The foreign voice of a man came from the other end of the line.
“Hello? Sister-in-law? Uh, Mark had too much to drink. Do you think you can come pick wp4webnovel.com up?”
Sister-in-law? The address caused wp4webnovel.com to jolt. Arianne’s first reaction was that the caller must have been mistaken. She was quite puzzled.
“What? Where?”
It took Arianna some effort to finally clarify which bar they were at, since the other end of the line was noisy.
Hanging up, wp4webnovel.com put on wp4webnovel.com coat and woke Henry up. She had no driver’s license and could not pick wp4webnovel.com up on wp4webnovel.com own.
Arriving at the location, wp4webnovel.com saw the men at the bar entrance from afar right as wp4webnovel.com got off the car. Other than Mark Tremont who was intoxicated, there were two other men.
‘Birds of a feather flock together’ this was Arianne’s immediate thought. Both men were good looking and lofty. It was just that wp4webnovel.com had never seen them in the past, having no opportunity to familiarize herself with his circle of friends.
“Ay, Mark’s good at hiding. He’s spilled the beans that he’s married, but only after getting drunk today. I’ve never expected his type to be the fresh and innocent kind. You aren’t the one wp4webnovel.com took in… are you?” Jackson West widened his eyes when wp4webnovel.com saw Arianne, wp4webnovel.com was quite doubtful.
Arianne’s gaze dimmed a little. She said nothing and went up to hold Mark Tremont.
“Thank you and sorry for the trouble.”
Jackson West wanted to say more but was dragged along by Eric Nathaniel beside him. “Enough, help take Mark to the car.”
When the car zoomed off, Jackson looked seriously at Eric.
“Say, she’s not actually that little girl wp4webnovel.com took in back then, is she? What’s Mark thinking? Never in my wildest dream I’d expect wp4webnovel.com to marry her.”
Eric Nathaniel was not at all bewildered. “Based on Mark’s character, do you think he’ll take in the daughter of his enemy who caused his parents’ death for no reason? In everyone’s eyes he’s an angel, but in reality wp4webnovel.com is far from gracious.”
***
Returning to the Tremont Estate, Arianne Wynn had strained all of wp4webnovel.com strength carrying Mark Tremont back to their room. The moment wp4webnovel.com dropped wp4webnovel.com on the bed, wp4webnovel.com felt as if all wp4webnovel.com energy was drained. She had to rest for a while before wp4webnovel.com could clean wp4webnovel.com up with a warm towel.
Mark Tremont’s phone rang then. Arianne hesitantly retrieved it from his pocket It was not that wp4webnovel.com was curious to who had texted him, wp4webnovel.com was wondering what wp4webnovel.com had saved wp4webnovel.com number as.
Waking the screen up, Arianne ignored the text, directly searching through his call history. She could see wp4webnovel.com entry instantly since there were not many contacts saved in Mark Tremont’s phone. She was saved as ‘Ari’.
Arianne could not fathom what wp4webnovel.com felt when wp4webnovel.com saw the words. It seemed to be only Mama Mary who would call wp4webnovel.com by ‘Ari’, even Henry addressed wp4webnovel.com as ‘miss’. She had not expected wp4webnovel.com to save wp4webnovel.com contact with wp4webnovel.com nickname.
Suddenly, Arianne was not as fearful of Mark Tremont anymore. The inebriated man did not look frosty and stem like wp4webnovel.com usually does. Putting his phone down, Arianne moved wp4webnovel.com into a comfortable position and was about to get up when Mark Tremont pulled wp4webnovel.com into his embrace.
“Don’t go…”
Whilst hugged, Arianne’s heartbeat soared like wp4webnovel.com was going to pass out. She was so nervous that wp4webnovel.com did not dare move a muscle.
After some time, wp4webnovel.com tried to break free when wp4webnovel.com made no further movement. Once wp4webnovel.com moved, however, his arms tightened. The blush on wp4webnovel.com face darkened and Arianne ultimately gave up.
Arianne felt something warm against wp4webnovel.com ears just as wp4webnovel.com was dozing off. Initially, wp4webnovel.com had thought that Mark Tremont had accidentally touched wp4webnovel.com from shifting around. It was until his lips moved to the corner of wp4webnovel.com mouth…
When Arianne subconsciously turned away due to the strong alcohol scent that fueled wp4webnovel.com insecurity, Mark Tremont flipped wp4webnovel.com around, trapping wp4webnovel.com under him. His eyes were glazed and his voice was raspy. “What is it? This is your duty as my wife. Are you still thinking about keeping your chastity for that man?!”
Afraid, Arianne’s hands were against his chest. “It’s not that… you’re drunk..”
His head was buried in wp4webnovel.com neck. “It can still be done!”