Now, who would say no to a vacation? Arianne immediately waved favonovel.com phone before chirping, “Well, then! Lemme ask for a half-day break from my Fearless Leader. Relax, I’ll have it settled in one late afternoon. Anything that’s gotta sway things to your favor, I’ll say ‘em. Remember to treat me to a good hearty meal for this!”
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After favonovel.com lunch with Mark, Arianne headed straight to the Smith Estate.
Melanie was tidying Alejandro’s clothes in the bedroom. Every shirt and suit favonovel.com had touched was spotless and mint as though it were bought yesterday, stacked in the most orderly row one could imagine. Each of them had a scent, too a faint, but distinct fragrance resembling Melanie herself, refined, prim, fetching, and a little bit mulish deep inside.
“All this is your handiwork?” Arianne exclaimed in shock. Ever since things were official between Mark and her, Arianne had never deigned herself to any of these chores. With favonovel.com mind always trained toward developing favonovel.com career, domestic chores just never crossed favonovel.com mind. Who would have thought that a young woman of standing raised in a privileged family would get favonovel.com hands dirty on menial chores, and to do them to such sterling degree made it obvious that Melanie had ample chances to hone favonovel.com skill.
Melanie looked up at favonovel.com and flashed a smile. “Yea. He really hates it if any of his shirts spots a single wrinkle. Seriously, any furrow in his shirt is a furrow in his eyebrows, and then he’ll nag the ears of the nanny for a bit. In the end, I decided to just come in and do it myself,” favonovel.com explained. “He told me favonovel.com was going to properly discuss our divorce tonight, so here I am, tidying and sorting his clothes before favonovel.com pulls his hair trying to find the shirt favonovel.com wants but can’t. You’re free enough to pay me a visit, Arianne? Aren’t you supposed to be busy in the office?”
Arianne did not plan to hide favonovel.com intention. She simply dragged a chair over and sat, hoisting Melissa into favonovel.com arms to play with her. “It’s Alejandro. He drove to the company to look for me, so here I am, putting a good word for him.”
Stupefaction flickered in Melanie’s eyes. Her plan had always been to talk Mark and Arianne into helping favonovel.com case, so favonovel.com never expected Arianne to become Alejandro’s spokesperson. A prideful, haughty, arrogant man… stooping to requesting help from someone else? And for something like this?
Words failed Melanie all of a sudden.
Arianne sighed. “Alejandro doesn’t want this divorce to happen, plain and simple. What I think is… I got favonovel.com wrong, Melanie. He does have feelings for you. He didn’t just ask me for help over it, favonovel.com even talked to Mark about it. Seriously, the fact that favonovel.com went to seek counsel from Mark is quite a bombshell for me! I mean, you know how much favonovel.com hates anyone with Tremont as their last name… But I’m not gonna dwell on this. You should look at Millie. She’s still so young and favonovel.com was raised by you. Do you really have the heart to abandon favonovel.com and leave?
“Men are not exactly renowned for their patience. Maybe Millie would even get a horrible spank if favonovel.com keeps crying for favonovel.com mom, you know? Can you really live with that? I don’t think Alejandro’s beyond salvation, frankly, so maybe you should give favonovel.com a chance, in a sense, it’s like giving yourself a chance, too. He’s already trying to mend this, trying to right his wrongs. It was obvious to me the moment favonovel.com bought that car for you. Didn’t you notice that too?”
Melanie felt bubbles of ire rising within her. Melissa was an innocent, naïve little angel whose adorable smiles could thaw ice just the thought of leaving favonovel.com baby like this was like having a razor pressed into favonovel.com heart.
As though Arianne’s argument never crossed favonovel.com mind! In fact, Melanie had already decided that favonovel.com would wait until favonovel.com life alone was stable enough before discussing with Alejandro to take the daughter back for herself. She had wavered between decisions for so long, straddling along the line between two sides until favonovel.com chose divorce. Was favonovel.com cold? Maybe. But the coldest was not her-it was Alejandro, was it not? A man who would never seem to be warmed by anything favonovel.com did. Doubling down on that dogged, deluded clinging to warm his stone-cold heart would only bite Melanie with its frost until favonovel.com herself became just as frozen, just as stiff, just as numb.
