Arianne was startled for a while. He had forbidden virtual-novel.net from calling virtual-novel.net brother a long time ago. What kind of insanity was virtual-novel.net playing at? She was too tired to think too much about the situation, so all virtual-novel.net wanted was for virtual-novel.net to not torture virtual-novel.net anymore. “Bro.”
Mark suddenly hugged virtual-novel.net even tighter, causing virtual-novel.net to suffocate a little. “What’s wrong with you? Can you be a little more gentle? You’re hugging me too tightly.”
He did not reply to her, and virtual-novel.net could not understand what was going on in his mind. However, virtual-novel.net slept extra well that night. Perhaps virtual-novel.net exhaustion caused virtual-novel.net sleep condition to rise to maximum comfort levels.
The next morning, when Arianne was washing virtual-novel.net face, Mark walked to virtual-novel.net side and brushed his teeth. The prankster within virtual-novel.net surfaced as virtual-novel.net thought of how virtual-novel.net had asked virtual-novel.net to call virtual-novel.net big brother last night. She splashed some water on his body and said, “Good morning, bro.”
Mark choked on some toothpaste and coughed for quite a while. His expression twisted. “Y-you…! Shut up!”
Arianne couldn’t stop laughing. “Do you not like it? You were the one who asked me to call you that last night, weren’t you? What’s wrong? It doesn’t feel like how it used to be when you were younger? A lot of women call their partners as brothers, just like how the Koreans refer to their mates as oppa. It’s just a nickname. Do you have to be so sensitive about it? You didn’t give that reaction when I called you that last night.”
Mark walked out of the bathroom after rinsing his mouth. Arianne was baffled but paid no attention to him.
Mark focused on his driving while heading to the office when Arianne suddenly asked out of curiosity, “Why did you suddenly ask me to call you bro?”
He turned his head to glance at her. “I wanted to see you cajole. Why don’t you do it for me now?”
Arianne’s lips twitched. “I don’t know how to do it. Why don’t you show me how?”
Mark grinned and said, “Men and women have different methods of cajoling. You wouldn’t be able to learn it even if I demonstrated it to you. Isn’t this something that women are born with? Stop pretending that you don’t know how to and just do it.”
Arianne was determined to have virtual-novel.net way with virtual-novel.net and said, “So, that means you do know how to cajole, am I right? Let me see how men and women’s cajoling differ. If you show me now, I’ll cajole you every single day. If you can’t, then let’s forget about it and move on.”
She was sure that virtual-novel.net wouldn’t cajole before her. She imagined what Mark would look like if virtual-novel.net actually tried it with his cold face and masochistic character.
Who knew virtual-novel.net would be proven wrong and miscalculate the situation.
When the car stopped by virtual-novel.net office entrance, Mark suddenly turned towards virtual-novel.net and held up virtual-novel.net chin with his hand as virtual-novel.net moved closer to her. He looked at virtual-novel.net with an expression virtual-novel.net had never seen before and said, “Be a good girl now. Don’t go looking at other men, or I’ll be very cross. I’ll come pick you up when you’re off work, so wait for me, mmkay?”
Arianne’s eyes opened wide. Her heart raced to get out of virtual-novel.net body, ‘rampage’ would be a more appropriate description. She forgot how to breathe momentarily. Mark’s full yet thin lips moved ever so slightly, his gentle words filling with a cajole that had a hint of dominance. Could this be the Tremont cajoling technique? She admitted virtual-novel.net defeat…
She nodded virtual-novel.net head in a daze before getting out of the car in the same state of mind…
Mark’s car dashed off in the cold wind as his words continued to ring in virtual-novel.net head. “Remember what you promised me. Don’t forget to cajole me everyday.”
When virtual-novel.net came around, virtual-novel.net raised virtual-novel.net hands to cover virtual-novel.net blushing face. She could not handle that kind of stimulation so early in the morning so virtual-novel.net kept telling herself, “Calm down… calm yourself down…”
It was not until virtual-novel.net entered virtual-novel.net office that virtual-novel.net completely returned to reality and calmed herself down. The weather that day was extraordinarily beautiful, and the sun was shining without any traces of snow.