Chapter 74 – Back Home to Marry Off Myself Novel

Samuel walked to the sofa. “Come here.” He waved at her.

The two little fellows lay on the sofa, sharing the snacks. Instead of walking into the living room,

Loredana called Maxina at the entrance, “Mom, I forgot something. I have to drive back to the store.”

“OK. Come back before dinner,” Maxina replied.

“Sure.”

Loredana took her handbag and closed the door.

She sat in the car and drove back to the store. After fetching the file, she rushed home. As soon as she parked the car, got off, and was about to walk into the house, she noticed that a car was parked in front the door. It looked similar … exactly the same one as she had seen in the morning.

She frowned, wondering what Abbott came back for.

She had a plan to discuss about moving to another place with Maxina tonight.

She didn’t expect that Abbott would come to bother her again.

Loredana’ face darkened.

When the car door was pushed open, Loredana was ready to question Abbott. However, it was not

Abbott who got off, but Cormac.

His coat was crumpled and he had a haggard face, looking quite exhausted.

Under the sunset, they both were showered in a pale yellow halo.

Suppressing the fluctuation in her heart, Loredana snapped coldly, “What are you doing here?”

Cormac was worn out and his expression changed when he heard what Loredana said.

He braced up and leaned against the car and laughed, “Can’t I come to see my wife?”

Loredana frowned. How can he be so shameless? They had divorced!

Cormac was still with that sluggish attitude, “I don’t mind. Go and tell your son about our relationship…”

“What do you want?” Loredana was upset. Was he a rascal?

His smile disappeared as he said suddenly, “If you don’t want me to go into your house, then you come over to me.”

Loredana stood still at her position. She pondered for a while. Samuel was a very sensitive boy. After that incident, Samuel became very hostile towards him. If he entered the house, how would she tell the child about his identity?

Cormac couldn’t see clearly and closed his eyes. He said with his raspy and hoarse voice, “My time is limited just as my patience is limited.”

Loredana moved very slowly and he waited patiently. With each step that she took, the outline of his body became clearer. He was distanced from the con job and rife of business. He left the unscrupulous dealings and became indescribably tender. His expression was no longer as stiff as his words. There was an additional trace of tenderness in him. Loredana had never seen this side of him but she knew that he remains who he was and will never change.

She wrung her hands, composed herself, and begged, “Please, don’t interfere with my life anymore.”

Cormac lifted his tired eyes and looked at the woman, “How will you beg me?” and scoffed, “You must be sincere if you want to request for something. So how will you show your sincerity? Offer yourself?”

What did he mean? Did he regard her as a loose woman? Yes, she lost her virginity at eighteen but that didn’t mean that she was a woman who slept around! Loredana’ face turned blue from anger and her shoulders started to tremble vigorously, the tone of her voice changed, “Are you a scoundrel?”

She was so angry that her cheeks tighten and her veins throbbed. A few strains of out of place hair around her neck made her look extremely feminine. Cormac swallowed his saliva and felt that he must be insane. He was aroused when he saw her getting angry.

He reached out to grab Loredana’ waist and pull her into his embrace. When she realized what was happening, her hands began to slap his chest and struggled, “Let go of me!”

Cormac took a deep breath and not only didn’t ease his grip but he increased his hold on her waist. He grabbed her hands and then said softly, “Behave yourself.”

Loredana glared at him. Why did he interfere with her life? Was it so difficult for her to have a peaceful life with her children?

“I’m exhausted.” Cormac placed his chin on her shoulder and his nose took in her fragrance. He buried his face into her neck and said with a deep voice, “Find a place for me to rest.”

He was really tired.

Loredana realized that his eye bags were dark and his body was limp, “You, are you feeling uncomfortable?”

He acknowledged. Loredana was stunned but couldn’t bear not to take care of him.

“I’ll find you a hotel, okay?” Loredana asked.

“Okay.”

Loredana put him into the car and put on his seatbelt. She closed the door and then got into the driver’s seat and drove the car. She was familiar with that place and easily found a hotel. About five minutes later, Loredana found a five-star hotel and stopped the car. She tossed the car key to the hotel staff to help Cormac out of the car.

“I’m only taking you to the hotel. You’ll have to pay for your own room.” Loredana said clearly.

