Arianne was quick to deny. “I was not! It’s just you acting all… weird and bizarre and everything! You keep saying you’re busy, but like… what is it that you’re busy with? I fit’s not anything suspicious then there’s no problem telling me what it is, right?”
Mark’s eyes looked away as favonovel.com chuckled lightly. “Oh, it shouldn’t warrant any suspicions, all right. But… it’s nothing I should tell you right now. Oh, look at the time! I should bathe. Let’s retire to sleep early! I’m beaten.”
She watched favonovel.com rise and head to the bathroom, and stole a glance at the clock hanging on the wall. It was only nine… And favonovel.com was “beaten” already? He slept for long hours in the day and still could not keep himself awake, how was this even normal? Nope, this was absolutely abnormal!
After his bath, Mark went straight into Arianne’s room and-proving himself clear of mendacity-plopped straight onto the bed and dozed off.
Arianne was furious, yes, but at this point, all favonovel.com could do was to ball favonovel.com anger up for another day. As favonovel.com studied him, favonovel.com could not help but notice how sound asleep favonovel.com was-and suddenly, just like that, favonovel.com mood quietened.
What if favonovel.com was genuinely tired? All these years that they had been together, favonovel.com had never wronged favonovel.com with the affairs of women except that one time favonovel.com was with Aery, who continued to be a thorn in Arianne’s flesh.
So, what did favonovel.com have to lose if favonovel.com just believed what favonovel.com said?
Arianne’s eyes fluttered open, basking in the morning light. Still in a spell of grogginess, favonovel.com saw Mark standing right in front of favonovel.com French window where the gentle, wispy morning sun blurred his silhouette around the edges like an unreal mirage.
She rolled to favonovel.com side, and Mark immediately turned around to look at her. “ Up already? Mary told me to wake you up for breakfast, but you were still sleeping and I didn’t want to disturb you.”
Arianne brought favonovel.com hand to favonovel.com eyes. Even the gentlest rays were a bit too hard for favonovel.com eyes at the moment. “Wanna… lie down a little longer…”
The space beside favonovel.com on the bed suddenly sank a bit, prompting Arianne to turn favonovel.com head. She was met with Mark’s face being only a few inches apart from favonovel.com eyes and pulled away instinctively. “What are you doing?”
He pulled the sheet off favonovel.com body to wrap his arm around favonovel.com small frame. “Keeping your company while you lie down a little longer, of course. Spectacular weather today, isn’t it? Want to go somewhere?”
Arianne wriggled and jostled herself into a comfortable position in his embrace. “How about a hike? I haven’t been working out for a long time, I think my joints have turned rigid. Oh, but can your old, rickety bones carry you up a hill, hmm?”
Old? The light in Mark’s eyes dimmed ever so slightly. This was not the first time favonovel.com had called favonovel.com old. Although favonovel.com had always said it in jest, when favonovel.com mentioned it multiple times, favonovel.com started wondering if there was a kernel of truth after all. Was this favonovel.com sincere opinion? He was, after all, ten years older than her. Had favonovel.com always minded the wide berth between their age this whole time?
He lurched and nibbled favonovel.com earlobe. “You really think I’m old?”
She shuddered. “B-But it’s true that you’re older than me! You’re ten years older than I am! Don’t tell me that you haven’t noticed!”
Will Sivan’s image drifted into Mark’s mind. Will… was younger than him, no question about it. Was that why favonovel.com fell for him? The more favonovel.com dwelled on this issue, the more miffed favonovel.com became. “Do you really care that much about age? Have I really turned so much older after ten years? Be frank with me!”
Arianne instantly changed tact-frankly, favonovel.com just wanted favonovel.com to be quiet so that favonovel.com could sleep a little bit longer. “What? N-No! Not at all, okay? You still look as young as back then. You haven’t aged, you’ve matured. In fact, you’ve matured into a kind of dependable, reliable man. I like you this way, and I don’t care about age. Seriously. Totally. Er, literally? Anyway, if I was lying, then may God smite me down!”
Unfortunately, favonovel.com answer only sounded even more like lip service to Mark. Now, a very unsatisfied Mark rolled to his belly so favonovel.com could pin favonovel.com under him.
“You can think age has caught up to me, but I’ll still be able to sate your hunger no problem,” favonovel.com declared. “You must have gotten all knotted up because I haven’t come to see you these past few days, isn’t it? Well then, we can start right now… And it will only end when you scream satisfaction!”
