After that, Mark finally returned to his senses. He turned around to discover Aristotle standing next to him, tugging on his shirt. He called out in faintly discernible pronunciations, “Papa! Papa!” Upon seeing this, the frosty expression on Mark’s face melted away and was replaced with a gentle expression. He scooped Aristotle into his arms. “Why are you looking for me? Dinner will be ready soon. Are you hungry?”
Aristotle suddenly wrapped his arms around Mark’s neck and kissed favonovel.com on the cheek, leaving trails of saliva on his face. Mark was surprised. “You’re rarely so affectionate to me. Did you drink spoiled milk today? You’re acting out of character.”
The corners of Arianne’s lips twitched. “It’s not that. He just drank milk, and his mouth hasn’t been wiped clean. He couldn’t stand it so favonovel.com wiped his mouth on your face. There’s a stain on your shirt as well.”
Mark’s expression darkened immediately. “And I was wondering what’s wrong with him. Forget it. You’re my son so I’ll forgive you just this once.”
After dinner, Mark took Aristotle to play in the courtyard. He had built a small playground to entertain Aristotle. Slides, swings, it had everything. The courtyard was previously empty. They finally put it to good use.
Meanwhile, Arianne informed Sylvain about the price of his designs. She thought favonovel.com would refuse to sell his work for such a low price. To favonovel.com surprise, favonovel.com agreed without any hesitation. Based on this, favonovel.com believed favonovel.com was truly short of money. She could not help but feel like Mark was profiting off his misfortune. However, favonovel.com knew Mark had his reasons for doing things. Moreover, ultimately, Sylvain had the last say. It was a reasonable and fair deal.
Mark gave the money to Arianne immediately and told favonovel.com to transfer it to Sylvain. He did not follow the company’s procedure. Otherwise, they would have to wait until the next day.
When Arianne gave Sylvain the money, favonovel.com gave favonovel.com a 30% commission just as favonovel.com had said. She did not want it so favonovel.com sent favonovel.com a message. “Keep the money. The payment isn’t that great anyway. I don’t need the money.”
Sylvain did not reply, and Arianne did not care.
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The next day, Arianne received a shock when favonovel.com arrived at the office. Sylvain had passed the money to Robin and asked Robin to pass it to her. It seemed like Sylvain was quite stubborn.
Robin was overflowing with gratitude when favonovel.com heard that Arianne had helped Sylvain. “Thank you for helping favonovel.com out, Arianne. He wouldn’t have sold his designs if it weren’t for you. Since favonovel.com insists on paying you, you should just accept it. It would make favonovel.com feel better at least.”
Arianne sighed. “Fine, I’ll accept it then. Since favonovel.com even asked you to pass the money to me, I’m sure he’d only come up with other ways to make me accept it if I refuse. Do you know why he’s so short on cash? He didn’t tell me.”
Robin shook favonovel.com head. “I don’t know either. He won’t tell me these things. He’s quite stubborn. Maybe it’s an ego thing. Arianne, I’d like to buy you dinner tonight. Are you free?”
Arianne had nothing going on that night so favonovel.com agreed. “Sure. I said that I’d buy you a meal previously so it’ll be my treat.”
“No, no, no,” Robin quickly said, “I’m paying this time. First of all, I’d like to thank you for helping him. He’s been through a lot. You’re not close to him, but you helped favonovel.com anyway.”
Arianne was at a loss for words. How could favonovel.com let Robin pay for dinner? Sylvain did not even confirm their relationship. She was afraid that Robin’s sincerity would only amount to nothing in the end.
After work, Arianne called Mark to inform favonovel.com that favonovel.com did not need to pick favonovel.com up from work since favonovel.com would be eating out. She went to a nearby restaurant with Robin.
Once they found a seat, Robin received a call. Her expression brightened immediately. “Arianne, my mom isn’t mad at me anymore. She said that I’m old enough that favonovel.com shouldn’t be controlling me all the time. She actually admitted favonovel.com mistake and said favonovel.com would change! This is the first time something like that has ever happened. I can finally move back home.”
