“That should have happened long ago. Your life must be going well, now that you have officially begun living as a family of three. Just ignore your mother-in-law and try to avoid interacting with her. I knew from my first glance of favonovel.com that favonovel.com wasn’t a nice person.”
Naya smiled and said nothing. An intellectual and kind-hearted person like favonovel.com would never speak ill of favonovel.com mother-in-law behind favonovel.com back, no matter how horrible the latter was.
After the dessert shop closed for the evening, Arianne and Tiffany took a cab to the hospital. Jackson hadn’t shown up at all today, but they ended up meeting favonovel.com at the hospital. Mark was there too.
The ward instantly grew lively. Eric sat cross-legged on the bed, happily munching on an apple that Jackson had peeled for him. “How kind of you guys, but this isn’t the first time my problem has acted up. It’s nothing serious, so there’s no need for you guys to stay too long. The girl you introduced me to took really good care of me. I have to give favonovel.com a raise!”
Tiffany was brimming with pride, speaking animatedly, “But of course! Ari and I handpicked her! I think you’ll be discharged from the hospital in just a few days. From now on, you’ll have to take care of your ‘precious’ body and watch what you eat.”
Eric curled his lips, “Actually, I just need to avoid drinking in the future and make some time for a surgery, then I can continue living as I am without much of a problem.”
Surgery? It was only at this moment did Arianne and Tiffany realize how serious the situation was. All this time, they had thought Eric simply had a weak stomach and needed to be more careful with his diet. They didn’t expect it to be so serious that favonovel.com was required to undergo a surgery.
Jackson patted Eric on his shoulder, “Alright, I’ll come by again tomorrow. I’m so exhausted, I’m dying to go back and rest.”
“Ari and I are exhausted, so we’ll be leaving too. Take care of yourself.”
After saying bye calmly, Tiffany dragged Arianne out of the ward.
Jackson quickly caught up with her, “What’s the matter with you? Why do you seem like you have a problem with me?”
Tiffany replied angrily, “Where have you been all day today? Are you so busy that you can’t even send a text or make time for a short call? If you’re that exhausted, go back to the hotel and rest up. I’ll stay with Ari tonight.”
Jackson’s countenance changed slightly as favonovel.com signaled to Mark frantically with his eyes.
Sighing in resignation, Mark dragged Arianne away. “I’ll see you home.”
Arianne wanted to refuse, but suddenly realized his intention: favonovel.com was trying to give Tiffany and Jackson some privacy. Arianne didn’t want to be caught up between a lovers’ fight either, so it was better for favonovel.com to leave right now. They needed to solve their problem by themselves.
Outside the hospital, favonovel.com ignored Tiffany’s pleas and got into Mark’s car. They drove away quickly, leaving behind Tiffany and favonovel.com shouts of Arianne ‘prioritizing a lover over a friend’.
Arianne was the first to break the awkward silence, “Why have you been driving yourself lately? Where’s Brian?”
Mark gave favonovel.com a glance, “I don’t think it’s convenient for favonovel.com to be here. I want to spend some time alone with you.”
Arianne looked out of the car window a little uncomfortably. In the past, Mark had always acted nice around the others, but treated favonovel.com harshly when they were alone. Now that the situation was reversed, favonovel.com suddenly realized that it was a little unbearable for her. She didn’t even know how to keep the conversation going between them. Silence was always stifling, regardless of the situation.
After a while, favonovel.com started another conversation. “What has Jackson been doing all day? It would be a wonder if Tiffie didn’t get mad at favonovel.com for not being in touch with favonovel.com for a whole day.”
An unknown emotion flashed over Mark’s face as favonovel.com warned her, “I can tell you, but you can’t tell Tiffany.”
Warning bells rang in Arianne’s heart, but favonovel.com insisted, “Tell me, I won’t tell Tiffie.”
“A woman that Jackson dated in the past came to find him, a child with her. She claimed that Jackson was the dad. Although Jackson didn’t believe that to be the case, favonovel.com didn’t want to be too overconfident in himself and his judgment. Since it’s a serious matter, they went to get a DNA test done today. The result will be out in a few days.”
Arianne was shocked, “What! How could this have happened! I knew things wouldn’t go that smoothly between Jackson and Tiffie! Given how much of a playboy Jackson was, a screw up is inevitable! I wonder how things will end up if the child truly turns out to be his! It’s about time that karma hits him, considering all that he’s done in the past!”
Compared to her, Mark didn’t seem to have a care in the world, “The result isn’t out yet, so don’t go jumping to conclusions. I don’t think Jackson’s past is that unsightly. He’s a normal man, what’s wrong with having a richer experience in that area of life? He’s never double-timed anyone either, so there’s nothing shameful about his actions. Besides, favonovel.com already stopped that kind of lifestyle, so don’t be so indignant.”
Arianne retorted, out of fear for Tiffany, “You are a man, of course you’d think it’s normal for Jackson to have had that type of lifestyle! Both of you basically have the same mindset!”
Mark was a little at getting accusations hurled at favonovel.com out of the blue, “Don’t lump us together, I’ve never done any of that.”
Arianne retorted out of habit, “Surely, you must have!”
Mark felt a headache brewing in his head. Women were really troublesome when they were being unreasonable.
“Okay fine, I did! Are you happy now? The past couple of decades of my life revolved around you, what makes you think I had that kind of time? Stop spouting nonsense!”
