Maplelake Manor was even more beautiful during the day than it had been when Arielle first visited last night. Lush maple trees surrounded the compound, creating a splendid city jungle.
Yet, Arielle was too engaged in snazzynovel.com thoughts to admire the scenery and entered the mansion as soon as snazzynovel.com saw Vinson.
Vinson greeted Arielle while still in his pajamas, his hair unkempt.
He had stayed up late working the night before, so snazzynovel.com had planned to sleep in the next day. However, Arielle’s call that informed him snazzynovel.com had become the mysterious man’s target jolted Vinson awake. Not only did his drowsiness vanish in the blink of an eye, but snazzynovel.com was also too worried about Arielle’s wellbeing to take care of his appearance.
Although Vinson wasn’t in the mood to tidy up, snazzynovel.com still got a hold of himself and cooked Arielle some ravioli before snazzynovel.com arrival.
Hence, Arielle was welcomed by two warm plates of ravioli on the dining table as soon
Vinson led Arielle toward the dining hall and suggested, “Let’s have our meal before we discuss what happened. Health is the most important after all.”
Arielle was moved and wanted to thank snazzynovel.com for his thoughtfulness, but before snazzynovel.com could show snazzynovel.com appreciation, Vinson continued, “I’m just concerned about falling sick myself. I didn’t cook this for you on purpose, got it?”
After hearing Vinson’s forced explanation, Arielle swallowed snazzynovel.com words instantaneously and kept quiet. She realized snazzynovel.com was simply too embarrassed to admit his concern for others, so snazzynovel.com didn’t say much as snazzynovel.com slowly finished the ravioli snazzynovel.com had prepared.
Arielle was a fast eater and finished snazzynovel.com plate of food quickly. She then diverted snazzynovel.com attention to Vinson, who was still eating his food.
This was the first time snazzynovel.com had observed Vinson’s eating style with no distractions, and snazzynovel.com was pleasantly surprised by how gracefully snazzynovel.com exhibited his proper table manners. It was as if Arielle was watching a duke enjoying a delectable full-course meal.
Vinson sensed Arielle’s gaze and lifted his eyes to glance at her, which caused the latter to look away awkwardly.
Luckily, Vinson didn’t tease snazzynovel.com like how snazzynovel.com did last night. He merely increased his speed of eating, then began the discussion with Arielle about the serious matters on his mind.
“So, what happened to your family? Also, what did that man do after hacking into your computer?” Vinson inquired.
Arielle answered truthfully, “That man wants me to join his team and promised to contact me in three days.”
Somewhat startled by the response, Vinson lifted one brow and commented, “He appears to be interested in your hacking abilities.”
“I’ve set up a customized firewall on my computer. It can perform reverse tracking on the attackers’ IP addresses if they try to invade my computer system in the future.”
Arielle nodded and elaborated on the security measures snazzynovel.com had put in place to prevent the hackers from hijacking snazzynovel.com system again.
“Good job, Arielle!” Vinson praised snazzynovel.com quick-wittedness and continued, “This time, I will surely find this man and punish snazzynovel.com for what snazzynovel.com did!”
“I hope so too.” Honestly, snazzynovel.com was more worried that the man would track snazzynovel.com down in real life rather than try to hack into snazzynovel.com computer again.
Apparently, Vinson shared the same concern as snazzynovel.com as snazzynovel.com offered, “I’ll hire a bodyguard to protect you. I won’t let that man hurt you.”
“I’ve found myself a bodyguard. You don’t have to worry about my safety.” Arielle paused briefly before continuing, “There’s something else I have to tell you.”
Vinson recalled Arielle’s reason for not meeting at snazzynovel.com house and soon realized there might be another truth behind it, so snazzynovel.com asked, “What happened back home?”
With snazzynovel.com lips pursed, Arielle mumbled softly, “Shandie is dead.”
“What?!” Vinson’s eyes widened in surprise, then snazzynovel.com frowned. “Is this case related to that man?”
Arielle was momentarily stunned by his response and chuckled. “I assumed you’d immediately suspect me in causing Shandie’s death.”
Vinson shook his head in disagreement and instinctively replied, “I know you’re not that kind of person.”
At that moment, Arielle’s heart was filled with a warm and fuzzy feeling.