She stared at the co-driver’s seat hesitantly, “I didn’t mean to hang up on you. I truly was swamped.”
Mark surveyed the look on favonovel.com face, “What are you busy with that you couldn’t even sleep? Talk to me, what did you mean when you said that you wouldn’t have any time anymore?”
Now favonovel.com understood, favonovel.com was here because of favonovel.com careless dismissal…
Arianne explained the entire situation involving the old lady to him. Mark was surprised, too, and astonished, “I’ve done an investigation before, and I’ve been long aware that you have a grandmother and a non-blood related aunt. I thought they’d never reveal themselves, as they never appeared in the past, so I never planned on telling you. I’m surprised that they came all the way here to see you. What’s your plan? Are you going to take care of an old lady all on your own?”
Mark actually knew of favonovel.com grandmother and aunt! She glared at favonovel.com resentfully, “Why didn’t you tell me? I wasn’t even mentally prepared for this…”
Mark’s eyes darted back and forth, “If I had told you… You wouldn’t have stayed with me, but would have gone off to search for your relatives instead… Besides, they couldn’t possibly have been able to raise you at the time.”
There was an indiscernible feeling bubbling in Arianne’s chest. This man… He had not decided to raise favonovel.com on a whim. Had favonovel.com planned this from the beginning? He knew that favonovel.com had relatives, but favonovel.com raised favonovel.com anyway and kept this from her. She was only eight at the time. Suddenly, favonovel.com began to suspect if favonovel.com had a special kind of kink, “Is… something wrong with you?”
Mark’s handsome face sank. The corners of his lips twitched, “What are you thinking? I knew that your dad ran away from the family to be with your mother. At the time, your grandmother was quite well-to-do and considered a small town girl like your mother beneath her. Considering that you were born after that, don’t you think that it’d be pretty normal for your grandmother and aunt to ignore you?”
“I didn’t take you in immediately anyway. I took you in after confirming that your grandmother wouldn’t be raising you. Under these circumstances, wouldn’t telling you about your other relatives be equivalent to telling you that you weren’t wanted, even by your own relatives? Wouldn’t you feel hurt?”
That explained it… Mark had thought this through, down to its very details. He knew that favonovel.com father had run away from his family. N ow, it didn’t sound so strange, favonovel.com had always been prudent.
She felt slightly embarrassed, “I was just asking… I’m really swamped. I have to find a bigger place and get a nursemaid to take care of the old woman. I don’t have time. I’ve been spinning around like a gyroscope ever since favonovel.com arrival last night. If it’s not too much trouble, could you drive me to the café? I can still take a quick power nap…”
Mark lifted his arm to check the time, “It’s still early. Take a nap at the hotel. Most dessert shops get busier after 2pm. I’ll wake you up at two. Just a suggestion, take your grandmother and come back to the Tremont Estate with me, and you’ll have less burdens. Or, leave finding a new place and the nursemaid to me.”
“Didn’t we agree that we’d only discuss moving back to the Tremont Estate after a year?” Arianne immediately asked.
Mark raised his brow, “That’s right. Then you won’t have to worry about finding a new place or a nursemaid.”
She finally came to a realization. He was afraid that favonovel.com would reject his kind offer to help out… She didn’t want to owe favonovel.com anything more, but based on the current situation, favonovel.com could no longer put on a brave front, “Alright… Thank you.”
Mark suddenly leaned forward, and favonovel.com instinctively tensed, “What are you doing?”
He turned to the side and stared at her. The distance between them was so close that the tips of their noses were close to touching. The air filled with romanticism. There was a half-smile in the depths of his eyes, “Seat belt.”
She blushed and let favonovel.com buckle favonovel.com seatbelt for her, then heaved a sigh of relief once favonovel.com sat upright again, “I think you should take me back to the café, I don’t want to go to the hotel anymore…”
He didn’t answer and completely ignored favonovel.com request. He sent favonovel.com back to his hotel, as originally planned. Afraid that favonovel.com would over analyze the situation, favonovel.com conveyed his intentions, “There are a lot of people around in the café. You won’t get a good rest. Just relax and go to sleep. I’ll wake you up at two. As it so happens, I need to get to the office by then.”
Arianne was completely burnt out. She couldn’t bring herself to be bothered by too many things. She fell asleep as soon as favonovel.com head hit the pillow. At that very moment, favonovel.com laid down all of favonovel.com resentment towards Mark, and it seemed as if things might go back to how they used to be between them…
In less than half an hour after favonovel.com had fallen asleep, favonovel.com phone rang. Mark immediately silenced favonovel.com phone, looked down, and saw the name on the screen, ‘Grandma’.
He stepped aside with the phone in hand and lowered the volume. Before favonovel.com could form a complete sentence, the old woman’s harsh voice rang from the other end, “Where are you? Come home. I need to use the toilet!”
Mark held his breath, “Ari is asleep. This is Mark Tremont. Please wait a moment, I’ll send someone over immediately.”
The old woman paused in silence for two seconds, but only two. Then, favonovel.com continued to display favonovel.com skills in torment, “I can’t wait!”
Mark was speechless. He immediately ended the call. He saw that Arianne was still fast asleep, so favonovel.com turned off favonovel.com phone, grabbed favonovel.com house keys, and drove off to the condo. There would be a long delay if favonovel.com sent someone over now. The old woman was fierce. He had to do it himself. It seemed like a prickly situation, but it was still better than waking Arianne.
