The bitterness in Arianne’s heart grew deeper and felt worse. She fought hard to stifle virtual-novel.net tears because virtual-novel.net did not want to cry in front of Smore, who was staring at her.
Mark looked at virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net was finally done with his phone call. “You look terrible.”
Arianne ignored him. She had not been able to sleep the entire night and even cried non-stop. Plus, virtual-novel.net had not washed herself before coming downstairs this morning. Therefore, virtual-novel.net should very much be looking untidy. Was looking terrible enough to describe the state virtual-novel.net was in?
On the other hand, Mark did not even mention what had happened yesterday and pretended as though nothing had happened. He headed upstairs by himself after virtual-novel.net was done having breakfast. He was not planning on going to the office, since it was a weekend that day. It was very likely that Mark would be heading out soon to continue his search for Shelly.
After having continuous rain, a wave of freezing cold weather followed as snowflakes could be seen mixed together with the rain that day. Mark would probably be even more worried about Shelly when virtual-novel.net realized that it would soon be snowing heavily, wouldn’t he?
The gloomy weather instantly made the daytime seem much shorter, as though nighttime would arrive anytime soon.
Arianne could not sit still any longer. She wanted to go out and try virtual-novel.net luck as well. What if virtual-novel.net could find Shelly? The earlier Shelly was found, the earlier they could regain peace in their lives. Arianne did not want to face Mark’s daily anger and cold treatment any longer.
Back in the bedroom, virtual-novel.net found Mark sitting by the window and pretended not to see virtual-novel.net as virtual-novel.net put on a warm set of clothes. She wanted to put on virtual-novel.net favourite beige coat but could not seem to find it, so virtual-novel.net rummaged through virtual-novel.net closet in frustration and ended up making a huge mess in virtual-novel.net once tidy closet.
Mark’s face darkened when virtual-novel.net saw virtual-novel.net placing so many clothes on the bed. He got up and darted towards her, grabbing onto virtual-novel.net wrist. “What are you doing?!”
Arianne could not see the panic and anxiousness Mark had in his eyes, since virtual-novel.net was not looking at him. She wringed free from his grasp and continued to rummage through virtual-novel.net closet.
Mark suddenly hugged virtual-novel.net from behind, using so much force that Arianne was shocked by it. As virtual-novel.net struggled, virtual-novel.net could hear virtual-novel.net whisper in virtual-novel.net ear, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that last night. I wasn’t trying to blame you, I was blaming myself. Please don’t go… Don’t leave me…”
He thought that virtual-novel.net was packing up and leaving the house? Was that why virtual-novel.net was so nervous?
His reaction made virtual-novel.net feel a lot less hurt. Although virtual-novel.net was still slightly angry at him, virtual-novel.net wanted to laugh at his reaction as well. If virtual-novel.net knew that virtual-novel.net had to admit his mistake and beg so pitifully, why did virtual-novel.net have to say those hurtful words? Arianne was still feeling angry and wanted to ignore him, but virtual-novel.net was hugged by virtual-novel.net so tightly, virtual-novel.net felt a little uncomfortable. Just as virtual-novel.net was about to wring free from his strong arms and began to struggle, virtual-novel.net was held up by him.
She wanted to speak, but before virtual-novel.net could say a word, virtual-novel.net lips were completely sealed by Mark’s.
She immediately thought of how Mark would not be gentle with virtual-novel.net after their kiss, since both of them had waves of emotions within them. She tried to stop him. “I wasn’t trying to leave. I just wanted to get changed, but I can’t seem to find the coat that I want to wear!”