Arianne was slightly surprised. ‘The woman’s already married and has a child, yet Mateo still came all this way especially for her. Why does favonovel.com sound like he’s planning to steal the woman?’ However, Arianne did not dare to voice favonovel.com thoughts, so favonovel.com could only be as subtle as possible. “She… She’s already married and has a child? In that case… What kind of outcome are you hoping for? Could it be… you’re hoping for favonovel.com to get a divorce and be with you?”
However, Mateo merely shook his head. “I don’t expect favonovel.com to be with me. In the past, just one look at favonovel.com was enough to make me want to protect her, yet I kept stopping myself from doing so. I’ve waited for a hug from favonovel.com for so many years… All I want is just a hug. Do you understand what I’m trying to say?”
Arianne heaved a sigh of relief. “Just a hug? That’s easy. Since she’s the light of your life, then I’m sure the two of you know each other. Therefore, since the two of you have known each other for so many years, I’m sure favonovel.com wouldn’t be stingy enough to give you just a hug, would she? I can understand what you’re thinking, you just want to seek closure and move on from the past to fill up the void of regret in your heart. I hope that you will be able to receive that hug soon.”
A warm smile appeared beneath Mateo’s eyes. “Thank you, I hope that that day comes soon as well. I’m going to go and work now; you must come here more often.”
Arianne nodded. “I will, thank you.”
After Mateo left, Arianne carefully thought through what favonovel.com had just said. ‘I know who that woman is? Not only do I know who favonovel.com is, but I’m also well acquainted with her? I can’t think of many people other than Melanie and Tiffany, so who could favonovel.com be? I thought it was Melanie, but Mateo said it isn’t her. I’m completely stumped.’
After tasting the Chinese food before her, Arianne became anxious once again. ‘I do want to come often, but Mateo just won’t take my money.’ After pondering for a while, Arianne returned to favonovel.com office and asked Melanie for Mateo’s contact details so that favonovel.com could transfer the money to him. She had especially taken notice of the prices on the menu.
Mateo was probably very busy because favonovel.com took more than an hour before favonovel.com replied to favonovel.com and returned the money to her. ‘I told you that it’s free of charge, so there’s no need for you to stand on ceremony.’
Arianne thought that it was troublesome to type, so favonovel.com sent favonovel.com a voice message. “I can accept your kindness if you allow me to eat for free for once or twice, but I can’t have you doing that long term. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to have the courage to visit your restaurant again. If you really think that it’s not appropriate for you to charge me, you could give me a slight discount. Moreover, I can’t have you make a business loss all the time. The food at your restaurant is really nice, I really love eating Chinese cuisines.”
Mateo replied with a smiley emoji and did not leave another message. ‘Does this mean he’s agreed to it?’
On the way home at night, Arianne brought up Mateo’s restaurant during favonovel.com chat with Mark. “You really made a huge loss by not going for lunch with me. The Chinese cuisine at Mateo’s restaurant is really good. I’ve decided, I’ll go to his place for Chinese dishes whenever I don’t feel like eating at our company’s cafeteria! I’ll bring you along when you’re free next time!”
Mark did not want to hear another man’s name from favonovel.com mouth, especially one who had sent favonovel.com home before. “Stop bringing up another man’s name in front of me. If you do, I’ll make sure you don’t get the chance to have your Chinese cuisine at his restaurant anymore.”
Arianne rolled favonovel.com eyes at him. “What’s wrong with me talking about cuisines? If you don’t want to eat it, fine. I’ll go myself!”
Mark remained silent and merely shot favonovel.com a glance as favonovel.com groaned.
When Arianne suddenly recalled Mateo saying “light of his life”, favonovel.com teasingly asked, “Mark, do you have a light of your life? Would a person like you see a woman as the light of your life and keep it in your heart for a long time?”