He was very rich while she had to earn every single cent of hers. She cannot spend unnecessarily. She needed to save money for her two children. All the daily expenses and education required money. They were growing and there were a lot of expenses. She needed to be the children’s strong backing. She will not allow her children to suffer because of the lack of money.

Cormac was tall and she would struggle to support him. He would not put his full body weight on her but he didn’t expect this woman to draw a clear line between them for everything. Now she was a famous designer and was not penniless. It was just a night’s room charge. How could she be so calculative?

His arm rested on her shoulder and transferred his weight onto her. Loredana felt the weight on her shoulders had increased. Now she was struggling with each step. In her heart, she continued to murmur against this man. Why was he so heavy like a pig when he didn’t look fat at all?

As they approached the front desk, Loredana asked, “Where are your identity card and wallet?”

Cormac leaned on her and barely opened his eyes and struggled to speak, “My identity card is in my pants pocket but I don’t have any money.”

“…” Loredana clenched her teeth and wanted so much to just dump him there and walk away.

Why didn’t he take any money with him? Okay, he indeed didn’t have the habit of having cash with him.

Normally he would have the driver and Abbott with him.

He should at least have some cards if he didn’t have cash. Loredana felt his pockets. Her fingers were slim, long, and delicate. Each time she felt along his body, he would tense up a little. Each time she touched him was electrifying and irresistible.

What laughable self-control! He became a joke in front of this woman. He would get aroused with each of her touches. Cormac closed his eyes.

Loredana felt a wallet in his pocket. She opened it and was stunned. Didn’t he say that he didn’t have money? So what were all these bills? Loredana rolled her eyes but didn’t take the cash. She took out a card and gave it to the front desk, “Presidential suite with the best service. He’ll have any service that requires to be paid.”

He was loaded anyway!

Cormac, “…”

Front desk, “…”

Were rich people so willful?

The lady at the front desk fidgeted for a while and lifted her head to ask, “Is there any PIN?”

Loredana jabbed him at the abdomen. His chest ached from her beating and now his abdomen also hurt.

He felt that he was about to die, “No.”

“No PIN.”

The front desk returned the card along with the room card to Loredana, “Top-level, Room 888.

Presidential suite is inclusive of specialized service. A hundred and eight thousand yuan in total.

A hundred thousand for a night? Loredana felt a shiver, it was too expensive. Luckily she was not the one who paid the bill.

Loredana placed the card into the wallet and put the wallet back into his pocket. They took the lift to the top level. Once they got out of the lift, Loredana supported him to look for Room 888.

She swiped with the card to open the door.

The door unlocked with a ‘ding’. Loredana pushed the door. Two grand crystal chandeliers hung from the high red and gold ceiling. The crystal chandeliers scattered the lights giving the room a noble and luxurious feel.

There were glass panel windows all around to reveal the beautiful capital. The curtains were flannel and lacy. In the middle of the living room was a deep red European style sofa. In the spacious living space, there were luxurious chairs, cabinets, and other furniture. It was designed to look like western palaces. Loredana thought to herself that the money could have been better spent elsewhere.

She supported Cormac in and pushed open the bedroom door. There was a deep red colored bed headboard, a low stool at the foot of the bed, white carpet, and silk bedding with gold trims.

Everything was high end and luxurious to the eyes as well as to the senses. Loredana pushed him onto the bed, she was exhausted.

Cormac fell into the bedding and rubbed his wounds causing him to frown.

“Have a good rest. I’ve ordered the best service for you. You will have a very comfortable evening. I won’t bother you further.”

After finishing the words, Loredana turned to leave …

“What’s your children’s name?” Cormac asked just as Loredana walked to the bedroom door, the man’s voice teased, “Samuel and Simona?”

When he came to Country A, he already heard from Abbot about the details of Loredana’ life over these few years. What surprised him was she had given birth to a pair of rather beautiful twins.

Loredana paused, turned around, and stared at him. Her fists were tightly clenched. When she met

Abbott, she knew that he was investigating her. She didn’t expect Abbot’s actions to be so swift.

“If you need me to go back to get a divorce certificate, you can say it out. I will naturally agree and will not interfere with your happiness. But what you are doing is threatening me and don’t you think that it’s too absurd?” Loredana was trembling furiously.

Cormac lay on the bed with an arm over his forehead and his eyes were closed. He was silent as if he was at his breaking point. Loredana stood at the doorway and didn’t dare to leave. She wasn’t sure if this man would do anything heartless to hurt her children. After all, now he knew all the details regarding her children.

