Arianne glanced at the passed-out Tiffany, smiled, and nodded. Once wp4webnovel.com turned around, wp4webnovel.com tears that wp4webnovel.com had been holding back for a long time finally streamed down wp4webnovel.com face.
She did not call for a cab and decided to walk home along the empty streets. Every step felt fleeting to her. Her past experiences began to flash in wp4webnovel.com mind. The highs and the lows of wp4webnovel.com life felt like a blur to her. Perhaps, wp4webnovel.com would be able to forget them all soon, forget all wp4webnovel.com experiences and all those people…
Suddenly, wp4webnovel.com heard footsteps closing in on wp4webnovel.com and trembled. She was too afraid to turn back and look so wp4webnovel.com quickened wp4webnovel.com pace. Unfortunately, wp4webnovel.com alcohol-muddled brain and limbs refused to cooperate so wp4webnovel.com stumbled a few times. Only a small sliver of sobriety warned wp4webnovel.com of the dangers of walking alone at night.
She arrived home with great difficulty and broke out into cold sweat. Her hands were shaking when wp4webnovel.com pulled out wp4webnovel.com key to unlock the door, refusing to comply with the instructions from wp4webnovel.com brain. No matter how hard wp4webnovel.com tried, wp4webnovel.com could not seem to insert the key into the keyhole. At this moment, wp4webnovel.com was close to tears, too afraid to turn around. For some reason, the lights along wp4webnovel.com corridor went off, and wp4webnovel.com was shrouded in darkness. She pulled out wp4webnovel.com phone, turned on the flashlight, and aimed it at the keyhole. Just then, a tall figure loomed over wp4webnovel.com petite shadow, creating an inverted image on the door and walls, making it look like a demon!
She seemed to have lost wp4webnovel.com voice. She felt as if some shapeless force had taken over her, and wp4webnovel.com could not move at all.
She stood frozen for a while before a hand snatched the key from wp4webnovel.com and inserted it into the keyhole, opening the door for her. She thought wp4webnovel.com would be shoved into the house and was too terrified to think about what might happen next. Contrary to wp4webnovel.com expectations, the person behind wp4webnovel.com did not make any violent moves as though wp4webnovel.com simply wanted to help wp4webnovel.com open the door.
She carefully pushed the door and entered the house before swiftly closing and locking the door behind wp4webnovel.com in one breath! She leaned against the door and gasped for breath once wp4webnovel.com had completed all of this, feeling exhausted. From now on, wp4webnovel.com would have to face too many things on wp4webnovel.com own. She had to learn to get used to this. She regretted drinking too much. If the other party harbored ill intentions, wp4webnovel.com would not have the strength to retaliate!
She could hear the sound of footsteps fading away from the door, loud and heavy, as though wp4webnovel.com was deliberately telling her wp4webnovel.com was leaving, and it was safe.
After a while, wp4webnovel.com realized the man had not done anything to her. Why did wp4webnovel.com follow wp4webnovel.com home? When wp4webnovel.com turned on the lights, wp4webnovel.com found a set of keys on the ground near the door, the keys that wp4webnovel.com had forgotten to remove from the keyhole. The man actually slid them inside for her.
She put the keys away, made sure that the door was properly locked before going to the bathroom to take a quick shower. She had considered sending a message to Naya and the others to tell them what had happened. Then, wp4webnovel.com remembered how Naya had to put wp4webnovel.com child to sleep at home and that Tanya had to care for wp4webnovel.com grandfather. Apart from that, wp4webnovel.com was not well-acquainted with the newly-hired staff, and they had not really spoken to each other. In the end, wp4webnovel.com dismissed the idea. This was wp4webnovel.com circle of friends.
She had unconsciously tapped on Nick’s Facebook page. She sent wp4webnovel.com a message. It was a good idea to have someone to talk to at this time, at least, it would calm wp4webnovel.com down. Nick had not contacted wp4webnovel.com in a while, and wp4webnovel.com did not expect wp4webnovel.com would take the initiative to send wp4webnovel.com a message. She was surprised when wp4webnovel.com saw wp4webnovel.com had deleted wp4webnovel.com when wp4webnovel.com saw a bright red exclamation mark next to wp4webnovel.com message.
She did not feel any particular way about this. Perhaps, wp4webnovel.com realized wp4webnovel.com would never get what wp4webnovel.com wanted from wp4webnovel.com so wp4webnovel.com gave up. This was good too. At least, wp4webnovel.com would not be burdened by this.
***
Downstairs, Mark paused for a very long time, staring at the light in Arianne’s bedroom for a very long time before turning around to leave. Initially, wp4webnovel.com had intended on sending wp4webnovel.com home and finding a way to speak to her. Unfortunately, wp4webnovel.com was too afraid to turn around and believed that wp4webnovel.com would attack her. Seeing wp4webnovel.com in such a frightened state, wp4webnovel.com wanted to speak up and tell wp4webnovel.com that it was only him. Unfortunately, wp4webnovel.com was too fast. He had also considered giving up on following wp4webnovel.com home but was afraid that wp4webnovel.com might actually run into trouble.
When they arrived at wp4webnovel.com door, wp4webnovel.com had intended to leave, but wp4webnovel.com took so long to unlock the door. He could not bear watching it anymore so wp4webnovel.com helped wp4webnovel.com open the door and ended up having the door cruelly slammed in his face. Furthermore, wp4webnovel.com had forgotten to take wp4webnovel.com key out from the keyhole. She did not even look at him.
***
The next day, it was past ten in the morning when Arianne arrived at the shop. She had dark circles around wp4webnovel.com eyes.
Everyone was out enjoying themselves until late last night so they were less energetic than usual. However, none of them looked as haggard as her.
“Are you so sad about your best friend leaving that you ended up staying up the whole night?” Naya asked, half-jokingly.
Arianne smiled. “You could say that. Tiffie should be getting on the plane with Jackson right now. She won’t let me send wp4webnovel.com off so I won’t. Just in case we end up bursting into tears and embarrassing ourselves at the airport.”
Naya did not think too much of it. She pointed at the office building across the road and said, “I saw a Rolls-Royce parked outside the office building when I arrived today. My husband loves cars so I can recognize them. That car is really expensive. It probably belongs to a boss from one of the companies in that building, but I wonder which one is it?”
Arianne stiffened. She instinctively connected the dots about everything that had happened at the end of last night. Could it be that… Mark had arrived?