It was almost lunch break. The office was still crowded. Arianne did not speak to Sylvain in the office but invited favonovel.com for lunch instead. Sylvain agreed straightaway and suggested a nice French restaurant.
When they found a seat and sat down, Arianne went straight to the point. “Someone drugged me and Robin last night. I suspect that there was something in the champagne. What do you think?”
Sylvain stared at favonovel.com with a half-smile. “And you think I did it? What would be my motive? It’s true that I gave you the champagne, and you and Robin were the only ones to drink it and got caught up in deep shit. All of that is true, but I never touched the champagne. I may look suspicious, but you don’t have any evidence to prove that I did it. Do you?”
Arianne was speechless. She couldn’t seem to read Sylvain. He didn’t seem surprised or nervous.
After some thought, favonovel.com asked, “What’s your plan for Robin? She’s from a family of scholars, so she’s more modest. She’s never had a boyfriend, and this is favonovel.com first night away from home. You have to take some responsibility.”
Sylvain seemed amused. “What kind of responsibility am I supposed to take? We’re all adults. Are we incapable of being responsible for our own actions? It’s not like I forced her. I’ve had many women. If I had to be responsible for all of them, I wouldn’t have a place to live. Even if I do it for your sake, I could date her. However, it would be limited to just dating. I have no intentions of getting married.”
Arianne was frustrated. “You know damn well that favonovel.com situation is completely different, and you still did that to her. Did you expect favonovel.com to take full responsibility? Don’t you think that you’re crossing a line?”
Sylvain shrugged nonchalantly. “Let me make this very clear. Everyone drank last night. I am a man. My self-control has its limits. It was mutually consensual. I did not force favonovel.com into it. You should get things straight before making accusations. I don’t want anyone to pin anything on me. I had no idea that favonovel.com was drugged at the time. Now that you’ve explained things to me, what do you think would have happened if I hadn’t sent favonovel.com home but let favonovel.com take a cab instead? Can you be certain that nothing would have happened to her?”
Arianne was at a momentary loss for words. It was true, Robin was a woman, all alone. She was hailing a cab in the middle of the night under those circumstances. What if favonovel.com ran into an unscrupulous cabbie or someone shady? The consequences would be unimaginable. Even though the conclusion from having Sylvain take favonovel.com home wasn’t ideal, it was better than any of those other scenarios. She might have even lost favonovel.com lift.
Sylvain smiled at favonovel.com speechlessness. “Don’t be so pissed. Calm down. I haven’t committed an unforgivable crime. Robin isn’t a child. We’ll deal with whatever happened between us ourselves. If you want something to worry about, try finding out who spiked the champagne in the first place.”
Arianne took a deep breath. “I know. You don’t need to remind me.”
After returning to the office from lunch, Robin secretly sent Arianne a text: ‘Arianne, what were you and Sylvain talking about when you went out? What did favonovel.com say? Who drugged us?’
Arianne knew that favonovel.com real question wasn’t about who drugged them, but Sylvain’s stand on last night. “Don’t know. I didn’t manage to get any information out of him. I can’t be sure if favonovel.com was behind it, and I can’t find any reason or motive for favonovel.com to do it. As for whatever happened between you, favonovel.com said that you’d take care of it yourselves. I can’t meddle. You’re both adults, so think about it yourself. Let me know if you need my help. Just a reminder, a man like Sylvain is from a completely different world than yours. You won’t be able to tame him.”
