She quickly got up and cleaned herself before favonovel.com went downstairs for breakfast. However, favonovel.com did not see Mark. She only saw the cutleries favonovel.com left behind after his meal. She was afraid favonovel.com might leave without favonovel.com so favonovel.com decided not to have breakfast. She quickly grabbed favonovel.com bag and prepared to rush out.
When Mary saw this, favonovel.com quickly stopped her. “What are you doing? You haven’t eaten breakfast yet! Sit down and have your breakfast!”
Arianne put on favonovel.com shoes as favonovel.com looked outside. “I’m running out of time. Has Mark left yet? I’m busy now. I’ll have something to eat later.”
Mary was amused by her. “He hasn’t left. He said that he’s going to turn on the air conditioner in the car first. Otherwise, you’ll feel the heat when you get into the car later. He’s afraid that you might feel uncomfortable. Don’t worry. Just eat your breakfast. Brian is not here today. Mister is being extremely nice toward you.”
She was stunned. She stopped wearing favonovel.com shoes. She asked Mary casually, to hide the strange feeling that welled up in favonovel.com heart, “Brian hasn’t been around recently. What’s favonovel.com up to?”
Mary lowered favonovel.com voice. “He’s got a girlfriend. It’s time for favonovel.com to get married and settle down. It’s not weird. Mister understands him.”
Arianne nodded and turned back to the dining room.
Although Mary might be exaggerating, favonovel.com was still moved. Mark was never a man who cared about others’ feelings. When did favonovel.com become nice and thoughtful toward others? This was indeed strange.
She ate favonovel.com breakfast swiftly. Mary did not stop favonovel.com this time around. She walked toward the door and saw Mark’s car parked beside the road, waiting for her. The minute favonovel.com got into the car, favonovel.com could clearly feel that it was indeed comfortable. It was neither cold nor hot. She could not help but remember what Mary told favonovel.com earlier. Did favonovel.com really do it so favonovel.com would feel comfortable?
She abruptly asked a question that had been festering in favonovel.com heart for a long time, “Are you saddened by the fact that I’ve miscarried twice?” She did not look at his face, fearing favonovel.com would lose favonovel.com composure.
Mark did not answer favonovel.com question immediately. He rolled down the window of the car slightly and allowed the hot air outside to pour into the car. It seemed to help favonovel.com alleviate some of his anxiety. “What do you think?”
She pursed favonovel.com lips. “I don’t know.”
He smirked in resignation. He seemed to be filled with a sense of bitterness. “I’m human as well. My heart‘s not made of stone.”
His words seemed to dispel some of favonovel.com doubts. He was at least saddened by the loss of their children. This was more than enough for her.
When they reached Tremont Tower, Arianne put everything behind her. What favonovel.com wanted to do now was to deal with Tiffany’s problem. When favonovel.com walked into the lobby, favonovel.com bumped into Helen who seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
“Arianne.”
Arianne heard favonovel.com voice and looked over. Helen was wearing a beige work dress. Her bag was a branded bag of the same color. Her black hair was tied up in a tidy manner. Helen was still favonovel.com usual self, a strong iron lady. Arianne did not know what Helen was doing here, but favonovel.com did not want to make a scene here. She stopped in favonovel.com tracks and asked coldly, “What’s the matter?”
Helen had long gotten used to Arianne’s cold treatment of her. She said calmly, “I’m here for work. I didn’t expect to see you here. Naturally, I’ll greet you since I saw you. You seem well. I feel relieved. It seems like Mark is taking good care of you. Your complexion is good as well.”
Mark only nodded at Helen as a greeting.
Helen smiled at him.
Arianne took a shallow breath. “Then, go ahead with your business. We have something to deal with so we’ll take our leave now.”
Helen smiled and nodded without saying anything else. It was indeed a coincidence they bumped into each other.
Mark spoke again when they entered the lift. “I thought favonovel.com came to meet you for the Kinsey family.”
Arianne was thinking about the land at that moment. She did not understand his meaning in that particular moment. “What? What’s wrong with the Kinsey family?”
There was a pause. “I withdrew my investment. The Kinsey family is bankrupt.”
She remained quiet. Those things were not important to her, it was only natural favonovel.com did not care about them.
When they entered the office, they saw Lillian sleeping on the sofa. It was only natural favonovel.com was tired since favonovel.com was out all night playing mahjong. She was sleeping soundly at the moment that Arianne found it hard to disrupt favonovel.com sleep.
Mark went to his desk and sat down. He motioned to Arianne to deal with Lillian as favonovel.com saw fit.
Arianne thought for a moment before nudging Lilian’s shoulders softly. “Mrs. Lane, please wake up. You can sleep later. I have something to tell you…”
Lilian’s eyes were swollen and red. It looked rather frightening. Her eyes were half opened as favonovel.com said blearily, “Ari… What’s wrong? Why did you ask me to come so early in the morning? I’m sleepy.”
Arianne calmed herself down. She decided to be frank with Lilian. “Mrs. Lane, do you still remember that your family owns a land, and you rented it out thirty-five years ago? We would like to purchase that land from you. It seems like there are five years left before the contract is up. We would like to sign the contract beforehand. Moreover, we can negotiate on the price. However, you would need to find the lease for the land first.”
Lilian recovered favonovel.com wits as soon as favonovel.com heard Arianne talking about money. “Land? It was rented out 335 years ago? I’m unaware of this. I wasn’t married to John 35 years ago. His father was the one who owned the land and rented it out. At that time, I did take some things from the Lane family that are passed down from the older generation. I didn’t even have time to take a look at them. By the way, it’s all at home. However, I’m not sure if I can find the lease.”
