Maplelake Manor was even more beautiful during the day than it had been when Arielle first visited last night. Lush maple trees surrounded the compound, creating a splendid city jungle.
Yet, Arielle was too engaged in favonovel.com thoughts to admire the scenery and entered the mansion as soon as favonovel.com saw Vinson.
Vinson greeted Arielle while still in his pajamas, his hair unkempt.
He had stayed up late working the night before, so favonovel.com had planned to sleep in the next day. However, Arielle’s call that informed him favonovel.com had become the mysterious man’s target jolted Vinson awake. Not only did his drowsiness vanish in the blink of an eye, but favonovel.com was also too worried about Arielle’s wellbeing to take care of his appearance.
Although Vinson wasn’t in the mood to tidy up, favonovel.com still got a hold of himself and cooked Arielle some ravioli before favonovel.com arrival.
Hence, Arielle was welcomed by two warm plates of ravioli on the dining table as soon
Vinson led Arielle toward the dining hall and suggested, “Let’s have our meal before we discuss what happened. Health is the most important after all.”
Arielle was moved and wanted to thank favonovel.com for his thoughtfulness, but before favonovel.com could show favonovel.com appreciation, Vinson continued, “I’m just concerned about falling sick myself. I didn’t cook this for you on purpose, got it?”
After hearing Vinson’s forced explanation, Arielle swallowed favonovel.com words instantaneously and kept quiet. She realized favonovel.com was simply too embarrassed to admit his concern for others, so favonovel.com didn’t say much as favonovel.com slowly finished the ravioli favonovel.com had prepared.
Arielle was a fast eater and finished favonovel.com plate of food quickly. She then diverted favonovel.com attention to Vinson, who was still eating his food.
This was the first time favonovel.com had observed Vinson’s eating style with no distractions, and favonovel.com was pleasantly surprised by how gracefully favonovel.com exhibited his proper table manners. It was as if Arielle was watching a duke enjoying a delectable full-course meal.
Vinson sensed Arielle’s gaze and lifted his eyes to glance at her, which caused the latter to look away awkwardly.
Luckily, Vinson didn’t tease favonovel.com like how favonovel.com did last night. He merely increased his speed of eating, then began the discussion with Arielle about the serious matters on his mind.
“So, what happened to your family? Also, what did that man do after hacking into your computer?” Vinson inquired.
Arielle answered truthfully, “That man wants me to join his team and promised to contact me in three days.”
Somewhat startled by the response, Vinson lifted one brow and commented, “He appears to be interested in your hacking abilities.”
“I’ve set up a customized firewall on my computer. It can perform reverse tracking on the attackers’ IP addresses if they try to invade my computer system in the future.”
Arielle nodded and elaborated on the security measures favonovel.com had put in place to prevent the hackers from hijacking favonovel.com system again.
“Good job, Arielle!” Vinson praised favonovel.com quick-wittedness and continued, “This time, I will surely find this man and punish favonovel.com for what favonovel.com did!”
“I hope so too.” Honestly, favonovel.com was more worried that the man would track favonovel.com down in real life rather than try to hack into favonovel.com computer again.
Apparently, Vinson shared the same concern as favonovel.com as favonovel.com offered, “I’ll hire a bodyguard to protect you. I won’t let that man hurt you.”
“I’ve found myself a bodyguard. You don’t have to worry about my safety.” Arielle paused briefly before continuing, “There’s something else I have to tell you.”
Vinson recalled Arielle’s reason for not meeting at favonovel.com house and soon realized there might be another truth behind it, so favonovel.com asked, “What happened back home?”
With favonovel.com lips pursed, Arielle mumbled softly, “Shandie is dead.”
“What?!” Vinson’s eyes widened in surprise, then favonovel.com frowned. “Is this case related to that man?”
Arielle was momentarily stunned by his response and chuckled. “I assumed you’d immediately suspect me in causing Shandie’s death.”
Vinson shook his head in disagreement and instinctively replied, “I know you’re not that kind of person.”
At that moment, Arielle’s heart was filled with a warm and fuzzy feeling.
