The old woman was so angry that favonovel.com face turned ashen, “Your brother has been dead for many years, yet you still insist on sucking the blood out of him. Is favonovel.com some kind of bloody meal to you? Are you even human? If I’d known about this, I would have chosen to have only one child for the rest of my life, instead of taking in a heartless thing like you! I might as well have raised a dog!”
Zoey saw nothing wrong in favonovel.com actions. In favonovel.com point of view, favonovel.com was the one who had suffered the most injustice. She burst into tears, “So you’ve finally said it. You’ve never treated me like your own child. You only adopted me so that someone would take care of your corpse for you, isn’t that right? That’s a business deal, not love! You think that I’m heartless, that I’m cruel. But you’re the meanest old woman! If my big brother hadn’t had any children, I admit that I’d have to take care of you, but favonovel.com has Arianne. Why can’t I recount this debt? Let’s take ten thousand steps back and say that it would have been fine if favonovel.com were poor, but favonovel.com life is much better than ours. Why are you so biased towards her? You’re accusing me of sucking a dead man’s blood, then I must be less than dead to you. Why should I consider any form of sentiment? I’m not asking favonovel.com to put in physical effort, all I need is money!”
The old woman had long been aware that things would turn out this way. If someone insisted on being competitive, there was no way of bringing favonovel.com back. She couldn’t be bothered to waste favonovel.com time with idle chat, “Do what you like. If your plans somehow manage to bloom, I’d say you’re intelligent enough.”
***
That afternoon, Henry informed Mark of Tabitha’s departure when favonovel.com arrived home. Mark was surprised, “She was doing so well here, why did favonovel.com leave? Does Ari know?”
Henry nodded, “Mm, Mrs. Tremont knows. She sent favonovel.com away herself. But there wasn’t a lot of trouble along the way. Mrs. Tremont got down from the car for a little while and came home soon after. She’s upstairs right now.”
Mark furrowed his brows after hearing that Arianne had gone out, “Mm. Understood.”
He saw Arianne sitting on the chair in front of the French windows when favonovel.com arrived in the bedroom. Suddenly, favonovel.com felt like they were much closer than before, because Ariane never sat in his chair or touched his things. He softened his tone on purpose, “You went out? Why did granny leave?”
Arianne had been dozing off. When favonovel.com heard his voice, favonovel.com immediately woke up and got up, “She wanted to leave, and I couldn’t persuade favonovel.com otherwise. Do you know that my aunt’s entire family has moved to the capital? I’m afraid this doesn’t bode well. Granny left to stop my aunt from giving me more problems.”
Mark had a rough idea of what favonovel.com meant, “I see… Then, you make the decision and solve it however you like. Next time, if you ever want to go out, let me come with you or I’d be very worried. It doesn’t matter how busy I am, as long as you call, I’ll come home at once.”
She roughly understood how favonovel.com felt, favonovel.com was worried about the baby in favonovel.com belly too. Even though not going out whenever favonovel.com wished seemed like an exaggeration, it was snowing and the ground was slippery. Besides, favonovel.com had had two miscarriages. She couldn’t afford not to be careful, “I understand. Aren’t you busy at work? You’re coming home at 3PM nowadays. You used to come home on time. You don’t have to bother if it’s for my sake and certainly not for the baby. We’re still in the early trimester.”
Mark raised his brow and pulled out his pajamas, “I’m happy to do it, actually. I’m going to shower now.”
Arianne was taken aback. He’d really changed a lot. In the past, whenever favonovel.com spoke to favonovel.com like this, favonovel.com would certainly reply to favonovel.com with a sullen look and say something like, “Can’t I come home early? You don’t want to see me, is that it? This is my house, so I can come home whenever I want to…”
Since when did his cold exterior become part of favonovel.com imagination?
A sudden phone ring snapped favonovel.com back to favonovel.com senses. She checked the call notification and switched favonovel.com voice into a coy tone, “Oh, isn’t my little Tiffie supposed to be busy?”
Tiffany’s cheerful voice greeted favonovel.com on the other end, “My period’s here. Jackson insisted that I take half the day off. I’m so fed up. I’m not that delicate. He says that it’s to console my disappointment in conceiving again. I’m not that hurt, okay? But it’s strange, why can’t I get pregnant? Why are you getting pregnant at every turn? We’ve been boinking like bunnies and I still can’t conceive!”
Arianne laughed at her, “What do you mean ‘boinking like bunnies’? This also depends on luck. It will come when the time is right. I’m just lucky… Actually, I don’t think it’s even considered luck. You and Jackson are fine. You’ll have a baby before you know it. Since you’re not at work, would you like to come over? I’m dying of boredom here.”
Tiffany immediately rejected her, “Nope, nu-uh, no way. That grandmother of yours will nag me to death. Besides, you’re already dying of boredom at home. Won’t I be bored too if I stay with you? If you asked me, you don’t need to be that careful right now. There’s barely even a bump on your belly. You should take this opportunity to have some fun. Once your tummy is bigger, you can lie in bed all day, every day. As your best friend, keeping you company on weekends is good enough.”
Arianne let out a long sigh, “That’s enough from you… My grandmother has moved out, back to my aunt’s. You’re right. Maybe I should walk around while I still can. Once my belly has grown, I won’t be able to go out at all. But it’s been snowing. Mark certainly won’t let me leave. I sent my grandmother away today, and when favonovel.com came back, favonovel.com told me that favonovel.com intends to come along whenever I go out… I think it’s kind of weird to have this man tag along with us during our shopping trip.”
