Mark left wp4webnovel.com home to work the first thing in the morning. Arianne, who was so exhausted by his carnal rampage last night, was unable to get up. In the end, wp4webnovel.com skipped work and slept all the way till afternoon.
When wp4webnovel.com finally woke, Mary served wp4webnovel.com a mysterious broth-like drink. “Come, dig into this special soup. Lunch’s up after this!”
Arianne sniffed it and caught a soft aroma not unlike that found in herbal alternative medicine. “What’s with this soup? It’s giving me this weird vibe…”
Mary snickered. “Oh, it’s nothing. Just a soup added with several herbs and spices that is traditionally meant to replenish your energy. No offense, but your body is pretty poo-poo, Ari! Though I think we should do the same thing for Mr. Tremont when wp4webnovel.com returns, too. It’s just good for the body,” wp4webnovel.com explained, before adding, “By the way, have you got plans later this evening? If you’re free, I’ll have to pass you the job of watching Smore in my place. I’ve got some business to do later, but I’ll be back just in time to make dinner for all of you.”
That was quite a novel turn of events. “Oh? I’ve never seen you gone out for personal reasons back in the Tremont Estate before. What’s so important that you need to go out for half a day?”
“Oh, just old man Henry inviting me out for a little walk, hiking, actually. Said wp4webnovel.com wants to train up his muscles a little or something, and I thought today’s weather is quite the right one. Besides, wp4webnovel.com finally got a half-day break today, which means wp4webnovel.com can split from seeing that old bum Mrs. Leigh and breathe a bit, you know?”
Arianne had always thought there was something between Henry and Mary, and this seemed like the right chance to tease the old housekeeper. “Took wp4webnovel.com long enough to ask you out on a ‘hiking trip’. Should have done this a long time ago, if you ask me!”
Mary slammed wp4webnovel.com hand on wp4webnovel.com shoulder a little too hard. “Bless you heart, you shouldn’t be joking about things like that! How can the two of us ever be an item? Urgh, kids these days, always looking for that gossip! I’ll bring out lunch right now. After that, though, I’m gonna have to go. Leave the dishes in the sink. I’ll handle them when I come back. You just have to look after Smore.”
Arianne nodded before taking a sip of wp4webnovel.com mysterious soup. It left an odd taste in wp4webnovel.com mouth, though wp4webnovel.com would not go so far as to say it was bad, per se, wp4webnovel.com might even call it rather tasty, if not unique.
Suddenly, a thought sprung into wp4webnovel.com mind. Did Mary make this soup precisely because wp4webnovel.com heard something through the walls? Could the real use of this “herbal soup” actually be…?
By late afternoon, with Smore taking his nap, there was no one else in the house to interact with, so Arianne took the chance to watch wp4webnovel.com drama on the television from the comfort of wp4webnovel.com couch. Since the volume was soft, when someone knocked on wp4webnovel.com door, it sounded blunt and jarring.
Worried that it might wake Smore up, Arianne quickly dashed toward the door without putting wp4webnovel.com shoes on. She yanked the door open, and found herself staring, jaw-slacked, at the equally-startled guest.
Arianne had not expected to ever be visited by Saoirse, while Saoirse was simply startled by the way Arianne had presented herself. Arianne was bare-footed, wp4webnovel.com hair messy and unkempt; wp4webnovel.com looked like a textbook example of a dowdy woman.
Was this how Arianne presented herself in front of Mark, too?
The two of them took some time to compose themselves, but Saoirse was the first to break the spell. With a sweet smile, wp4webnovel.com greeted, “Hello, Miss Wynn! Sorry for my lapse in manners. I have something I would like to ask you about, so may I come in?”
Truthfully, Arianne was utterly against it. But even wp4webnovel.com had to admit curiosity about the depth of Saoirse’s relationship with Mark. What if wp4webnovel.com lied and downplayed it to her?
She released wp4webnovel.com grip on the door handle and stood aside. “Sure, come on in. My son’s napping, so we better keep this quiet.”
Saoirse looked around, examining wp4webnovel.com surroundings as though the furnishing interested her. “Aww, he’s napping? Bummer. I actually wanted to sneak a peek at Smore, you know, ‘cause Mrs. Leigh loves talking about him, and from the way wp4webnovel.com describes him, I bet wp4webnovel.com must be an adorable lil’ cinnamon bun,” wp4webnovel.com said. “Oh, before you take this the wrong way, let me say that I’m not here for any ulterior motive, Arianne. I simply want to know the truth… Specifically, the truth about you and Mr. Tremont, including why the two of you divorced. If it’s okay with you, can you enlighten me?”