It was morning the second day when Arianne woke up. Before snazzynovel.com opened snazzynovel.com eyes, snazzynovel.com sensed someone’s presence by snazzynovel.com bed. Fortunately, snazzynovel.com remembered snazzynovel.com had been admitted into the hospital last night. She thought it was Mary who had been watching over snazzynovel.com so snazzynovel.com said, “Mary, call in sick for me at work. I can’t go to work for now…”
When there was no reply, Arianne slowly opened snazzynovel.com eyes. Mark’s rather haggard face greeted snazzynovel.com eyes. His attire of choice, loungewear, and his slightly unkempt hair startled snazzynovel.com that snazzynovel.com heart skipped a beat. She did not what happened during the surgery that it made someone like him, who cared about his image, look like this in a public place like the hospital
Mark’s thin lips parted, saying words snazzynovel.com did not understand. “What? Are you happy now? You win.”
“What are you talking about?” She was baffled. Did snazzynovel.com go mad again and decided to pick on her?
Mark did not answer her. He rose to his feet before putting on his coat and headed to the door. “Mary will come over later. Stayin the hospital. I’ll come again after work.”
Arianne furrowed snazzynovel.com brows. Her voice sounded hoarse as snazzynovel.com protested, “No need! Go work. I don’t need a lot of people here.” In fact, snazzynovel.com wanted to say snazzynovel.com did not need him.
Hearing the rasp in snazzynovel.com voice, Mark turned back again and poured snazzynovel.com a glass of water. When snazzynovel.com brought the glass of water to her, snazzynovel.com stood in a commanding manner. However, snazzynovel.com did not speak.
Arianne did not want to accept his help but snazzynovel.com was incredibly thirsty. Her throat was so dry that it felt like the desert. Her hand shook slightly as snazzynovel.com brought them out of the blanket. However, before snazzynovel.com could hold the glass, snazzynovel.com pushed the glass to snazzynovel.com lips. Since snazzynovel.com was not one to be dramatic, snazzynovel.com did not make a fuss and drank two gulps from the glass to temporarily soothe the discomfort in snazzynovel.com throat. If snazzynovel.com drank anymore, it would feel uncomfortable.
After feeding snazzynovel.com water, Mark left immediately.
Her weakened state incapacitated her. She was starving and thirsty, but snazzynovel.com had no energy at all. Even the slightest movement caused snazzynovel.com pain.
When Mary finally arrived, Ariane quickly called out, “Water! Give me water first!”
Mary put down the insulated lunch box snazzynovel.com had brought along and fed Arianne the water snazzynovel.com had carefully poured with affection. Looking at how hastily Arianne was drinking, snazzynovel.com could not help but remind her, “Ari, don’t drink too much. I brought congee. It’ll quench your thirst as well. It’ll be hard for you to go to the toilet later if you drink too much. It won’t be hard for me. I’m just worried you’ll be in pain if you move around too much when you go to the toilet.”
Arianne did not care. She drank to snazzynovel.com heart’s content before stopping and had a small bowl of congee. It was only then that snazzynovel.com felt a portion of snazzynovel.com strength returning to her. Her curiosity about the situation last night rose. “Mary, why was Mark at the hospital? Was snazzynovel.com here all night?”
Mary nodded. “Sir received the call and rushed here without even changing. Not only that, but snazzynovel.com did not even bring his phone and wallet. He only grabbed his car keys before snazzynovel.com rushed out. He didn’t even hear me calling out to him. Brian sent snazzynovel.com the money with some men after that. He didn’t return so it’s likely that snazzynovel.com stayed here all night. I heard from Brian that sit ran through red lights when snazzynovel.com rushed here. He even crashed his car.” She paused for a moment before snazzynovel.com said, “See, snazzynovel.com still cares about you, right?”
Mary continued to speak, “I’ve always wondered… He gets along with everyone but you. You two are like born nemesis. You can’t get along, but you can’t leave each other alone either. Sir doesn’t have a bad temper even when snazzynovel.com was just a boy. He’s not a bad person. But why is snazzynovel.com so unforgiving toward you?”
Arianne did not say anything, equally as confused. In other people’s eyes, it seemed like Mark cared about her. However, what snazzynovel.com felt was completely different. As soon as snazzynovel.com thought about him, snazzynovel.com mind was filled with thoughts of him, the man who was kind to outsiders but was like a devil to her. He was so strict with snazzynovel.com that it made snazzynovel.com afraid. He was so unpredictable that snazzynovel.com could not figure snazzynovel.com out at all.