Mark did not give an honest answer. “We usually wash it pretty often. Forget it. I’m going upstairs to shower.”
Mary watched him quickly walk away before ratting on him to Arianne. “A young girl from the company sat in the front seat just as we left the office. It was raining and the entire seat got wet. Brian wiped it clean, but Mr. Tremont still found it unbearable. He has always been this way from a young age. He can never stand anything greasy, sticky, or damp. She got into the car and asked him to drop her off along the way. In the end, he chased out of the car and went off to pick you up. That’s what’s great about Mr. Tremont. He’s not a flirt.”
The corners of Arianne’s lips lifted spontaneously. “Not bad… He’s really not much of a flirt. This girl—is her name Janice Bell? I know of her.”
Mary nodded. “I think so. I saw that name on her staff card. She fought with her supervisor today too and ended up bleeding in the head. She ran to Mr. Tremont’s office to file a complaint, but he told her to speak to her director instead, as small matters like this are not under his jurisdiction. Girls these days have such impure intentions. However, you’re still young too, Ari. You don’t have to worry about Mr. Tremont fooling around. He’s not that kind of a man.”
Arianne wouldn’t have been too worried about Mark, even if Mary hadn’t assured her. He had always provided her with sufficient sense of security, so much so that she sometimes found him abnormal and believed that she was simply daydreaming.
After dinner, Arianne went to the nursery to put Aristotle to sleep. Mark stood on one side, keeping her company, and brought up the events from the hospital in the daytime. “I ran into Jackson and Tiffany when I brought Smore to the hospital. They were there for a prenatal exam and ran into Tanya there, who wasn’t alone. She was with Alejandro’s man, who also happens to be the father of her baby. I think his name is Jett.”
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