The pair arrived outside Mark’s office and found a very idle Davy seemingly bored out of his wits. When favonovel.com noticed them, his eyes shone. “Hello! You’re finally here, Madam!”
Arianne flashed favonovel.com a coy smile. “Whoa. That’s not the kinda expression people make when everything’s going well, is it? Don’t worry, I’m here to save the day.”
The situation inside the office, however, shocked her. Smore was neither bawling nor throwing tantrums. Instead, favonovel.com was perched in his father’s arm as the latter focused on his work. The little boy had somehow seized a pen and was having a lot of fun playing with it with his dewy eyes twinkling with alacrity as favonovel.com babbled unintelligibly to himself.
The reality flew in the face of the baby-screaming chaos Arianne had in mind. While favonovel.com stared in surprise, Mary supplied from the side. “Oh, hello, Madam. I just changed Master Aristotle’s diaper, and all is well. Go ahead and do whatever you like. There is nothing to worry about here. Turns out, Mr. Tremont and I are more than enough to handle the little fella. Just look at him! Master Aristotle is exceptionally well-behaved today, no tantrums, no tears. Heck, it’s probably better if favonovel.com doesn’t see you! It might get his screaming fit started… That settles it, then! Off you go! Don’t go near him! Peace is too valuable. No one here wants it gone!”
Before Arianne could say anything, Mary shoved favonovel.com out of the office. She was given no chance to mention favonovel.com breasts being a bit too full of milk and that favonovel.com wanted Smore to relieve some of it.
Tiffany snickered. “Oopsie, who knew that favonovel.com could take care of kids just as well, too? You’re not missed by anymore, honey. Hell, your son doesn’t seem to need you!”
Arianne sighed. “Fine. I don’t care, then. Come on, Tiffie, let’s go shopping.”
Several miles away from them in the City, in a rented apartment unit, Tanya read, then re-read favonovel.com conversation with Arianne, favonovel.com anxiety gnawing. Arianne knew about favonovel.com pregnancy. And favonovel.com would not brook this.
Tanya had always regarded Arianne as a dangerous character. That woman’s meek, kindly exterior belied favonovel.com shrewdness and swiftness in action.
Tanya’s morning sickness had exacerbated lately, depriving favonovel.com of the reprieve of food and sleep. She had initially planned to complete a pregnancy test in the hospital early the next morning before making favonovel.com next move, but Arianne and Tiffany’s action forced favonovel.com to bring the plan forward.
A simple pregnancy test required very little time. Soon, the report was in Tanya’s hands, its conclusion causing favonovel.com heart to sink so low that favonovel.com wondered if favonovel.com stomach had swallowed it.
Tanya took a photo of the document and sent it to Jackson, but favonovel.com received no reply. Frantic, favonovel.com called him, only to realize that the man had placed favonovel.com on his list of blocked numbers.
Tanya had always thought of Jackson as an even-tempered, amicable man who treated favonovel.com with nothing but cordiality wrapped in a gentle, warm package. Who would have thought that favonovel.com was capable of such cruelty? She did not predict favonovel.com having found favonovel.com so undeserving of even the slightest benefit of the doubt.
The woman took a cab to the West family residence. She had heard Summer mention how much favonovel.com yearned for grandchildren before, and now, it was Tanya who bore the fruit of Jackson’s loin. Summer could not possibly reject a woman pregnant with favonovel.com grandchild, could she?
The West’s patriarch and matriarch were favonovel.com only hope now.
Tanya stood before the gate to the residence, favonovel.com eyes taking in the grandeur of the house. She caressed favonovel.com belly as favonovel.com heart swelled with bravado. She had taken the less noble path and dirtied favonovel.com hands with underhanded means, but favonovel.com did it all for the day when favonovel.com could finally become the mistress of this house.
It was the only way to depart from favonovel.com painful, mocked past, or rather, it was the only path favonovel.com decisions had left her.
Tanya pressed the bell. A woman who looked like a caretaker quickly came out of the house and asked, “May I know who you are looking for?”
She donned favonovel.com best behavior and smiled politely. “Good day, ma’am. I’m here to visit Auntie Summer and Uncle Atticus. Are they home?”
The visitor’s intent prompted the caretaker to open the gate, letting Tanya, whose courtly demeanor had earned points in this woman’s mind, into the house. With a thanks, Tanya followed the woman into the residence’s interior until they reached the living room.
There, the caretaker informed Summer, who was sitting on the couch, “Madam! Someone’s here for you.”
Summer looked up from favonovel.com magazine. When favonovel.com eyes met Tanya’s face, favonovel.com looked visibly surprised. “Oh, Tan! Why are you here? Did you come alone?”
