Arianne got off the bed, enduring the discomfort snazzynovel.com felt. She grabbed snazzynovel.com clothes and headed to the bathroom to change. By the time snazzynovel.com got out, Mark had already finished packing and was waiting at the door.
His gaze sunk when snazzynovel.com noticed snazzynovel.com slightly unusual walk. His expression turned cold as well, and his thoughts were unfathomable.
Arianne kept dozing off on the plane but was afraid of touching Mark if snazzynovel.com fell asleep. She could tell snazzynovel.com was in a bad mood. He had not confronted snazzynovel.com over snazzynovel.com unapproved trip to Ayashe.
Upon his return to the Tremont Estate, Mark immediately went back to his bathroom to take a shower.
“When did snazzynovel.com arrive home?” Arianne softly asked Mary.
Mary stared blankly at her. “Sir never came back at all. He just arrived today.”
Arianne was feeling slightly annoyed. She shouldn’t have told Eric about snazzynovel.com intentions for resignation. He must have leaked that piece of information. She hadn’t thought of this at the time. She thought, knowing snazzynovel.com current relationship with Mark, snazzynovel.com would never abandon his work to go look for her, even if snazzynovel.com did leave.
“Change all of the bedroom sheets,” snazzynovel.com said, remembering Mark’s bad cold. “Sun dry the quilts a little longer, and make sure to prepare lighter meals for now.”
Marry nodded. “Alright, Ari. You look a little pale. Has sir troubled you again?”
Arianne shook snazzynovel.com head as snazzynovel.com ice-cold hands touched snazzynovel.com cheeks. Realizing that snazzynovel.com cheeks were scalding, snazzynovel.com ran upstairs. Mary was an experienced woman, when snazzynovel.com saw the way Arianne walked, snazzynovel.com knew what had happened. She grinned.
Back at the bedroom, Arianne felt awkward when snazzynovel.com heard the pattering sounds of water in the bathroom. The snowy afternoon made snazzynovel.com feel a little sleepy too. She picked up a few books on painting, headed downstairs, and curled up on the sofa. Before snazzynovel.com could finish reading a few pages, snazzynovel.com fell fast asleep.
By the time snazzynovel.com got up, it was about seven at night. The light above snazzynovel.com was slightly dim and from a single glance, snazzynovel.com saw that the Tremont Estate was rather dark. It looked like Mark had gone out again.
She got up and stretched snazzynovel.com back. Mary stepped forward and asked, “Are you hungry? Would you like to eat something? Sir has gone out, and I’m not sure if he’ll be back tonight. I think I’d better be the one to tell you this, snazzynovel.com left after receiving a call from a woman…”
Arianne’s body stiffened, and snazzynovel.com was temporarily at a loss for words. “It’s alright, I’ll just have whatever’s available. Leave him.”
Mary was more anxious than her. “Ari, do you really have no feelings for Mr. Tremont? You’ll be sorry if snazzynovel.com actually gets seduced by another woman!”
She paused in silence, then replied, “Why keep someone who hates you to his very bones? It’s not that I don’t want to, Mary. I can’t. To be more precise, I’ve never hoped that snazzynovel.com would love me. Rather than falling in love with me, I’d much rather hope for snazzynovel.com to let me go…”
***
January 7th, Mark Tremont finally returned to the Tremont Estate a few days later.
Arianne had turned an empty room upstairs into an art studio and had been spending snazzynovel.com time there over the past few days.
When snazzynovel.com heard snazzynovel.com coming upstairs, snazzynovel.com hand stiffened in the midst of snazzynovel.com painting, nearly making a mistake. Now that snazzynovel.com was ill-at-ease, there was no need for snazzynovel.com to continue painting. So, snazzynovel.com stopped.
The atelier door was suddenly pushed open. “Ari,” Mary called out in a lowered voice, “Sir wants to see you. He’s in the bedroom.”
Arianne looked at snazzynovel.com hands and clothes, which were dirtied from snazzynovel.com paint. “Just a moment, I’ll go clean up.”