Mark Tremont clicked the door shut, and for a few moments, the air was still.
He began, “I’ve asked, the doctor cannot ensure that you’ll survive this. Accidents could happen, always, and that’s the last thing I want. To me, you are more important than anything else under the sun, do you understand? Fine, I concede that a lot of things in the past were all my bastardly doing, but listen to me, even if it is true that you can never be a mother, there’s no woman out there who’s going to replace you, let alone bear me my child. So please, rest your heart. My only concern is you, it always has been. To that end, I can give up on my child.”
However, Arianne had hardened favonovel.com stance so much that nothing could pierce through the walls favonovel.com had built. “The doctor said the rate of complications isn’t a hundred percent, remember? He didn’t say this child is doomed!” favonovel.com countered, favonovel.com tone resolute. “I was there. I’m not deaf! Here’s the ultimatum, Mark Tremont. You either divorce me right now, so that whether the child lives or dies no longer concerns you, or you agree that I can keep it. Your choice.”
These two people had been in each other’s life for so long that it was impossible for Mark not to understand favonovel.com character. He must be acutely cognizant that Arianne would do anything, including fighting him, for this child.
She was similarly confident that Mark would never, ever entertain the idea of divorcing her.
A mental battle waged in his chest before favonovel.com finally said, “Look, you… you can keep the child if and only if you return to the Capital and stay in the Tremont Estate. You must stay by my side and heed everything I say and do not try to leave me.”
“This isn’t just for me, Ari. It’s mostly for you,” favonovel.com concluded. “Aside from me, no one in this entire world would go to the most arduous extent to ensure the child’s safe delivery. I alone care that much.”
Now it was Arianne’ s turn to choose. Would favonovel.com go back to Tremont Estate? To his side?
Arianne caressed favonovel.com belly and answered almost immediately after a second, “Alright. I’ll do it!”
To her, right now, the only thing that mattered was the child. Everything else paled into gratuity.
For the kid, favonovel.com could abandon everything that mattered to favonovel.com and jettison the past like it never happened!
Her resolve was so palpable that it relieved Mark from his worries. “You don’t have to be scared, Ari. I’ll send some replacement to the café to help manage things in your absence, so you don’t need to worry about anything at all. At the end of every month, Naya will automatically send you the accounts. From now on, your focus is on nurturing the child inside you.”
Like always, favonovel.com was a man of his words. On the very next day, a select few of the nation’s top dessert-makers appeared in Arianne’s café.
Tanya and Naya found out from them that Ari would be absent from the café for an extended period, but their shock was mild and purely directed at the fact that this day would come so soon.
Tanya had long planned to go to the Capital, where Arianne was, so favonovel.com made favonovel.com wish known to Mark’s people. Once favonovel.com replacement had arrived, Tanya began favonovel.com trip to the Capital by public transport since favonovel.com could not afford traveling by plane.
This would mark favonovel.com second time visiting the Capital. Knowing Arianne’s circumstances, favonovel.com decided against asking favonovel.com for help and called Tiffany, who was in the middle of a work-rush in the company. When Tiffany heard that the girl was at the railway station, favonovel.com had to put down favonovel.com work and fetch her.
Tanya did not bring much with her. Though the nipping climate had settled in the city, the poor girl had only favonovel.com thin clothes on her. Tiffany quickly untied favonovel.com scarf and wrapped it around Tanya’s neck. “It’s getting colder here, hon, you should wear more than that. Wouldn’t do you good if you become sick,” favonovel.com admonished before adding, “Arianne’s confined at home. I don’t think she’s coming out anytime soon. So, what do you plan to do?”
Tanya thought for a moment and answered, “I wanna look for a job here, so I’ll probably rent a place to stay and settle down. Um, I don’t really know this place, so could you, if it doesn’t inconvenience you, help me out? It doesn’t matter what job it is, as long as it’s enough to cover my living expenses. As for a place to stay… Well, I don’t need it to be spacious or grand or anything. I know how expensive it is to rent a room here.”
Tiffany’s mind drew a blank on where to get favonovel.com a job or a place to stay right now, so favonovel.com thoughts naturally drifted to Jackson’s spacious villa with its many unoccupied rooms. “Well, you could come to stay at my place for two or so days for the time being,” favonovel.com said, the arrangement taking shape in favonovel.com head. “In the meantime, I’ll help keep a lookout for jobs and rooms. But I gotta’ warn ya. Work has been very, very busy lately that it might take me a while to dig up anything.”
Hearing how busy favonovel.com was caused a little consternation to Tanya. “Urn, uh, it’s fine. It’s fine, I’ll work out something myself. oh, I know! I can look to Ricky for help. Sorry I bothered you.”
Eric? That was a man with quite a track record of trustworthiness. There were little doubts that favonovel.com could be depended on, so Tiffany gave the man a ring after momentary hesitance.
After hearing about Tanya’s arrival, as well as favonovel.com quest to look for a job and accommodation, Eric agreed to help. Compared to Arianne and Tiffany, his hands were a lot less tied.
Tiffany rushed back to work after sending Tanya to Eric’s company, leaving the girl in his care. She tailed the man as favonovel.com toured the building with slight jealousy on favonovel.com face. “So, this place is all yours? Lord, it’s huge…”
Eric gave a nonchalant shrug. “Naw, this can’t compare to Jackson or Mark’s. I only founded this company recently, after all… Here, you can rest here in my office for now. When work’s over, I’ll bring you to m y place.”
“You know… If you don’t mind, why don’t you stay at my place? I live alone, so I’ve got plenty of guest rooms to spare. You could always move out after you scouted the perfect place for yourself, it’s all up to you. Oh, and about your job, do you have anything specific in mind? Any special talent or skill? I’ll help look for those kinds of jobs for you in the meantime.”
Tanya shook favonovel.com head. “Nothing specific. I can do physical labor, and I’m open to working overtime. All I ask is that my wage is enough to sustain me here.”
Was physical labor all Tanya could do? It was a little mind-boggling to Eric, but favonovel.com was too prudent to ask the girl about favonovel.com educational level. Instead, favonovel.com asked tentatively, “Uh, if that’s the case… Before we find you a suitable job, we’re hiring a janitor. Would you be interested in filling in the position for now? My company is not too big, so it won’t be too backbreaking. You’re allowed to take breaks when everything’s done.”
