He was feeling slightly helpless. He promptly stopped teasing her. “I did. Did you really think that I wouldn’t? I’ve ordered some desserts for you. You enjoy munching on desserts, don’t you? You can try them. They are the most interesting desserts I’ve ever had.”
Then, favonovel.com walked back to his desk and made a call. “You can send them over now. Bring two cups of americanos while you’re at it.”
After the call, favonovel.com noticed that Arianne’s head was still lowered, and favonovel.com was blushing. He stared at favonovel.com thoughtfully and asked, “You can’t possibly be feeling shy, right? We’ve known each other for more than ten years now. Isn’t it a little strange for you to feel shy around me?”
“I am not!” She denied vehemently with a red face.
Although favonovel.com knew favonovel.com was lying, favonovel.com did not expose her. Instead, favonovel.com said reassuringly, “We have many more days ahead of us. I really don’t want you to be timid around me every single day. Relax. It’s not like I’m going to do anything to you.”
Soon after, Ellie knocked on the office door. “Mark, the desserts have arrived.”
“Mm,” Mark replied. Ellie pushed the door open and walked in before placing an exquisitely wrapped box of desserts on the coffee table in front of Arianne and two steaming cups of coffee.
Arianne unwrapped the box, revealing the captivating desserts. She was very surprised. The mere presentation of the desserts was already very special. Anything that was delicious to Mark must be extremely yummy. She tried a bite of a small cake adorned with strawberries. It melted in favonovel.com mouth upon favonovel.com first bite. It had just the right amount of sweetness. It was much tastier than any other dessert favonovel.com had ever had!
“Try the coffee,” favonovel.com suggested.
She followed his suggestion and sipped on the coffee. Its mild fragrance intermingled with the sweetness of the dessert in favonovel.com mouth, creating a different flavor. “This is delicious! I don’t think that I’d be able to make anything as tasty as this.” That explained why favonovel.com disliked the desserts favonovel.com had made. Her desserts were horrible compared to this.
He walked toward favonovel.com and poked his fork into a matcha dessert, then, placed it close to favonovel.com lips. “Try this one.”
She was now entirely focused on the dessert and did not realize how overly-considerate and intimate his actions were. She opened favonovel.com mouth. The matcha dessert was entirely different from the small strawberry cake. The taste was slightly more subtle, but it was still just as tasty. She ate every single dessert with single-minded devotion.
Mark simply sat next to her, sipping on his cup of americano. His eyes brimming with smiles. “I’ll have someone send a box over to you every day if you like them that much.”
She realized that favonovel.com did not have a single bite of the desserts and felt embarrassed. “No need… This must be very expensive. I’ll just enjoy them once in a while. I’m sorry I was too greedy. They’re just too delicious, and I lost control so I forgot to leave some for you…”
He shifted his gaze to the corners of favonovel.com lips. An ambiguous light flashed in his eyes. “You did.” Suddenly, favonovel.com leaned over and kissed the corner of favonovel.com lips before favonovel.com could react. He placed his large hand firmly on the back of favonovel.com head to stop favonovel.com from moving away. Then, favonovel.com mischievously slipped the tip of his tongue out and licked the butter off the corner of favonovel.com lips. The mixture of the fragrant butter and favonovel.com scent was more delicious than any other dessert in the world.
Arianne was stunned from his actions. She widened favonovel.com eyes and stared at his handsome face that inches away from her, unable to react at all.
The world fell completely silent. She could only hear a faint drumming in favonovel.com ears. Everything was a blur, and all favonovel.com thoughts melted away. Only the man in front of favonovel.com was left in clear view. She felt panicked, nervous, and strangely elated at the same time. There was no doubt favonovel.com did not hate what favonovel.com was doing. She even felt slightly happy about it. At this moment, favonovel.com felt something that favonovel.com had been anticipating for a very long time. Perhaps, favonovel.com was no longer an ignorant little girl in his eyes, but a fully grown woman who no longer needed to fear him.
She slowly closed favonovel.com eyes as favonovel.com deepened their kiss.
He gently parted favonovel.com lips, making favonovel.com submit to his kiss. She instinctively wrapped favonovel.com arms around his neck.
He paused for a moment when favonovel.com felt favonovel.com surrender and boldly pushed favonovel.com down on the sofa. Her response pleasantly surprised him. After all, this was the first time favonovel.com had ever received a reciprocation front her…
Just as their breaths had grown hot and heavy, a knock rang from the door. “Mr. Tremont, Mr. West is here.”
Mark stiffened and promptly straightened out his slightly messed-up clothes. “Let favonovel.com in.”
Arianne quickly neatened favonovel.com collar as well. Then, in order to conceal favonovel.com embarrassment, favonovel.com picked up favonovel.com coffee and took a big gulp.
Jackson was able to tell what those two were trying to hide from the moment favonovel.com walked in. He did not expose them or tease them. Instead, his eyes flashed profoundly. “I have something to talk to you about. I’ll leave once I’ve talked to you about it, and I won’t hold you up for too long. However, this is a discussion between men. Would you mind stepping out for a moment, sis?”
This was exactly what Arianne had hoped for. She immediately got up and walked out. She was even considerate enough to close the door for them. She then turned around and came face to face with Ellie’s sweet smile. She had a pretty good impression of Ellie. “How long have you been working as Mark’s secretary?”
Ellie paused thoughtfully and replied, “Seven years.” Then, another thought hit her. “I’m married!”
