Arianne was speechless as favonovel.com walked over to clean the mess. The takeout from two days ago smelled horrible, as if it had started to rot. Being more sensitive to smell now that favonovel.com was pregnant, favonovel.com couldn’t help but dry heave.
Suddenly aware of the situation, Lillian exclaimed, “I forgot that you’re pregnant! Leave it, leave it, I’ll clean it up. Wash up and go rest! Do you want to eat anything? I can order takeout for you!”
Shaking favonovel.com head, Arianne held favonovel.com breath and cleared garbage off of the coffee table. “Auntie Lane, Tiffie is tired from work too. You shouldn’t trouble favonovel.com with minor tasks like these when you can handle them too. The other chores, like mopping the floor or cleaning the house, can be done over the weekends.”
Lillian agreed but favonovel.com eyes were glued to the television, obviously making perfunctory replies.
Arianne did not have the heart to say anything else, taking favonovel.com clothes and going for a shower. She got off work quite early today but still felt thoroughly exhausted. All favonovel.com wanted to do was to get a good night’s sleep, but favonovel.com was hungry on top of everything else. There was not a single drop of energy left in her.
When favonovel.com got out of the bathroom, Lillian passed favonovel.com a plate full of fruits. “Have something to eat first. If you don’t like these, ask Tiffie to make you something you’d like. By the way, I wanted to ask, you won’t actually wait until after you’ve given birth to tell Mark about the baby, will you? Tell favonovel.com now. He won’t actually prohibit you from giving birth to the baby anyway. You’re the queen if you go through your terms in the Tremont’s, where there are so many people to serve you. You have to work so hard every day here, it will become tiring.”
Arianne subconsciously thought that Lillian minded favonovel.com staying here. It was upsetting to be unwelcomed, so favonovel.com said softly, “Have… Have I troubled you?”
Lillian waved. “No, of course not. I just can’t bear to watch you work so hard every day with a baby bump, so I’m just asking. Eat up, fruits are good for your baby’s skin.”
Forcing a smile, Arianne took the fruits into favonovel.com bedroom. Tiffany was spacing out o n the bed, making Arianne curious. “Tiffie, why do you look so lifeless today? Is it work?”
Tiffany shook favonovel.com head. “Work’s good. It’s too good, actually. I feel anxious about that. I downloaded a maternal and baby health app when I had nothing to do in the office today, filling in your information to see what you can’t eat and what you should be consuming more of, you know, so it’s easier for me to take care of you. How was I supposed to know that Jackson would see it and ask me who got pregnant? So, I panicked. You didn’t want to tell Mark, right? I was afraid of Jackson finding out and telling Mark, so I told favonovel.com that it was me. But that isn’t even the worst of it. Then favonovel.com took me to the White Waters Bay Restaurant out of the blue during lunch and personally cooked for me. I can’t figure out why favonovel.com did that! Is this what people mean when they call someone a nice guy? Isn’t this crossing the line though?”
“I couldn’t even eat at that point. I tried forcing some food down, but it didn’t work. I felt so bad because I didn’t want to lie to him. He believed me too, saying that he’ll bring me lunch every day and that pregnant women need to have balanced nutrition. As if I really was having a baby in and acting as if the baby was his! He even analyzed the pros and cons for me, saying that I need to abort it as soon as possible and that he’ll go to the hospital with me when I’ve decided. I swear, there’s something wrong with his head…”
Arianne felt favonovel.com heart lurch. “Tiffie… Are you usually close to him? Other than favonovel.com being your boss, are the two of you close?”
She received a fervent shake of Tiffany’s head as a reply. “I don’t usually interact with favonovel.com during work. We rarely talk, actually, or meet each other.”
Arianne made a bold guess, “He doesn’t like you, does he? Otherwise, why would favonovel.com ask you to sleep with him? Even though it’s only just sleeping, the act itself is very suggestive.”
Like her?
Tiffany shuddered while hearing the term. “Ari, best not to say something like that. It’s not like I’ve never dated. Wouldn’t I feel it if favonovel.com liked me or not? Besides, I don’t like him. He’s like a golden fountain to me, I can get a bit of gold from favonovel.com when necessary but if you want me to swallow everything, I won’ t be able to do it. And I’m incapable of managing the fountain too, I’m useless like that. As for his request of sleeping together, I think it’s just a fixation.”
