The foreign voice of a man came from the other end of the line.
“Hello? Sister-in-law? Uh, Mark had too much to drink. Do you think you can come pick snazzynovel.com up?”
Sister-in-law? The address caused snazzynovel.com to jolt. Arianne’s first reaction was that the caller must have been mistaken. She was quite puzzled.
“What? Where?”
It took Arianna some effort to finally clarify which bar they were at, since the other end of the line was noisy.
Hanging up, snazzynovel.com put on snazzynovel.com coat and woke Henry up. She had no driver’s license and could not pick snazzynovel.com up on snazzynovel.com own.
Arriving at the location, snazzynovel.com saw the men at the bar entrance from afar right as snazzynovel.com got off the car. Other than Mark Tremont who was intoxicated, there were two other men.
‘Birds of a feather flock together’ this was Arianne’s immediate thought. Both men were good looking and lofty. It was just that snazzynovel.com had never seen them in the past, having no opportunity to familiarize herself with his circle of friends.
“Ay, Mark’s good at hiding. He’s spilled the beans that he’s married, but only after getting drunk today. I’ve never expected his type to be the fresh and innocent kind. You aren’t the one snazzynovel.com took in… are you?” Jackson West widened his eyes when snazzynovel.com saw Arianne, snazzynovel.com was quite doubtful.
Arianne’s gaze dimmed a little. She said nothing and went up to hold Mark Tremont.
“Thank you and sorry for the trouble.”
Jackson West wanted to say more but was dragged along by Eric Nathaniel beside him. “Enough, help take Mark to the car.”
When the car zoomed off, Jackson looked seriously at Eric.
“Say, she’s not actually that little girl snazzynovel.com took in back then, is she? What’s Mark thinking? Never in my wildest dream I’d expect snazzynovel.com to marry her.”
Eric Nathaniel was not at all bewildered. “Based on Mark’s character, do you think he’ll take in the daughter of his enemy who caused his parents’ death for no reason? In everyone’s eyes he’s an angel, but in reality snazzynovel.com is far from gracious.”
***
Returning to the Tremont Estate, Arianne Wynn had strained all of snazzynovel.com strength carrying Mark Tremont back to their room. The moment snazzynovel.com dropped snazzynovel.com on the bed, snazzynovel.com felt as if all snazzynovel.com energy was drained. She had to rest for a while before snazzynovel.com could clean snazzynovel.com up with a warm towel.
Mark Tremont’s phone rang then. Arianne hesitantly retrieved it from his pocket It was not that snazzynovel.com was curious to who had texted him, snazzynovel.com was wondering what snazzynovel.com had saved snazzynovel.com number as.
Waking the screen up, Arianne ignored the text, directly searching through his call history. She could see snazzynovel.com entry instantly since there were not many contacts saved in Mark Tremont’s phone. She was saved as ‘Ari’.
Arianne could not fathom what snazzynovel.com felt when snazzynovel.com saw the words. It seemed to be only Mama Mary who would call snazzynovel.com by ‘Ari’, even Henry addressed snazzynovel.com as ‘miss’. She had not expected snazzynovel.com to save snazzynovel.com contact with snazzynovel.com nickname.
Suddenly, Arianne was not as fearful of Mark Tremont anymore. The inebriated man did not look frosty and stem like snazzynovel.com usually does. Putting his phone down, Arianne moved snazzynovel.com into a comfortable position and was about to get up when Mark Tremont pulled snazzynovel.com into his embrace.
“Don’t go…”
Whilst hugged, Arianne’s heartbeat soared like snazzynovel.com was going to pass out. She was so nervous that snazzynovel.com did not dare move a muscle.
After some time, snazzynovel.com tried to break free when snazzynovel.com made no further movement. Once snazzynovel.com moved, however, his arms tightened. The blush on snazzynovel.com face darkened and Arianne ultimately gave up.
Arianne felt something warm against snazzynovel.com ears just as snazzynovel.com was dozing off. Initially, snazzynovel.com had thought that Mark Tremont had accidentally touched snazzynovel.com from shifting around. It was until his lips moved to the corner of snazzynovel.com mouth…
When Arianne subconsciously turned away due to the strong alcohol scent that fueled snazzynovel.com insecurity, Mark Tremont flipped snazzynovel.com around, trapping snazzynovel.com under him. His eyes were glazed and his voice was raspy. “What is it? This is your duty as my wife. Are you still thinking about keeping your chastity for that man?!”
Afraid, Arianne’s hands were against his chest. “It’s not that… you’re drunk..”
His head was buried in snazzynovel.com neck. “It can still be done!”