Tiffany pursed favonovel.com lips and stared at favonovel.com silently for a while. Then, favonovel.com walked toward the door.
“It’s late,” favonovel.com said to her, “I won’t be responsible if anything happens to you. You can either stay here or take my car with you.”
She paused in favonovel.com footsteps but did not linger. “Nothing’s going to happen. I don’t need you to worry about me.”
Unbeknownst to her, Jackson had followed favonovel.com out. He watched favonovel.com hail a cab and get into the cab before following favonovel.com back to favonovel.com house until favonovel.com was sure favonovel.com was safe and sound.
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The next day, Tremont Estate.
Mark had arranged his time to bring Arianne to favonovel.com prenatal examination as usual.
Arianne had woken up late so they only left the house when it was almost 10 AM.
An obvious bump could be seen on favonovel.com lower belly now. The baby was also moving with increasing frequency. This made Mark even more anxious. He would watch over favonovel.com every second of the day favonovel.com could. He was truly afraid of favonovel.com coming to harm.
When they got into the car, favonovel.com carefully fastened the seatbelt for her. The concentration on his face made Arianne tease him. “I don’t think I need to put on a seatbelt in the back seat, do I? Besides… It’s uncomfortable to have the seatbelt strapped over my belly…”
“I can always loosen it if it’s too tight,” favonovel.com replied in a tone that brooked no argument, “However, you can’t do without it. This is for the baby and your safety. The hospital isn’t that far off. Bear with it. I’ll loosen it for you.”
Arianne smiled as favonovel.com worked on the belt, feeling helpless.
Suddenly, Mark’s phone rang. He looked at the name on the screen, sat up, and straightened his body. No emotion could be seen on his face as favonovel.com leaned against the window on his side and answered the call. “Hello?”
Zoey’s husband’s voice greeted favonovel.com from the other end of the line. “Nephew-in-law, don’t sound so nonchalant. It might be easy for you to get rid of your aunt, but I’m not that easy for you to get rid of. Aren’t you afraid of Arianne finding out about the old lady’s death? You should at least give me so me hush money. Zoey might not want it, but I do! I’m not scared of you. Once I have the cash, I won’t show my face in front of you ever again. If you don’t oblige, I guess I’ll have to make a trip to the capital. At that time, you won’t be able to get rid of me.”
Mark glanced at Arianne, who was sitting next to him, and maintained his calm expression. His voice was calm as favonovel.com replied, “Understood. I’ll arrange a time. Please wait.” He ended the call immediately after that.
Arianne was under the impression that the call was about work so favonovel.com did not probe. Instead, favonovel.com simply said, “Do you have something urgent to deal with? You can go if you do, don’t worry about me.”
He smiled. “No, I’ll deal with it after your check-up. I have time.”
At the hospital, favonovel.com stepped out to the hallway while Arianne was in the middle of favonovel.com ultrasound. He called Henry to arrange a meeting with Zoey’s husband. Under normal circumstances, someone like favonovel.com would be easy to deal with. However, Arianne was pregnant so his hands were tied. If favonovel.com did not manage the situation well, favonovel.com was too afraid to think of the consequences. Fearless, money-grubbing people were the most loathsome of all. Those people would do anything for the sake of money.
