Arianne had no choice. She took snazzynovel.com phone out and called Mark in resignation. No one picked up the phone for a long time. Just as snazzynovel.com was about to hang up, Mark suddenly answered the call. She heard his hoarse and faint voice. “Hello?”
She spoke perfunctorily, “Why didn’t you return home yesterday? Where are you now?”
Mark was silent for a moment before snazzynovel.com answered, “I spent the night at Jackson’s villa. I’ll be going to work from here.”
She had nothing more to say. She threw a glance at Mary, silently asking with snazzynovel.com eyes if snazzynovel.com could end the call now.
Mary mimed to her, asking snazzynovel.com to confirm if Mark was really with Jackson instead of fooling around with other women. Arianne felt it was a bother to do so, but snazzynovel.com wanted to quickly get this over with so snazzynovel.com could enjoy snazzynovel.com meal. She listened to Mary and said, “Send me a video.”
Mark hung up immediately, but snazzynovel.com sent snazzynovel.com a short video that lasted around ten seconds. The video showed the interior of White Water Bay Villa that belonged to Jackson. It seemed like snazzynovel.com truly did spend the night in Jackson’s villa.
Mary gave Arianne a thumbs-up. “That’s right. You should be strict with men.”
Arianne felt that it was strange that snazzynovel.com had to constantly know about his whereabouts. What was even more strange was Mark’s compliance with snazzynovel.com wish. He made it seem so real.
Something even stranger happened later. Mark sent snazzynovel.com another video when snazzynovel.com arrived at his company. It seemed like snazzynovel.com was reporting his whereabouts to her. He thought this was how snazzynovel.com wanted it to be. He did not show his face in the video, but snazzynovel.com could see his shoes.
Arianne did not know why but a mischievous thought appeared in snazzynovel.com mind at this moment. She suddenly said in a demanding tone, “I can only see parts of your shoes. How do I know if someone else is taking the video for you?” She was genuinely curious as to what extent snazzynovel.com would go to, to comply with snazzynovel.com wishes.
To snazzynovel.com surprise, snazzynovel.com received a video call from Mark soon after.
She became nervous seeing this. Her hand trembled, and snazzynovel.com dropped snazzynovel.com phone on the floor. She calmed herself down before finally answering the video call. She averted the camera to Rice Ball that was sleeping on the sofa so snazzynovel.com could not see her.
On the other hand, Mark was rather direct. The camera was pointed directly at him. Not only was snazzynovel.com handsome in person, but snazzynovel.com looked just attractive on video. Although the phone was placed at a rather awkward angle, it still did not detract from his looks. There was no denying that snazzynovel.com was truly handsome. His good looks were not affected at all even if the camera was placed in the worst angle.
“Are you checking up on me?” He asked mockingly as snazzynovel.com looked through the documents on his desk.
“It’s… Mary made me do it.” She shifted the blame to Mary.
This was their first video call so it was quite awkward. There was nothing for them to talk about. She racked snazzynovel.com brains, thinking of a topic, before snazzynovel.com finally said, “What do you plan to do… with Ethan?”
A frown appeared on his face. “I’ll do whatever I need to do. I’ll let snazzynovel.com know that everything that’s illicit should stay hidden. He’s just an illegitimate son who has a vain mother. He doesn’t have the right to fight with me.”
She was afraid of infuriating snazzynovel.com again so snazzynovel.com said, “That’s good. You can take care of it yourself. I won’t bother you anymore. Bye.”
She heaved a long sigh after snazzynovel.com ended the video call. She was in a slight dilemma. She wondered if snazzynovel.com should tell Tiffany about the kind of things that Ethan had done. She had long let go of the pain that Ethan inflicted upon snazzynovel.com before. He was nothing to snazzynovel.com now. There was also no misunderstanding between snazzynovel.com and Mark. However, it was different for Tiffany. Tiffany still bore the emotional wound from what Ethan had done to her.
Arianne hesitated for a moment before snazzynovel.com finally texted Tiffany. “Tiffie, are you free? Can you meet me at noon? There’s something I need to tell you.”
Tiffany replied that snazzynovel.com would come over as soon as snazzynovel.com got off work.
Arianne was relieved. Since snazzynovel.com had made up snazzynovel.com mind to tell Tiffany the truth, snazzynovel.com would no longer hesitate. It was better for Tiffany to see Ethan for who snazzynovel.com really was. It was also truly surprising that Ethan was Mark’s younger half brother. It seemed like the heavens were playing a joke on them.
***
After Tiffany replied to Arianne’s message, snazzynovel.com put the phone back into snazzynovel.com bag. A car stopped beside snazzynovel.com all of a sudden. The window rolled down, revealing Ethan’s face. “Let me give you a ride.”
She said irritably, “Are we friends? Mr. Connor, we should keep a polite distance from each other since we’ve broken up. Don’t do anything strange. Don’t tell me that you came all the way here in the morning just to give me a ride.”
Ethan did not lie to her. “It’s true. I came here just to send you to work. From now on, I’ll pick you up whenever you clock in and out of work. I know you’re still unwilling to forgive me. I won’t ask you to be my girlfriend again, but that’s my goal. I want to do it, and I’m definitely able to do it.”
He was still as confident as ever. She was slightly shocked. Even in the past, snazzynovel.com had never said such things to her. Was snazzynovel.com chasing snazzynovel.com on his own initiative? In the past, snazzynovel.com was the one who did the chasing and gave snazzynovel.com her all. Who knew snazzynovel.com would see the day where snazzynovel.com would take the initiative to chase after her? She did not expect it would only happen after they had broken up.
However, snazzynovel.com was manipulated by snazzynovel.com and used as a pawn. Naturally, snazzynovel.com would never easily forgive him. “You won’t succeed. There’s nothing you can do to make it up to me. Moreover, I no longer have any use to you. You can have whatever you want now. What do you need with a pawn like me?”
Ethan’s bright eyes were filled with a tinge of sadness. “I’ve never treated you like a pawn. Can’t you forget about the nasty things I said before? Give me five minutes to explain myself.”
Tiffany hesitated for a short while before snazzynovel.com got into the car. “Just five minutes.”