She sat quietly in bed for a long time before favonovel.com began laughing at herself. Then, favonovel.com got out of bed and washed up, as usual, to get ready to go to the shop.
While brushing favonovel.com teeth, favonovel.com noticed the water droplets on the bottom of favonovel.com cup. Mark’s toothbrush was slightly damp too. That meant that last night was not a dream. He was actually here, and… favonovel.com had used favonovel.com cup again!
Her mind went numb. She threw his toothbrush into the trash can. He left after taking advantage of her, without so much as a “goodbye”. What was favonovel.com to him? He had slept very well last night, hadn’t he? No insomnia? She, on the other hand, did not have a good night’s sleep and got up one hour late!
Just as favonovel.com was brushing favonovel.com teeth and grumbling to herself, favonovel.com heard the sound of the door opening from outside. Her entire body stiffened. Then, Mark appeared at the bathroom door, holding favonovel.com breakfast, “Are you up? Hurry up and get ready for breakfast. I’ll drive you to the shop and go back to the capital. I’m sorry for coming over so late.”
She grunted in reply, then stiffly continued brushing favonovel.com teeth. Her mind was in a mess. He was still here and had simply gone out to buy breakfast. He had even said some words that simply did not match up to his usual character. When had favonovel.com ever been so courteous to her? He even apologized for coming over so late, as if they weren’t separated by 2,000 kilometers and were simply living right across each other. Wasn’t it tedious for him?
She had initially thought that it was only eight to nine at night when favonovel.com knocked on favonovel.com door last night. She later discovered that it was close to 1am at the time. By the time favonovel.com was done with humping her, it was almost 4am. If favonovel.com hadn’t slept early last night, favonovel.com would never have been able to wake up this afternoon.
She turned around after brushing favonovel.com teeth and found Mark, still standing at the bathroom door. She felt apprehensive. Following his line of sight, favonovel.com eyes landed on the silent, pitiful and innocent-looking toothbrush in the bin. She lied awkwardly, “I… accidentally dropped it onto the ground when I picked up the cup. I guessed that you wouldn’t want it anymore, so I threw it away. It’s alright. Let’s eat. I got up late so I have to hurry!”
“Oh,” Mark replied profoundly, then carried the breakfast over to the dining table.
Arianne was feeling a little puzzled. She was instinctively afraid of touching on his sensitive nerve, afraid that favonovel.com might flip out again and force favonovel.com into going back to the capital. She wasn’t ready yet, “Er… You trust me, right?”
He lifted his gaze towards her, with a nonchalant expression on his face, “Why not? Is it about that toothbrush? I’ll just take your word for it. It’s a small matter. No need for me to expose you.”
The corners of favonovel.com lips twitched. As expected, favonovel.com didn’t believe favonovel.com explanation at all. He may look like favonovel.com did, but favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com was lying. She let out a dry cough and carefully tried to start a new conversation, “You flew all the way here on impulse, didn’t you? You’re going back today too. Aren’t you going to be tired?”
He paused, “Are you saying that I shouldn’t leave at all?”
She quickly waved favonovel.com hand, “No no, I mean there’s no need for you to go back and forth so tediously. Just come over every once in a while. I’m being considerate over you too, right? You’re busy at work and you manage the Tremont family’s large business. This will be too distracting for you…” Most importantly, favonovel.com didn’t want their relationship status to get muddled until favonovel.com had made a decision! She had already been forced to cross the line again. She had completely lost count over the number of times favonovel.com had had sex with him, ever since favonovel.com had left the Tremont Estate… She was afraid that favonovel.com would come to favonovel.com place over and over again. She would break down.
“Did you throw my toothbrush away, thinking that I’d left without saying goodbye?” Mark suddenly changed the topic, his eyes gleaming with cheekiness.
Arianne was taken aback. It wasn’t a nice feeling to be exposed like that. “No!” favonovel.com flatly denied, “I dropped it on the ground, completely by accident! You have germaphobia. If I sneakily put it back, you would have torn me to pieces if you found out.”
Mark chuckled, “Oh? Really? Knowing you, you would certainly put it back and act as if it was never on the ground, in secret. Stop arguing, I know that you threw it on purpose. I know that you want me to come over more often. Don’t worry, I don’t have that much time. I’ll visit you from time to time over the next few months until you come back to the Tremont Estate. If I ever find out that you have a new man with you, I’ll take you home earlier than the deadline.”
Arianne heaved a sigh of relief. She managed to get through, somehow, “Alright. I’m going to get my bag.”
At the shop entrance, Mark kissed favonovel.com on the forehead and gazed at favonovel.com lovingly. Then, favonovel.com twirled a lock of favonovel.com hair around his finger, “Behave while I’m away.”
Arianne blushed and backed away awkwardly, “Got it. Go. You have a plane to catch!” This was the entrance to favonovel.com shop! He really was bold enough to do anything.
She heaved a long sigh of relief as favonovel.com watched Mark leave. Then, favonovel.com walked into the shop. Naya and Tanya both wore weird expressions on their faces, “Oooo, you just got back and he’s followed you all the way here. Acting all lovey dovey like that in broad daylight… It looks like your relationship has recovered nicely.”
Arianne knew that favonovel.com would be teased. She darted into the kitchen, “Get back to work. We’ve had a few days off. Business should be booming.”
