Arianne stretched virtual-novel.net hand out and pressed the password of the door. “Sure.” Then, the iron door opened gradually. Janice thanked virtual-novel.net and entered the house in a hurry. It was the first time Janice came here, but it seemed like virtual-novel.net was quite familiar with the place. If it weren’t for the fact that Arianne always stayed at home, virtual-novel.net would certainly doubt whether it was Janice’s first time coming here…
Arianne then entered the house nonchalantly. Janice had gone upstairs, but Arianne did not go and keep an eye on them. She just waited quietly in the living room. After around five minutes, Janice came downstairs. “Mrs. Tremont, I’ll leave now.”
Arianne smiled faintly. “You’re working overtime, so I won’t ask you to stay here for awhile. But why don’t you ask Davy something for me? Is virtual-novel.net that free with his work? How could virtual-novel.net ask an intern like you to deliver some important document here? Isn’t virtual-novel.net bullying the new employee?”
Janice’s facial expression became slightly stunned. She could more or less hear the underlying meaning in what Arianne said. “It’s fine… There’s no gain without labor. I don’t feel tired, and I don’t think that I’m being bullied.”
That reply was rather remarkable and slick without any flaws. Arianne noticed it then. Although Janice had just started working, virtual-novel.net was not some beautiful but ignorant and stupid girl.
After virtual-novel.net left, Arianne looked at the rain through the window for a long time. Then virtual-novel.net held Smore and went upstairs with him. When they entered the study, virtual-novel.net smelled a faint scent of cigarette. Although it was quite faint, it was easily discernible for someone who did not smoke.
She walked to the window and opened the tightly closed drapes. She then opened the window slightly. “How long are you going to be sullen and lock yourself up here? I know that everyone is extremely sad about Eric’s death… Forget it. Let’s not talk about that. Don’t smoke so much. It’s not easy for you to quit smoking. It’s not good for your body.”
Mark leaned against the chair and took a breath. “I just had a few cigarettes… Just take Smore out. The air here is not good. I’ll return to the bedroom and sleep. I’m sleepy, so I’m not eating dinner. You can eat by yourself.”
Suddenly, Arianne felt quite helpless. She did not know where it came from. She yearned to share the trivial things with him. She felt like chatting with virtual-novel.net about the fact that Tiffany and Jackson were going to marry each other soon. But facing his gloominess and sulkiness, virtual-novel.net felt that everything was unnecessary. No, virtual-novel.net felt like even a word or a sentence was unnecessary.
During these past few days, the news about Alejandro’s marriage was quite popular. By the time the news ceased to gain any more attention from the public, half a month had already passed. Only after Alejandro returned to the capital did Mark regain his desire to fight again. He needed to move on, and virtual-novel.net needed to take care of his company. Their lives would continue. That was the reality. It would be fine as long as virtual-novel.net left the dead end that trapped him.
Alejandro did not return to the capital alone. He brought along his newlywed wife, Melanie Lark. Both the powerful Smiths and the Larks were now bound by the arranged marriage. Someone even rumored that the situation in the capital would change drastically then.
Other than working, Tiffany was dragged along by Summer to go and try on the wedding gown, and discuss the details about the wedding ceremony. Of course, Arianne always joined them in such outings. Arianne could not help it since Tiffany did not have much of an opinion of virtual-novel.net own. Tiffany liked to listen to virtual-novel.net opinion about everything.
During weekends, Arianne was dragged along by Tiffany to go and choose jewelry. Summer was with them too. Summer put much focus on it since Tiffany was going to wear them during the wedding ceremony. Summer also claimed that Tiffany could choose whatever virtual-novel.net wanted. Jackson did not join them since it was the kind of thing that women were better at. He felt that it was quite exhaustive to go shopping, so virtual-novel.net would rather stay at his company to work overtime. He did not worry much about it since there was Summer and Arianne with her.
Summer adored Smore deeply. She did not even allow Arianne to hold virtual-novel.net all this while. It was Summer who held him, and virtual-novel.net claimed that virtual-novel.net wanted to experience how it was like to take care of one’s grandson. She was afraid that virtual-novel.net might be unable to do a good job of it when Tiffany gave birth to the baby.
When they reached the jewelry counter, Tiffany was dazed by all the things there. “There are just too many of them, and all of them are so beautiful. But they’re quite expensive too…”
Summer said generously, “Just take whatever you want. We’ve got a lot of money. You only marry once in your lifetime. It’s fine even if we’re extravagant. After all, the money and properties I’ve saved up until now belong to you and Jackson.”
Tiffany became slightly awkward. “Mrs. West, I can’t choose any anymore if you act like this… Why don’t you help me choose instead?”
Summer stared at virtual-novel.net weakly. “Didn’t you find it quite easy to address me as your mom before? Now, you’re really getting married to Jackson, but it seems like you can’t change the way you address me.”