Chapter 77 – Back Home to Marry Off Myself Novel

As if she saw someone through that box.

Loredana got up and left.

Theresa Gordon was waiting outside for her. When she saw Loredana came out, she hurried, “What are you going to do?”

Theresa was also from China. She came in after two years Loredana did. At that time, she couldn’t be admitted as she wasn’t graduated in this particular field. It was Loredana that let Theresa follow her and learning in LEO Corporation.

After knowing Loredana for quite some time, she knew some about Loredana too.

Loredana gave a wry smile, “I have no choice.”

Mrs. William’s words were exact. If she rejected, there wouldn’t be any shop that wanted to hire her.

Mrs. William was reputable in the industry, and people would show respect to her.

“Do you know what is inside Mrs. William’s box?” Loredana was very curious about that thing, that made her break the rules for many years.

Theresa shook her head, “Not sure.”

Loredana sighed. Although she was curious, her biggest worry now was returning to her country.

She took the file back to her office, browsing through it and got to know her customer needs. She took out a drawing paper and a pencil, but she couldn’t quiet her mind. She was holding the pencil, but couldn’t write out anything.

She rubbed her face and let Theresa make her a cup of black coffee.

“Didn’t you rest well last night? You’re not looking good.” Theresa asked with concern.

Loredana took a sip of the coffee. Not just that she didn’t have a good rest, she didn’t even sleep at all.

“This is not urgent. How about you go home and take some rest?” Theresa suggested.

“I can’t sleep even if going back now. I’ll leave you to it.” She took a deep breath, “Life goes on.”

Loredana couldn’t slacken off, especially during this time.

Her kids still needed her.

“Alright, then.”

Theresa walked out of the office and closed the door. Suddenly, a large hand opened the door. Theresa turned around and saw a tall man standing behind her, “You…”

“Shh!” Cormac Mendelsohn whispered, “I’m looking for her.”

Theresa remembered the way he pulled Loredana away in a sudden that day. They knew each other and had an unusual relationship.

She took the hint and backed out without saying anything.

Cormac closed the door and went in.

Loredana had calmed down, and she was concentrating on her design.

As the customer requested, the wedding dress should be a wrapped chest, and a wrapped chest wedding dress would be suitable for a fishtail skirt. This type of mermaid wedding dress required a specific kind of body shape.

Cormac was standing behind Loredana, looking at her working conscientiously. It was the first time he saw her drawing.

An ordinary pencil, as if it was enchanted. With just a few strokes, the appearance of a wedding dress was done on the piece of paper.

Loredana sensed someone standing behind her quietly. She thought it was Theresa, as Theresa had a habit of watching her drawing, so she didn’t feel strange. “Theresa, do you have any information on the customer’s height and weight?”

She wanted to choose the design according to the customer’s body shape.

She didn’t hear any reply and so turned around, “Th…”

However, the person behind her wasn’t the one she expected. And even more so, someone that was out of her expectation.

“Why are you here?” Loredana Flores clutched the pen in her hand unconsciously.

Cormac Mendelsohn looked around the office. It was decorated in a white theme, representing simple and generous.

“So this is your workplace?” Cormac walked to the French windows and looked outside.

Loredana put down her pencil and stood up, “I’m asking you.”

Cormac turned around looking at her and sneered, “I’m here, just to see you, of course.”

Loredana’s hand was behind her back, clasping on the edge of the table. She was looking straight at him, trying to see through him.

What did he really want?

But she couldn’t see anything.

“Had you met Mrs. William?” She asked in an affirmative tone.

She couldn’t think of anyone else who would force her to go back.

Cormac walked over, pulled out the chair behind her and sat down. “Yes.” He frankly answered.

“Why?” Loredana roared.

She couldn’t think of any reason he did this!

“No reason.” Cormac grabbed Loredana’s wrist, pulling her and let her sit on his lap. Loredana refused and tried to break free from his grip.

“I’m hurt.”

“What is it to do with me for you being hurt?” Loredana said imperiously.

Cormac sighed, “Are you curious about what did I give Mrs. William?”

Loredana was curious about what was it that could make Mrs. William break her own rules.

“What did you give her?” Loredana asked.

“Since you entered LEO Corporation, you should have heard of her husband, Mr. William, is it?”

Cormac caressed Loredana’s back, trying to calm her down.

Loredana nodded, “I’ve heard of it that the couple was very loving. Just that Mr. William passed away too soon, and his wife was still young at that time. But she never married again for his sake.”

