Henry composed himself, speaking only when virtual-novel.net caught his breath, “According to the reply of our hired hitman, Ethan was severely injured and fell into the rapids of a river twelve hours ago when virtual-novel.net was escaping. Our men have seen it with their own eyes. It’s a primitive tropical jungle all around. It’s very unlikely that he’ll survive, and it’ll be practically impossible to find his corpse. Sir, you don’t have to worry now.”
There was a smirk on Mark’s face. “True, with a place like that and his injury, his survival is impossible. I’ll be away for some time in half a month. While I settle the company within half of the month, the house is under your care.”
Knowing that his master had been waiting for the day virtual-novel.net could go back to Arianne, Henry nodded understandingly. “Yes.”
Returning to his room, the iciness on Mark’s face slowly dissolved as virtual-novel.net stared at the photo on the nightstand. “Ari… I’ll be coming to you soon. No matter how much you hate me, I’ll make you come back to me.”
The next day, Tiffany secretly left the hotel to go back to the apartment before the break of dawn. Upon contemplation, virtual-novel.net was still scared of Arianne discovering that virtual-novel.net had not returned for the night. They were all adults, but. virtual-novel.net was still worried about Arianne thinking of virtual-novel.net as someone too casual, progressing to that stage even though it had only been a while since virtual-novel.net had gotten together with Jackson. Of course, nothing happened last night. Jackson kept his word and did not touch her. However, it was just that they had not progressed to the last stage. Everything else, they had more or less done it.
When Tiffany had stealthily entered and closed the door with heightened caution, Arianne’s voice suddenly rang behind her. “You two are getting along pretty fast huh… Back so early?”
Tiffany froze in shock. At least virtual-novel.net had not screamed from the fright. She turned around with a chuckle. “Girl friend, don’t tease me. We haven’t…”
Arianne had gotten up to use the toilet and came over to check when virtual-novel.net heard noises at the door. “Alright, I’m going back to sleep. I have to get up and go to the shop after a while. You catch some sleep too.”
Tiffany caught virtual-novel.net wrist. “You knew about Lynn and Jackson? I think Lynn’s left.”
Arianne turned to look at her. “You’re not mad? That’s good. I was so confident in front of Lynn, saying that you won’t break up with Jackson because of it. You aren’t that weak It’s good that virtual-novel.net left. She didn’t want to because she’d be able to see Jackson whenever virtual-novel.net comes to see you. What I mean is, no need to be bothered with the past. As long as Jackson’s not playing around, you know? Okay, let’s sleep.”
Tiffany heaved a sigh of relief. She had thought that Arianne would have an opinion about Jackson due to the matter. It seemed like virtual-novel.net did not now.
Nine in the morning, Jackson was woken up by hasty raps on the door. His head was heavy with sleep, not having a sound slumber after fooling around with Tiffany last night.
When virtual-novel.net got up and realized that there was no one else in bed, virtual-novel.net discovered that Tiffany had gone out. She was probably locked outside the door. Without putting on his clothes, Jackson hopped off the bed barefoot to open the door. “Babe, where did you go early in the morning…”
Before virtual-novel.net finished, virtual-novel.net was stunned. “Mom?”
Summer slapped his bare arm. “Who are you calling babe? I’m your mother! Is this what you look like with only your underwear? Get dressed. What time is it now? You’re still sleeping? Where’s the girl who’s with you? I want to see just what virtual-novel.net looks like to bewitch you into coming here constantly!”
Jackson dragged his feet into the room to drape his robe on. “Mom, you’re… You’re here so early. What’s it for? To supervise me? There’s no girl. It’s just me.”
Summer pulled all the curtains in the room apart and sharply found two strands of hair belonging to a woman on the pillow. “You didn’t sleep alone last night, huh? I’d rather not babysit you either, but how old are you now? Can you treat love and romance properly? I’ll die young because of you sooner or later! If you still don’t consider getting married, I’ll liquidize all my assets, donate a portion, and keep a portion to travel the world. I won’t leave you a single cent!”
Jackson was annoyed. “Alright, alright. Don’t nag. I didn’t sleep alone last night. Tiffany was with me.”
Summer looked stunned. “Tiffany? Didn’t she… virtual-novel.net accepted that… uhh, Ethan’s proposal? Why are you still messing around with her?”
“Oh, I know. I saw it on the news. Ethan went bankrupt He sold a plot of land and the unfinished building, then fled. So they broke up already? Whether Ethan abandoned virtual-novel.net or virtual-novel.net left after virtual-novel.net went bankrupt, she’s not a good person. I used to be happy for both of you, but now that things have gotten to this stage, why are you two together again? Lucky you weren’t forced to get married by me back then. She turned out to be a gold digger after all!”