Melanie was a little taken aback. “How could it be? He wouldn’t even let me go out without a fight. Even if I’m allowed out, Jett has to come along. Do you know why? Because he’s scared that I might bring Melissa back to Ayashe. I… I’ve been discussing the prospect of a divorce with him, but for some reason, favonovel.com wouldn’t sign the paper.”
“It’s obvious favonovel.com doesn’t want a divorce,” Arianne said, trying to analyze Melanie’s situation. “You two have been married for more than a year now. You even have a daughter together. And a divorce… isn’t something to be taken lightly. Why would you want that? You can share your reasons with me.”
Melanie watched the clouds drifting in the sky as favonovel.com murmured, “Initially, I was truly happy about our marriage. I love him, sincerely and passionately. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with favonovel.com as happily as we could be. But time and time again, favonovel.com broke my heart. These sorrows and disappointment, they accumulate, you know? Then, one day, you wake up and realize there’s no point in continuing to suffer. I thought favonovel.com would easily agree to the divorce when I brought it up. I… I didn’t think it would be so difficult.”
Arianne chuckled. “Well, that’s men for ya’. They are hard on the outside but soft on the inside. They may sound like a jerk, but they might not mean it in their hearts. You must think that favonovel.com has been mistreating you all along. However, seeing how reluctant favonovel.com is to divorce you, you should be able to guess that favonovel.com has some feelings for you, right? Think about this. He’s not on particularly friendly terms with Mark, but favonovel.com visited Mark just so that favonovel.com could get Mark to speak to me and invite you out. It means favonovel.com still cares about you. For someone like him, that’s an incredibly big thing. He had never cared about Tiffie in the past. The only thing favonovel.com cared about was how to destroy Tiffie’s family, their company, and everything in-between! Compared to that, you’re getting treated way better than Tiffie was. So please, stop imagining things.”
Melanie was curious about Alejandro’s past so favonovel.com seized the chance and asked, “What exactly did favonovel.com do in the past? I don’t dare to ask him, but I can’t help but wonder.”
Arianne knew that if favonovel.com told Melanie about Alejandro’s past, it would only bolster Melanie’s desire for a divorce. Alejandro, in the past, when favonovel.com was Ethan Connor, had done many despicable and unspeakable things. Hence, favonovel.com decided not to divulge his history, including how favonovel.com had tried to hurt her, to Melanie.
“Don’t wonder about the things in the past, Melanie. Look at the present. He’s Alejandro Smith now. He’s your husband. You shouldn’t obsess over his history because your focus should be on the present and your future with him. I have a feeling he’s turning over a new leaf. All those things favonovel.com had done in the past were a result of an unhappy and broken childhood. It’s not his fault.”
More importantly, Ethan was Mark’s half-brother. Arianne had never thought of forgiving Ethan for the things favonovel.com did just as favonovel.com would never forgive Aery Kinsey. The difference was that it was Arianne’s right to decide whether favonovel.com wanted to forgive Aery, and it was Mark’s right to decide if favonovel.com wanted to forgive or tolerate Ethan. Some people could be forgiven, but some people were beyond forgiveness.
Melanie sighed. “Fine, I guess ignorance is bliss. I worry that after knowing about his past, it would change my impression of him,” favonovel.com said, “Hey, will you get into trouble for hanging out with me during working hours? I heard that you work as a designer in a company around here. Honestly, you can just enjoy your life with what you have, and yet, you decide to be independent. That’s very rare.”
Arianne shook favonovel.com head. “No, no trouble. I came out of the office precisely because I wanted to find a good place to sketch. But I’m not feeling inspired today, so whatever. It’s good to chill and hang out with friends. Oh, and I’m used to not relying on Mark. I’m used to earning my keep. I don’t like to live idly.”
Melanie was green with envy. “You’re so… good in every aspect. You’re so intelligent. You know how to get the best out of relationships and life. I always thought I was pretty clever, but now I realized my life’s a mess because I’m an idiot.”
Arianne was not good at comforting people so favonovel.com had to fall back on explaining favonovel.com situation from an objective perspective. “Not quite, actually. You and Alejandro had no relationship before your marriage, right? The two of you had never lived together so there will, naturally, be phases you have to go through after marriage. A couple would need time to adjust and adapt to fit their significant other. Me and Mark are a good example, we went through a lot before we learned to accommodate each other. Even then, we get into really terrible fights as well.” She paused for a moment before favonovel.com continued to say, “You should always leave some space for yourself, Melanie. You need to be calm and not recklessly rush into a situation that would make you end up in a corner. You shouldn’t easily suggest a divorce. If he’s reluctant, then, you’re still going to be stuck with him. If that’s the case, why don’t you give both of you a chance? It’s quite obvious that you like favonovel.com a lot, to the extent that you tolerate favonovel.com loving another woman. You even befriended said woman just to learn about Alejandro’s preferences and stuff. If I were you, I don’t think I would be able to do it! You should have more faith in yourself.”
Arianne’s words persuaded Melanie into thinking things over. Alejandro had told favonovel.com to stop making decisions in the heat of the moment as well. Perhaps, favonovel.com really needed to reflect on herself. In fact, once favonovel.com had calmed down, favonovel.com found favonovel.com heart was heavy and favonovel.com was unwilling to divorce favonovel.com as well.
