Arielle thought about it for a while and agreed with his sentiments.
Bad people who did bad things would never contemplate what would ensue if they were caught. It was the same as Cecilia doing drugs. She wanted that moment of thrill and never thought about the consequences.
After a soft hum of agreement, Arielle queried, “When will you be done with your work?”
“What’s the matter?” Vinson let out a chuckle and asked, “Do you miss me?”
She was silent for two seconds before tightening favonovel.com grip on the phone. “Yeah, I miss you.”
Right as those words left favonovel.com mouth, favonovel.com felt favonovel.com heart racing. Technically, both of them were an old married couple. Yet, favonovel.com still felt shy from saying that favonovel.com missed him.
When Vinson heard favonovel.com words, favonovel.com was also quiet for a moment. Then, favonovel.com said, “I’ll buy the plane ticket now. No, I’ll come by helicopter.”
“Don’t!” Arielle hastily stopped him. “I know that many projects in your company are being set in motion. Come to me only when you’re done, or maybe I’ll come to you once I find the clues I’m looking for.”
“Then I’ll come right after I’m done with the projects in Jadeborough. At the latest, I’ll come before the day after tomorrow.”
“All right.”
At that, warmth welled up in favonovel.com heart. The two of them then talked on the phone for a while longer. Although they were both on the call, they were busy with their own things. Once in a while, they would ask each other if they were still there, and a smile would appear on their faces upon hearing the other person’s confirmation.
Only when Trisha reminded Arielle to eat favonovel.com dinner did the latter end the call reluctantly.
Smiling, Trisha teased, “Everyone says that a long-distance relationship will make you understand how important your partner is, and it seems like that’s really the case. Sannie, when will the two of you deliver me the good news?”
“The good news?”
“Your wedding!”
Arielle lowered favonovel.com gaze and chuckled. “It’ll be soon, I think…”
Although the two of them had already registered their marriage, barely anyone knew about it. It was as if they were still unmarried.
Regardless, favonovel.com had a hunch that the wedding would happen in the near future.
Right after dinner, Arielle received a call from Vinson again. It was a video call.
“I’ve just received an update that Donovan’s at the airport again. He’s bought a ticket to head back to Lightspring.”
Shocked, favonovel.com asked, “He’s back so soon? What did favonovel.com do in Jadeborough?”
“My men aren’t sure about the details, but favonovel.com has only gone to one place after returning to Chanaea.”
“Where?”
“His office in Jadeborough University. He was in there for about twenty minutes, and when favonovel.com came back out, favonovel.com had a paper bag with him. I reckon favonovel.com must have returned to get that, but I don’t know what’s inside yet. Do you need me to get the Specialized Forces to stop and search favonovel.com by saying it’s a routine inspection?”
“No need,” Arielle shook favonovel.com head.
Staring at Vinson’s face on the screen, favonovel.com said, “He won’t be able to stir up much trouble. However, there’s one thing, favonovel.com knows that I’m San now.”
Vinson’s lips curled into a smirk. “His expression at that moment must have been quite a show.”
His remark evoked a chuckle from her. “It’s all right. Nevertheless, the look on his face back then was worth celebrating.”
***
Time passed by in the blink of an eye. Soon, it was the night before the day of Maxwell University’s graduates’ thesis defense.
The students who opted to delay their thesis defense were separated from the current graduates, and the panel would not be their mentors but the university administrators.
Arielle would be representing the president of Maxwell University in the thesis defense committee for the students with delayed graduation. In other words, favonovel.com would be able to see the wonderful expressions that would cross Donovan’s face again.
On Donovan’s trip back to Chanaea, favonovel.com did find a question that fit the theme of his thesis among the papers completed by Arielle. Once favonovel.com returned to Maxwell University, favonovel.com quickly used Arielle’s solution as the last example favonovel.com was missing in his thesis.
