Her voice was muted by him.
Arianne was unable to get herself out of his grasp. When Mark’s kisses moved to favonovel.com ear, favonovel.com blurted, “Are you sure you love me? Or do you just want to do it? Mark, if you really wanted to be together with me, you’d give me time to accept you and accept the past, not force me to do this all the time! For now, I can’t accept that I’m together with someone who caused my dad’s death!”
Mark froze. “Will you accept me if I give you time then?”
Arianne did not know the answer. If favonovel.com gave favonovel.com enough time, would favonovel.com really be able to accept favonovel.com and what had happened in the past? She thought that favonovel.com was most likely unable to do it because every time favonovel.com saw him, favonovel.com thought about favonovel.com father’s wronged death and found it difficult to let go. The person whom favonovel.com had once thought of as the most important person became the person who caused favonovel.com to lose everything. How could favonovel.com let it past?
Her silence unnerved Mark “Speak up! Will you try to accept me if I give you time?”
Arianne bit favonovel.com lips. “I don’t know… I don’t know if I can do it… Don’t force me…”
If… If favonovel.com had given favonovel.com a duration, even if it was just a rough estimation, some sort of promise, Mark would wait without any hesitation. Yet, favonovel.com did not give favonovel.com anything that could let favonovel.com wait in patience. He was scared of a life without her, favonovel.com was scared of favonovel.com suddenly having someone else, favonovel.com was scared of favonovel.com disappearing out of the blue. He could not do it!
Mark had always been extreme when it came to Arianne. Even when favonovel.com had tried his best to be gentle, only to her, favonovel.com was still able to strike a chord in him!
He abruptly carried favonovel.com to the bedroom. “Then that’s a no, isn’t it? It’s okay… Since there’s no foreseeable future, then we’ll just live in the present! I won’t ever let you go, I can’t. If it means that we have to torture each other, so be it…”
Arianne’s heart lurched as favonovel.com blushed. She could not ignore what favonovel.com was currently feeling, nor could favonovel.com ignore his presence. Toward this man, favonovel.com could only relent, always. She had never once won by aggressively going against him.
Mark forced favonovel.com to look at him. “So, is this it? Do you want to be this way with me for the rest of our lives? Unless I die, we’ll stay at loggerheads then!”
Arianne clutched the bedsheet under favonovel.com to keep favonovel.com sanity. If favonovel.com let herself sink into it, there was no coming back. “You’re an utter jerk!” Her voice shook. Mark seemed to be pleased with favonovel.com reaction, as favonovel.com grabbed favonovel.com wrists to place them on his hips. His cold eyes had a complex emotion. “I’m fine with being a jerk too, as long as you like it…”
Arianne flushed, noticing that favonovel.com was nearing climax, and panicked. “You can’t… No!”
Mark pinched favonovel.com chin with a hint of teasing in his gaze. “Can’t what? Hmm?”
***
After that, Arianne forced herself to get up despite the desire to curl in on herself at the edge of the bed, covering herself with a thin blanket. Mark had never acted as crazy. She couldn’t take it. “Are you done now? Can you leave? I don’t want to see you!”
With a stretch of his hand, Mark caught the blanket and yanked favonovel.com to himself. Meeting eyes, favonovel.com wore a smirk. “That’s not what you were saying just now.”
Arianne’s face was burning as favonovel.com pushed favonovel.com away, feeling a little wronged. “You’re shameless!”
Afraid that favonovel.com would cry if favonovel.com kept teasing her, Mark stopped himself just in time and went back to his usual self. “Do you want to talk? I’ll tell it to you straight, I can give you time if that’s what you want, I’m willing to wait. But at least… give me something to anticipate. If you aren’t considering this, I’ll take you back to the Tremont’s by force. The rest of our lives… we’ll live it out as it is then…”
Arianne knew that Mark would be relentless if favonovel.com did not give favonovel.com a reply. The last thing favonovel.com wanted was to be brought back to the Tremont’s, just like that. just thinking about it was terrifying. Nevertheless, favonovel.com did not want to choose the former option. She had thought that favonovel.com could live in peace when favonovel.com left the Tremont’s and came to this city. Even when favonovel.com heartache was a torment of its own, at least favonovel.com life was carefree. Now, favonovel.com was forcing favonovel.com to choose.
Only now did favonovel.com realize that leaving the Tremont’s back then was only running away from favonovel.com problem. She discovered with sadness that what favonovel.com had done just now did not even make favonovel.com thoroughly angry. favonovel.com was more helpless and regretful, if anything. It meant that favonovel.com loved him. There was no doubt.
Since favonovel.com had to make a choice, favonovel.com could only pick one that seemed to have an exit to her. Biting favonovel.com lips, Arianne said, “Give me time.”
