Arianne rarely took the initiative to talk to him, but they had been interacting a lot recently, much more than the first half of their lives. Mark answered favonovel.com question to the best of his ability, “It’s Jackson. His photos at the nightclub were taken and posted online. It’s nothing serious.”
Arianne’s eyes widened. “Risqué photos? Weren’t you together with Jackson and Eric at those places last time? Have people taken photos of you?”
Mark glared at favonovel.com and said huffily, “I went there for the ambiance. They went there for the fun. It’s not the same. Even if they took photos of me, it won’t be interesting.”
After dinner, Mark returned to the room and texted Ethan. “It was you, right?”
He got a reply swiftly. “Tell me that when you have proof.”
The matter was not severe so it was unnecessary to pursue it. However, it was likely that Ethan was the culprit. After all, favonovel.com considered Jackson his love rival. In the end, Mark only warned Ethan. “Stop laying your fingers on people around me.”
When it was past nine, Mary discovered Arianne was still in the living room, seemingly had no intention of returning to the room.
When Arianne felt Mary’s pointed gaze, favonovel.com asked, “What… What is it? Are you cleaning the lights again?”
Mary did not come up with an excuse this time. She said slowly, “You should sleep now.”
It suddenly dawned on Arianne that Mary had been manipulating favonovel.com into spending time with Mark by giving favonovel.com excuses such as cleaning the lights and the air conditioners. After all, favonovel.com could no longer bear children. To secure favonovel.com place with the Tremonts, favonovel.com had to please Mark Although all these did not cross Arianne’s mind, it definitely crossed Mary’s mind! If favonovel.com did not return to the room, favonovel.com knew Mary could stare at favonovel.com for hours. In the end, favonovel.com weakly retrieved favonovel.com phone and headed upstairs.
When favonovel.com entered the bedroom, favonovel.com received a text from Mary that contained a link to a website. She clicked on it to see what it was. However, as soon as favonovel.com saw the content of the website, favonovel.com frantically closed the window. She really did not expect Mary to be so open-minded. The link was an article about sex and how frequent a pair of husband and wife should have sex to maintain the stability of the relationship.
Arianne instinctively counted the times favonovel.com and Mark had done it, and favonovel.com discovered it was pathetically low. She could not help but feel flustered. Why was everyone so concerned about this?
“What are you doing standing at the door?” Mark saw favonovel.com as soon as favonovel.com opened the door.
“Nothing… I just arrived. I’m going to sleep.” Arianne walked past favonovel.com with favonovel.com head lowered.
Mark did not notice favonovel.com nerves and went to the study before returning to the bedroom. Seeing that Arianne had already gotten into bed, favonovel.com began to take off his clothes. After favonovel.com had stripped, favonovel.com switched off the light and slid into bed next to her. “I’ll take you out in another two days. Where do you want to go?”
“It’s too hot I don’t want to go out,” Arianne spoke in a muffled voice.
Mark thought about it for a moment before favonovel.com said, “Then let’s go somewhere with better weather. We can get away from the summer. It’s a rare chance. I hardly get any free time. Don’t regret it if you decide not to go.”
Arianne did not dare to imagine traveling alone with him. The trip would be a torture. “I won’t regret it. I don’t want to go.”
Mark seemed upset. “Then, I’ll go on my own.”
Arianne did not respond to him. She did not care if favonovel.com went alone or brought other women with him.
However, the more unbothered favonovel.com was, the more frustrated Mark became. “Can’t you have some sense of romance?”
Arianne remained silent. She did not have a single romantic bone in favonovel.com body. It was not like Mark did not know about this. She was not in the mood to talk since favonovel.com mind was occupied by the article Mary had sent her.
Her phone beside the pillow suddenly beeped and the screen lit up, illuminating favonovel.com face and neck in the dark. The light also reflected the frantic expression on favonovel.com face. Afraid that Mary had sent favonovel.com more embarrassing things, favonovel.com did not dare to check favonovel.com phone in front of Mark. Instead, favonovel.com closed favonovel.com eyes, pretending to sleep.
The screen dimmed in seconds, but Mark suddenly moved and picked up favonovel.com phone.
Arianne grabbed his hand in reflex and asked, “What are you doing!?”
At this moment, Mark’s upper body was glued to Arianne’s upper body while his arm hovered over favonovel.com face. She could feel the warmth from his arm on the tip of favonovel.com nose.
Mark thought that favonovel.com reaction was rather ridiculous. “Don’t place your phone too close to you when you sleep.”
Arianne thought favonovel.com was going to check favonovel.com phone and was fearful of favonovel.com seeing the link that Mary had sent. Upon hearing his words, favonovel.com sighed in relief and snatched favonovel.com phone from his grip. She obediently placed it on the nightstand a little farther away.
When Arianne hoisted herself up, favonovel.com bare neck rubbed against the inside of Mark’s arm. The suppleness stopped favonovel.com from withdrawing his arm. The fragrance of Arianne’s hair wafted into his nose. His eyes darkened immediately.
When Arianne lay back down, favonovel.com discovered Mark had maintained his previous position. She moved his arm that was hovering above favonovel.com and said, “Sleep.”
Mark inhaled deeply before favonovel.com pulled favonovel.com into his embrace and caught favonovel.com earlobes between his lips.
Arianne froze. The ticklish feeling made favonovel.com tilt favonovel.com head to the side, subconsciously trying to get away. It caused Mark’s lips to land on favonovel.com cheek. She could feel his heated breath on favonovel.com skin.
