Arianne was startled for a while. He had forbidden her from calling him brother a long time ago. What kind of insanity was he playing at? She was too tired to think too much about the situation, so all she wanted was for him to not torture her anymore. “Bro.”
Mark suddenly hugged her even tighter, causing her to suffocate a little. “What’s wrong with you? Can you be a little more gentle? You’re hugging me too tightly.”
He did not reply to her, and she could not understand what was going on in his mind. However, she slept extra well that night. Perhaps her exhaustion caused her sleep condition to rise to maximum comfort levels.
The next morning, when Arianne was washing her face, Mark walked to her side and brushed his teeth. The prankster within her surfaced as she thought of how he had asked her to call him big brother last night. She splashed some water on his body and said, “Good morning, bro.”
Mark choked on some toothpaste and coughed for quite a while. His expression twisted. “Y-you…! Shut up!”
Arianne couldn’t stop laughing. “Do you not like it? You were the one who asked me to call you that last night, weren’t you? What’s wrong? It doesn’t feel like how it used to be when you were younger? A lot of women call their partners as brothers, just like how the Koreans refer to their mates as oppa. It’s just a nickname. Do you have to be so sensitive about it? You didn’t give that reaction when I called you that last night.”
Mark walked out of the bathroom after rinsing his mouth. Arianne was baffled but paid no attention to him.
Mark focused on his driving while heading to the office when Arianne suddenly asked out of curiosity, “Why did you suddenly ask me to call you bro?”
He turned his head to glance at her. “I wanted to see you cajole. Why don’t you do it for me now?”
Arianne’s lips twitched. “I don’t know how to do it. Why don’t you show me how?”
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