to other matters. But he can’t act like that this time.”
This matter was crucial to the future of the Mendelsohn family after all.
Victoria still tried to persuade him, yet was interrupted by Jayden before she could say anything, “No need to persuade me. I’ve made up my mind regarding this matter.”
He then raised his head to look at Thomas, “Go.”
“Er…” Thomas looked at Victoria with a hesitant look.
Victoria heaved a sigh, “Let it be. The father and the son all have bad tempers. Who can persuade them?”
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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