She suppressed favonovel.com bashfulness after Mark finished wiping himself down. She helped favonovel.com change his bandages before favonovel.com washed up, cleaned the house, and washed the clothes. His suit was very expensive. It was so expensive that favonovel.com would not be able to compensate favonovel.com if it had gotten ruined in the washing machine. For this reason, favonovel.com had to hand wash everything. When favonovel.com was finally washing his underwear, favonovel.com felt as though favonovel.com hands were burning even though favonovel.com had only been scrubbing a few times…
Mark sat on the bed and listened to the commotion outside. He wondered if the next part of his plan would work. He felt that Jackson’s methods did not suit favonovel.com at all. It did not fit his personality, and favonovel.com felt like favonovel.com would blow up at Arianne at any moment.
The more favonovel.com stared at his pajamas, the more depressed favonovel.com felt. She was doing this on purpose, right? She knew his preferred style, and yet, favonovel.com bought favonovel.com pajamas with little yellow chicks… He would have ripped these clothes off and thrown them as far away as possible if it were not for the fact that his clothes were still unwashed!
It was midnight when Arianne was finally done.
When favonovel.com saw favonovel.com switching off the lights and lying on the couch, Mark completely lost his patience to take things slow as Jackson had previously advised. How could this environment, this exhausting life be considered free and peaceful? He got up, walked to the couch, and looked at Arianne. “Come home with me.”
Arianne stiffened in the darkness. She was still awake so favonovel.com heard every word favonovel.com said. However, favonovel.com did not answer him.
Mark knew that favonovel.com had heard him. He continued, “That’s right, I lied. I lied to you for many years. How can I let you go so easily after using every possible means to keep you by my side? I’ve mentioned this before, if you want freedom, I’ll let you go for one and a half years. Time’s almost up. I may be asking you nicely now, but the end result will always go according to my plan. I have ten thousand ways to make you return to the Tremont Estate. I’m sure you’re aware of this. However, you voluntarily coming back with me is the easiest way.”
Arianne sat up and stared at him. “Try challenging me again when you’ve made a full recovery.”
The thought of how favonovel.com ended up getting hurt thoroughly embarrassed him. He felt even more depressed. “This injury is nothing. You don’t think I can persuade you?”
Arianne picked up a throw pillow and smacked him. “What do you want from me? How dare you try to intimidate me? Am I supposed to feel grateful to you? Am I supposed to feel grateful to the man who killed my father? It’s been ten years. I’ve had enough! Since you’re completely fine, please leave. Now! Besides, you’re Mark Tremont. I’m sure you’ll survive even if I drop you on some random place on earth!”
Mark remained standing in his spot. She might seem calm on the surface, but underneath it all, favonovel.com was still highly unstable. This was favonovel.com way of releasing favonovel.com frustrations. No matter how piercing favonovel.com words were, favonovel.com had to endure them. “We’re still legally married. It’s completely reasonable for me to be here.”
He could not bear watching favonovel.com live like this. He thought that favonovel.com had prepared himself for a long battle before favonovel.com arrived. Take it easy, take it easy, this was his mantra. However, in reality, favonovel.com could not do it. He could only fall back on his habits when it came to her. As long as favonovel.com returned with him, favonovel.com could take it slow with everything else.
Arianne had lost it at this moment. “What the hell do you want from me? What the hell could you possibly do to me? What else do you have to threaten me with? I have nothing! Are you going to take a shot at Tiffie? She’s your best friend’s girlfriend now. So go ahead and try! I hate you, Mark Tremont! I wish you’d die! I’ve had enough of you…”
She suddenly lost favonovel.com nerve in the end and stopped abruptly. Suddenly, favonovel.com could not seem to remember how horrible favonovel.com had been… Apart from lying to favonovel.com for more than ten years and preventing favonovel.com from discovering the truth, favonovel.com could not think of how horrible favonovel.com had been… How could favonovel.com possibly bring herself to truly hate a man who had been closely connected to favonovel.com for the first half of favonovel.com life?
“Why did you stop?” favonovel.com asked coldly.
She bit favonovel.com lips silently, favonovel.com chest rising and falling rapidly.
The smell of freshly-washed clothes permeated the air in this small condominium, intermingling with favonovel.com scent. This was a special kind of provocation to his senses on this lonely night. He tried his best to fight back the urge to touch her, afraid of triggering an extreme reaction from her.
After a while, Arianne calmed down and said determinedly, “I’m not going back with you. I won’t abandon my shop, and I’m not abandoning my employees. The only unfinished business between us is divorce. It’s true that I can’t completely hate you, but I can’t forgive you either. So why don’t we let each other go?”
Mark sat down next to favonovel.com and spoke, almost as if to himself, “Let each other go? How? How can I let myself go if I let you go? I’ve tried it, I can’t do it. Come home with me, okay?”
Come home…
These words brought tears to Arianne’s eyes. She managed to conceal favonovel.com emotions perfectly in the dark. He might not be able to see it, but favonovel.com could not lie to herself. “That’s not my home. My home was destroyed… by you. I lost my home a long time ago! If we end this right now, perhaps, I might still have some fond memories of you. At least hatred wouldn’t be the only thing on my mind whenever I think of you in the future. Stop trying to force me. I just want to live my life in peace. This is the life I want. Please don’t ever come into my world again. I don’t want another heartbreak..”
