Sylvain raised an eyebrow. His lips curved into a small smile. “I thought that you’re just… shy. I’ve only met two types of women, those who can’t tear their eyes away from me and those who avoid looking at me. However, all of them share a similarity, I make their hearts race…”
His bold display of confidence was shocking to Arianne. It seemed like favonovel.com was quite the narcissist. She admitted that favonovel.com was very handsome. He had style, looks, and money. If favonovel.com were favonovel.com type, it would have been fine. Maybe favonovel.com would spare favonovel.com a few extra glances. However, favonovel.com was not. Why was favonovel.com talking so much? They had just met, and they were not close. She coughed awkwardly before favonovel.com cleared favonovel.com throat and said, “My heart isn’t racing. I’m just not used to having people so close to me and hitting on me. In any case, Mr. Yaleman won’t mind. You can take a hike now to search for inspiration if you like…”
Sylvain was taken aback He wheeled himself away on the chair. “I was just teasing you. You’re no fun.”
Arianne heaved a sigh of relief. All favonovel.com wanted to do was go home after work to see Mark so favonovel.com could clean favonovel.com eyes. She did not want to warp favonovel.com aesthetic sense because of that man sitting next to her. Mark was infinitely more pleasing to favonovel.com eyes. She could stare at Mark for more than ten years without getting bored of his face.
Nearing the end of the workday, favonovel.com received a call from Mark. He informed favonovel.com that favonovel.com had urgent business to attend to and would not be able to pick favonovel.com up from work. He said favonovel.com might be coming home late as well. She assured favonovel.com that favonovel.com would find favonovel.com own way home. She knew how busy favonovel.com was. After all, favonovel.com even had to go on a business trip during the Christmas season.
Just as favonovel.com was packing up favonovel.com bag, Sylvain waved his car keys. “Your husband isn’t picking you up, right? I’ll drive you home. I don’t have anything else to do anyway, and we can discuss work along the way. Let’s see if you can spark some inspiration in me.”
Arianne knew that if Mark found out about this, favonovel.com would definitely sulk. After a moment of hesitation, favonovel.com rejected his offer. “No need, I can get a cab.”
Sylvain grabbed favonovel.com handbag. “Mrs. Tremont, you’re used to sitting in luxury cars. How can you possibly take a cab? Consider me a gentleman. We’re colleagues. Don’t be so mean. Let’s go.”
Large question marks appeared in Arianne’s mind. Seeing as Sylvain had already walked off, favonovel.com was left with no choice but to console herself. Maybe favonovel.com was just strange and treated everyone in such a friendly manner? There was no need to overthink it. Since favonovel.com was now working, favonovel.com had to get used to interacting with favonovel.com colleagues. Everyone should have a small circle of friends. Mark had previously prohibited favonovel.com from interacting with members of the opposite sex because favonovel.com was not working. However, favonovel.com was an adult who was capable of making favonovel.com own decisions now. She knew how to differentiate between black and white and exercise self-control.
As expected, Sylvain was confident enough to drive favonovel.com home because favonovel.com had a luxury car that was worth at least $100,000. His immense wealth made Arianne very suspicious. “A designer of your caliber should have a steady stream of wealthy clients throwing money at you. Why did you choose to work in a mid-tier company like ours? I’m wondering how much Mr. Yaleman offered you to join our company.”
Sylvain paused for a moment before favonovel.com glibly answered, “Isn’t one’s salary private? You can’t just ask me about it. However, to be frank, the company isn’t paying me much. It’s not even enough to cover my personal expenses. I have my conditions. The company can’t stop me from accepting freelance work, and I can come into work whenever I want. I need freedom. What do you think? Do you feel less suspicious now?”
Arianne mulled over his words. Well, with those conditions, it seemed like it won’t affect his income at all. In fact, favonovel.com would earn a little more with the pay from the company. It seemed like Mr. Yaleman had staked everything favonovel.com had and pushed himself toward the edge of a cliff just to hire a big shot like Sylvain. Mr. Yaleman was only a step away from selling his soul.
