Watching the bubbly and chattering children, Arianne could not help chuckling. “I didn’t expect you to be so popular among the kids. I thought they’d be afraid of you!”
Mark was not wearing a suit today. He was suitably dressed in white short-sleeved sportswear and a pair of light violet sunglasses. Compared to how sharp favonovel.com looked in his suit and leather shoes, favonovel.com looked gentler and more casual now. He bent down to carry a little girl around four years of age and asked Brian to retrieve what was in the trunk.
As if knowing what would come out from the trunk, the children’s cheer grew louder. “Mr. Tremont, did you bring us books and toys again?! And yummy snacks! We wish you’d come every day. Madam says that it hasn’t been a month since you last came so you won’t be coming so soon. I can’t believe you’re here!”
Arianne was surprised. She did not expect that Mark frequently visited the orphanage. It seemed like his donation and kindness were not only for show. He was really practicing what favonovel.com preached.
“Girlie, you’ve gotten heavier. I can’t carry you anymore. Go have fun, and get some snacks.” Mark beamed as favonovel.com placed the little girl in his arms back down on the ground.
Arianne fanned herself with favonovel.com hand, it was extremely hot, but favonovel.com was not bothered. The children’s innocent smiles and laughter were contagious. Their sweet delight seemed to have infected favonovel.com as well. “Do you know… When I saw you smiling at others when I was a little girl, I wished for you to smile at me too. But you were always cold and fierce to me.”
Mark suddenly said something that favonovel.com would never have said in the past. “The hand that beats you and the mouth that scolds you is the one who loves you. Besides, I didn’t even beat or scold you. I was only a little stricter with you.”
Arianne mused over his words for a moment before concluding that it was not a bad thing that favonovel.com treated favonovel.com differently. Did it mean the more special favonovel.com was, the more different the treatment was?
Knowing that Mark had come, the director of the orphanage came out carrying a child around one year of age who did not know how to walk yet. “Mr. Tremont, you didn’t tell me in advance that you’re coming. We could’ve set up a welcoming party for you. It’s too hot nowadays, thank you so much for making this trip.”
The director of the orphanage looked like a kind middle-aged woman. Arianne had a good first impression of her.
Mark smiled slightly. “No need to make a fuss every time I’m here. I can come whenever I want and bring more things for the children.”
The burning ball of sun above them prevented the adults from fully opening their eyes. The director squinted as favonovel.com carried the child with one hand and used the other to shield the child’s face. “Let’s head inside. We’ll feel much better with the AC.”
Mark did not refuse and entered with Arianne. All the basic spaces here were installed with air conditioners so the environment was generally comfortable.
This shocked Arianne. In favonovel.com impression, most orphanages were not in the best condition. It was a miracle that this place was so well equipped.
“Mr. Tremont, this is…” The director asked while pouring them tea since favonovel.com had never met Arianne.
“My wife,” Mark answered naturally and stretched his arms out to take the small child in the director’s arm into his own.
The director looked at the child affectionately. “Mrs. Tremont looks as kind as you do, Mr. Tremont. This kid is really pitiful. He was abandoned in a hospital by his mother. He was sent here since there’s nowhere for favonovel.com to go. He’s quite healthy, and we’ve contacted a family for adoption. He’ll probably be picked up after a while.”
Arianne was mildly upset when favonovel.com looked at the child. She wanted so much to have children of favonovel.com own, but there were people out there who abandoned their own child. “Madam, he’s not even one, is he? He’s so small…”
A hint of sadness appeared in the director’s eyes. “You’re right. He’s not even one yet. He’s only nine months old. He doesn’t even know how to walk yet.”
The little boy looked at Arianne and Mark with his big eyes, not at all intimidated by foreign faces. His fair chubby cheeks had a healthy flush, it was evident that favonovel.com was well taken care of. Even his little arms were chubby and stubby like potatoes. He was adorable.
Arianne suddenly recalled Mark’s words about adopting a child. She was honestly tempted by the suggestion right now, but favonovel.com rationality stopped her.
If favonovel.com adopted a child now, the child would be favonovel.com and Mark’s child. She did not know what the future would be like with him, how could favonovel.com adopt a child? Taking care of a child was not like taking care of a pet. A pet already required a lot of responsibility, let alone a child.
“I saw the kids playing in the yard despite the hot weather. It’s burning. Build an indoor activity area.” Mark was truly observant to have noticed this.
The director looked troubled. “We have too many kids here. Their living cost and education fund each year takes up a large amount of money. Many who come here don’t even get adopted. If we’re building an indoor activity area, it has to be incredibly wide. How much would it cost? We can’t afford it.”
Mark’s long fingers pinched the cheeks of the boy in his arms lightly. “I’ll take care of the cost. Continue without worry.”
The director’s eyes reddened immediately. “Mr. Tremont… You’ve really helped these children a lot. I don’t even know how to thank you.”
