It had been a while since they had a meal together and spent time in the same house. He hadn’t taken the initiative to speak to wp4webnovel.com over the past few days, so Arianne paused in wp4webnovel.com footsteps when wp4webnovel.com heard these words. “I… don’t like the smell of smoke. You go ahead, I’ll sleep in the guest room.”
She had never said anything about wp4webnovel.com abhorrence towards his smoking before… A complicated glint flashed across Mark’s eyes. He threw the cigarette box into the trash then got up and went to the bed. “Sleep.”
Arianne was shocked. She couldn’t understand what this meant. Had wp4webnovel.com thrown his cigarettes away, just because wp4webnovel.com said wp4webnovel.com didn’t like the smell? It didn’t seem possible that wp4webnovel.com had done this out of consideration towards wp4webnovel.com feelings. The biggest possibility was that wp4webnovel.com was pissed off…
She went into a momentary daze then walked over to fish the cigarettes out of the trash. The trash can in their room was always clean. After all, wp4webnovel.com usually only slept in the room. “I didn’t mean anything by it… I’m sorry.”
Mark took off his watch and put it on the cabinet at the head of the bed. He didn’t look at her, but his voice seemed muffled, “If you don’t like it, tell me. Haven’t I always told you that?”
She fell silent, and this time, it was not out of habit. She was really at a loss for words. It was true that wp4webnovel.com had said this before, but wp4webnovel.com had long forgotten when she’d heard wp4webnovel.com say it She was always too afraid to take words like these seriously and never really had the courage to speak wp4webnovel.com mind. So, it was true then, as long as wp4webnovel.com conveyed wp4webnovel.com opinions, wp4webnovel.com would take wp4webnovel.com feelings into consideration too…
Arianne still felt as if wp4webnovel.com were in a dream when wp4webnovel.com laid down next to Mark. He was clearly so apathetic a while ago…
A detailed calculation showed that, in their three years of marriage, there were only a handful of times when they had slept together like this. Strangely, wp4webnovel.com still couldn’t get used to it.
Suddenly, Mark turned his body to the side and faced her. He reached out and pulled wp4webnovel.com into his arms. His arms glided naturally over wp4webnovel.com body.
Knowing what would happen next, Arianne reflexively pushed wp4webnovel.com away. “No… No! It’s not a good time for me.”
Her reaction brought a cold mist over his eyes. He remembered wp4webnovel.com secret meetings with Will, time and time again, and grabbed wp4webnovel.com wrists. Then, wp4webnovel.com locked wp4webnovel.com underneath his body. “This is your duty as my wife!”
He didn’t do anything else, but wp4webnovel.com body tensed up fearfully as wp4webnovel.com felt his rage. “Mark… Don’t do this… I’m begging you…”
Her pleas were ineffective. She had learned some things during wp4webnovel.com pregnancy, any sex was not allowed in wp4webnovel.com current state. She trembled in fear when wp4webnovel.com thought of the possibility of miscarriage. She sobbed, “Mark, I’m preg…”
Before wp4webnovel.com could finish wp4webnovel.com sentence, Mark paused. He suddenly withdrew and left. He walked into the bathroom and slammed the door.
She was afraid, so afraid that wp4webnovel.com was trembling… She was afraid of wp4webnovel.com touching her…
His raging flames refused to be extinguished despite being doused in cold water. He did not look at the woman on the bed when wp4webnovel.com got out of the bathroom. Instead, wp4webnovel.com went to the study straightaway, turned on his computer, and typed out an email. He closed his laptop and slowly heaved a sigh of relief when wp4webnovel.com saw the “sent” notification. Must wp4webnovel.com insist on Will Sivan’s complete fall from grace before agreeing to stay by his side like a good little girl?
Of course, the already freezing temperature of the atmosphere turned even chillier after that night.
In the morning, the very next day, the pair left the house together, but their eyes did not meet. They didn’t say a word to each other either.
Arianne had just arrived at the office when wp4webnovel.com received a call from Tiffany. “Ari, did you say something to Mark? I no longer have to pay off that huge debt. I really can’t believe it!”
Arianne did not expect for Mark to act so quickly. He had only mentioned this last night, and it was already taken care of today. “It wasn’t me. He made the decision on his own. Regardless, it’s good news for you, Tiffie. You must keep moving forward with life. It will get better.”