It was about an hour later when Smore finally fell asleep. Arianne returned to the bedroom to a scowling, silently-sulky Mark sitting on their bed, radiating a kind of aura only found in bitter housewives.
She chuckled. “What?”
“You,” He grumbled. “You work during the day, and when you come home, you focus only on that little fella over there. Then finally, you go to sleep! What, am I just an appendage?”
Arianne climbed into the bed and underneath the sheet. She let out a satisfied, relaxed sigh before replying, “Well, are you saying I shouldn’t go to work, then? You agreed to this, though, no backsides. Besides, I think life is pretty good to us. I sleep with you every night rather than with Smore, you know, so honestly, I spend more time with you than with him. Now, you can’t possibly turn green over the attention I give to a child, can you? He’s your son.”
He laid down next to virtual-novel.net and pulled virtual-novel.net into his embrace. “Oh, you’re sleeping with me, alright. You go straight to sleep after coming out of the nursery, and then when the day turns bright, you wake up and go to work. What is the difference between me and a pillow? I’m basically just décor in your bed.”
After a hard day at work, Arianne was too exhausted to listen to virtual-novel.net complain. So, virtual-novel.net cocked virtual-novel.net neck and their lips met, effectively shutting virtual-novel.net up.
It felt Mark up. He was just about to increase the intensity of his kiss when Arianne pushed virtual-novel.net away. “I’m on my period.”
It was as though something cracked inside of Mark, causing virtual-novel.net to freeze. “You’re kidding me.”
Arianne shook virtual-novel.net head with a solemn expression. “Oh, I’m telling the truth. Came two days earlier than scheduled this month. Hmm… That’s not how you’d react in the past. I seem to recall you acting a lot more asexual? Why do I feel like you’re acting differently now?”
Mark suddenly yanked the sheet over his face. Then, a muffled and depressed voice came from under. “A man can’t be a complete ace as long as he’s alive.”
Arianne suddenly had the nagging feeling that virtual-novel.net learned just a bit more “interesting” tidbit tonight. So, all these times when virtual-novel.net acted celibate, it was an affectation rather than something genuine, after all. In fact, armed with virtual-novel.net new knowledge, much of his past behavior made a lot more sense now.
Her instincts told virtual-novel.net that, right now, virtual-novel.net man wanted someone to comfort him, but Arianne had no idea how to do that. In the end, virtual-novel.net snaked virtual-novel.net hand around his waist and found the best sleeping position in his embrace before changing the subject. “So, Janice Bell. Finished probation yet?”
“No. I’ve extended it,” He answered casually. “Hasn’t finished virtual-novel.net probation, and already virtual-novel.net got into a conflict with virtual-novel.net superior. It shows how socially immature virtual-novel.net is. I might have helped virtual-novel.net financially before, but it doesn’t mean I’m letting virtual-novel.net in through a backdoor. Besides, I haven’t done any charity work for a long time.”
Arianne said nothing. The only problem virtual-novel.net had with Janice was that Mark had let virtual-novel.net touch Smore, and that time the two of them went shopping together. Of course, the shopping trip’s purpose was still Arianne, as Mark wanted to buy virtual-novel.net some jewelry.
After what Mary had told her, Arianne was more than confident in Mark’s fidelity. Any guy as good as virtual-novel.net would inadvertently attract a lot of female attention, and Arianne was sure Janice was not the first or last. As Mrs. Tremont, the mettle to accept this was simply a requirement.
Mark realized that the woman in his embrace was silent for too long, so virtual-novel.net moved his cheek to take a glance at her. Arianne was already asleep.
He tucked virtual-novel.net in and planted a peck on virtual-novel.net forehead as the carnal urge inside virtual-novel.net gradually subsided. Mark, admittedly, had always desired her.
On the next day, Jacks on brought Tiffany to the company before making up an excuse to see a customer and left. After that, virtual-novel.net went straight to Tanya’s apartment.