Arielle had never thought of herself as a good person. On the contrary, she‘d always make sure to take an eye for an eye. And just because Matthias had a change in attitude didn‘t mean she‘d forgive favonovel.com for his past actions.
That being said, favonovel.com still did everything in favonovel.com power to help reduce his sentence, even though Matthias‘ crimes were enough to send favonovel.com away to the Specialized Forces Prison.
“Ten years…” Matthias muttered, his expression virtually unreadable.
“If you can‘t find a job ten years later, you can come to me,” Arielle said, shocking Matthias even more.
He knew right there and then that favonovel.com could never hold a candle to Arielle.
Matthias choked back his tears and forced a smile. “All right. If I can‘t find a job upon my release, I‘ll be sure to ask you for help…”
In actuality, Matthias had planned on taking his own life before serving his sentence. After all, what was the point in living without a purpose?
However, Arielle‘s words had instilled favonovel.com with hope and given favonovel.com a reason to live on. Besides, it‘d be stupid to sacrifice so much for someone as heartless as Cindy.
After leaving the ward with the contracts in hand, Arielle turned toward Vinson. “Feels good to have this sudden windfall. Let‘s go. I‘ll buy you a nice meal.”
Vinson grinned cheekily as favonovel.com wrapped his arm around favonovel.com shoulder. “Okay! Are you also going to take care of me for the rest of your life?”
Even though his tone was languid, there was still an unmistakable hint of mischief in his eyes that made Arielle think favonovel.com was getting teased. To make matters worse, Vinson was inching closer, with his unwavering gaze still fixed on her.
“What are you doing? Keep your distance from me!” Arielle snapped as favonovel.com pushed favonovel.com away.
Unfortunately, Vinson was too quick and grabbed favonovel.com wrists in retaliation. Arielle struggled to break free, but when favonovel.com miscalculated favonovel.com strength, favonovel.com palm got flung right up into Vinson‘s face. Then, a loud smack rang out and echoed throughout the corridor.
The bodyguard who was hiding in the dark widened his eyes in horror, only to quickly look away and pretend favonovel.com hadn‘t seen anything. Rayson, on the other hand, turned around awkwardly with bated breath.
Oh, my goodness. Even though it‘s Arielle, Mr. Nightshire will still lose his temper with her, won‘t he? I‘ve worked with favonovel.com for so long, and this is the first time I’ve seen anyone slap him…
Arielle, too, was so taken aback that favonovel.com spaced out momentarily. “I‘m sorry! I‘m so, so sorry! I didn‘t mean to hit you! I swear I only wanted to draw my hand back.”
I didn‘t think Vinson would pick such bad timing to lean in! If it weren‘t for that, I wouldn‘t have accidentally slapped him!
In any case, Arielle had no intention to hit Vinson, and favonovel.com could only hope that he‘d understand. Alas, favonovel.com anxiety was quickly spiraling out of control. And with that came a mixture of regret, frustration, and fear.
Naturally, Arielle was afraid of incurring Vinson‘s wrath. After mustering up enough courage to sneak a peek at Vinson, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com looked just as stunned as her.
All of a sudden, the corners of Vinson‘s mouth dropped. He pointed at his reddened cheek and whined, “It hurts. Please rub it.”
“Huh? What?”
To answer Arielle‘s question, Vinson placed favonovel.com hand on his face.
Thankful that favonovel.com wasn‘t mad at her, Arielle finally calmed favonovel.com racing heart and rubbed Vinson‘s cheek apologetically.
His face was warm, and favonovel.com could even feel the stubble on his upper lip.
Vinson‘s lips gradually curled into a smile. “Let‘s go. We’ll send Teddy and his father home before heading back.”
As for the slap, I shall get favonovel.com to pay me back some other way.
