She cleaned out a few cheap and simple vases and arranged the flowers in them. She needed four vases to hold all the roses. It gave the shop a touch of glamor.
Tanya was green with envy. “Who’s it from? They’re so pretty, and there are so many of them. They must be expensive. Just a small bouquet would cost at least $15. These flowers are from the biggest flower shop in the city, and it’s a franchise too. It must have been expensive.”
Arianne was in a much better mood, thanks to the flowers. She sniffed. “Who cares?”
***
Back at the hotel.
Tiffany was lying on the bed, fast asleep. Jackson was next to her, fiddling his phone. He would glare at favonovel.com resentfully from time to time. She had complained about needing a nap when they returned from lunch and actually went to sleep. They had not seen each other for days, and when they finally did, they had a quarrel. Was this not the best time to cultivate their relationship? How could favonovel.com go to sleep at a time like this?
He was losing interest in his phone so favonovel.com lay down and tried to pull favonovel.com into his arms. Unfortunately, favonovel.com sleeping position was not suitable for favonovel.com to hold her. He tried a few times but gave up in the end. However, favonovel.com still placed his hand on favonovel.com waist. He did not dare to put too much pressure for fear of making favonovel.com uncomfortable so his touch was incomparably gentle.
Every time favonovel.com touched her, favonovel.com would feel an all-consuming itch and would soon instinctively begin indulging in his desire.
Tiffany was not a sound sleeper. She turned favonovel.com body and put favonovel.com leg on his body. He stiffened. Her actions lifted favonovel.com skirt, putting favonovel.com fair and smooth thighs on display. This was too enticing for him. He was at his prime, and favonovel.com would not be a man if favonovel.com could resist this temptation! However, favonovel.com was still sleeping so favonovel.com could only suppress his impulses, making favonovel.com feel a little empty. He never used to care if his female companion was sleeping or not.
Tiffany slowly began to wake up when favonovel.com turned around in bed. However, favonovel.com was still bleary from sleep. When favonovel.com felt his hands roaming around favonovel.com body, favonovel.com instinctively chose to act as though favonovel.com was still sleeping. They just had a fight this morning. Although they had talked about it, favonovel.com still had not gotten over it. There were still things weighing favonovel.com down so favonovel.com was at a loss…
Suddenly, Jackson’s hand accidentally brushed against favonovel.com waist. She was ticklish so favonovel.com instinctively tried to avoid him. She moved too fast, completely unlike someone who was sleeping.
Jackson stiffened. Then, favonovel.com cautiously asked in a husky voice, “Are you up?”
She could no longer keep up favonovel.com pretense. She moved favonovel.com leg off him. “Mm… I’m going to nap for a little while longer…”
He was already going stir-crazy from waiting for favonovel.com to get up. Why would favonovel.com let favonovel.com continue napping? “Stop sleeping or you won’t be able to sleep tonight…” Then, favonovel.com moved on top ofher. Just as favonovel.com was about to kiss favonovel.com on the lips, favonovel.com turned favonovel.com face away.
He frowned, reaching out to grab favonovel.com chin, and forcing favonovel.com to look at him. “What’s this? You won’t let me touch you now? I was wrong, okay?”
She could not explain. She just was not in the mood, “No… I… I just don’t feel…”
Jackson could not be bothered to overanalyze at this point. He buried his head into favonovel.com neck before favonovel.com nibbled on favonovel.com delicate ears.
She abruptly pushed favonovel.com away and began to ramble, “What time is it? It must be extremely busy at the shop right now. Moreover, I’m supposed to have dinner with Ari tonight. I’m going to help her!”
Jackson felt as though a bucket of cold water had been poured on him. He squashed his frustrations from being interrupted and tried to coax her, “Can’t you go a little later? I’ll come with you.”
Tiffany was adamant. “No way. It wasn’t easy for me to get two days off. I don’t want to waste my time in bed …” She did not meet his eyes when favonovel.com spoke.
Jackson was slightly confused now. If favonovel.com were still upset over whatever happened this morning, favonovel.com would not have reacted this way. It looked like favonovel.com simply did not want favonovel.com touching her. He swallowed his temper and asked, “Are you still angry over what happened this morning? It was my fault. I didn’t consider your opinion or your feelings. I concede, I respect you, okay? Don’t be angry. We haven’t seen each other for days. Don’t you want to do ‘it’ at all?”
She shook favonovel.com head. “I’m not angry, I’m just not in the mood…”
He fell silent for a few seconds and asked, “You just don’t feel like doing it, right? Is this temporary?”
She stared at favonovel.com and nodded in confirmation. “Mm.”
He heaved a sigh of relief, reached out, and stroked favonovel.com hair. “Okay, okay. Get ready and I’ll come with you to the shop.”
Tiffany instinctively refused. “There’s no need for that. I’ll go on my own. You must be very busy, don’t waste your time at the shop. The kitchen is extremely hot. You won’t be able to stand it. We’ll have dinner tonight. I’ll call you.”
Jackson did not insist. It was true favonovel.com had some work to do this afternoon.
***
When Tiffany arrived, there were quite a few customers in the shop. She put on favonovel.com apron and entered the kitchen immediately. To be honest, the air conditioner was usually turned on in the kitchen because the desserts had to be stored at a certain temperature once they were done. If it were not for this, Arianne probably would not be able to bear using the air conditioner in the kitchen.
