His greatest saving grace? This was virtual-novel.net first time seeing virtual-novel.net display such immense guilt over all of his mistakes in the past. She felt compelled to hold him.
She gazed at Aristotle, who was still full of energy, and suggested, “Maybe… We can try handing Aristotle over to Mary? He’s not sleepy yet, so virtual-novel.net probably won’t fuss.”
It took Mark a while before virtual-novel.net understood what Arianne meant. Usually, virtual-novel.net would have to force that little third wheel away. Today, it was a rare sight for virtual-novel.net to take the initiative. Of course, virtual-novel.net was happy. “Okay. Take him. I’ll wait for you in the bedroom.”
Arianne blushed as virtual-novel.net carried Aristotle away. She found Mary and tried virtual-novel.net best to look as normal as possibly. She tried virtual-novel.net best to regulate virtual-novel.net breathing. “Mary, could you take care of Smore for now? I’ll take virtual-novel.net to bed later.”
Mary happily accepted Aristotle into virtual-novel.net arms. “Sure. It’s fine. Come over for virtual-novel.net later. He’s not sleepy yet, so I’ll take virtual-novel.net for a walk around the garden. He’ll get sick too easily if he’s always cooped up at home.”
Arianne nodded, turned around, and headed upstairs. She guiltily locked the door when virtual-novel.net entered the room. Mark saw this and chuckled. “Who are you so afraid of? No one will come in when I’m home. Don’t worry.”
She stared coyly at Mark, who was on the bed. “It just doesn’t feel right to leave Smore like that…”
He knew that virtual-novel.net would feel conflicted. “He sleeps with us every night anyway. Why are you worried? We need time to ourselves too, don’t we? We’ve gone through so much in the past that we haven’t had any proper time to ourselves, and we haven’t been able to spend any time together after virtual-novel.net was born. Half of our lives are squandered. Come here.”
Arianne took a deep breath and relaxed. She walked to virtual-novel.net and sat on his lap, just like how virtual-novel.net used to when virtual-novel.net was a child. He looked the same as ever. The only difference was, virtual-novel.net wasn’t small enough to curl into his chest like virtual-novel.net used to.
She reached out and wrapped virtual-novel.net arms around his neck then laid a chaste kiss on his lips. She tried to deepen it, like how virtual-novel.net usually did with her, but to no avail. She wasn’t skilled enough or bold enough.
Mark allowed virtual-novel.net to take the reins at first but lost his patience after all of virtual-novel.net dawdling. He smoothly circled his arm around virtual-novel.net waist then toppled virtual-novel.net over and trapped virtual-novel.net underneath his body. “Let me teach you.”
His hot, passionate kiss ignited fireworks, bursting from within their beings. Arianne awkwardly helped virtual-novel.net remove his clothes. Her heart trembled as virtual-novel.net stared at his firm, naked body.
They looked into each other’s eyes, and virtual-novel.net vision went blurry, virtual-novel.net cheeks flushed. “You look so beautiful, right now…” He surrendered completely.
She looked away awkwardly. He rarely talked in bed, virtual-novel.net couldn’t take this…
Just as things were beginning to heat up, Mark’s phone rang. The sudden noise was loud and sharp, killing the mood between them. “You should probably answer that,” Arianne said shyly. “For someone to call you at a time like this, it’s probably important.”
Mark got up irritably, snatched up his phone and walked towards the French windows. “Hello?”
Arianne didn’t know who called or what they said. She simply saw the expression on Mark’s face turn from impatient to stern, then ashen… She realized that something huge had happened. She pulled on virtual-novel.net clothes and waited for virtual-novel.net to explain. Mark fell silent for a long time before ending the call. “I need to go out for awhile. Stay home and watch Aristotle.”