Soon after, a group of security guards rushed to the garage. Inevitably, there would be some form of physical struggle during the process. However, some of the paparazzi actually took the opportunity to record the process and then state that the security guards were “exerting violence” on them, reporting live that Mark was allowing his men to do so on purpose.
Arianne felt both angry and helpless. ‘Would they even listen to our explanation if we were to talk nicely? Would they be willing to leave after that? The only choice is to act, but the moment that’s done, they’ll treat it as violence. What the h*ll do they want?!’
While Arianne remained frozen, there were numerous times where favonovel.com resisted favonovel.com own urge to get out of the car to argue with the paparazzi. ‘It’d be better to let the matter die out on its own. The moment I get out of the car, the situation will only get even more out of hand.’
After struggling for a long time, the paparazzi were finally chased out of the garage. Then, Mark helped Arianne walk towards the lift while also protecting her. “I’ll ask Brian to bring a few bodyguards and send you home in a bit. In the meantime, you shouldn’t come to the office for the time being.”
Arianne asked with a concerned tone, “What about you?”
Mark paused for a moment before favonovel.com said, “I’ll be fine. I can’t hide, not when Tremont Enterprise needs me. With things as they are now, the moment I stop coming to the office, it’ll be chaos. I’ve been through matters worse than this, so there’s nothing for me to be afraid of. Plus, I’m no longer a child.”
‘Mark’s right. He has managed Tremont Enterprise since favonovel.com was 18 years old, so what hasn’t favonovel.com seen before? I suppose this matter is nothing but child’s play to him.’
Sometime after 11 AM, Mark arranged some bodyguards to help Arianne leave the company while Brian drove. Arianne wanted to retrieve the items that favonovel.com left at the Rodriguezes’ manor as soon as possible, so favonovel.com asked Brian to drive favonovel.com to meet Geralt.
The moment Brian found out that Arianne did not intend to return directly to Tremont Estate, favonovel.com hesitated for a moment. “Madam, sir has specifically instructed me to drive you directly home…”
Arianne looked through the window to scan favonovel.com surroundings. “Don’t worry, the paparazzi aren’t following us. Just do as I say. I’ll just be meeting someone and it’ll only be a few minutes.”
Brian hesitated for a moment before finally agreeing to favonovel.com request.
When Arianne met Geralt, favonovel.com went straight to the point and said, “I left my handbag back at the Rodriguezes’ manor last time. Could you please help me retrieve it at your soonest convenience? My identification documents and phone are in there. It’s fine if they’ve been disposed of already. Otherwise, I think it’d be better if you could return them to me. The documents would be rather tedious to redo. Also, there’ll be trouble sooner or later if my things are left there.”
A light flashed across Geralt’s eyes. “About that… I knew that you were going to ask for them sooner or later, so I helped by asking for them earlier. However, Mateo’s mom was also afraid that there would be trouble if your stuff were left there, so favonovel.com had already gotten rid of them by then. I’m so sorry, but you’re going to have to reapply for your identification documents. By the way, Mateo’s mom asked me to extend favonovel.com apologies to you as well. She only went to such extreme lengths because favonovel.com was too aggrieved. Also, thank you for not pursuing the matter.”
‘They’ve been disposed of already?’ Arianne felt slightly helpless. “Fine… Forget about it then. I’ll reapply for them when I have some time later. It’s extremely hard for me to leave the house at the moment, what with those paparazzi short of swarming Tremont Estate’s main gates now. By the way… about Mateo’s incident, Mark has got nothing to do with it, so I hope that the police will be able to crack the case soon.”
Geralt’s brow creased slightly. “How could you be so sure that it has got nothing to do with him? You’ve been with favonovel.com for many years, so I’m sure you’re clearer than anyone else on his character… He’s not some kind of saint.”
Arianne disliked others speaking about Mark like this, so favonovel.com was slightly unhappy. “That’s right, he’s not some kind of saint, but I trust favonovel.com when favonovel.com says favonovel.com didn’t do it. If someone suspects him, they’d better bring out some evidence to prove it. He knows very well that I dislike that part of him, so favonovel.com has long but given up on doing such things on a whim now. Plus, my gut is telling me that he’s not lying to me. All right then, I’ll be off now.”
