Arianne was at a loss. “What should I do? Should I call Tiffie over and tell virtual-novel.net the truth now? Would it be too cruel to do that?”
Mark was rendered speechless by Arianne and laughed out of anger. “You’re right, it’s indeed very cruel. Why don’t you just let virtual-novel.net fall hopelessly in love with Ethan and pretend you know nothing until Ethan dumps virtual-novel.net after getting the land? Or maybe wait until virtual-novel.net discovers the truth about Ethan after they’re married? Don’t you think that’d be even crueler? If that incident didn’t happen, the Lane family would still be very well off today, and John Lane wouldn’t have died so early.”
Arianne understood that Mark was telling virtual-novel.net that this was the best. time to tell Tiffany, but virtual-novel.net just could not bring herself to do it. She could not bear to see the disappointment and despair on Tiffany’s face when virtual-novel.net discovered the truth. “I… I don’t dare to tell her… Tiffie will definitely lose virtual-novel.net mind.”
Mark pressed his lips and nodded. “Yes, she’ll definitely lose virtual-novel.net mind. However, it’ll be even worse if you let things progress like this. There are people waiting for me in the conference room, I have to leave now. You can stay here for the time being.”
It was only at this moment that Arianne realized virtual-novel.net had called virtual-novel.net out in the middle of a meeting. She was panicking that virtual-novel.net completely forgot that Mark was in the midst of work. She was wrong in this regard. “Go ahead then, I’m sorry for causing you trouble.”
He quickly left the office without saying anything.
The meeting ended after more than an hour. By the time Mark returned to the office, Arianne was still there, still hesitating with virtual-novel.net phone in hand.
Upon seeing this, Mark felt an impending headache. “You have no problem being ruthless to me. Why don’t you put it to good use now?”
She looked at virtual-novel.net blankly. “When was I ever… ruthless to you?”
He said nothing but just took out a cigarette. Instead of lighting it, virtual-novel.net just brought it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it before playing with it between his fingers. That was right, Arianne was always so indecisive when it comes to everyone except him. He had experienced virtual-novel.net ruthlessness, and yet, virtual-novel.net did not seem to be aware of it.
After pondering for a while, Arianne said tentatively, “Can… you… I mean, since you’ve helped me… Can’t you just help me all the way? Since you’ve already uncovered the truth, is there a way you can prevent Ethan from getting back together with Tiffie without virtual-novel.net knowing the truth?”
Mark looked slightly even more manly with an unlit cigarette in his mouth. “Yes, I can kill Ethan Connor.”
Arianne knew virtual-novel.net was joking and would not really do that. “I’m being serious here… I guess we don’t have much choice. Poor Tiffie, virtual-novel.net has to go through so much.”
Mark fell silent for a moment. “Ask Tiffany’s mother to find the land certificate, then, buy it off her.”
Arianne’s eyes suddenly lit up, “That’s right! As long as we buy the land, Ethan won’t be able to do anything but give up on the unfinished building. There’s no way virtual-novel.net would ask you to renew the contract. With that, Tiffie will no longer be of use to him.”
Mark pondered for a few seconds, then, shook his head. “Something’s not right. If Ethan really wants that piece of land, he’s totally capable of sending someone to find Lillian and buy the land from her. There’s no need for virtual-novel.net to get involved with his ex-girlfriend and risk failing since virtual-novel.net was the one who dumped virtual-novel.net back then. Not only that, but it’s also a very time-consuming approach. The time virtual-novel.net wastes is enough to allow me to purchase the land before him. Could it be that he’s short of money? Lillian must have known by now that the land’s value is rising so virtual-novel.net would definitely not sell it or lease it out at a low price.”
Mark’s words made Arianne nervous again. “What do you mean?”
Mark shook his head. “I’m not sure. If Ethan is really approaching Tiffany because virtual-novel.net has no money to buy the land, then, virtual-novel.net should know that I’ll definitely sabotage his plans by buying the land first. If this is the case, then, why did virtual-novel.net still choose to use such a time-consuming and stupid approach? This isn’t the Ethan I know, unless his main objective is approaching Tiffany and the land is only optional to him. There’s also another possibility that he’s taking the gamble of getting Tiffany wrapped around his finger before I make any move.”
No matter how virtual-novel.net looked at it, the latter was the more likely scenario. After all, how could a person with such a clear objective prioritize love? If Ethan had truly liked Tiffany, virtual-novel.net would not have ruined virtual-novel.net family. Hence, the only possibility was that virtual-novel.net was taking a gamble!
Arianne grew even more nervous. “Then what do we do? What’s virtual-novel.net planning to do to Tiffie?”
Her pitiful appearance when worrying about others reminded Mark of a medical research that a pregnancy could cause a reduction in gray matter in the brain. How could virtual-novel.net not understand such a simple thing? He glanced at the door to ensure that no one was going to come in before virtual-novel.net said in a lowered voice, “What do you think a man would do to a woman that virtual-novel.net intends to get?”
If Arianne still could not get it after virtual-novel.net had made it this clear, then, virtual-novel.net was really a fool. Thankfully, virtual-novel.net instantly blushed and lowered virtual-novel.net head, not daring to meet his gaze.
He was very satisfied with virtual-novel.net reaction. “Don’t be so narrow-minded in an open-minded world. Sex is not the end-all and be-all of everything. If virtual-novel.net intends to get Tiffany pregnant, he’ll still need at least one or two months if he’s extremely lucky. Although a gunshot wedding is a rather crazy move, someone like Ethan will definitely be able to bring himself to do it. After all, the land and unfinished building would bring virtual-novel.net endless benefits. He’s trying so hard to be a rising star just to fight with me. But virtual-novel.net has neither the money nor the confidence. How can virtual-novel.net possibly fight with me?”