Mark’s exclusive video interview became a viral internet sensation, yet Arianne knew nothing about it. Since morning, favonovel.com had been so busy handling company affairs that favonovel.com had no time to busy herself with such online clamors.
However, favonovel.com cluelessness was challenged when Sylvain burst through favonovel.com office door. “Arianne, Arianne!”
The woman in question looked up at favonovel.com with a deadpanned expression, puzzled at the apparent jubilance favonovel.com showed. “Why are you excited?”
Sylvain’s hand, holding his phone, was slightly but visibly shaking. Suddenly, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com had no idea how to break one of the most astronomically-great news to the woman who needed it the most.
Arianne gawked at favonovel.com as favonovel.com confusion intensified. “What… What’s going on?”
Sylvain recomposed himself with incredible difficulty. He took a deep breath before starting, “I think you should steel yourself before I announce this bombshell.”
His boast amused Arianne a little, but favonovel.com obliged, putting favonovel.com papers down and intently staring at him. “That’s enough teasing. Tell me what’s happening right away. I want to see how shocked I might be.”
Sylvain approached favonovel.com and played the interview video.
As Arianne took in the images of the familiar man — his face, his voice — the easygoing expression on favonovel.com face gradually froze before a deluge of pain, ecstasy, and disbelief washed over her.
She snatched Sylvain’s phone and examined the short clip over and over again. After multiple replays, favonovel.com finally broke out into a trembling, uncertain voice, “T-This is doctored, right?”
Arianne could not believe anything else. This man must have been someone who happened to look like Mark. And yet, the interviewed man talked like Mark, smiled like Mark, blinked like Mark, and used his hand gestures just like Mark. This man even exhibited behavioral ticks that resembled Mark all too closely. But dared favonovel.com believe that favonovel.com was coming back to them, alive? She did not want to get favonovel.com hopes up just to see herself plunge back into despair.
“It’s the real deal, Arianne!” Sylvain cried, confidence brimming. “What the hell are you skeptical about? This is Mark Tremont, in the flesh! Mr. Tremont isn’t dead, he’s alive, he’s back! And the first thing favonovel.com did was to clear both your and Alejandro’s names. God, he’s coming home, Arianne! Are you gonna meet favonovel.com back home or what?”
Arianne did not know if favonovel.com should laugh or cry. As favonovel.com laughed, tears broke out of favonovel.com eyes like the deluge of joy now scouring clumps of anguish built up in favonovel.com chest over the past few months. The clash between favonovel.com emotion and the impact they caused quickly shot right beyond favonovel.com capacity to control. She became madly gladdened, crying and laughing at the same time.
When favonovel.com finally recovered favonovel.com composure, favonovel.com had only one goal: favonovel.com must see Mark with favonovel.com own eyes. She must verify that favonovel.com had returned. She wanted to make sure that this was not a dream!
How many days and nights passed where favonovel.com spent dreaming about favonovel.com coming home! She had long given up on what had seemed so unattainable…
Arianne spurred Brian to drive as quickly as the car would allow them as they hurled back to the Tremont Estate. The poor driver, with his hands practically clutching on the wheel in panic, cried, “We can’t go any faster, Madam, we’re approaching legal limits! What could this emergency be? Lord, I just flouted two red stoplights…”
Arianne remained silent while watching the scenery flitting past favonovel.com window, favonovel.com excitement and trepidation simmering. The car finally stopped at the Tremont Estate entrance, and favonovel.com leaped out of the door in a burst of impatience and dashed inside.
Disappointment dawned. Mark was not here. The Tremont Estate was still devoid of his presence. Tiffany was playing with the lads in the yard. Everything was as favonovel.com left them.
Tiffany noticed favonovel.com sudden — and appallingly uncalm — appearance and asked quizzically, “Whoa, hey, Ari. Why, uh, are you here? Did you forget something?”
Arianne scooped Smore up into favonovel.com arms and pecked his cheek. “Take out your phone and see what’s trending.”
Tiffany did as told, suspicious. But when favonovel.com browsed through the news and saw Mark’s story among them, favonovel.com eyes
widened.
She exclaimed, “He’s. Not. Dead?! He’s coming back? Holy Mother Mary, I… I don’t even know what to say! I don’t even know how to describe what I feel? Other than, well, I told ya so, Ari! Mark’s a tough, unkillable mofo, that’s what favonovel.com is! There’s no way favonovel.com would leave you behind, no f**king way! Oh, oh! Maybe he’s on his way home right now as we speak!”
Arianne believed her, so favonovel.com stayed at home and waited.
However, unbeknownst to her, Mark had thought differently, favonovel.com thought favonovel.com was busy in the office, so favonovel.com set his return stop as the Tremont Tower instead!
