Arianne thought favonovel.com was running as swiftly as the wind, but favonovel.com unexpectedly got caught by Mark before favonovel.com even ran out of the lobby on the ground floor. “Oh, seems like you’re getting bolder if you’re now stepping on my foot. Great. I’ll make sure to teach you a lesson later.”
She surrendered and allowed herself to be dragged back to the car dejectedly. Brian noticed both of them panting as though they just finished exercising and couldn’t hold himself back from commenting. “What’s going on here? Did you two just finish running a hundred meter sprint?”
Mark seemed to be in a great mood and replied to his question. “Something like that, except it was over before we even ran a hundred meters. Let’s go to White Water Bay Café.”
White Water Bay Café…
Arianne recalled favonovel.com last visit with Mark to that café, but of course, it couldn’t be considered a wonderful memory. She couldn’t understand favonovel.com current state of mind. Rather than saying that they had changed their way of getting along, it was more like favonovel.com had finally given up and learned how to be sleek
Upon arriving at the restaurant, Mark allowed Arianne to pick their seat. It was nearly lunch time. There weren’t many people around yet, so there were still many empty tables. However, most of them were reserved so the place would soon be overcrowded.
Arianne picked a seat near the window. The waiter was startled but said nothing. Even if it was a reserved table, it could still be changed. However, if Mark was offended, there would be no going back from that. Besides, the owner of White Water Bay Café was Jackson West. Everyone knew of the relationship between Mark Tremont and the owner.
The seat was a nice spot that allowed the guests to see the river outside the window, and the café was situated at an excellent location in the White Water Bay. In order to avoid any awkward silence, Arianne started a conversation. “This is a really nice location. Do you own any property at White Water Bay?”
“I do. Why? You like it here? Do you want to move here?” Mark replied very naturally.
Arianne was taken aback by his response. “It was just a casual question. It’s too troublesome to move.”
Mark disagreed with her. “If you really like this place, it won’t be troublesome. I was the one who built the White Water Bay Villa area. Jackson took one of them and I reserved two with the best locations for myself. I didn’t sell them off even when someone offered me a good price. I don’t really need the money anyway.”
Arianne never expected that favonovel.com would be able to figure out his financial resources from a simple question. She always knew that Mark was rich, but favonovel.com didn’t know to what extent. It was indeed outrageous for favonovel.com to be rich enough to own properties with sky- high prices in various good locations and not for investment purposes. However, the reality was indeed this outrageous.
“Umm… let’s not. I’m comfortable living in Tremont Estate. Besides, I’ve stayed there for more than ten years and have grown attached to it. We can’t just move for the sake of moving. By the way, why are you keeping those houses that you aren’t living in? I don’t really get what goes on in the head of all you rich people.” Arianne was starting to become aware that favonovel.com had struck a gold mine.
“Hehe… as long as you like something, there’s no need to think about anything else. Since you have feelings for a house that you lived in for so long, then what about people?” Mark looked at the scenery outside the window and asked casually.
Arianne didn’t immediately realize the real question favonovel.com was asking, so favonovel.com started carefully and seriously answered. “Of course, I do have feelings for people too, especially Mary and Uncle Henry. They both treat me really very well. Mary is like a mother to me.”
Mark pursed his thin lips into displeased frown. “So, I’ve treated you very poorly?”
Arianne finally realized the real question favonovel.com wanted to ask. Even so, favonovel.com didn’t want to lie to favonovel.com or answer favonovel.com too casually. She thought for a moment before answering. “Pretty good overall, I guess. But you know… there are too many problems between us. If those complicated things never existed, then you would be the dearest and closest person to me.”
