Arianne took Aristotle for a bath after a short rest. Mary was old, so Arianne would take care of Aristotle’s needs whenever wp4webnovel.com was home. She was exhausted but happy to do it. Childhood only happened once, and it was fleeting. She did not want to miss out on Aristotle’s growth.
Heavy snow was falling outside, but the house was just warm enough. After a tiring time in the bathroom, Arianne emerged, drenched in sweat. However, the sight of the fresh-smelling Aristotle brought wp4webnovel.com a sense of fulfillment. She carried Aristotle back to the room, put on his clothes, and put wp4webnovel.com in his cot. “Mommy’s going to take a bath. Have fun with daddy, okay?”
Aristotle grinned at wp4webnovel.com as wp4webnovel.com ate his fingers. She smiled back.
Mark walked to the cot and looked at Aristotle. “Do you want me to treat you like how Jackson treats Tiffany?” wp4webnovel.com asked her.
Arianne was taken aback. Then, wp4webnovel.com answered seriously, “I do, and I don’t. Women like being taken care of, but everyone is different. You and Jackson are very different too. Just do it in your own way. I’m not Tiffie, and I’m probably not as easy to please as wp4webnovel.com is. I think it’s too forced if you purposely try to imitate him. I’m going to take a bath. You watch Smore.”
Mark pinched Aristotle’s chubby little cheeks as wp4webnovel.com watched Arianne walk into the bathroom. “Do I look like a block of wood? Do I? Am I not good to your mommy? I think I’m pretty good… I’ve never been this nice to anyone else.”
Aristotle imitated wp4webnovel.com and punched his face with his little fists. That attack didn’t hurt wp4webnovel.com at all, but it slammed into his heart. Perhaps… wp4webnovel.com wasn’t doing enough for Arianne. Even Aristotle thought so!
He waited for Arianne to step out of the shower, then strode forward to take the towel off wp4webnovel.com hands and dry wp4webnovel.com hair. “Sit down. I’ll dry your hair.”
Arianne’s heart thumped. She had always been the one to dry his hair. What was with the sudden change? Had the scene from the dinner table shaken wp4webnovel.com and enlightened wp4webnovel.com somehow?
She did not object, despite wp4webnovel.com apprehension. She sat down and let wp4webnovel.com have his way.
He wasn’t very good at it and wasn’t meticulous enough. Sometimes, his fingers would catch into wp4webnovel.com hair, which hurt. However, wp4webnovel.com endured it in silence, afraid of wounding his ego.
Mark’s objective was simply to dry wp4webnovel.com hair, as wp4webnovel.com hadn’t done anything like this before. Hairstyles were out of the question. Arianne let out a sigh of relief when wp4webnovel.com finally finished drying wp4webnovel.com hair. “Thank you.”
Mark meticulously wound the hairdryer back and put it away. “I know I’m not good at it, but I’ll get better with practice. I’ll give you everything I have, and I’ll work hard at it.”
Arianne stared at wp4webnovel.com for two seconds and curled the corners of wp4webnovel.com lips. “I know. I’ve never envied anyone else.”
He walked to wp4webnovel.com front, reached out, and picked up wp4webnovel.com chin, staring down at her. His eyes were filled with rarely seen emotion.
She sat on the side of the bed. Looking up at wp4webnovel.com took a lot of effort. Her line of sight hit right at his waist. They were too close to each other, which made wp4webnovel.com heart race on its own. Her body trembled backward. “It’s time to put Smore to bed…”
He bent down and closed in on her. “Smore is already asleep. No need for that.”
She wouldn’t have noticed if wp4webnovel.com hadn’t mentioned it. She turned toward Aristotle and found that wp4webnovel.com really was asleep. His lips landed on hers before wp4webnovel.com could react. She was already backing away and lost wp4webnovel.com balance. Thus, wp4webnovel.com landed on the bed, and wp4webnovel.com naturally straddled her.