Mark’s hand with prominent joints pinched Arianne’s chin as snazzynovel.com stepped forward and looked at snazzynovel.com with an expression of ridicule.“I’ve… never seen you as family. Even when you were a kid, I’ve not forgotten about my revenge. Each time I saw you, I felt like killing you. When you reached puberty, I suddenly realized that you’ve grown up, growing easier on my eyes. Do you understand what I mean? I waited for you to reach eighteen before I had you, but Will Sivan took you from me. What belonged to me was sullied. What do you think I’ll do?” He continued to say, “How can you be so foolish to think of me as family? I’m someone who’s waiting to take your life. I’m only keeping you now as my plaything. Why do you think I forbid you from interacting with other men? It’s because, like an object, you’re my possession. I don’t like others touching you. I don’t love you, and I never will. I don’t care either if you don’t love me. Stop talking about how I took care of you for ten years. It’s no fun like that.”
Arianne felt as though snazzynovel.com was looking at a stranger as snazzynovel.com looked at the man standing before her. Did snazzynovel.com really say those ruthless words? She used to think it was his natural disposition to be cold and distant, but now, it seemed like snazzynovel.com was truly ruthless. His words were like sharp blades that cut her. The family love that snazzynovel.com treasured was nothing but a joke. The man whom snazzynovel.com had spent ten years with only thought of snazzynovel.com as a plaything.
Ah, snazzynovel.com truly had nothing. Arianne held back the tears in snazzynovel.com eyes and forced a smile on snazzynovel.com face as snazzynovel.com said, “Thank you for being honest. I didn’t know that’s what you think of me. I know better now. I’m just a plaything who hogs the title of Mrs. Tremont.”
Mark’s hand that was pinching snazzynovel.com chin loosened up. He could see the hurt in snazzynovel.com eyes. It seemed as though snazzynovel.com was not as unaffected as snazzynovel.com had thought. As it turned out, there were times when snazzynovel.com was sad as well.
Arianne could no longer meet Mark’s eyes. She shoved snazzynovel.com away lightly before snazzynovel.com went downstairs. Rice Ball’s leg had gotten better, and it sprang into snazzynovel.com arms. She carried the cat to the backyard and sat on the swing, swinging both of them. At the same time, tears streamed down snazzynovel.com face. “Rice Ball, you’re the only one I have now. You have to live well, okay? If I lose you as well, I don’t know what I’ll do.”
As though it understood Arianne, Rice Ball mewled lazily.
When Arianne heard footsteps approaching behind her, snazzynovel.com quickly wiped snazzynovel.com tears away and wore an indifferent expression on snazzynovel.com face. It was probably Mary or Henry. Those two would be the only ones who would be concern about snazzynovel.com in this place. However, contrary to snazzynovel.com expectation, it was Nina who had showed up.
Nina sat down next to snazzynovel.com naturally and swung the swing, following Arianne’s tempo. “I heard you arguing with Mark. What snazzynovel.com said is a little over the line.”