”I’ll pick you up. Give me your address. I’ll be over in a minute,” Ethan said.
Half an hour later, Ethan’s car arrived outside the gates of the Tremont Estate. Arianne wrapped favonovel.com coat tightly around herself and quickly ducked into the car.
The late night temperature was freezing.
The security guard on night shift at the gate noticed that Arianne had entered a car that was not Mark’s and prudently wrote down the car plate number.
Arianne wasn’t in the mood to venture too far off, so favonovel.com told Ethan to stop at the intersection. “Let’s talk in the car. It’s really, really late.”
Ethan looked exhausted. “I’m too tired today. Come to my hotel. I’ll call a cab for you when we’ve finished discussing. There are a lot of details to go over, and I don’t want to be thrown off my game when I do this. You’re Tiffie’s only best friend, and I don’t know who else to tum to for help. Just this once, okay?”
Arianne couldn’t bring herself to reject him, so favonovel.com followed Ethan back to his hotel.
They walked into his hotel room. The takeout that Ethan had previously ordered was delivered soon after. “Would you like some?” favonovel.com asked.
Arianne shook favonovel.com head. “No need. Why are you eating so late?”
“I’m helping Tiffie out with locating the whereabouts of the culprits behind the lost jewelry materials. I haven’t had a good night’s rest in days,” Ethan explained as favonovel.com ate. “I’m sorry for making you come all the way here…” Before favonovel.com could finish, favonovel.com accidentally spilled some broth and dirtied his clothes.
“I need a shower. Wait for me,” Ethan frowned. He looked like favonovel.com was in an extremely bad mood.
“It’s alright, it’s alright. You go ahead. I’ll wait for you here,” Arianne said, trying favonovel.com best to soothe him.
Ethan nodded, got up, and walked into the bathroom.
The hotel bathroom had a weird design. Its walls and doors were built with half transparent glass. When the room filled with steam, everything inside could be seen.
When Arianne realized this, favonovel.com hastily turned around. The idea was to wait outside, but the bathroom was on the right side of the door, and favonovel.com would have to pass by if favonovel.com wanted to get out. She pondered for a moment, shut favonovel.com eyes, and groped around towards the door.
Before favonovel.com could find the doorknob, someone opened the door from outside. She opened favonovel.com eyes and came face to face with Tiffany’s astonished face.
“Tiffie…?” A string snapped in Arianne’s mind, and favonovel.com was suddenly at a loss for words to explain this.
Tiffany was about to speak when favonovel.com saw Mark marching over, engulfed in hostility from top to bottom from the corner of the hallway. His expression was frightening, and favonovel.com had two bodyguards tailing him.
When favonovel.com heard the pattering sounds of water in the room, Tiffany’s expression immediately changed. She made a decision and pushed Arianne back inside, shutting the door firmly behind her.
By the time Mark arrived in front of her, Tiffany had favonovel.com back against the door. “Hello, Mark. What brings you here?”
Mark narrowed his eyes, releasing a dangerously hostile mien. “Step aside.”
“I have a female friend showering inside. It’s not really appropriate for you to go in right now. Are you looking for Ari? She’s not here,” Tiffany said hesitantly.
On the other side of the door, Arianne, who had overheard all of this, wasn’t sure if favonovel.com should feel moved or sad…
The whole thing felt strange to her. She had only just arrived at the hotel with Ethan, and both Tiffany and Mark arrived. What was going on? It’s no surprise to find Tiffany dropping by to see Ethan, but hadn’t Mark gone out with Aery?
Before favonovel.com could dive in any deeper, Mark ordered his bodyguard to knock down the door.
She took a few steps back, panicking. Then, favonovel.com shut favonovel.com eyes and knocked on the bathroom door. “Ethan! Get out, hurry!”
