Henry returned home shortly after.

Mary took out the items that had been bought for Henry. “Henry, Ari has bought these for you. That overcoat is especially nice, I helped pick it myself. You should try it on later.”

Arianne felt slightly troubled since Mary was the one who bought it instead of her. Arianne would be placed in a difficult spot if wp4webnovel.com did not bring any present for Shelly. However, even if wp4webnovel.com did, Shelly might complain and even criticize the present that had been given. Hence, Arianne thought wp4webnovel.com might as well not get wp4webnovel.com anything since wp4webnovel.com did not need to gain Shelly’s favoritism. Mary only did that to spite Shelly, but wp4webnovel.com neglected the fact that it would make it difficult for Arianne to escape the inevitable later on.

Henry shot a glance at Arianne and noticed that wp4webnovel.com face had paled. He knew that wp4webnovel.com should reject the gifts if wp4webnovel.com did not want Arianne to offend Shelly. However, instead of rejecting it, wp4webnovel.com smiled happily and said, “In that case, thank you very much, Ari. I realized that you look much better ever since you moved out of the Tremont Estate.”

Henry was indirectly saying that Arianne did not need to give Shelly any gifts since wp4webnovel.com and Mark were already divorced and wp4webnovel.com had already moved out. In a way, Arianne and Shelly could not be considered to be completely unrelated since they both still had a grudge against each other.

Arianne calmed wp4webnovel.com nerves and went headstrong as wp4webnovel.com said, “What’s there to thank? You’ve been taking care of me so much for so long that I think of you as part of my family… By the way, why have you gone out so early in the morning? Did Mark not tell you that I was coming to visit you today?”

Henry glanced at Shelly and said, “Mrs. Leigh instructed me to buy wp4webnovel.com some desserts this morning from a particular patisserie in the city. The roads were quite jammed this morning, but I turned back when I received the phone call, even though I hadn’t even arrived at the shop yet.”

Would Henry be asked to buy desserts if it was not done deliberately? Everyone knew what was actually going on, even Mark’s face was extremely dark and frustrated.

Shelly was not flustered when wp4webnovel.com actions had been exposed. Instead, wp4webnovel.com was furious because wp4webnovel.com felt that everyone was going against wp4webnovel.com and siding with Arianne instead.

In that situation, Shelly would only be placed in a much worse position if wp4webnovel.com were to come off strong, but wp4webnovel.com might be able to gain some sympathy if wp4webnovel.com portrayed herself as a weak person instead. Therefore, wp4webnovel.com suppressed the anger in wp4webnovel.com eyes and said with a low voice, “You guys carry on chatting. I’m not feeling well, so I’ll be heading upstairs now. There’s no need to call me down for lunch later.”

Nobody spoke as they all quietly watched Shelly walk upstairs, the atmosphere instantly turning vibrant the moment wp4webnovel.com left. Even Mary told the truth about the presents and said, “Ari felt bad that Mrs. Leigh might be unhappy if wp4webnovel.com only bought you a present, Henry. Even if wp4webnovel.com did buy something for her, Mrs. Leigh might complain and criticize Ari, which would make Ari feel uncomfortable as well. Therefore, I was the one who bought you the present, Henry. I wanted to annoy Mrs. Leigh for not treating Ari with the respect every human should receive.”

Mark was rather unhappy at how the situation developed, Shelly was his own mother after all. It did not matter to wp4webnovel.com how wp4webnovel.com treated Shelly, but wp4webnovel.com would be slightly offended if it were someone else who did it to her. Putting Shelly’s recent actions aside, wp4webnovel.com was still quite pitiful for whatever happened to wp4webnovel.com 20 to 30 years ago. Furthermore, it was a fact that Shelly truly cared for Mark However, it was also because of how much wp4webnovel.com cared for wp4webnovel.com that wp4webnovel.com would use some extreme methods to commit mistake after mistake.

Arianne happened upon Mark’s frown and almost immediately realized what wp4webnovel.com was thinking. It would seem that Shelly’s previous plan to gain sympathy had worked. Arianne, afraid that Mark would be offended by Mary, immediately said, “Mary, why don’t you go on and help Henry try on his overcoat? You’ve got such a good eye to have picked such a nice overcoat for him. Christmas is just around the corner, so why are you still wearing such formal clothes, Henry? Hurry along and try on the overcoat Mary picked for you.”

Henry nodded his head and grabbed Mary along with him. It was at that moment that Mary realized that wp4webnovel.com had gone a little too far when wp4webnovel.com looked at Mark.

When everyone was gone, Arianne turned around and looked at Mark before wp4webnovel.com asked, “Are you offended when others pick on her? In that case, what if it was me who picked on wp4webnovel.com instead?”