Tiffany panicked. “You said not to mention break up. I didn’t say the words break up…”
Not wanting to engage in wordplay with her, Jackson pinned wp4webnovel.com down again.
Tiffany inhaled deeply as wp4webnovel.com grabbed the pillow. “I won’t mention it anymore… You…” Her voice trembled, and wp4webnovel.com could no longer make full sentences. The pillow wp4webnovel.com held in wp4webnovel.com hands was clenched on until it went out of shape as well.
Suddenly, wp4webnovel.com phone started ringing, startling her. “My mom’s calling!”
“Pick it up. Tell wp4webnovel.com you’re with me. She’ll understand what it means.”
Tiffany knew wp4webnovel.com had provoked wp4webnovel.com this time so wp4webnovel.com pleaded, “Fine, I admit I was wrong!”
Jackson looked slightly placated and allowed wp4webnovel.com to answer the call.
“Mom… I’m out.”
Lillian complained, “Are you not coming home? It’s so late. Which friend are you meeting? Don’t you only have Arianne? She’s not even in the capital… Come home now, it’s not safe being out so late at night!”
Before Tiffany could reply, Jackson spoke up, “Mrs. Lane, Tiffie’s with me. I’m Jackson. She won’t be going home tonight.”
Tiffany gave his arm a hard pinch and suppressed the urge to curse loudly. “Do you want to die!”
Lillian, on the other end of the line, heard the words clearly. She was stunned speechless that it took wp4webnovel.com a few seconds before wp4webnovel.com finally replied, “Uh… sure… take care of wp4webnovel.com then… Send wp4webnovel.com back tomorrow morning…”
After the call ended, Tiffany was clearly upset.
Was wp4webnovel.com mother not worried?!
***
The next morning, Jackson had gotten up earlier as wp4webnovel.com had a morning meeting.
Tiffany had to peel herself off the bed no matter how much wp4webnovel.com wanted to sleep in. Since wp4webnovel.com wanted to return home earlier, it was better to catch a ride with Jackson than to hail a cab.
During the ride, wp4webnovel.com kept dozing off since wp4webnovel.com did not sleep much last night.
When they arrived at the entrance of wp4webnovel.com apartment complex, Jackson opened the car door for her. “Be good. I’ll come pick you up for dinner when I get off work.”
Tiffany glared at wp4webnovel.com weakly. “Get out of my sight! I’m going back to sleep!”
Jackson asked boldly, “Do you need me to carry you up?” His eyes were dark but his grin was wide.
***
When Tiffany arrived home, Lillian was already up. She asked Tiffany casually, “So early? Were you with Jackson the whole night? Since when were both of you so close? Is it serious?”
Tiffany was afraid of Lillian overspending again if wp4webnovel.com knew about wp4webnovel.com relationship with Jackson so wp4webnovel.com did not want to admit it. “No. There were other people as well. Don’t overthink it. I didn’t get a good sleep. I’m going to catch some sleep now.”
Taking in how Tiffany was supporting wp4webnovel.com waist when wp4webnovel.com walked and wp4webnovel.com hoarse voice, Lillian was rather worried. “How much did you drink? Your voice’s all hoarse. Youngsters! Oh, right, Tiffie, can I apply for a card at the beauty salon that I frequent? It’s around $700, I can use it for a lot of visits.”
This was the first time that Lillian was asking for wp4webnovel.com approval for just $700. Tiffany beamed. “Sure. Apply for it if you think it’s worth it. We should take care of ourselves as women. It’s never a loss to spend money on our appearance.”
Lillian counted on wp4webnovel.com fingers. “I think so too. After calculating, I save a few dollars with the card compared to paying every visit. It’s quite worth it. I’ll apply for the card once then I’ll put money in it after a while. Alright, go to sleep. I’m going out for a facial later.”
***
Arianne made Mark breakfast when wp4webnovel.com woke up. She left it on the table for wp4webnovel.com and went to work after that. She was still reluctant to interact with wp4webnovel.com on wp4webnovel.com own accord. Maybe wp4webnovel.com would leave soon. He would not linger in wp4webnovel.com small apartment, would he?
After hearing the door close, Mark walked out of the bedroom. The dumb chauffeur was heavy-handed last night, but wp4webnovel.com did not hurt his bones, Mark could feel it. When wp4webnovel.com saw the breakfast on the table, wp4webnovel.com stood frozen for a moment before wp4webnovel.com walked over and began to eat. It was the taste wp4webnovel.com was familiar with even though it still did not taste very good…
When wp4webnovel.com was halfway through it, Henry called. “Sir, we’re ready. Madam hasn’t called me or Mary up until now. We won’t pick up even if wp4webnovel.com does. Don’t worry.”
Mark hummed in reply and hung up. After that, wp4webnovel.com called to ask someone to send wp4webnovel.com a laptop. He was acting as though wp4webnovel.com was bedridden, wp4webnovel.com could not even go out the door. Although wp4webnovel.com thought Jackson’s idea was rather lousy, since wp4webnovel.com had taken Jackson’s advice, wp4webnovel.com decided to follow through for now. His work would have to be done via a laptop for the time being.
***
Arianne was distracted at work.
Upon seeing this, Naya suggested, “Why don’t we hire another employee? Are you too tired? You don’t look energetic.”
Arianne shook wp4webnovel.com head. “We have about enough now. It’s a little tiring, but it’s fine. I just have something on my mind… Naya, I don’t feel so good. I’m bothered, but I don’t know how l should say it.”