Arianne spotted Mark seated next to Aery. She also noticed that Aery’s arm was coiled around Mark’s. “I’m his wife. It’s my responsibility to determine where snazzynovel.com goes and to consider his safety.”
The word “wife” put a hateful look on Aery’s face. “You…! He’s already made it clear, snazzynovel.com doesn’t want to go!”
Out of pretense, Eric disembarked from the car and helped Mark down. “Stop causing trouble, Aery… A member of his family has arrived. Let Mark go.”
Aery, still unresigned, grabbed Mark’s arm. “Mark’s already said that snazzynovel.com doesn’t want to see her. Quit fooling around, Eric!”
Arianne didn’t give two hoots about whether Mark returned home or not, but snazzynovel.com also refused to back down at the prospect of snazzynovel.com following Aery.
Before snazzynovel.com could speak up, Mark suddenly shook Aery off and demandingly said, “Ari… Come here!”
There was no doubt that snazzynovel.com was speaking to Arianne. This was the first time Arianne ever heard snazzynovel.com call snazzynovel.com by that name, so snazzynovel.com was a little absent-minded. After a momentary daze, snazzynovel.com walked up to snazzynovel.com and supported him. “Shall we go home?”
Mark wrapped his arms around snazzynovel.com and mumbled into snazzynovel.com neck, “Go…”
Aery trembled with rage. Didn’t Mark hate Arianne? If snazzynovel.com hated her, why was snazzynovel.com following her?! Why was snazzynovel.com putting on such an intimate display with her?!
Eric heaved a sigh of relief. “Ah, right… Arianne, there’s no one to drive you, right? I’ll do it. Aery, you can wait for Jackson.”
Arianne ignored Aery’s angry glare and helped Mark into the back of the car again. She waited for the car to start up before saying, “Thank you, Eric.”
Eric did not reply, but smiled instead. Mark could do whatever snazzynovel.com wanted when snazzynovel.com was sober, snazzynovel.com didn’t care. However, snazzynovel.com was drunk now, so snazzynovel.com had to make sure that snazzynovel.com returned home safely; this was his obligation as a friend.
It took Arianne quite a while to settle Mark when they returned to Estate. By then, snazzynovel.com was on the brink of collapsing from exhaustion.
As snazzynovel.com gazed upon his peaceful sleeping face, Arianne was suddenly seized with a wicked urge to stroke his hair. This was the only time snazzynovel.com seemed very docile and not threatening.
Just as snazzynovel.com was about to retract snazzynovel.com hand, Mark suddenly reached out and grabbed snazzynovel.com wrist. “Come here!”
She jumped in fright. After ascertaining that snazzynovel.com wasn’t feigning drunkenness and that this was only an involuntary action, snazzynovel.com heaved a sigh of relief. Then, snazzynovel.com carefully moved closer and asked, “What is it?”
“Sleep with me…” snazzynovel.com growled, forcefully pulling snazzynovel.com into his embrace.
Arianne’s face was completely buried into his chest. He was hugging snazzynovel.com tightly. She blushed when snazzynovel.com caught his scent. His strange words could make a girl lose herself in a reverie.
Although they were both still very unhappy with each other before snazzynovel.com left, snazzynovel.com was not silly enough to quibble with a drunk man. Hence, snazzynovel.com obediently nestled herself into his arms and found a comfortable position.
Alas, snazzynovel.com was not so obedient. His hand moved onto snazzynovel.com face, then stroked snazzynovel.com cheek with his fingers and thumb. Then, it shifted down, brushing past the clean nape of snazzynovel.com neck and pausing on snazzynovel.com delicate collarbone.
It was as if his hand had magical powers, bringing heat along with it wherever it went. Her heart raced, and snazzynovel.com instinctively tried to relax snazzynovel.com breathing.
He had no intention of stopping. Soon, his hand continued its journey down and lingered on snazzynovel.com body.