His greatest saving grace? This was wp4webnovel.com first time seeing wp4webnovel.com display such immense guilt over all of his mistakes in the past. She felt compelled to hold him.
She gazed at Aristotle, who was still full of energy, and suggested, “Maybe… We can try handing Aristotle over to Mary? He’s not sleepy yet, so wp4webnovel.com probably won’t fuss.”
It took Mark a while before wp4webnovel.com understood what Arianne meant. Usually, wp4webnovel.com would have to force that little third wheel away. Today, it was a rare sight for wp4webnovel.com to take the initiative. Of course, wp4webnovel.com was happy. “Okay. Take him. I’ll wait for you in the bedroom.”
Arianne blushed as wp4webnovel.com carried Aristotle away. She found Mary and tried wp4webnovel.com best to look as normal as possibly. She tried wp4webnovel.com best to regulate wp4webnovel.com breathing. “Mary, could you take care of Smore for now? I’ll take wp4webnovel.com to bed later.”
Mary happily accepted Aristotle into wp4webnovel.com arms. “Sure. It’s fine. Come over for wp4webnovel.com later. He’s not sleepy yet, so I’ll take wp4webnovel.com for a walk around the garden. He’ll get sick too easily if he’s always cooped up at home.”
Arianne nodded, turned around, and headed upstairs. She guiltily locked the door when wp4webnovel.com entered the room. Mark saw this and chuckled. “Who are you so afraid of? No one will come in when I’m home. Don’t worry.”
She stared coyly at Mark, who was on the bed. “It just doesn’t feel right to leave Smore like that…”
He knew that wp4webnovel.com would feel conflicted. “He sleeps with us every night anyway. Why are you worried? We need time to ourselves too, don’t we? We’ve gone through so much in the past that we haven’t had any proper time to ourselves, and we haven’t been able to spend any time together after wp4webnovel.com was born. Half of our lives are squandered. Come here.”
Arianne took a deep breath and relaxed. She walked to wp4webnovel.com and sat on his lap, just like how wp4webnovel.com used to when wp4webnovel.com was a child. He looked the same as ever. The only difference was, wp4webnovel.com wasn’t small enough to curl into his chest like wp4webnovel.com used to.
She reached out and wrapped wp4webnovel.com arms around his neck then laid a chaste kiss on his lips. She tried to deepen it, like how wp4webnovel.com usually did with her, but to no avail. She wasn’t skilled enough or bold enough.
Mark allowed wp4webnovel.com to take the reins at first but lost his patience after all of wp4webnovel.com dawdling. He smoothly circled his arm around wp4webnovel.com waist then toppled wp4webnovel.com over and trapped wp4webnovel.com underneath his body. “Let me teach you.”
His hot, passionate kiss ignited fireworks, bursting from within their beings. Arianne awkwardly helped wp4webnovel.com remove his clothes. Her heart trembled as wp4webnovel.com stared at his firm, naked body.
They looked into each other’s eyes, and wp4webnovel.com vision went blurry, wp4webnovel.com cheeks flushed. “You look so beautiful, right now…” He surrendered completely.
She looked away awkwardly. He rarely talked in bed, wp4webnovel.com couldn’t take this…
Just as things were beginning to heat up, Mark’s phone rang. The sudden noise was loud and sharp, killing the mood between them. “You should probably answer that,” Arianne said shyly. “For someone to call you at a time like this, it’s probably important.”
Mark got up irritably, snatched up his phone and walked towards the French windows. “Hello?”
Arianne didn’t know who called or what they said. She simply saw the expression on Mark’s face turn from impatient to stern, then ashen… She realized that something huge had happened. She pulled on wp4webnovel.com clothes and waited for wp4webnovel.com to explain. Mark fell silent for a long time before ending the call. “I need to go out for awhile. Stay home and watch Aristotle.”