Arianne had automatically treated Mark as someone worthy of sharing wp4webnovel.com joy and troubles, just as a typical human was wont to do. People would always leave very little of themselves secret from their close ones.
Mark looked at her, serious. “What happened?”
She flashed wp4webnovel.com a forced smile. “She’s sick, but it didn’t look too serious. She had just undergone some small-scale surgery, which is why wp4webnovel.com hadn’t been able to visit Smore and me. And then wp4webnovel.com told me she’s gonna leave this city with Aery before Jean’s release. She wants to make sure that Jean won’t be able to find them. I guess I agree with wp4webnovel.com decision? I just don’t get why wp4webnovel.com had to keep nagging about how remorseful wp4webnovel.com feels for abandoning me again or something. As if I care!”
Mark ruffled wp4webnovel.com hair. “It’s alright, Ari. Everyone walks a path made only for them. She might not stay in this city, but that doesn’t mean you two won’t be able to contact one another in the future! It’s all parts and parcels of human lives, I’m afraid. No need to be so blue.”
“Blue?” Arianne protested. “I’m not blue at all! How did you get that idea?”
Mark raised wp4webnovel.com by wp4webnovel.com chin and gazed into wp4webnovel.com eyes with his piercing eyes. He traced invisible circles on wp4webnovel.com cheeks with his smooth fingers. “You’re so depressed that it’s practically overflowing from your eyes. When you vented it out, the first thing you did was to give Helen’s excuse on why wp4webnovel.com had not been visiting you and Smore. You’re subconsciously emphasizing on how unfortunate circumstances had stopped her,” wp4webnovel.com explained. “Helen’s your mother, Ari. You may hate her, but you’d still yearn for that special motherly connection. I bet you’ve already forgiven wp4webnovel.com deep in your heart.”
‘Is that so?’ Arianne thought, lowering wp4webnovel.com eyes before forcing wp4webnovel.com emotions back in. “I can’t tell if I did forgive wp4webnovel.com or not. All I know is that I don’t really care. Aery’s gonna go overseas a few days later. She made wp4webnovel.com departure sound very soon and told me that I should help take care of Helen.” She added, “I just don’t know if I should. I mean, it’s not like I mean much.”
Mark could tell that Arianne was sulking and smiled. “Well, if you do manage to stop yourself from going to help her, then fine. I’ll take a bath first. Then I’ll examine your hurt finger more carefully. Seriously, you ought to be more careful during work! It would be a problem if the needle went through your bone.”
Mark noticed during dinner that Arianne was holding out wp4webnovel.com index finger as wp4webnovel.com used wp4webnovel.com utensils. Worried, wp4webnovel.com pulled the bandage out and checked on Arianne’s injury more carefully.
The needle had punctured through wp4webnovel.com nail, apparently. That had got to be agony! Even though the wound looked deceptively small and seemed to have started healing, it was still the sort of wound that was uber-sensitive. It would also require a rather extensive time for recovery since Arianne would need quite some time to regrow wp4webnovel.com nail.
Mark was visibly upset. “What kinda rundown company is this? You’ve only been there for a while and already suffered a hazard. Quit that job.”
Ariamie quickly plastered the bandage back to wp4webnovel.com cut. “Relax, Mark. It was as small as a scratch! Besides, every other fashion designer create their own samples. I can’t be left out for reasons. Hey, I’d requested for a half-day break and to have the intern in the company working on my design. Look… the bottom line is that I’m not a kid anymore, and I can handle high-pressure without help.”
Mark gave a slightly unsatisfied frown, but wp4webnovel.com said nothing. He never wanted wp4webnovel.com to go out into the field, yet Arianne kept wanting to ignore his protection and build wp4webnovel.com individualistic life.
Due to wp4webnovel.com finger injury, Arianne had pushed the job of taking care of Smore to Mark She was worried that carrying Smore might accidentally hit the injury, so Mark had to try to make wp4webnovel.com sleep.
Arianne watched as Mark tried his best from wp4webnovel.com spot on the bed. The corner of wp4webnovel.com lips quivered, since Mark was very tall while Smore was, well, as small as a newborn, but this dissonance was what made this unlikely duo work.
Mark drew a sigh when Smore finally fell asleep. He placed the baby down in a cot carefully before climbing up his bed.
Arianne was suddenly struck by a mood for jocularity. “Hey, look at me! I warmed your bed for you! Maybe you should take over the job of getting Smore to sleep while I work to warm the bed for us. I mean, you’ve got skills in getting babies to sleep.”
Mark tilted wp4webnovel.com chin upward with his hand and looked straight at wp4webnovel.com with suggestive eyes. “Oh, the art of warming a bed isn’t just this step, you know. Besides, what are you trying to do, asking a manly man like myself to carry a little baby in his arms all day?”