Mark walked towards his office desk, leaned against the side of the table, and lit a cigarette. “Saying that will only make me continue basking in the fantasy of you having a slight hint of feelings for me. I don’t want to be paralyzed by you any longer, and I hate deceiving myself. Will Sivan doesn’t have any feelings for his wife. If you go to him now, he’ll take you away without hesitation. I’m sorry for making you wait so long for this day. Leave the baby with me. I’m afraid that Tremont Estate would become so unbearably quiet that I’d never want to go home if you take him away…”“You ba*tard!” Arianne glared at him with tears in her eyes. “Why the hell are you saying these things? You ripped me and Will apart, you made every effort to imprison me with you, and when I accept my current life, you want to throw me away. Who do you think you are? Your revolting tyranny is useless on me. Why should I listen to you? Do you see me as a bi*ch you’ve raised too? That I’m at your every bec
She had gone through all sorts of part time jobs and had met all sorts of men. From her point of view, all men were the same—horny perverts. Mark was no different.If she could score Mark Tremont, she would be set for the rest of her life. She wouldn’t need to deal with all kinds of men. She could spend as much money as she wanted and wouldn’t be as stupid as Arianne, going out to work for no reason and acting like some sort of independent woman. That was just asking for trouble.Mark greenlighting her return to the company generated a lot of whispers. Naturally, she felt absolutely complacent. Wasn’t Arianne acting all high and mighty when she dismissed her? Who knew how she felt after Mark’s proverbial smack in the face?As she pushed the door open, she unbuttoned two buttons on the front of her shirt. She believed that she had the assets, a time-tested value to flaunt in front of every man.“Mr. Tremont… Is your wife gone?” She walked towards Mark in a sickeningly sweet fashion
The biggest mistake she made was to play her little tricks with Arianne. It was just as Mark had said—she was just his pawn, a pawn whose sole purpose was to test Arianne’s emotions. This was the only reason why Janice was allowed to return to the Tremont Enterprise.After a long while, Janice finally spoke. “Mr. Tremont… please don’t tell anyone else about my matters. The moment anyone else finds out, I’m finished. I’ll apologise to Mrs. Tremont and leave the Tremont Enterprise immediately!”Mark did not bother to even glance at Janice. “Save your apology and disappear from my sights. I’m sure Arianne wouldn’t want to see you anyway.”Janice left so nervously, she almost slipped, her heel on her high heels broke off and she looked embarrassing.Davy did not dare utter a word. All he could do was silently watch everything as it happened. Davy finally understood that no matter how bad Mark treated Arianne, it was all just on the surface. He was actually more caring towards her than
Mark rubbed his messy hair as he stood up and kicked one of the supports on his bed. It was time to get a bigger bed…Mark was still upstairs by the time Arianne finished her breakfast, so she caught her own taxi to the office. She figured it would be better for them not to confront each other for the time being, but she was still terrified that Mark would throw a set of divorce papers at her sooner or later. Arianne decided that no matter how hard Mark pleaded with her to get a divorce, she would never agree to it. After all, Mark was the one who had forced her to get married to him in the first place.What Arianne did not know was that Mark was also hiding from her. After confirming that Arianne had left, Mark went downstairs and teased Smore, “Are you full?”Smore smiled happily at him, which improved Mark’s mood. “What’s so funny?”Smore pulled a straight face as he mimicked his dad falling off of bed. “Thud.” Smore even mimicked how his dad had covered his head and groaned i
Arianne bit her lip. “You’re not trying to forget about the past, you’ve merely given up. Just give me some of the specialties you have here. I haven’t been able to have lunch this afternoon since no one’s here to help me after you’ve left and I’ve got to do everything on my own. Come over and sit with me, we’ll chat since there’s not that many people in here. I need… someone to talk to as well.”Robin nodded her head and walked into the kitchen, coming out momentarily and sitting opposite Arianne. “You don’t look so good Arianne. Has something happened? I hope you won’t blame me for disappearing suddenly. I don’t blame you for anything that has happened in the past, I only blame myself…”Arianne shook her head and smiled, “I don’t blame you. As for my problems, it’s difficult for me to explain it to you clearly and I feel tired every time I think of it. There’s even a possibility that Mark will force me to get a divorce…”Robin was shocked, asking, “Divoce? Why? Weren’t the two o
Mary thought for a moment before replying, “Nothing much. He left around 9am this morning. He was playing around with Smore before he left. Nothing seemed unusual.”Arianne was still worried, so she went to her room and rummaged through everything, but the divorce papers were nowhere to be seen. Arianne did not give up, continuing to search in the study, but she still couldn’t find anything. It seemed that Mark was actually full of empty threats and had no intention of getting a divorce. Otherwise, based on his character, the papers would’ve been completed and handed over to her to sign long ago.Arianne suddenly realized that something was not right. Something seemed to have changed in her bedroom. She went back to take a good look and found that the bed had been changed. It was much bigger than before, even the headrest having been changed. Had Mark gotten into a temper after falling down from the bed that morning? Did he think that the existing bed was not big enough?However,
Mark didn’t answer. Instead, he walked ahead, sat down, opened his lunch box, and began eating.In less than two minutes, the sound of a delivery man suddenly rang out from outside the office. “Sir, I have your take out. Are you Mr. Tremont? I need some verification…”Mark became upset. He had asked Davy to order takeout for him but had completely forgotten about it…Arianne took a long breath. “I wouldn’t have brought this over if I had known you had ordered takeout.”Davy was forced to take the blame. His voice rang crystal clear from outside the door. “That’s my takeout! I haven’t eaten yet, and I’m starving! I put in the wrong personal details. I’m so used to ordering food for Mr. Tremont, I forgot to change it!” He was obviously saying this for Arianne’s benefit.Arianne wasn’t fooled. “Eat whatever you like. Have your takeout if you don’t want this. It’s not like I made the food. The chef at home made it.”“Am I not eating now?” Mark indifferently replied. “How could
“But what if she didn’t want to trouble poor old Henry and took a cab today instead?” Davy asked, voicing his skepticism.Mark was taken aback. He had considered running after her but felt that the relationship between him and Arianne wasn’t completely at peace. So he decided against any further consideration. “No, she would have definitely asked Henry to drive.”Meanwhile, Arianne hailed a cab and went back to Tremont Estate. She was too exhausted to move, probably because the past few days had sapped all of the energy out of her. She hadn’t been able to sleep well either. She was very out of sorts.Mary filled a small tub of hot water for her, instructing her, “Soak your feet, you’ll feel much better. Mr. Tremont didn’t take you home? You should have asked Henry to drive you then.”Arianne was upset but forced a smile onto her face. “It’s fine, I’m not that fragile. It didn’t hurt to take a cab. Mark is busy and I don’t need him to drive. Henry’s back has been aching lately. Is