Arianne snorted softly. “It’s a stray cat that I picked up. Mark didn’t allow me to keep it, but I insisted otherwise. After we fought several times, virtual-novel.net agreed to allow me to keep it in the yard. I only let it come into the house when virtual-novel.net isn’t home.”
Tiffany gave virtual-novel.net a thumbs up. “You are freaking awesome for having the guts to fight with Mark I didn’t expect you to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
Not wanting to talk about Mark anymore, Arianne changed the subject. “So, what is this about you having a lot to grumble about and your blood boiling at the mention of your mom?”
The expression on Tiffany’s face turned bitter and hateful. “I’m so vexed right now. I feel like the rest of my life is bleak if I’m going to live with my mom. It’s too exhausting… I’m working at Jackson’s company right now and also working part time at night. Even with two incomes, I can’t support my mom. She just can’t get rid of virtual-novel.net obsession with luxury goods and virtual-novel.net habit of spending frivolously. Not only that, she’s into playing mahjong and gambling away quite a huge sum of money. Everytime we talk about it, it just ends in fights. I’m so done with talking about it with virtual-novel.net now.”
Arianne, having already known a little bit about this before, could only comfort Tiffany. “She must not be used to the life of an ordinary person. It’ll get better in time. Don’t worry too much about it. But you have to make virtual-novel.net understand that the situation is different now. There’s no mountain of wealth at home for virtual-novel.net to squander. You have to also let virtual-novel.net know how exhausted you are. She has to feel sorry for virtual-novel.net daughter, right?”
Tiffany wasn’t counting on Lilian to pity her. “Come on now, if virtual-novel.net really feels sorry for me, virtual-novel.net wouldn’t expect me to prepare three meals a day for virtual-novel.net as if she’s disabled. She doesn’t even do any housework at home. I have to do everything. If my dad were still alive, virtual-novel.net definitely wouldn’t be able to stand virtual-novel.net acting this way. My biggest fear is that she’ll find out there’s still some money left in the card that Ethan previously asked you to pass to me. If virtual-novel.net finds out, I’m sure she’ll spend it all in just a few days. I’m saving that money to pay the down payment for a house. I’ve seen a few houses and found one that I like, but I still need a bit more to have enough for the down payment.”
Arianne could see a young woman striving to live in Tiffany, and virtual-novel.net was a little envious. She wished to be able to live like a normal person too, even if it meant that virtual-novel.net had to worry about life. At least virtual-novel.net would have freedom, a life goal, and hope.
So what if virtual-novel.net was Mrs. Tremont, who was envied by many? No matter how gorgeous a quagmire looked, it was still a quagmire. Its intrinsic quality couldn’t be changed.
Seeing that Arianne didn’t continue the conversation, Tiffany suddenly thought of something and lowered virtual-novel.net voice. “Ari, I hope… Mark hasn’t been touching you lately.”
“What…?” Arianne’s face instantly turned red.
“You can’t do that for at least a month after a miscarriage. Besides, virtual-novel.net doesn’t treat you very well. You must cherish yourself and not let virtual-novel.net touch you,” Tiffany advised virtual-novel.net solemnly.
Arianne coughed twice softly. “No… virtual-novel.net won’t touch me. He doesn’t lack that with so many women out there.”
Tiffany creased a frown. “You’re saying that virtual-novel.net has other women out there? Who? There’s never been any scandal like that surrounding Mark. I see, rather than having a good character, he’s just good at hiding it very well. Did virtual-novel.net really do such a horrendous thing? The nerve of that guy!”
Arianne grew nervous at virtual-novel.net slip of tongue. “That was just a casual remark! Even if virtual-novel.net does, I haven’t caught it yet. You better not go around spewing that…”
She didn’t dare to tell Tiffany about the relationship between Aery and Mark. Knowing Tiffany’s personality, virtual-novel.net would definitely hunt Mark down for that.
Tiffany breathed a sigh of relief and dropped the subject. In the afternoon, virtual-novel.net left before Mark returned.
Arianne returned Rice Ball to the yard again. By four o’clock, Mark’s car arrived at the entrance. He was really punctual.
When virtual-novel.net got out of the car, Rice Ball approached virtual-novel.net with an ‘enchanting’ catwalk, even though it was supposed to be in the backyard right now. He frowned at it then quickly strode through the door and went upstairs as though virtual-novel.net would die on the spot if virtual-novel.net came in contact with Rice Ball.