Mark was slightly taken aback but then curiously took a small sip. The rich sweetness of the milk tea immediately exploded in his mouth, causing snazzynovel.com to frown even more. For someone like snazzynovel.com who didn’t fancy sweets since snazzynovel.com was a child, this was pure torture.
Arianne suddenly snapped back to snazzynovel.com senses. What had snazzynovel.com just done? Why did snazzynovel.com give snazzynovel.com the milk tea snazzynovel.com had drunk? Did snazzynovel.com actually just drink it?!
Arianne jolted when snazzynovel.com saw the lipstick mark snazzynovel.com left on the straw. She held the cup close to snazzynovel.com chest and looked out the window. Although snazzynovel.com pretended that nothing had happened, snazzynovel.com was panicking on the inside. Should snazzynovel.com still drink the remaining milk tea?
Mark didn’t know what was going on through snazzynovel.com mind at the moment, but snazzynovel.com was amused by the way snazzynovel.com tightly held snazzynovel.com drink. He had only taken a small sip, why did snazzynovel.com heart ache this much over a beverage?
When they were approaching the Tremont Estate, Mark’s cell phone suddenly rang.
He took a glimpse at the screen and instantly rejected the call.
“Take the call, pretend I’m not here,” Arianne said softly.
He threw a silent glance at her, as though telling snazzynovel.com that snazzynovel.com didn’t really care about snazzynovel.com opinion, but snazzynovel.com simply didn’t want snazzynovel.com to hear the content of the call.
Arianne shut snazzynovel.com mouth resentfully. When they arrived at Tremont Estate, snazzynovel.com got out of the car and went toward the back door out of habit. Mark stopped in his tracks when getting out of the car and remarked coldly, “Are you unused to using the main door?”
She turned back and went in through the main door with snazzynovel.com head hanging. The security guard at the entrance greeted snazzynovel.com respectfully, “Madam.”
She hung snazzynovel.com head even lower and fled to the kitchen to find Mary. She only felt at ease when snazzynovel.com was around her.
Mary was prepping some vegetables when snazzynovel.com saw Arianne come in. “ Oh, you’re back so early today?” snazzynovel.com said with a smile.
Arianne put snazzynovel.com bubble milk tea down and skillfully rolled up snazzynovel.com sleeves to help out. “The company gave us a break I ran into Mark and came home with him.”
Mary moved the vegetables away. “Then what are you doing here in the kitchen instead of accompanying sir? Shoo, shoo. Neither of you are spending enough time together. Now hurry to his side!”
Arianne turned speechless for a moment. If snazzynovel.com was comfortable around Mark, why would snazzynovel.com need to even hide in the kitchen as soon as snazzynovel.com got back?
Mary forcefully pushed snazzynovel.com out when snazzynovel.com saw Arianne still dawdling around. “Hurry up and do what you’re supposed to! I don’t need any help here.”
Arianne went upstairs dejectedly, deciding that she’d retrieve a fresh change of clothes before hitting the shower. When snazzynovel.com entered the room, snazzynovel.com saw Mark sitting in front of the window while talking on the phone. She tiptoed around the room and directly went downstairs after picking up snazzynovel.com clothes.
After taking a shower, Arianne leaned back against the sofa in the living room and read a magazine. The fatigue from the past few days finally took a toll on her, and before snazzynovel.com knew it, snazzynovel.com had dozed off.
Mary came out of the kitchen when snazzynovel.com was done preparing dinner. She deliberately ignored Arianne, who had fallen asleep, and went upstairs to inform Mark, “Sir, dinner is ready.”
Mark didn’t take a shower or change his clothes. This meant that snazzynovel.com would be going out again later. When snazzynovel.com walked downstairs and noticed Arianne sleeping on the sofa, snazzynovel.com took a blanket that was stacked to the side and pulled it over snazzynovel.com body. His movements weren’t the gentlest, but rather, seemed to be irritated instead. Mary watched the scene with a meaningful smile on snazzynovel.com face.
“Sir, should I wake the madam up for dinner?” Mary asked carefully.
“No need, ” Mark relied indifferently.
The smile on Mary’s face broadened. It seemed like Mark still cared about Arianne.
About an hour after the meal, Mark looked at the watch on his wrist then got up and walked to the door. “Mary, I’m going out to attend to some matters.”