Jackson was silent for two whole seconds before answering, “Home. Was asleep. What?”Tiffany turned red right there and then. It was only nine at night — since when did Jackson West ever go to sleep this early?! He was either working overtime or goofing around, having his fun. He never slept this early!The worst offender, however, was that Tiffany’s implicative absence did not at all worry him — to the point that he found no problem slumbering!Even Arianne found words failing her. After a brief albeit glaring silence, Jackson’s nonchalant voice came. “If it’s nothing important, I’m hanging up.”And he hung up without waiting a second more.Tiffany bit her lips. Tears broke out of her eyes and wetted her cheeks like a deluge from two broken levees. Nothing Arianne said soothed her, so she ran upstairs and went to the one person she hoped could help. “Mark! I called Jackson for Tiffie’s sake, and Jackson was sleeping, and he just hung up the phone without even asking how Tiffie’s doing
Tiffany’s resolve began to waver. In truth, she very much wanted to go home. She was just looking for a way to admit it without losing her face.Catching the hesitance in her friend, Arianne pressed on. “You are his fiancée, not his mistress. What’s wrong with you going back to his place and shoving your worst grimace at him every day? None whatsoever. Now, if you still can’t take it, or if he continues to sting you with his pigheadedness, well! You could always pack up your clothes and move back to your mom’s. Let’s see if he stops you. If he doesn’t, you go, free and guiltless. If he stops you? Mission accomplished. So here’s what you should do: you’re gonna leave your car at my place and I’ll have Mark send you home. If you decided to move out, you won’t have a car to take you, which means he — if he’s man enough — has to yield and be your driver. He can’t let poor Tiffany go to her mom’s all alone in the middle of the night, can he?”While Tiffany nodded vigorously, Mark sank into
She glared at him. “None of your business!”He kicked her luggage away. “You’ve said it. You’ve apologized and explained, so now the ball’s in my court, okay? Can we stop talking about this? It’s late; let’s get some sleep.”The very mention of sleep made her boil over with rage again. Back in the Tremont Estate, when she couldn’t eat a single bite, he ate as if nothing had happened and slept as if everything was fine. He looked as if he had simply moved on. At this point, she felt as if chopping someone up alive would be the most cruel thing, but he was quiet, he said nothing and simply stared at her with a cold look on his face. Who could possibly stand that? They had obviously parted on bad terms on Friday, and he never made a single move to contact her — for two days! Suddenly, she felt as if he didn’t care about her at all!“You might be able to sleep, but I can’t! You have no heart, you don’t hurt, you feel nothing, but I’m not like you!”Flying into a rage mixed with her own gri
Tiffany stopped whatever she was doing, got up, and faced him. “Who said that I could have a meal with Alejandro, that you contacting Lynn shouldn’t be a problem? Do you know nothing at all? You’ve got a lot of tolerance. I’ve been away for two days and you never called or texted. Am I still important to you? Am I? Did you even think about coming down to open the door for me when I got home just now? I probably wouldn’t have been able to get in if I came here on my own!”Jackson went silent again. As expected, it was useless to have a reasonable conversation with a woman. He had known that she was staying at Arianne’s, which is why he didn’t call. If she wasn’t going to come home, wouldn’t they just end up quarreling if he called? Wouldn’t it be better to quarrel in one’s own home? He had been waiting for her to come home so that they could solve this together… Who would have thought that she would stay away for two days?He was wondering why she didn’t open the door herself when she a
Jackson did not reply to her message. This somewhat satisfied Tiffany.Actually, she would have been fine after a bit of cajoling. It was his fault for putting on such a sour, icy exterior. She stuffed his phone back into his hand. “Get up!”Now that everything had calmed down, Jackson gradually returned to his senses. He knew exactly what to do to completely dissolve her anger. “You’re not angry anymore? I’ve never answered her messages and certainly never contacted her, so you should stay away from Alejandro. From now on, don’t run away from home when you’re not happy. Let's talk about our problems behind closed doors instead. You said that you were going to Arianne’s house and in such a rage too. If I stormed in there, you’d scream at me. Don’t you think I value my dignity too? Did you really think that I could sleep well when you were not around? I didn’t really sleep. I finally collapsed at six after work and fell asleep as soon as I got home. I’ve been doing overtime at the offic
Jackson promptly blocked Alejandro’s number. He went back to the bed, but he had lost the mood to continue. He was mostly exhausted, having not slept for the past two days. “Let’s get an early night. I’m a little tired…”He shut his eyes just as he spoke.Tiffany was a little disappointed. She wasn’t sure if he was angry or actually tired. He was clearly excited a while ago, but when he saw the message from Alejandro, he… She quickly ascertained that he was actually tired by carefully kicking him; he simply grabbed her delicate foot as usual and patted her butt too.The Tremont Estate.Arianne sat on the bed, holding her phone in deep thought. She couldn’t seem to figure out the tone in Jackson’s voice during their phone conversation. She turned to Mark, who was next to her, and asked, “Do you think they’ve made up? Jackson answered the call just now.”Mark snatched her phone away and placed it far, far away from her. “He’s answering calls for her, so of course, they’ve made up. Stop w
Mark couldn’t help smirking when he saw the look on her face. “We’ll be on our way then. Thank you, doctor.”Arianne’s heated face slowly reverted back to normal. The doctor didn’t even need to mention sex; she was well aware of it. Mentioning it out loud only made it more embarrassing…“Why were you blushing?” Mark asked, teasing her on purpose.She looked out the window, pretending as if nothing had happened. “I was not. The hospital was warm, so I was feeling hot from all these extra layers. What’s wrong with that?”Due to the tedious trip to the hospital in the middle of the night, Mark woke up later than usual the next morning. By the time he arrived at the office, it was almost 10AM. He had just stepped out of the elevator when his secretary, Davy, greeted him and said, “Mr. Tremont, Miss Cameran is here to see you.”Miss Cameran, who else could it be except Helen?Mark wasn’t surprised. This wasn’t the first time Helen had come to see him behind Arianne’s back. “Got it.”As he e
Aery paled. She knew Helen was telling the truth. In the past, Helen would get incredibly angry whenever she made a mistake. However, throughout the process of bailing her out of jail, Helen remained calm. Arianne was Helen’s daughter as well. However, Helen still abandoned Arianne previously. In short, Helen was a cold and cruel person. She began to feel frightened when she thought about all these things. She tentatively grabbed Helen’s sleeves and said, “Mom… I was wrong. I won’t do it again. I promise to listen to you from now on. Can you… Can you please plead with Mark darling to get dad out of jail as well? Dad is locked up because of me. Please, I’m begging you…”Helen no longer felt anything when she thought about Jean. “It’s not easy for me to save you, and you still want me to save your dad? Do you think I can do as I please? Do you think you can do as you please? I’m not so foolish as to bail your dad out of jail. It’s going to be even more annoying to have another parasite p