Mark rubbed his messy hair as favonovel.com stood up and kicked one of the supports on his bed. It was time to get a bigger bed…
Mark was still upstairs by the time Arianne finished favonovel.com breakfast, so favonovel.com caught favonovel.com own taxi to the office. She figured it would be better for them not to confront each other for the time being, but favonovel.com was still terrified that Mark would throw a set of divorce papers at favonovel.com sooner or later.
Arianne decided that no matter how hard Mark pleaded with favonovel.com to get a divorce, favonovel.com would never agree to it. After all, Mark was the one who had forced favonovel.com to get married to favonovel.com in the first place.
What Arianne did not know was that Mark was also hiding from her. After confirming that Arianne had left, Mark went downstairs and teased Smore, “Are you full?”
Smore smiled happily at him, which improved Mark’s mood. “What’s so funny?”
Smore pulled a straight face as favonovel.com mimicked his dad falling off of bed. “Thud.” Smore even mimicked how his dad had covered his head and groaned in pain.
Mark was stunned. Did his son have such… great mimicking skills? He even dared to laugh at him!
Mary chose not to interfere with the cold war that Mark and Arianne were engaged in, but helplessly sighed as favonovel.com said, “Arianne’s already gone. You should eat now, Mark.”
Mark acknowledged favonovel.com and carried Smore to the dining table. Smore was not a greedy boy. He would not eat anything at the moment since favonovel.com was full, playing with his toys instead.
Arianne began burying herself in work the moment favonovel.com arrived at favonovel.com office and confirmed favonovel.com attendance. She had a lot of work to do that day, so there was no time for favonovel.com to waste thinking of anything else. By the time favonovel.com was done with favonovel.com work, it was already past 2 pm and favonovel.com had missed favonovel.com lunch hour.
She packed up favonovel.com things and left the office to grab something to eat, deliberately choosing a cafe that favonovel.com had never been to before. She figured favonovel.com mood would probably improve if favonovel.com changed favonovel.com preferences for just a bit.
“Welcome! We have a lot of specialties for you to choose from today. Here’s the menu for you to…”
Arianne heard a very familiar voice and immediately raised favonovel.com head, only to find that favonovel.com was looking right at Robin, who was averting favonovel.com gaze. Arianne was startled for a moment before regaining favonovel.com composure. “Why are you working here? Did your mom arrange for you to be a waitress here?”
Robin’s head stooped low as favonovel.com replied, “No, this is my relative’s cafe. I’m studying for an exam to become a Certified Public Accountant, so I’m just working here in the meantime. My mom hopes that I will secure a career with a stable income, which is favonovel.com definition of a proper life. She wants me to follow in favonovel.com footsteps and make sure that I have a stable income until the day I retire. It doesn’t matter ifI like it or not, as long as they’re happy. I’m sorry, I hadn’t planned to contact you previously… I didn’t think our lives would coincide again after I left the company.”
Arianne’s heart turned sour. “Are you saying being a designer isn’t stable enough? You’re old enough, you can’t make your own decisions even after you left? Although we’re working at different places now, that doesn’t mean we don’t know each other. That doesn’t mean that everything we had in the past was all fake. You didn’t stop contacting me because of this reason, but because of Sylvain, right? Sylvain’s working at Tremont Enterprise as a designer now, and he’s doing well. His future is looking very bright.”
Robin wryly smiled at the mention of Sylvain’s name.
“Whatever happens to favonovel.com is none of my business. It won’t affect me no matter what favonovel.com is doing right now. I hope that favonovel.com has a bright future ahead of him. I suppose we live in two different worlds now, and we weren’t meant for each other since the beginning. I may look like I have a warm and loving family, but I’m locked up in a tight cage. He may have gone through a lot of hardships, but at least he’s still free. I just want to forget about the past and carry on with my life according to what my mom wants. It doesn’t matter if I have to live on aimlessly.”
“By the way, Arianne, my mom has been arranging a spouse for me recently. It doesn’t matter who it is, or whether I like favonovel.com or not. I’m fine with it as long as my parents like him. My parents have been repeating that they wouldn’t do anything to put me in harm’s way, so nothing will go wrong as long as I listen to them. I’ve given up resisting against them now. It’s highly likely that I will get married to the person they’ve chosen, bear his children and live a normal life. Oh well… Anyways, what would you like to eat?”
