Arianne never thought that virtual-novel.net would behave so upright because of this matter. She had thought of explaining things to virtual-novel.net properly and hoped that Mark would be able to understand her. However, not only did virtual-novel.net refuse to listen to any explanation, virtual-novel.net even hit Mateo and threw virtual-novel.net onto the ground twice. Most importantly, virtual-novel.net hated being watched by others and also being followed; virtual-novel.net had hated that since the very beginning!
‘He says virtual-novel.net hates betrayal the most, but I’ve never even thought of betraying him. I shouldn’t be stingy about giving a hug to someone who has been remembering me for so many years, that’s all.’
‘I also said that I hated being watched and followed, but virtual-novel.net keeps doing so…’
When Arianne thought of how calm Mark was before virtual-novel.net left, virtual-novel.net found it to be such a joke. ‘He clearly knew that I was lying, yet virtual-novel.net was still able to calmly pretend as if nothing was going on. Was virtual-novel.net waiting for the moment to “catch me in the act”? In his eyes, am I that kind of woman?’
‘I didn’t want to tell virtual-novel.net about the matter to avoid any misunderstandings, but I never thought that virtual-novel.net would end up lying to me on purpose.’
Mark bent down and reached out his hand to pinch Arianne’s chin as virtual-novel.net looked at virtual-novel.net with his cold eyes. “How are you still able to act so upright? At that kind of place, in such an enclosed environment in the car, both of you were hugging each other. I saw it with my own eyes. What else would you expect me to think?”
Mark’s gaze sent chills down Arianne’s heart. She suddenly felt that telling virtual-novel.net the truth at that moment would only seem so useless. In fact, Mark might even think of it as a joke when virtual-novel.net listened, wouldn’t he?
Suddenly, Smore and Mary’s voice approached from outside as they continuously slammed on the door. Mark ignored them and his grip on virtual-novel.net chin tightened, causing Arianne to be in so much pain that virtual-novel.net frowned and tried to break free but failed no matter how hard virtual-novel.net tried.
She had no doubt that Mark might kill virtual-novel.net due to the amount of anger virtual-novel.net was feeling. She felt sad that their years of relationship would be beaten down by suspicions, but not a single tear fell from virtual-novel.net eyes. That was because virtual-novel.net did not want to seem like a pitiful woman begging for forgiveness after committing a sin, which would only cause Mark to irk virtual-novel.net even more.
Moreover, virtual-novel.net did not want Smore and Mary to worry for her. “I’m all right. Why don’t you take Smore out to play, Mary…”
When Mary heard Arianne’s voice, virtual-novel.net heaved a sigh of relief, but virtual-novel.net still felt concerned for her, so virtual-novel.net whispered to Smore, “Hurry up and ask Daddy to take you out to play. Otherwise, your Mommy is going to get beaten up. My goodness, whatever happened this time…”
Hearing this, Smore immediately slammed the door and said, “What’s a man who lays a hand on women?! Come out this instant, Mark! Don’t you hit my mommy!”
Mary was rather shocked and instantly covered up Smore’s mouth before carrying virtual-novel.net away. ‘Mark is already over the top at the moment. Is Smore really so fearless? Things are definitely going to get very noisy in the house afterwards.’
When Mark heard Smore’s “provocations”, virtual-novel.net was just about to get up and open the door when Arianne grabbed onto his hand. “What are you trying to do?! Come to me if you want to vent your anger, not your son! He’s only three years old, what could virtual-novel.net possibly understand?! I’m telling you now, there’s a reason why I went to meet Mateo today. He’s always liked me ever since we were in university. The reason why virtual-novel.net came back today is merely to seek closure. All virtual-novel.net wanted was a hug, that’s all, so there was no reason for me to not give that to him. We are both well aware that we aren’t from the same world, so virtual-novel.net merely intended to bid farewell to his past. That’s all. It’s up to you whether you believe me or not.”
“Before all this happened, I didn’t even know who virtual-novel.net was. Even till now, we’ve only met each other privately a few times, two or three encounters, and this is the only time we’ve met each other without a crowd around us, our last time. He’s going to go back overseas soon, be it the past or the present, we will never have any contact with each other ever again! Just believe me this once… All right…?”
When Arianne spoke the last sentence, virtual-novel.net tone was close to begging. She had not expected for things to end up being so messy. It was merely a misunderstanding, so there was no need for them to make a huge deal out of it.