Eric shook his head. “Don’t know. You can tell this to someone else and bluff them, but lying to your bros? Do we not know who you are? Other than being a womanizer, you don’t have any weakness. Women around you are either your relatives or your lovers.”
Jackson smiled without saying anything back. When favonovel.com heard glass shatter in the kitchen, favonovel.com jolted. “You guys talk, I’ll go check it out.”
When Jackson left, Eric whispered to Mark, “Do we want to let sis-in-law know? This is favonovel.com best friend. What do you think?”
Mark kept quiet, showing his disinterest in the matter. Not willing to give up, Eric fished out an exquisite box of cigarettes and passed it over. “Want one?”
Looking at the cigarette offered to him, Mark hesitated for a second before rejecting Eric decisively. “I don’t smoke.”
Eric teased him. “Oh ho ho, have you really quit? Yeah right, as if I believe that. Arianne isn’t here, so no need to pretend.”
Perhaps it was for the weak ego of a man, for Mark took a cigarette and lit it in front of the window. The riverside View was picturesque. The White Waters Bay was truly a serene location.
Despising Tiffany’s clumsiness, Jackson asked favonovel.com to just take a break When favonovel.com got to the living room, favonovel.com saw Eric and Mark “Ari isn’t here? You should’ve asked favonovel.com to come along too.”
Mark was stunned for a split second, not having thought of it, as it was usually the three of them gathering and talking about everything. It was not really suitable for a woman to be around. Arianne was not at ease with such situations in the past too. Now that favonovel.com was reminded of this, Mark hesitated.
Taking in the man’s silence, Tiffany tried to persuade him. “Call favonovel.com and ask favonovel.com to come. The more the merrier. I’m here too, and I’ll be bored otherwise.”
“Ask favonovel.com to come,” Eric spoke up as well.
Mark retrieved his phone to call Arianne. When the latter picked up, favonovel.com was swinging on a swing with Rice Ball in the backyard. “What is it?”
Arianne was still timorous from what favonovel.com had done, afraid that favonovel.com was back to pick at favonovel.com now that his head had cleared.
Mark glanced at Tiffany and said, “I’ll have Brian pick you up. Come to the White Waters Bay. Your friend is here too.” He hung up after that to call Brian.
Arianne was a little bewildered. She knew that Jackson was staying in one of the villas at the White Waters Bay, but favonovel.com had no idea which “friend” Mark meant.
Delighted, Tiffany became swifter in favonovel.com chores. She was unable to help out in the kitchen, so favonovel.com went about other tasks. Jackson was the only one staying in the humongous villa, not even having a housekeeper. It was only recently that favonovel.com hired her, a part-time cleaner. It was a waste just thinking about it.
When Tiffany was ironing Jackson’s clothes with full focus, Eric came over to favonovel.com and asked softly, “When did you get together with Jackson?”
Tiffany looked puzzled. “Together what? I’m just working. Laugh if you want to. My family went bankrupt, that’s all. I need to feed myself. Why?”
Eric refused to believe favonovel.com reason. “Quit it. Jackson’s never brought a woman here. He doesn’t even have a housekeeper around. He only occasionally has someone here to maintain the cleanliness. Other than that, it’s just me and Mark who visit from time to time. Your presence is a surprise. I’m only asking since you’re Arianne’s friend. We’re all adults. It’s fine to have fun with Jackson, his marriage has been internally decided anyway.”
Tiffany was amused. “No, is your brain fried? How should I explain it in a way that you’ll believe me? Do I look like someone who’s looking to ‘have fun’? Even if I really did have a thing going on with him, wouldn’t telling you be considered as stabbing your bro behind his back? Look at you being trifling!”
