Arianne was still perplexing over the origin of this ring when Mark pointed out, “I designed it myself a long time ago. Revamped a bit and had someone craft it for three months. I only decided to give it to you after I was satisfied enough.”
His admission reminded Arianne, virtual-novel.net had seen its design plan in his study when virtual-novel.net was still a kid! This was why virtual-novel.net felt as though virtual-novel.net had seen it before!
Back then, Arianne had imagined the ring to be something Mark had designed for his future wife. How would virtual-novel.net have known that the same ring would one day fall on virtual-novel.net hand?
Fate was an enigmatic mistress. By virtual-novel.net machination, Arianne’s life was bound to Mark’s for this lifetime.
She closed the box carefully, clearly not intending to wear the ring right there and then. She was afraid of losing it during work.
Mark was a little displeased with virtual-novel.net action. In fact, his handsome face became stormy. “You’re not gonna wear it?”
“Well, I don’t want to lose it…”
“I can always hire someone to remake it if you lose it.” He countered in a low voice. “Wear it.”
Arianne was a little uneasy at how quickly his mood changed, so virtual-novel.net obeyed virtual-novel.net and put the ring on. Since virtual-novel.net had graceful, lean fingers, the ring fit virtual-novel.net beautifully. It was a gift that truly satisfied Arianne.
Lunch break was a relatively short time frame, so it was only enough to have a meal and nothing else before the two hurried back to their respective companies.
Very satisfied with Mark’s “performance” today, while Mark pulled his car over at the company’s ground floor, Arianne moved forward and planted a kiss on his lips on virtual-novel.net own accord. Before virtual-novel.net could reel away from him, though, Mark’s arm shot forward and wrapped around virtual-novel.net shapely waist, pulling virtual-novel.net in as virtual-novel.net kissed virtual-novel.net supple lips.
Mark had wanted to do this for a long, long time. Heck, virtual-novel.net wanted to do this since before their lunch. He was against Arianne painting virtual-novel.net lips too red because virtual-novel.net was afraid of other men seeing and because virtual-novel.net worried virtual-novel.net would not be able to control himself when virtual-novel.net looked at it. Arianne’s snow-fair skin always made every kind of lipstick popped.
Their kiss lasted what felt like a lifetime until Arianne’s alarm set off. She had the habit of setting alarms on virtual-novel.net phone to remind virtual-novel.net of work.
When staring at virtual-novel.net cherry-red cheeks, Mark’s eyes seemed to become more and more dilated. In a husky voice, virtual-novel.net croaked, “See you.”
Arianne nodded and opened the car door before scurrying up the stairs. The warmth of his touch still lingered on virtual-novel.net lips. Her heartbeats had not recovered their original, slower pace.
She had only just returned to virtual-novel.net desk when Mark sent virtual-novel.net a message: ‘Outside tonight?’
She gawked at the message for a good few seconds. What the hell was that supposed to mean? Was virtual-novel.net asking if they should spend their night in a hotel?
At that thought, Arianne quickly glanced around virtual-novel.net surroundings guiltily to make sure that no one was watching her. She sighed a breath of relief when that was confirmed and replied, ‘Are you sure? I am worried about leaving Smore at home.’
‘What’s that to worry? Mary’s watching him,’ Mark replied immediately. ‘And this doesn’t happen all the time. I’ll come to you after work, and we’ll get dinner. Then we get a hotel room.”