“Then do you know what her husband, Mr. William’s work was?” Cormac had managed to take

Loredana’s mind off and distract her attention.

Loredana shook her head as this was beyond her ken.

Cormac wrapped his arm around Loredana’s waist and made her sit down. Loredana struggled reluctantly, while Cormac murmured, “I’m hurt, can you be a bit more obedient?”

Loredana was aggrieved. Didn’t he know that this action was unpleasant?

Wasn’t it very intimate for them behaving like this?

Why did he always have to be like this?

“Mr. William was a jewellery designer.” Cormac said.

Loredana raised her eyebrows and was surprised by Mr. William’s identity as a jewellery designer.

“But what does this have to do with the thing that you gave Mrs. William?” Loredana couldn’t understand it.

“When Mrs. William met William, she was still an unknown fashion designer. It was a fashion conference, and it was the first time for Mrs. William’s design to be put on stage. Coincidentally, Mr.

William had attended that fashion conference too…”

“So, did they meet?” Loredana was able to imagine the scene at that time, “It would be very romantic, right?’

She felt a twinge of envy. When she was young, she had also longed for love, but she had missed her chance.

Now, she was just a single mother.

Cormac had noticed Loredana’s emotional changes and held her waist tighter, “They had met, but it isn’t romantic. I would say it was rather awkward…”

Loredana frowned, “Did something happen?”

“Yes. Someone reported that Mrs. William was plagiarizing others’ work…”

“Impossible!” Loredana trusted Mrs. William’s character as well as her ability too.

She would never plagiarize!

Cormac silently looked at her angry look, “I wasn’t talking about you, why are you getting agitated for?”

Loredana calmed down as she was too flustered just now, “I just couldn’t believe that Mrs. William would plagiarize.”

“She was indeed…” Cormac had noticed that Loredana was frowning, panting as she would explode into a rage at any time.

“Her design was named the same as a well-known necklace, but Mrs. William didn’t know that necklace at all. And even more coincidentally, it was the same naming as well as the same source of inspiration, just that a different design.” Cormac picked a strand of hair at Loredana’s ear, twiddling at his fingertips, and said in a low voice, “Would this be fate?”

Indeed, it was a strange coincidence.

Just that Loredana couldn’t figure out, how could they know that they had the same inspiration?

“Silly.” Cormac pinched Loredana’s cheek. Loredana then realized, “Since they were named the same, they had to investigate it. So when the two met, they knew that they had the same source of inspiration and gave their design the same name.”

“Not quite dumb.” Cormac smirked.

Loredana pulled a face. Did his words imply that she was stupid?

“So, you gave Mrs. William the necklace?” Loredana guessed.

Cormac nodded.

“Why was the necklace with you?”

The necklace was bought by a gentleman in an auction and given to his wife.

He was not short of money as he was a resourceful businessman.

Soon after Mr. William passed away, Mrs. William searched everywhere for the necklace. Although she knew who had the necklace, the man wouldn’t sell it.

The man wouldn’t sell it no matter how much Mrs. William offered.

Coincidentally, that businessman had business dealings with Cormac.

Loredana understood that Cormac had given something that Mrs. William had always wanted. So that was why Mrs. William agreed to open a branch.

Loredana soon realized that she got distracted by Cormac.

She wasn’t puzzling about what did he gave Mrs. William.

Instead, why did Cormac wanted her to return to her country?

What was in it for him?

What did he really want?

Loredana then realized she was sitting on his lap unconsciously when they were chatting.

She leapt to her feet, looking at Cormac, “What’s your intention?”

He felt out of place after she got up. He looked at Loredana, “What intention can I have, but you?”

“Why me?”

“Why didn’t you want to go back?” Cormac changed to a gentle tone, “Or is there something that makes you sad?”

“No!” Loredana retorted instinctively.

“Then why are you afraid of going back?”

“Who is afraid?”

Cormac sneered, “Then why are you being so thrilled?”

Loredana found that she turned dumb in front of him.

She didn’t want to admit that this man could mess up her mind.

Loredana pretended to be nothing mattered and said, “When did I thrill?”

Cormac readjusted his expression, “Since you’re not thrilled, just go back now.”

Loredana’ hands that were on her side were clutched together tightly. She asked with a big mess inside her heart, “Can you tell me why you are doing this?”

Did he know that what he was doing was actually saying ‘I love you’?

She knew that Cormac would never like this kind of woman like her, but she could not understand his actions.

She couldn’t find a single explanation.

Cormac stood up.

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