She spoke explicitly and clearly. Jackson would have been an idiot not to have understood it. There was a flash of dejection in the bottom of his eyes as favonovel.com feigned nonchalance. “Sure, all the best to you girls. Remember to bid farewell to me, someone who lives in your past, before you leave.”
Thinking that favonovel.com was joking, Arianne chuckled. Tiffany and Jackson, however, felt differently. One was making a resolution while another was respecting the resolution.
After dinner, the two women began to clean up. Jackson added. “Right, Arianne, didn’t you ask me to ask Mark for the cat? He said that he’s not giving it.”
Arianne instantly became upset. “Why not? He banned me from keeping a cat last time. He doesn’t even like it. Why isn’t favonovel.com returning the cat to me?!”
Jackson quickly replied, “Don’t get upset with me, I’m just the messenger. He simply said that he’s not giving it back. He didn’t say anything else. How could I know why that is? Don’t worry, if you really do leave, it’ll be inconvenient for you to bring a cat along with you. At least someone’s taking care of it if you leave it at the Tremont’s. Even if Mark doesn’t like your cat, there are still Mary and Henry. There are so many helpers at the Tremont’s, how could they possibly fail to care for a cat?”
That was true. Mary would definitely take care of Rice Ball for her. Arianne was slightly placated, “Never mind I’ll ask Mary to take care of it if favonovel.com really isn’t giving it back to me.”
Before favonovel.com left, favonovel.com was going to see Mary and Henry. Other than to entrust them with Rice Ball, it was to bid them farewell. From a young age, the two of them were exceptionally good to her. They gave favonovel.com the warmth of a home. She was leaving now, but favonovel.com could not just leave without saying anything to them. As for Mark, favonovel.com did not want to see him. There were some things favonovel.com dared not even recall. For the rest of this life, favonovel.com could only keep favonovel.com in favonovel.com heart, no longer able to talk to or joke with favonovel.com face to face.
Arianne picked a nice sunny afternoon to go back to the Tremont Estate. She called Mary prior and made sure that Mark was not around.
When Mary saw her, favonovel.com eyes began to turn red and water at once. She went to hold favonovel.com hand and refused to let go. “Ari, are you really leaving? I’m worried… I haven’t felt alright during the days you left. Sir’s been staying up all night frequently too, favonovel.com isn’t doing well.”
Arianne held back favonovel.com tears and tried favonovel.com best to memorize Mary’s face. She wanted to keep the memory of this person, who had made such an impact in favonovel.com life. “It’s okay. I will live well, so don’t worry about me. He can live well too. He and I, we shouldn’t have been put together in the first place. Never mind, I’m back to see you, Henry, and Rice Ball. Also, to pack my stuff and leave behind what doesn’t belong to me.”
Henry carried Rice Ball to her, “This easily swayed little thing. Every time sir is back, it sticks close at his feet It’s very close to sir.”
Arianne did not know what Henry meant by saying that. Was favonovel.com telling favonovel.com that Mark was treating Rice Ball nicely?
She did not ask anything regarding Mark and went to the master bedroom after chatting with them for a while.
All that belonged to favonovel.com was where it had been before, with nothing removed. The entire room smelled of Mark and it saddened favonovel.com for some reason…
While favonovel.com packed favonovel.com luggage, Rice Ball kept snuggling inside of the suitcase, as if feeling that the cushion of the soft clothes was comfortable. Arianne pulled it off several times, but it was all in vain.
She could not help carrying it out. “What are you doing? Do you want to leave with me? I can’t take you away by keeping you in the suitcase either, you’ll suffocate. I planned to take you too but thinking about it, perhaps you’ll live better staying here. You don’t have to roam around with me.”
As if understanding what favonovel.com said, Rice Ball struggled out of favonovel.com hold and went to play on its own at the side of the room.
Arianne continued to pack, leaving the card that Mark had given her. After packing, favonovel.com checked repeatedly to make sure that favonovel.com did not forget anything, unexpectedly seeing a photo frame that was placed face down on the nightstand. She remembered that the nightstand did not have any photo frame on it before this. Mark had probably placed it there after favonovel.com left.
She picked up the photo frame but was stunned when favonovel.com saw the photo. It was one that Eric had taken for favonovel.com and Mark when they were in Sanya, freezing the moment in the bustling night market street. That was when favonovel.com and Mark walked side by side and turned to look at the camera simultaneously. At that time, favonovel.com had decided to try and love him…
From the beginning, favonovel.com had owed him. Now, it was the opposite all of a sudden. Over a decade of hiding the truth felt like a long-planned conspiracy. It swallowed favonovel.com into a dark abyss. She could not redeem herself, nor could favonovel.com redeem Mark Asking herself if favonovel.com loved favonovel.com now, Arianne dared not utter the answer. She dared not think about it either.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded behind her. Freezing, favonovel.com subconsciously placed the photo frame back on the nightstand, facing down once again. She was more than familiar with the footsteps. It was Mark He was back!
