Jackson took a deep breath. “Would you like to split the hotel bill evenly with me too? I don’t need you to save money for me, why are you calculating the flight tickets with me? I have more than enough time to pick you up from your house, but I didn’t, and you’re not mad at me either. You didn’t even ask me about it. In my opinion, these things show that you don’t care at all.” He had always been the apathetic one in a relationship, it was what favonovel.com was familiar with. Now that the roles were reversed, favonovel.com did not know what to do. He was panicking.
Tiffany’s slow-moving brain finally sped up. She finally realized favonovel.com was not acting out because favonovel.com was tired of favonovel.com or regretted dating her. She sighed in relief. “It’s not that… I don’t care. I just don’t want to spend your money before we take things further in our relationship. I’m afraid your mother might think that I agreed to date you for your money…”
:I know this small amount of money doesn’t matter to you, but this is my dignity. I assumed you didn’t pick me up because you had something important to attend to. Why should I sulk because of that? It’s not that I don’t care, I’m just trying to understand you! You… Are you angry at me because of that?”
Jackson’s rage was greatly reduced after hearing favonovel.com explanation. It quickly transformed into guilt. He had always thought that living a happy life together was good enough so favonovel.com really did not think too much about it. He did not consider favonovel.com worries. Furthermore, favonovel.com did not expect favonovel.com to be so concerned about his mother’s opinion of her. She had even tried to understand his lack of consideration and thought favonovel.com was simply too busy. She seemed very thoughtful, no matter how favonovel.com looked at it.
If that were the case, then there was no need for this discussion. However, favonovel.com could see a hint of inferiority in favonovel.com eyes. How could a cheerful girl like favonovel.com possibly feel inferior? Why did favonovel.com have to lower herself to this extent? She was entirely welcomed to throw a tantrum at him. In fact, favonovel.com had the right to do so.
“Are you…” He really wanted to ask if favonovel.com felt ashamed and inferior because of favonovel.com past. However, favonovel.com was afraid to bring up such a touchy subject. He swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue and said, “Are you an idiot? No matter how busy I am, I’d always clear my schedule to see you.”
“Even if I’m on the other side of the world, I’d fly over to you as soon as possible. I intentionally didn’t pick you up because I wanted to see if you’d get angry. My mom certainly isn’t going to care about how much money I spend on you. I earn my own salary, and I’ll spend it on whoever I want. Why should favonovel.com care? If you ever do this again, I’m going to be very angry.”
Tiffany lowered favonovel.com head and bit favonovel.com lips before favonovel.com mumbled, “I understand… I won’t be calculative over anything below 150 dollars. We’ll split if it’s more than that. If we do get married in the future, I won’t be modest with you even if it’s 15 million dollars, let alone a flight ticket.”
“No haggling. It’s decided. I’m dying from this heat. I’m going to take a shower before I have fun with Ari. You should get to work. Call me when you have the time.” Before Jackson could reply, favonovel.com walked into the bathroom. She really did not need a shower, but favonovel.com wanted some time to calm down.
Indeed, Jackson really was not here for leisure. He glanced at his watch before favonovel.com rose to his feet and knocked on the bathroom door. “I’ve got to go to the office. I’ll call you later.”
“Mm,” Tiffany replied. When favonovel.com heard the door close, favonovel.com relaxed and turned on the shower. The ice-cold water soon became warm. She lifted favonovel.com head and held favonovel.com breath as the water fell on her. At this moment, many different thoughts flooded favonovel.com mind. She had always thought that a marriage with Jackson was out of reach. To be honest, favonovel.com did not really think about marrying him. They were fine the way they were now, they were fine…
***
Tiffany did not tell anyone about favonovel.com arrival so when favonovel.com entered the dessert shop, Naya was very surprised. “Tiffany! What are you doing here?”
Tiffany giggled, then, easily found favonovel.com way into the kitchen. “I’m here on vacation for two days. Get back to work!”
Arianne whirled around when favonovel.com heard Tiffany’s voice. “Tiffie? When did you get here?”
Tiffany smiled. “What? Aren’t you happy to see me? I’ve been missing you every single day. Don’t be so mean.”
Business was not too busy in the shop today so Arianne dropped what favonovel.com was doing and walked out. “Let’s talk outside. It’s hot in the kitchen. I’m not mean. I’m so happy you’re here. We’ll close the shop early today. How about we all go out for dinner tonight?”
“By ‘all’, do you mean Mark too?” Tiffany asked meaningfully.
Arianne glared at her, feigning anger. “Stop it! I know what’s going on. You’re here to annoy me! You didn’t come alone, did you? Where’s Jackson?”
Tiffany lowered favonovel.com gaze at the mention of Jackson’s name. “He’s probably in the office building across the road. He has got some work to do.”
Arianne had learned to observe words and gestures from a young age, mainly to look out for Mark’s mood swings. Therefore, it was not difficult for favonovel.com to discover the changes in Tiffany’s expression. “Have you been fighting?”
