Maxina was astonished. How could the marriage be treated so irresponsibly, like it was nothing more than an agreement to go out for drinks?
Although Maxina was not in favor of the marriage with a deal, Loredana already lost her virginity pregnant and was pregnant as a result. Cormac or the rest of the Mendelsohn family wouldn’t accept it.
Perhaps it wasn’t such a bad deal.
Maxina swore she would take care of her daughter in the future.
*****
That evening, when Loredana returned to the villa, she discovered Cormac wasn’t around. After dinner,
Loredana walked around the villa courtyard to digest her food and to have a good look at the gardens and surroundings.
Once it got too dark, she went back to her room. However, she found herself too thirsty to sleep, so she went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water.
She drank half the glass of water and when she was about to go back to her room and try to sleep, she heard the front door being unlocked and then swing open. A tall figure walked in, followed by a beautiful silhouette. Loredana stood there in shock.
She never expected Cormac would bring back the woman he liked so late at night.
Helen was also startled when she saw Loredana. ‘Isn’t this the woman we saw in the hospital earlier?’
Helen looked up at Cormac. His face was taught and cold. What was he so angry about in the hospital?
Was it because of this woman?
A woman could always tell when something wasn’t right, and Cormac’s unnatural behavior made
Helen wary of Loredana.
“Well, I’m going back to my room,” Loredana said, not wanting to be the third wheel and make them annoyed.
“Wait.” Cormac gazed at Loredana. She was wearing a very conservative nightgown that ended her ankles, showing only her fair and thin arms. She looked somewhat innocent.
However, thinking about what she did, Cormac felt a little disgusted. “Helen is the lady of this house.
do you understand what I mean?”
Loredana felt Cormac was beating a dead horse. She’d never thought of herself as the lady of the house. Why did he feel the need to emphasize it?
“I know. I’m going to bed then.” Loredana turned around and headed to the room.
“Ms. Flores.” Helen looked at her. “I’m sorry.”
Helen’s words bewildered Loredana and she stared at Helen in surprise.
Helen’s face was full of apologies. “Even though you’re engaged to Cormac, I’ve known Cormac long before you did. If it wasn’t for you, I would be the one who married him. We love each other very much, so—”
“What do you to say exactly?” Loredana found the woman extremely strange.
She was very clear about her identity and had no intention to disturb them. Why was that woman explaining all that?
“You already married Cormac, but he doesn’t like you because of me, so I feel guilty about it.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
Just as anyone could possibly imagine, they were in such an awkward relationship, and probably they should just avoid interacting with each other, she thought. Was the woman acting in such a way because she wanted to show her kindness in front of Cormac? Without knowing why, Loredana had a bad feeling about the woman in front of her.
Cormac narrowed his eyes and stared at Loredana. “How can you speak to her like that?”
Loredana pursed her lips. She only wanted to live peacefully in the house for a month. After she got what belonged to her and Maxina, she would leave.
It was the strange woman who uttered all the weird words. How else should she reply?
“How do you want me to respond?” Loredana really didn’t know how she should reply to
Helen.
She couldn’t say, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have gotten married to Cormac, and you can’t be together all because of me,” right? Those words sounded so insincere.
Their mothers arranged the marriage, so was there really anything she could do about it?
Cormac glared at Loredana, his jaw set, and took a steady step forward. An oppressive atmosphere permeated the air and Loredana involuntarily took a step back.
“I didn’t mean to upset you?”
Helen gripped his arm. “Cormac, don’t be angry. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t say all those words. You two are newly married, after all. I shouldn’t have come here. You should hurry off to bed, I’ll go back home.”
“You’re not the one who should leave.” Cormac grabbed Helen’s wrist and went upstairs.
Helen’s heart exploded with joy. Although Cormac made it clear he would be with her, he’d never actively proved it to her. Cormac’s action left Helen completely overjoyed. After all, Helen wasn’t the one to be with him that first night. She could only win his heart if she really had sex with him.
Loredana didn’t look up, but just turned and went to her room.
When Helen turned to look back, she saw Loredana’s thin and slender back about to enter her room. It just suddenly reminded her of the woman from that faithful night.
That night, Helen overcame the jealousy and hatred in her heart to find a virgin woman for Cormac.
She was already at her tolerable limit in sharing Cormac.
She had paid little attention to the woman, and only saw her thin figure when she left. No wonder
Loredana gave off a familiar feeling when Helen looked at her. That kind of feeling didn’t just come out of nowhere.
The woman that night might be Loredana – just whenever such an idea came to her mind, her heart throbbed in fear and panic. She couldn’t let Loredana stay with Cormac. She didn’t want to have to see the woman who gave her virginity to him continuously. And she couldn’t let them have too much time alone together in order to prevent Cormac from discovering the truth. After all, Loredana was a woman who was with him that night.
After entering the room, Helen let go of her inhibitions and immediately embraced Cormac’s thin waist, burying her head in his chest and saying tenderly, “Cormac, let me be your woman again.”
As she spoke, she looked up to kiss him, but Cormac hesitated. Despite seeing Helen’s initiative, he didn’t have the desire or drive a normal man should have. Except for that night, he had never thought about making love to her.
Just as Helen’s lips were about to reach his, he turned his head away. Helen did not manage to kiss him.
“It’s already late, let’s go to bed,” Cormac said, tugging at his collar, which was nowhere near tight.
He felt a little restless. He wasn’t sure why, but he did. Perhaps it was because he didn’t have the impulse a man would be expected to have toward Helen, which made him feel abnormal.
Helen’s hands clenched into fists, and her eyes shimmered with tears. “Cormac, is it because you don’t like me—”
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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