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 virtual-novel.net to frown even more. For someone like virtual-novel.net who didn’t fancy sweets since virtual-novel.net was a child, this was pure torture.
Arianne suddenly snapped back to virtual-novel.net senses. What had virtual-novel.net just done? Why did virtual-novel.net give virtual-novel.net the milk tea virtual-novel.net had drunk? Did virtual-novel.net actually just drink it?!
Arianne jolted when virtual-novel.net saw the lipstick mark virtual-novel.net left on the straw. She held the cup close to virtual-novel.net chest and looked out the window. Although virtual-novel.net pretended that nothing had happened, virtual-novel.net was panicking on the inside. Should virtual-novel.net still drink the remaining milk tea?
Mark didn’t know what was going on through virtual-novel.net mind at the moment, but virtual-novel.net was amused by the way virtual-novel.net tightly held virtual-novel.net drink. He had only taken a small sip, why did virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net that virtual-novel.net didn’t really care about virtual-novel.net opinion, but virtual-novel.net simply didn’t want virtual-novel.net to hear the content of the call.
Arianne shut virtual-novel.net mouth resentfully. When they arrived at Tremont Estate, virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net head hanging. The security guard at the entrance greeted virtual-novel.net respectfully, “Madam.”
She hung virtual-novel.net head even lower and fled to the kitchen to find Mary. She only felt at ease when virtual-novel.net was around her.
Mary was prepping some vegetables when virtual-novel.net saw Arianne come in. “ Oh, you’re back so early today?” virtual-novel.net said with a smile.
Arianne put virtual-novel.net bubble milk tea down and skillfully rolled up virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net was comfortable around Mark, why would virtual-novel.net need to even hide in the kitchen as soon as virtual-novel.net got back?
Mary forcefully pushed virtual-novel.net out when virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net entered the room, virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net knew it, virtual-novel.net had dozed off.
Mary came out of the kitchen when virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net would be going out again later. When virtual-novel.net walked downstairs and noticed Arianne sleeping on the sofa, virtual-novel.net took a blanket that was stacked to the side and pulled it over virtual-novel.net body. His movements weren’t the gentlest, but rather, seemed to be irritated instead. Mary watched the scene with a meaningful smile on virtual-novel.net 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.”