Arianne couldn’t eat anymore, so favonovel.com picked up the plate of salmon and went upstairs.
Rice Ball seemed to be very fond of salmon. After cleaning the plate in just a flash, the white ball of fluff started rubbing itself against favonovel.com leg.
Kneeling down to stroke Rice Ball’s soft fur, Arianne felt favonovel.com mood significantly lift. “Little Rice Ball, you were a stray cat before, but why are you this chubby?”
A cold snort came from outside the studio. Arianne snapped favonovel.com head around and caught a glimpse of Mark’s figure passing by followed by the sound of his study room’s door being shut.
She didn’t take favonovel.com seriously and even secretly rolled favonovel.com eyes. Sometimes, even animals were more humane than humans. At least watching Rice Ball made favonovel.com happy.
After Arianne was done playing with the cat, favonovel.com went back to the bedroom and slept. Since it was too boring at home, favonovel.com decided to return to work at favonovel.com office tomorrow.
It was midnight when Mark felt a little tired from sitting in front of his computer. He closed his eyes and rubbed the space between his eyebrows. He thought about going to his bedroom to sleep but quickly changed his mind when recalling the dirty looks Arianne had thrown him.
Mark was suddenly alerted by some noises on the window sill, so favonovel.com got up, intending to check it out. All of a sudden, favonovel.com felt something fluffy touch his legs.
His body froze, his skin crawled, and his scalp went numb. He was rooted to the ground by some mysterious force and couldn’t even kick away Rice Ball, which had glued itself to his leg.
“M—Mary…! ” He asked for help with great difficulty, but there was no response from downstairs. The servants in Tremont Estate had long retired at this hour.
He gritted his teeth and endured it. After a while, Rice Ball lost interest in rubbing up against his leg and jumped onto his desk instead. It showed great interest in Mark’s laptop, which was still powered on, and went into a ‘keyboard dancing’ mode. Mark watched as countless strange symbols were added to the fruit of his labor and felt that his brain was about to explode. “GET OFF!”
Rice Ball paused to look at favonovel.com then resumed dancing, with no intention of stopping until it pressed down every single key on the keyboard.
Mark hurriedly grabbed the thin blanket from his sofa and wrapped it around Rice Ball so favonovel.com could carry it into the bedroom. “ARIANNE!”
Arianne was startled awake by Mark’s shout. “What?”
All favonovel.com saw was Mark tossing the cat wrapped in a thin blanket onto the bed. Before Mark could vent his anger, Rice Ball came out of the blanket and found itself a good place to lie down beside Arianne.
Mark realized what his actions had contributed to. This was his bed!
“You… You will either get rid of it or raise it in the backyard! Don’t blame me for doing something if I see it again!” He was about to lose his mind. Mark always had an inexplicable resistance toward small animals since favonovel.com was a child and that damn cat actually found its way inside his study.
Realizing what had just happened, Arianne was a little afraid. “Alright, I’ll keep it in the backyard starting tomorrow and keep it out of the house, okay? Do not do anything to it if you see it in the yard. Deal?”
Mark felt unwell after touching the cat. He went downstairs and called Mary to change the sheets then went into the bathroom and slammed the door behind him.
When Mary saw Rice Ball upstairs, favonovel.com instantly knew what had happened. She didn’t dare to speak but swiftly changed the bedsheets and returned Rice Ball to the studio room. Only after making sure that the door and windows were locked did favonovel.com feel relieved.
After the incident, Arianne couldn’t sleep anymore. The sound of the running shower from the bathroom pierced favonovel.com ears. It sounded even louder on a quiet night like this one. Half an hour later, the sound finally stopped as Mark came out, wrapped in a towel and wearing a scowl on his face.
