Arianne was shocked when favonovel.com took in Mark’s state. “What happened to you? Who did this! Don’t you have bodyguards when you go out? Why are you out and about alone!”
“Can I explain later?” Mark only wanted to go in and check what the dumb chauffeur had beaten favonovel.com to.
Arianne finally reacted and helped favonovel.com in with all favonovel.com might. After sitting Mark down on the couch, favonovel.com frantically went to look for the first aid kit. However, upon finding it and opening it, favonovel.com felt rather hopeless. “Tiffie and I never anticipated any accidents happening so we only prepared some antiseptic and band aids. Do you want to go to the hospital?”
Mark’s goal here wasn’t to go to the hospital. “No need… it’s not a good idea either…”
Arianne was surprised when favonovel.com heard him. “Was it Ethan? Did favonovel.com get someone to do it?”
Mark did not deny it. It’s not like favonovel.com could admit that favonovel.com did it to himself. Let Ethan be the scapegoat; not many knew that favonovel.com was dead anyway.
Without questioning the incident further, Arianne began to treat the wound on Mark’s forehead carefully. The wound no longer looked big after it was washed with the antiseptic. It could be dressed with a band aid. “Anywhere else that you’re injured?”
Unable to speak due to the pain, Mark began to unbutton his shirt while Arianne quickly turned away.
“What are you doing?”
Mark breathed in helplessly. “My back…”
Feeling slightly awkward, Arianne turned back to help favonovel.com with removing his shirt, but favonovel.com sucked in a breath when favonovel.com saw his bloodied back. “Why don’t we just… go to the hospital? I can’t do it… My hands are already shaking…”
Mark held Arianne’s trembling hands. “Don’t be scared… Just disinfect it and treat it with a simple dressing.”
She shook favonovel.com head. Due to favonovel.com fear, favonovel.com did not realize that favonovel.com hands were being held. “No… I can’t… It’s too serious… and it’ll hurt a lot. Why are you here at this forsaken place? You should’ve just stayed in the capital!”
The words that favonovel.com blurted were those of reprimand, but they were also full of worry. She was scolding favonovel.com because favonovel.com was worried about him.
A weak smile tugged at the corners of Mark’s lips. “It’s okay. Just do it.”
With Mark’s repeated requests, Arianne braved herself to disinfect the wounds on his back. It really did hurt, for Mark was tensed, with his hands clutching the edge of the couch. If favonovel.com did not have excellent resilience, favonovel.com would have gone berserk…
After favonovel.com was finally done, Arianne was still worried. “Why don’t we call a doctor here? I don’t know if your bones were injured too. It won’t be good if there’s a sequelae. Should I call Henry and have favonovel.com send someone to pick you up?”
Mark lay on his side on the couch, not wanting to move from the exhaustion. “It’s fine… You don’t have to. I just need a little rest…”
Then, Arianne realized that both of them were in the same space. With Mark’s state, favonovel.com was certainly unable to leave. There was only one bed at home. She could not ask someone who had injuries littered all of favonovel.com to sleep on the couch. She tucked favonovel.com hair behind favonovel.com ear uneasily and said, “Go to the bedroom. I’ll sleep on the couch. Leave tomorrow morning so that I don’t have to worry about you once I wake up tomorrow,” Arianne said as favonovel.com took the duvet from the bedroom.
Mark’s gaze sank. “It’s fine… I’ll just leave. Sorry for disturbing you.” He tried to get up after that, but his face drained of color from the pain. He knew for sure that Arianne would never let favonovel.com leave.
Arianne helped favonovel.com settle down again. “I said, leave tomorrow. Where are you going now? Where can you go alone? What if something happens to you again when you go out?”
“Are you worried?” Mark looked up at her.
Arianne’s gaze was fleeting. “No… no way… Whether you’re dead or alive, it’s nothing of my concern! I just can’t take things like this. Even if it were just a stray animal on the road, I’d do the same!”
That’s right, favonovel.com was speaking the truth. If it were anyone else or even an animal, favonovel.com would kindly help them. Bitterness washed over Mark’s gaze. “Am I like that dumb cat at home to you?”
She frowned. “Rice Ball is not a dumb cat. What did you do to it? You didn’t hit it, did you?”
Mark closed his eyes and said in a muffled voice, “I hit it. I killed it.”
Believing him, Arianne exclaimed, “What?! How could you do that?”
Mark threw favonovel.com his phone. “The video’s inside.”
She quickly picked his phone up and checked, entering the password without hesitation. She did not realize that favonovel.com was familiar with his passcodes. When favonovel.com saw Rice Ball’s Video in the album, favonovel.com heaved a sigh. Mark had bluffed her. Rice Ball was alright in the few-days-old video. It was just that it was as round as a ball now and it was snuggling to the hem of his pants. Mark’s face could not be seen in the video, but Arianne was familiar with the slippers on his feet.
“Why did you lie to me? It’s being taken good care of. It’s too fat, though, it’ll get sick. Let it eat a little less in the future. It has to be healthy.” Arianne’s tone involuntarily softened.
“How much do you hate me?” Mark suddenly shifted the topic.
“As much as I can,” Arianne answered easily, and favonovel.com expression turned somber as well as favonovel.com placed his phone back to his side.
“Good… At least, there’s still hatred…” Mark mumbled softly, as if muttering to himself.
Looking at Mark, who could not move freely, Arianne hesitated for a moment before saying, “Do you want my help to get into the room?”