“I’m thirsty,” Cormac said after a while but didn’t open his eyes.

Loredana looked at him angrily and thought to herself that he should thirst to death.

Cormac turned around with his back to Loredana. His tightly closed eyes slowly opened and his face was very tired, “You intend to thirst me to death and murder your husband?”

“…”

Loredana suppressed her anger and turned to pour a glass of water for him, “Here you are.”

“Feed me.” Cormac turned and looked at the furious woman next to him.

Her face flushed red because she was furious and looked like an angry hamster. It was truly an adorable sight. Cormac couldn’t help but chuckle but to Loredana, he was making fun of her.

“Cormac, fuck you!” Loredana threw the glass of water at him. The glass of water flew in mid-flight and the water splashed harmlessly onto him but the glass fell directly where he was injured.

When the glass impacted his wound, he grunted in pain. The water soaked through his shirt and revealed the red color underneath. Loredana was stunned. Didn’t he have a high threshold for pain? How come a glass could cause him so much pain?

“Don’t act,” Loredana demanded.

Cormac laid motionless in silence. Loredana slowly looked over and saw the red color on his clean white shirt. She raised her eyebrows. Why would his chest be red? She leaned over to see what the red color was.

As she got closer and because the shirt was drenched with water, Loredana could see that on his chest were bandages.

“You… how were you hurt?” Loredana asked.

Cormac opened his eyes and looked at the chandeliers on the ceiling. His fingers rubbed against the bedding. He didn’t want to owe Maria too much as he was the one who disappointed her. She had plenty of misgivings but she had her strength. After so many years, they definitely had some relations.

This relation was different from affections. It was ethics and responsibility. Just as Maria questioned him: Could money buy back so many years of youth?

His thick eyebrows twitched slowly and looked at her seriously, “Would you believe if I were to say that it’s because of you?”

Loredana’ lips were pursed as she had seen the sincerity in his eyes. But when she thought about it carefully, she was doubtful that he would be serious to her. How could he like a woman who had given birth to someone else’s children? She was mistaken, she must be mistaken. What did his injury have to do with her? Furthermore, he was about to be engaged with Maria. Did he think that she was a fool?

It was clear from her expression that she didn’t believe and Cormac laughed softly. Perhaps he was laughing at himself. Even he couldn’t understand the feelings he had for her.

Loredana leaned over to pick up the glass. Perhaps she felt guilty for throwing the glass of water as she said softly, “I’ll take you to the hospital.”

“No.” Cormac refused outright.

Loredana was helpless, “Then what about your injury?”

“Help me remove my wet clothes.” It was too uncomfortable wearing wet clothes.

Loredana thought for a moment bent over and start undoing his buttons and said, “I can help you but once it’s done, you must let me go back.” The two children normally slept with her and if she wasn’t around, she was worried that they would not have a good sleep.

As she leaned over, a few strains of hair fell forward and fell onto his face. It was ticklish and numbing.

It was like a flowing current of electricity and triggered his sensitive region. He said with a raspy voice,

“Depends on your performance.”

Loredana said slowly, “I don’t owe you.”

When he spoke, his breath gently played with those strains of hair, “If you didn’t hurt me, will I be injured for a second time? You should be grateful that I didn’t charge you for bodily harm.”

“…”

As Loredana was unbuttoning his shirt, she intentionally pressed down on his wound. Cormac grunted in pain, and thought, why was this woman so ruthless? Couldn’t she be gentler as he was injured?

He heaved a sigh, “I finally understand why you are single for so many years. No one can accept such a rough woman like you.”

“Raise your arm!” Loredana pulled the shirt, glared at him, and laughed, “I’ve plenty of suitors.”

“Really?”

“Of course… ah!”

Before she could finish, with a flip of his body, Cormac pulled her down and laid on top of her. The wet shirt draped over him. The situation appeared to be comical but it couldn’t cover his predatory look.

“Tell me, who are they?”

Loredana looked to the side to avoid looking at his naked body, “Get off me first.”

Cormac adjusted her face towards him and emphasized, “You are a married woman.”

“Once the paperwork is complete, we’re officially divorced!” Loredana really wanted to yell at him. How could he say these to his ex-wife when he already had a fiancee.

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