She cleaned out a few cheap and simple vases and arranged the flowers in them. She needed four vases to hold all the roses. It gave the shop a touch of glamor.
Tanya was green with envy. “Who’s it from? They’re so pretty, and there are so many of them. They must be expensive. Just a small bouquet would cost at least $15. These flowers are from the biggest flower shop in the city, and it’s a franchise too. It must have been expensive.”
Arianne was in a much better mood, thanks to the flowers. She sniffed. “Who cares?”
***
Back at the hotel.
Tiffany was lying on the bed, fast asleep. Jackson was next to her, fiddling his phone. He would glare at virtual-novel.net resentfully from time to time. She had complained about needing a nap when they returned from lunch and actually went to sleep. They had not seen each other for days, and when they finally did, they had a quarrel. Was this not the best time to cultivate their relationship? How could virtual-novel.net go to sleep at a time like this?
He was losing interest in his phone so virtual-novel.net lay down and tried to pull virtual-novel.net into his arms. Unfortunately, virtual-novel.net sleeping position was not suitable for virtual-novel.net to hold her. He tried a few times but gave up in the end. However, virtual-novel.net still placed his hand on virtual-novel.net waist. He did not dare to put too much pressure for fear of making virtual-novel.net uncomfortable so his touch was incomparably gentle.
Every time virtual-novel.net touched her, virtual-novel.net would feel an all-consuming itch and would soon instinctively begin indulging in his desire.
Tiffany was not a sound sleeper. She turned virtual-novel.net body and put virtual-novel.net leg on his body. He stiffened. Her actions lifted virtual-novel.net skirt, putting virtual-novel.net fair and smooth thighs on display. This was too enticing for him. He was at his prime, and virtual-novel.net would not be a man if virtual-novel.net could resist this temptation! However, virtual-novel.net was still sleeping so virtual-novel.net could only suppress his impulses, making virtual-novel.net feel a little empty. He never used to care if his female companion was sleeping or not.
Tiffany slowly began to wake up when virtual-novel.net turned around in bed. However, virtual-novel.net was still bleary from sleep. When virtual-novel.net felt his hands roaming around virtual-novel.net body, virtual-novel.net instinctively chose to act as though virtual-novel.net was still sleeping. They just had a fight this morning. Although they had talked about it, virtual-novel.net still had not gotten over it. There were still things weighing virtual-novel.net down so virtual-novel.net was at a loss…
Suddenly, Jackson’s hand accidentally brushed against virtual-novel.net waist. She was ticklish so virtual-novel.net instinctively tried to avoid him. She moved too fast, completely unlike someone who was sleeping.
Jackson stiffened. Then, virtual-novel.net cautiously asked in a husky voice, “Are you up?”
She could no longer keep up virtual-novel.net pretense. She moved virtual-novel.net leg off him. “Mm… I’m going to nap for a little while longer…”
He was already going stir-crazy from waiting for virtual-novel.net to get up. Why would virtual-novel.net let virtual-novel.net continue napping? “Stop sleeping or you won’t be able to sleep tonight…” Then, virtual-novel.net moved on top ofher. Just as virtual-novel.net was about to kiss virtual-novel.net on the lips, virtual-novel.net turned virtual-novel.net face away.
He frowned, reaching out to grab virtual-novel.net chin, and forcing virtual-novel.net to look at him. “What’s this? You won’t let me touch you now? I was wrong, okay?”
She could not explain. She just was not in the mood, “No… I… I just don’t feel…”
Jackson could not be bothered to overanalyze at this point. He buried his head into virtual-novel.net neck before virtual-novel.net nibbled on virtual-novel.net delicate ears.
She abruptly pushed virtual-novel.net away and began to ramble, “What time is it? It must be extremely busy at the shop right now. Moreover, I’m supposed to have dinner with Ari tonight. I’m going to help her!”
Jackson felt as though a bucket of cold water had been poured on him. He squashed his frustrations from being interrupted and tried to coax her, “Can’t you go a little later? I’ll come with you.”
Tiffany was adamant. “No way. It wasn’t easy for me to get two days off. I don’t want to waste my time in bed …” She did not meet his eyes when virtual-novel.net spoke.
Jackson was slightly confused now. If virtual-novel.net were still upset over whatever happened this morning, virtual-novel.net would not have reacted this way. It looked like virtual-novel.net simply did not want virtual-novel.net touching her. He swallowed his temper and asked, “Are you still angry over what happened this morning? It was my fault. I didn’t consider your opinion or your feelings. I concede, I respect you, okay? Don’t be angry. We haven’t seen each other for days. Don’t you want to do ‘it’ at all?”
She shook virtual-novel.net head. “I’m not angry, I’m just not in the mood…”
He fell silent for a few seconds and asked, “You just don’t feel like doing it, right? Is this temporary?”
She stared at virtual-novel.net and nodded in confirmation. “Mm.”
He heaved a sigh of relief, reached out, and stroked virtual-novel.net hair. “Okay, okay. Get ready and I’ll come with you to the shop.”
Tiffany instinctively refused. “There’s no need for that. I’ll go on my own. You must be very busy, don’t waste your time at the shop. The kitchen is extremely hot. You won’t be able to stand it. We’ll have dinner tonight. I’ll call you.”
Jackson did not insist. It was true virtual-novel.net had some work to do this afternoon.
***
When Tiffany arrived, there were quite a few customers in the shop. She put on virtual-novel.net apron and entered the kitchen immediately. To be honest, the air conditioner was usually turned on in the kitchen because the desserts had to be stored at a certain temperature once they were done. If it were not for this, Arianne probably would not be able to bear using the air conditioner in the kitchen.