Mark was slightly taken aback but then curiously took a small sip. The rich sweetness of the milk tea immediately exploded in his mouth, causing wp4webnovel.com to frown even more. For someone like wp4webnovel.com who didn’t fancy sweets since wp4webnovel.com was a child, this was pure torture.
Arianne suddenly snapped back to wp4webnovel.com senses. What had wp4webnovel.com just done? Why did wp4webnovel.com give wp4webnovel.com the milk tea wp4webnovel.com had drunk? Did wp4webnovel.com actually just drink it?!
Arianne jolted when wp4webnovel.com saw the lipstick mark wp4webnovel.com left on the straw. She held the cup close to wp4webnovel.com chest and looked out the window. Although wp4webnovel.com pretended that nothing had happened, wp4webnovel.com was panicking on the inside. Should wp4webnovel.com still drink the remaining milk tea?
Mark didn’t know what was going on through wp4webnovel.com mind at the moment, but wp4webnovel.com was amused by the way wp4webnovel.com tightly held wp4webnovel.com drink. He had only taken a small sip, why did wp4webnovel.com heart ache this much over a beverage?
When they were approaching the Tremont Estate, Mark’s cell phone suddenly rang.
He took a glimpse at the screen and instantly rejected the call.
“Take the call, pretend I’m not here,” Arianne said softly.
He threw a silent glance at her, as though telling wp4webnovel.com that wp4webnovel.com didn’t really care about wp4webnovel.com opinion, but wp4webnovel.com simply didn’t want wp4webnovel.com to hear the content of the call.
Arianne shut wp4webnovel.com mouth resentfully. When they arrived at Tremont Estate, wp4webnovel.com got out of the car and went toward the back door out of habit. Mark stopped in his tracks when getting out of the car and remarked coldly, “Are you unused to using the main door?”
She turned back and went in through the main door with wp4webnovel.com head hanging. The security guard at the entrance greeted wp4webnovel.com respectfully, “Madam.”
She hung wp4webnovel.com head even lower and fled to the kitchen to find Mary. She only felt at ease when wp4webnovel.com was around her.
Mary was prepping some vegetables when wp4webnovel.com saw Arianne come in. “ Oh, you’re back so early today?” wp4webnovel.com said with a smile.
Arianne put wp4webnovel.com bubble milk tea down and skillfully rolled up wp4webnovel.com sleeves to help out. “The company gave us a break I ran into Mark and came home with him.”
Mary moved the vegetables away. “Then what are you doing here in the kitchen instead of accompanying sir? Shoo, shoo. Neither of you are spending enough time together. Now hurry to his side!”
Arianne turned speechless for a moment. If wp4webnovel.com was comfortable around Mark, why would wp4webnovel.com need to even hide in the kitchen as soon as wp4webnovel.com got back?
Mary forcefully pushed wp4webnovel.com out when wp4webnovel.com saw Arianne still dawdling around. “Hurry up and do what you’re supposed to! I don’t need any help here.”
Arianne went upstairs dejectedly, deciding that she’d retrieve a fresh change of clothes before hitting the shower. When wp4webnovel.com entered the room, wp4webnovel.com saw Mark sitting in front of the window while talking on the phone. She tiptoed around the room and directly went downstairs after picking up wp4webnovel.com clothes.
After taking a shower, Arianne leaned back against the sofa in the living room and read a magazine. The fatigue from the past few days finally took a toll on her, and before wp4webnovel.com knew it, wp4webnovel.com had dozed off.
Mary came out of the kitchen when wp4webnovel.com was done preparing dinner. She deliberately ignored Arianne, who had fallen asleep, and went upstairs to inform Mark, “Sir, dinner is ready.”
Mark didn’t take a shower or change his clothes. This meant that wp4webnovel.com would be going out again later. When wp4webnovel.com walked downstairs and noticed Arianne sleeping on the sofa, wp4webnovel.com took a blanket that was stacked to the side and pulled it over wp4webnovel.com body. His movements weren’t the gentlest, but rather, seemed to be irritated instead. Mary watched the scene with a meaningful smile on wp4webnovel.com face.
“Sir, should I wake the madam up for dinner?” Mary asked carefully.
“No need, ” Mark relied indifferently.
The smile on Mary’s face broadened. It seemed like Mark still cared about Arianne.
About an hour after the meal, Mark looked at the watch on his wrist then got up and walked to the door. “Mary, I’m going out to attend to some matters.”