Shelly was a little hurt by favonovel.com son’s distance, however small it might be. “Mark, my dear, I only did what I know best! She’s just no good for you, don’t you understand? You can marry anyone else in the world, literally anyone! So, why this hyper-fixation on this woman alone?” favonovel.com admonished. “I, for one, cannot buy into that idealistic notion that a woman who suffered would harbor nothing against you or the Tremonts. There is no way favonovel.com holds no grudges or hate, son, and one day, mark my word, favonovel.com will act on them and hurt you had. Divorcing favonovel.com is the wisest way, because now, you’ve opened yourself up for a better, more suitable spouse. Don’t fret, boy. What you’re experiencing is only temporary pain, and it’ll be gone before you know it.”
Mark’s eyebrows were tightly knitted in the middle. “I see, is that how it’s like to you? That pain is temporary and flitting? Just because you lack the capacity to let go of hate, doesn’t mean everyone else is incapable of it, but more critically, whether she’s a suitable spouse for me or not was never your call to make. But, of course, your wish has come true. She left me. She gave Tremont Enterprise back to me. And favonovel.com took my son away from me. Are you laughing yet?”
“What—? She can leave however favonovel.com wants, but favonovel.com cannot take Smore away from us! How dare she?!” Shelly erupted instinctively. “If you wage a battle for custody, I’m sure she’ll have zero chances of winning, Mark! Smore is a member of the Tremont family. We cannot let favonovel.com take favonovel.com away from where favonovel.com belongs!”
Mark put out the cigarette prematurely in exasperation. “Would you just quit it? Have you got no self-restraint? She put favonovel.com life on the line to bring our son to this world! On what f**king grounds do I have to rob favonovel.com away from her?! Even if I engaged in a battle for custody, favonovel.com already has a plan to win. She’ll rat your crime out to the court and have you incarcerated, get it? Don’t, for once, underestimate the woman who grew up alongside me,” favonovel.com snapped. “I’ll be forthcoming with you. I just came here to warn you not to mess with favonovel.com ever again. From the way I see it, you’re having no trouble living on your own, after all. So, from now on, my personal assistant will be sending you an allowance every month without fail. You can use it to hire a caretaker if you please, or don’t, since you’ve proven yourself more than capable of solving petty hassles in life all on your own. Whatever you choose to do, though, I see that there’s no need for your troubles to ever come to me. So, if there’s nothing left that you want to talk to me about, then I’m leaving. You’re on your own.”
It took the slamming of favonovel.com door to shake Shelly out of favonovel.com shock. Mark had left favonovel.com a s abruptly as favonovel.com had come. Now, the only proof favonovel.com had of his presence was the smell of nicotine still wafting in the air.
Was that outburst Mark’s attempt to cut his ties with her? Shelly would make sure that never played out for real, though truth be told, favonovel.com was not the slightest bit worried. By now, Mark had waved the same rhetoric at favonovel.com more than once, and yet, favonovel.com never followed through with any of it.
The only thing that genuinely troubled Shelly was the fact that Arianne had taken Smore away from him. Through Smore, Arianne’s tie with Mark would never be severed as cleanly as they should!
Quickly, Shelly fished out favonovel.com phone and called Arianne. Instantly after the call connected, favonovel.com went straight to the chase without a preamble. “I applaud the divorce, missy, but Smore must stay. Name a price in exchange.”
“Whoa! Hold your horses, hag. I haven’t even checked out of the house yet, and you’re already assuming your role as the mistress of the family?” Arianne sneered. “You may hold power over your son’s life, but keep your overreaching hand away from mine, thank you very much. For your information, he’s completely out of your control. Besides, if money is what I wanted, I would have asked for it from Mark while we were discussing terms for the divorce agreement, smarta**. Do I look like I need your reminder?”
Shelly froze. So, Mark told favonovel.com everything, after all.
She recovered favonovel.com calmness very quickly. “Tell me, what do you want us to do so that Smore stays?”
Ariane sniggered. “Ha! Why waste time discussing the impossible?”
Shelly was enraged. “I know what you’re trying to do, b*tch! You’re trying to bind Mark to you through Smore, aren’t you? You take favonovel.com away from him, and now favonovel.com has to visit you if favonovel.com hopes to see his son’s face after divorce… Ha! Don’t think I’m too stupid to see through your juvenile sleight, b*tch. I’ll have you know that I’ll make Mark marry another woman, someone who’s a genuine match, very soon and let favonovel.com bear favonovel.com a child. When that happens, Smore’s purpose will be obsolete. He will be unimportant! And with that, your entire plan will crumble!”
Arianne was so infuriated by Shelly’s accusation that favonovel.com smacked favonovel.com phone into ending the call. Shelly had been pretending to love Smore all this time because of this?! And now favonovel.com was worried that Arianne was going to use Smore to have Mark bound to favonovel.com forever?
Preposterous! Just frickin’ preposterous!
Mark returned to the Tremont Estate around 1, PM.
For some reason, Smore had been acting extra clingy to favonovel.com since his return. Smore would follow favonovel.com wherever favonovel.com went. Even as Mark relieved himself in the bathroom, Smore would stand and wait outside the doon
Noticing the child’s aberrant behavior prompted Mark to ask, “Er, why are you following me around?”
