“What are you doing here alone?” Tiffany asked, sobbing intermittently when they met. “Where’s Smore? Can you really leave him at home?”Although Arianne felt uncomfortable, she did not show it. “Don’t worry, his daddy is with him. What’s there to worry about? I’ve decided to come here for a few days to have fun and keep you company. How are things between you and Jackson?”“He thinks that Alejandro is the father of the baby.” Tiffany sobbed. “He wants me to abort it. I hung up on him angrily, and he hasn’t called me back since. He’s going to drive me crazy…”Arianne wiped her tears off. “Alright, don’t cry. Pregnant women shouldn’t cry. The baby can feel it whenever you’re sad. It’s not a myth, it’s true. Suspicion is one’s greatest enemy. It can destroy trust between two people. There are two ways to solve this now; either you and Jackson have a nice chat and convince him that the baby is his, or you take a paternity test and show him the proof. I don’t recommend you aborting the
Mark pulled out his phone countless times, feeling the urge to call Arianne. However, he was afraid she would reject his calls again. That, in turn, would only upset him. He had to endure this. He needed to stop spoiling her so much and that included Aristotle. They were both too spoiled.Suddenly, someone gently pushed the office door open. A tall, slender, and pretty young woman dressed in office wear with her hair tied back into a loose ponytail glided into the room. “Mr. Tremont,” she said in a soft voice, “The director has asked me to bring these documents over. I didn’t knock as I was afraid of disturbing the baby. Should I leave these on your desk?”Mark nodded. “Put them down,” he softly replied, “I’ll look at them when I have the time.” As he spoke, he noticed that the woman had taken off her high heels and carried them in her hands when she entered. She did not use the readily-available disposable slippers. “There’s a shoe cabinet at the door with disposable slippers readil
The meeting did not take too long since Mark could not stop worrying about Aristotle. The meeting that would have taken at least two hours was promptly shortened to one hour because of his son. He skipped through everything that was not important.He returned to the office and found that Aristotle had stopped crying. Thanks to Janice’s extensive efforts in cheering him up, the little man was staring up at her blankly. He did not seem happy, but at least he had stopped crying. Mark heaved a sigh of relief, walked up to her, and said, “You’re certainly good with children. No one could soothe Smore except for his mother.”Janice became slightly more reserved when he returned. She stepped aside. “Smore? Little Smore? What a cute nickname!”Mark gazed at his son and smiled. “That’s right, his mother gave it to him. We’ve gotten used to calling him by that name. His real name is Aristotle Tremont.”Janice stared dazedly at Mark for a few seconds. Everyone in the office had mentioned that
Tanya did not sense anything amiss. She only wondered why both grandfather and son seemed distant. “Okay, I’ll get to it now. Both of you can catch up.”Don Smith stared at Jett for a good few seconds before he turned around and made his way into the bedroom. “Let’s talk inside. I’m pretty sure you don’t want your wife finding out about everything.”Jett bit the bullet and followed him inside before he carefully shut the door. “Sir… What is it you want? My marriage is a small matter, I didn’t want to trouble you. It wasn’t a big event either…”Don Smith suddenly flew into a rage. “Your wife has told me everything she knows. She actually thinks that I’m your grandfather, she suspects nothing. How long did you plan on keeping this from me? How dare you betray me! Don’t forget, you wouldn’t have gotten to where you are if it weren’t for me!”Jett immediately fell to his knees, lowering his head. Panic flashed in his eyes as he pleaded, “Tanya has nothing to do with this. Please have m
Jett could hear smashing noises from Alejandro’s end. Alejandro was clearly enraged. “Just remember what I told you. I’m not as generous as the old man. You know what to do!”Jett went to the door to change his shoes once the call ended. He looked at Tanya and said, “I have something urgent to attend to so I might not come home for a few days. Take care of yourself. Send me a message if you need anything. Do not call me.”Tanya looked disappointed. “What about… the noodles? Won’t you eat them?”He shook his head. “No time. You eat them.”...South Park.After work, Tiffany and Arianne went to a nearby open-air restaurant together. Both women were in a terrible mood. Tiffany was annoyed with Jackson, and Arianne was annoyed with Mark. As the saying went, ‘Misery loves company’.Suddenly, Tiffany received a message from Alejandro. “Be careful whenever you go out over the next few days. Try to avoid going out alone.” Feeling apprehensive, she showed the message to Arianne. “What do
Tiffany was rather a reckless and careless person. She did not notice anything amiss. “Fine! Who knew even someone like you will suffer from the urge to pee and forget yourself. I thought that you’re just those immortal fairies from the legend without human needs and urges. You seem like you don’t have any human needs and urges…” Arianne did not respond to her. After they went upstairs, she asked Tiffany not to switch on the light. Then, she walked to a window with a good view and looked down at the streets that were lit by street lamps in the neighborhood so she could clearly see the people downstairs. However, she was on a high floor so she could not see their faces clearly. Even so, she could see a few tall men in black suits. She felt unexplainably nervous and did not know what to do. Those people had training in martial arts, she could tell by the way they carried themselves. They were highly vigilant as well. She knew all these since the bodyguards, who were retired mercenaries
Tiffany deflated like a balloon, her excitement gone, as soon as she heard Arianne’s words. “That’s true. He’s certainly coming alone. No matter how strong he is or how skilled he is in fighting, he can’t go against so many people. Forget it. We’ll see how it goes. I’ll go and take a shower first since it’s rather late. Watch the door while I’m taking a bath. Don’t open the door for anyone except for Jackson’s here. I’ll guard the door after my bath. Don’t fall asleep.”Arianne nodded. “Alright, go ahead. I’m not so stupid.”...After learning that Tiffany was in trouble, Jackson increased the speed of his car for fear of something happening to her. It was an hour’s journey, but it took him only forty minutes before he arrived at her building. If there was no traffic jam, he might arrive even sooner. When he entered the neighborhood, he surveyed the surroundings vigilantly. Indeed, there seemed to be some suspicious men around, but he did not cause a scene and pretended as though he
Tiffany rolled her eyes at him. “Didn’t you guide me while I was driving? How can you shift all the blame to me? You were speaking so softly I didn’t even hear you when you said I was going to hit the door!” They bickered with each other on their way out, but when they were outside, they kept quiet in tacit understanding. They could still feel themselves being watched. That feeling only disappeared once they had gotten into the car. Tiffany was pregnant, and it was quite late now. For this reason, Arianne asked her to rest in the back seat while she took the front seat. Jackson did not feel uncomfortable about it either.... When the people who had hidden around the neighborhood saw them leaving, the leader of the group of men took his phone out and made a call. “They have left. It seems like they’re leaving South Park. A man came and picked her up. There was another woman with her. Do we do it now?” At the other end of the phone, Don’s voice sounded. “Who’s that man and woman