As expected, that so-called aunt had lied to her. They weren’t completely unaware of the plane crash and actually intended on taking Arianne away.
From the sound of it, it seemed entirely forgivable. After all, that incident was pretty severe.
Arianne didn’t plan on playing the blame game, and favonovel.com could understand her, “Actually, my father wasn’t behind that plane crash. He was innocent. He never hurt anyone in the Tremont family. I don’t want to go into the specifics with you, but I just want you to know that my father was innocent. I’ve left the Tremonts and started a desserts café. I’m not exactly rolling in cash, but I do have enough for the both of us. I’ll find a bigger place and get a nursemaid to take care of you. I have to go out every morning and come home late at night. I’m really sorry that I can’t take care of you personally.”
The old lady did not ask any more questions about the plane crash, probably because favonovel.com didn’t want to talk about it anymore. She sighed, “Now it makes sense You’ve left the Tremonts. It’s already good enough that you’re willing to take care of me, feed me, and hire someone to care for me. How could I hope to have you do it yourself? After all, I hadn’t taken care of you when you were little. I’d never even seen you. I’m completely fine, even if you make me sleep on the floor.”
Sleep on the floor? How could favonovel.com possibly let an old woman sleep on the floor? Arianne had never met an old woman like favonovel.com in favonovel.com entire life. She felt that favonovel.com would be difficult to get along with, but now that favonovel.com was left in favonovel.com care, favonovel.com was forced to summon favonovel.com courage and take care of her, “I won’t make you sleep on the ground. Until we move to a bigger place, I’ll sleep on the couch. You can sleep on the bed. Call me if you need anything. How are your legs? Will they recover?”
The old woman patted favonovel.com awkward legs, “Yes, but I’ll need time.”
It was late. Arianne helped the old woman to bed before lying exhaustedly down on the couch. A myriad of thoughts were swimming in favonovel.com mind. She had no choice but to slowly adapt to the sudden appearance of favonovel.com relatives and consider it favonovel.com way of fulfilling favonovel.com father’s filial duties. After all, favonovel.com was favonovel.com grandmother. Based on the current situation, there should be no doubt over the old woman’s identity.
As expected, taking care of a handicapped old woman was not an easy feat. She had been woken up in the middle of the night many times, the old woman would either be thirsty, hungry, or needed to go to the bathroom. By the next morning, there were eyebags underneath favonovel.com eyes, but favonovel.com still had to prepare breakfast for the old woman. She even had to come back home from the shop a few times to check on her. She was stretched thin! At the same time, favonovel.com had to work on hiring a nursemaid and moving to a new place.
Naya, noticing favonovel.com exhausted state, grew worried, “What’s up with you today, Ari? Didn’t you manage to get any sleep last night?”
Arianne couldn’t be bothered to come up with an explanation, so favonovel.com simply nodded, “Mm… I’ve run into some issues. It’s fine. I’ll get through it.”
During favonovel.com free time at noon, Arianne had no time to eat at the café. She rushed back home to prepare lunch for the old lady. At the same time, Mark happened to call. She answered the phone while cooking, “Hello? I’m kind of busy. Can we talk later?”
Mark guessed that favonovel.com was in the middle of cooking based on favonovel.com background noise, “Are you at the café? Would you have time for dinner tonight?”
Arianne glanced at the living room, the old woman was reading. That’s right. The old woman liked to read. She carried herself differently from other old ladies too, as if favonovel.com were born from an aristocratic family. She had an eccentric and difficult temperament about her, probably because favonovel.com had come from a pretty good family, and was proud and aloof. She sighed and lowered favonovel.com voice, “No, I won’ t have time. In fact, I won’t have any time from now on. I’ll explain it to you later.”
She immediately ended the call, finished cooking the food, and served it on the table, “Time for lunch.”
The old woman shot favonovel.com a careless glance, “Who were you talking to?
She was momentarily speechless. “Grandmother…” favonovel.com awkwardly replied. The old woman shot favonovel.com an irritable look, “If you don’t want to take care of me, just say it. Call your aunt and have favonovel.com take me away. Don’t force yourself. I’m not easy to deal with. It’s not too late for regrets. You don’t owe me a thing. There’s no need to take care of me.”
Arianne rubbed favonovel.com forehead helplessly. She stepped forward and helped the old woman to the dinner table, “I’m not regretting it. I said I’d take care of you, so I will. I don’t owe you a thing, but my father does. You brought my father into this world, so favonovel.com should be sending you away. He’s not around anymore, so I’ll take his place. Can you not say such things in the future?”
A faintly discernible hint of emotion flashed across the old woman’s wrinkled eyes. She curled favonovel.com lips and concentrated on favonovel.com meal. She even grumbled incessantly over the horrible taste.
Arianne couldn’t shake off the feeling that the old woman was giving favonovel.com trouble on purpose. She did not protest, on account of the woman’s old age. There was nothing to protest about anyway.
She finally managed to clean up and leave the house. Just as favonovel.com arrived at the lobby entrance, favonovel.com paused. Mark was here! He had parked his car right in front of favonovel.com building, as attractive as ever. She had probably ended their conversation too abruptly and upset him, so favonovel.com rushed right over.
She really wasn’t in the mood to deal with favonovel.com now. She walked dejectedly up to his car and knocked on the window. Mark winded it down and said, “Get in.”
