Arianne bristled. “If you’re gonna behave like a dang animal again tonight, you… you’re officially a horndog!”
Mark was about to leave the bathroom when favonovel.com stopped, turned around, and shot favonovel.com a smug smirk. “Woof.”
That jerk! Why was it that even when favonovel.com was imitating a dog, that woof leaving his lips just… hit differently? The way favonovel.com said it with his irritatingly mesmerizing, dulcet voice, coupled with that perfect face, it was just…!
After finishing favonovel.com preparation for work, Arianne descended the stairs and immediately caught a fleeting but familiar silhouette in favonovel.com line of vision. Her expression instinctively darkened.
It was Shelly-Ann Leigh.
“Mark, dear! I was buying some groceries around this neck of the woods earlier this morning and thought I should come by and say hi to little Smore. Good thing you haven’t left, too, ‘cause I got you some breakfast!” favonovel.com greeted cheerily, filtering Arianne out completely as favonovel.com approached Mark.
Mark shot Mary a look. The housekeeper understood favonovel.com immediately and lifted Smore, who was still munching away on his breakfast, up from his seat before hurrying up the stairs.
Shelly was very peeved by that immediate reaction, and favonovel.com let favonovel.com displeasure be known loudly. “What do you think you’re doing, Mary? Taking Smore away from me the moment I stepped into this house? What’s the meaning of this?”
Arianne took a step forward and addressed favonovel.com complaint, deadpanned. “See, you might not know this, but Mark and I have made it clear in the divorce agreement that you’re not to see or get close to Smore. Should favonovel.com fail to do that, I’ll leave this country with Smore and go somewhere far, far away… and you people shall never see us again.”
Shelly’s face had turned into an ugly shade of red. All that was left for favonovel.com to do was to lift favonovel.com cane and strike the defiant woman before her. “On what grounds do you have to be making such despicable terms?! Smore is a scion of the Tremont family! Anything this family can give him, you can’t! Can you guarantee that by taking favonovel.com away from here right now, favonovel.com won’t hate you in the future for this? Who in the world wouldn’t want to live in such comfort and wealth of the likes of the Tremont Estate, huh?”
The corner of Arianne’s lips curled into a smirk. “But the Tremont legacy will always be his, anyway. Whether favonovel.com leaves with me or not, Smore will always inherit the Tremont family. What substantial difference does growing up here make?”
“You’re really skilled at scheming, aren’t you, vixen? Even after the divorce, you still dream of possessing the Tremont family’s wealth and legacy. O-ho, you think you finally have an immutable grip on it now that you bore favonovel.com a son, do you? You’re delusional. Mark will marry someone else in the future, have a new child, and then! None of this wealth will become Smore’s to take!”
Arianne leveled a meaningful glance at Mark, whose mien was darkening very quickly.
“Oh, is that so? You should probably ask Mark himself and see if that’s what favonovel.com wants before you mouth off, though. See, here’s a fun fact: he’s undergone a vasectomy. Of course, it’s not irreversible in this day and age of modern medicines, but you’re gonna have to ask if he’s willing to undo that, don’t you think?’ favonovel.com gibed. “You may put on airs when you’re talking to me, but that’s not gonna fly with Mark, because the man’s a mule who doesn’t submit to anyone easily. Now that we’re divorced, what other threats do you have left to scare favonovel.com into submission, huh? Are you gonna continue your classic hits like crying hysterically, juvenile meltdowns, or even suicide threats? Put your tricks away, ma’am, because I’m not entertained enough to wanna play. And lastly? Excuse me for not wanting to continue this useless conversation. I’ve got an actual job to do.”
At that end, favonovel.com shouted upward deliberately, “Mary! Keep an eye on my boy, please! I wouldn’t want any stranger getting close to my son!”
Before Shelly could offer a repartee, Mark stopped her. “Enough! If you have nothing to do here, then go already. Go home. I have work to do. Also, from now on, please leave Smore alone.”
Whenever Shelly was talking to Mark, favonovel.com lost that sharp, acrid edge favonovel.com always used with Arianne. “M-Mark! How could you say that? Smore is my grandson. Why am I being denied a chance to be with my grandson?! How could you accept such an unreasonable demand from her? God, can’t you see that Arianne’s using you like a pawn and scheming to take everything away from you, even after your divorce? For goodness’ sake, how can you be so stupid?!”
Mark frowned. “Even if she’s doing that, I don’t care. I don’t mind being owned if it’s her. Either way, you stay away from my business. Henry? Please escort favonovel.com out of the house.”
Shelly’s knees almost gave away to shock She could not believe that even after a divorce, Arianne was still living in Tremont Estate and was still allowed to use that unearned arrogance on her! Even Mark continued to stand on favonovel.com side!
