By the time they had gotten Eric to settle down in the hospital, it was past nine at night. With the drips, Eric’s gastritis did not hurt as much, but favonovel.com looked like favonovel.com had withered.
It was not the first time Mark and Jackson had encountered this situation, so they were in the mood to joke. “You weren’t really here to eat with us, were you? You must have come to extort us.”
Eric was pale, looking listless even when favonovel.com laughed. “I’d love an extortion, are you giving me millions? I’m fine. I probably just need to be hospitalized for a few days. Help me out, get someone to take care of me. I’ll pay for the caretaker, I’m not extorting you guys.”
Arianne and Tiffany thought of someone in unison when they heard that Eric was looking for a caretaker. Exchanging a look, they knew that they were thinking about the same person. Arianne suggested, “I have a hardworking girl in my shop, and she’s experienced in taking care of people. Do you want me to introduce favonovel.com to you? Just take favonovel.com as a normal caretaker. Girls are more meticulous too. It won’t be an inconvenience, would it?”
Eric shook his head. “No problem, let favonovel.com come. It’s not like I’m incapacitated. I just want the convenience so I don’t have to do everything on my own.”
Tiffany had planned to go back after staying two days, but now that there was a change, favonovel.com was unable to head back, “Okay, Tanya can come to the hospital, and I’ll help out in the shop. Then I can go back to the capital with Jackson.”
With the matters discussed, Arianne called Tanya. The latter was soft spoken when favonovel.com picked up the call. “Hello? Ari, is something the matter?”
Arianne knew that it was most probably because Tanya’s grandfather was sleeping. Worried about waking up the elder, favonovel.com subconsciously lowered favonovel.com voice too. “Nothing much. I have a friend who got admitted to the hospital for gastritis. It’s not very severe, favonovel.com just needs someone to take care of him. It’s paid work. Do you want to do it? Tiffie will work in your place in the shop, but we’ll pay you as usual.”
Tanya was quiet for a few seconds before favonovel.com said, “Since I won’t be in the shop, you don’t have to pay me for that… I know that you and Tiffany are nice to me, but it’s not good to accept payment for work that I didn’t do.”
It was true that Arianne and Tiffany had recommended Tanya to help the girl out. They thought about favonovel.com first whenever they had anything that would make money. Payment or not, Arianne did not want to make a story out of it. “Don’t overthink it. You’re helping us out too. The payment should be yours. That’s it. We know about your situation, so you only have to stay the day in the hospital. You can go back home and take care of your grandfather at night.”
Tanya did not refuse favonovel.com further and said gratefully, “Okay, thank you. I’ll take good care of your friend.”
After making the arrangement, the four of them left the hospital. Tiffany was staying in the hotel with Jackson, making Arianne the only one whose destination was out of the way. Tiffany risked favonovel.com life in asking, “Ari, why don’t you stay with us tonight?”
Arianne glared at her. “Stay with you guys and sleep between you and Jackson?”
Jackson, who sat on the passenger seat, coughed awkwardly before the car gave a violent shake. It was Mark venting his discontent.
Knowing that Arianne was joking, Tiffany said weakly, “If you really want to, it’s not like it can’t be done, but Mark wouldn’t agree anyway…”
Arianne knocked favonovel.com head. “Shut it! Send me to the residential area before you guys go back to the hotel.”
Mark had been silent the entire ride. He did not send favonovel.com back to the residential area but drove to the hotel directly.
Arianne did not think much of it. At most, favonovel.com would hail a cab and go back on favonovel.com own. After Tiffany and Jackson left, Mark locked the door. “I’ll send you back.”
She thought that favonovel.com was being extra. He could send favonovel.com back first, but why must favonovel.com send favonovel.com alone?
Since Mark offered to send favonovel.com home, Arianne could not find it in herself to do more. She had spent the whole afternoon playing and went to the hospital just now. It was tiring.
On the way back to the apartment, favonovel.com closed favonovel.com eyes to rest, as favonovel.com did not want to talk to Mark. Mark suddenly spoke up, “Ari, I hope that you can try and get to know me again and accept me.”
Arianne opened favonovel.com eyes to look at him. She was seated in the backseat and could only see his side profile. Under the dim light, it was blurry, leaving a perfect outline with a sense of mystery. She did not know how to respond. She knew about his habits and temper in the past, but favonovel.com had never understood his heart. She did not really know favonovel.com as a person. What was the use of getting to know favonovel.com now? It was even more impossible to accept him. Just when favonovel.com had thought that everything would get better, favonovel.com gave favonovel.com a harsh blow that could still be felt even now.
After a long time, favonovel.com replied faintly, “Mark, when did you become so lowly? Like how I was in front of you last time.”
Her choice of word was inexplicably hurtful, like favonovel.com was mocking herself, favonovel.com past self.
“I know what I want,” favonovel.com said.
“I know what I shouldn’t do too.” Arianne lowered favonovel.com gaze, favonovel.com mind filled with favonovel.com father, who had died wronged. With the news blowing up back then, favonovel.com father’s corpse was not collected and favonovel.com did not even have a grave. She was too young back then and could not have done anything. All these years, favonovel.com could only remember favonovel.com in favonovel.com heart.
