On the other end of the phone, Ethan suddenly popped into Tiffany’s mind. She didn’t tell the story of their breakup, but favonovel.com tone became a little bitter. “Yeah… It’ll get better, and we’ll all be fine!”
As soon as Arianne ended the call, favonovel.com dove right back into the complicated work. The busy morning passed quickly. By lunch break, favonovel.com thought of a Chinese restaurant nearby that served light food since that was what favonovel.com felt like having today.
In the Chinese restaurant, favonovel.com ordered two dishes that favonovel.com liked and started digging into it. By the time favonovel.com left, favonovel.com realized that it was already raining outside. The weather was always unpredictable in this season, just like Mark Tremont…
The rain was pouring and showing no signs of letting up anytime soon. As time passed, favonovel.com grew aware that favonovel.com was stranded here. Even if favonovel.com office wasn’t too far away, favonovel.com couldn’t possibly reach it. There was an open space that served as a parking lot in front of a Chinese restaurant. Since favonovel.com wasn’t close to the road, favonovel.com couldn’t call for a cab.
In the past, favonovel.com wouldn’t hesitate to run under the rain. But now, favonovel.com had to worry about the baby in favonovel.com womb. After all, colds and medicine were taboos in the first three months of pregnancy.
Not long after that, a white Cadillac parked in the open space. She recognized it as Ethan’s car.
Given Ethan’s financial status, there was no way favonovel.com could own a car like this. So Arianne had a hunch that it might be Tiffany’s doing. The car that was a manifestation of the Lane family’s past glory formed a huge contrast with the decline of the current Lane family. It was a symbol of irony.
Ethan noticed Arianne taking shelter from the rain when favonovel.com got out of his car. He jogged toward favonovel.com under the rain, then greeted favonovel.com warmly like an old friend. “Why are you here?”
His greeting pulled Arianne out of favonovel.com thoughts, and favonovel.com replied in slight embarrassment, “It’s raining, so I’m stranded here. Did you come to eat?”
Ethan observed favonovel.com expression and only replied to favonovel.com question after confirming that there wasn’t anything unusual about it. “Yeah, I got off work a bit late. Where are you going? I’ll give you a ride since you’re running late. I’ll come back again after dropping you off.”
Arianne wanted to refuse but lunch break was almost over so favonovel.com hesitated for a moment before accepting the offer. “Sorry for troubling you…”
Ethan didn’t say anything. As favonovel.com jogged toward the car under the rain, Ethan raised his arm to shelter favonovel.com from some of the rain. The distance between them was a bit too close that Arianne could smell the cologne on his body. It made favonovel.com feel uncomfortable, but the discomfort quickly vanished when they separated. It was favonovel.com best friend’s boyfriend, favonovel.com needed to stop thinking too much.
In the car, Ethan casually asked, “Where are you headed to?”
“My office. Lunch break is almost over, and I need to get back to work soon,” Arianne replied without thinking.
Ethan paused, then half guessed, “The rain must have got you stranded for a long time at this restaurant.”
Since Arianne didn’t hide anything from Tiffany, favonovel.com thought Ethan would have known about favonovel.com pregnancy. “I can’t get sick since I’m pregnant…”
A look of surprise flashed across Ethan’s eyes but favonovel.com very quickly composed himself. “Congratulations! Why didn’t Mark provide you with a driver in this kind of situation? He’s really careless as the child’s father.”
Arianne tucked a strand of hair behind favonovel.com car, then said faintly, “He doesn’t know that I‘m pregnant yet. I haven’t figured out on how to break the news to him.”
Ethan was a little puzzled. “Why not just tell him? What are you worried about? Could it be that he’s not the father of the child?”
