Tomorrow, she would finally get to clear up things with ‘Mr. Sloane’ who sent the letter. Perhaps after that, she would finally be able to sit with Mark and enjoy a peaceful meal together...
After dinner, Arianne strolled around the garden before she went back and laid down in her room. Since the pregnancy made her easily fatigued, Arianne turned in early for the day. The quality of her sleep was better than ever, so she didn’t even realize that Mark had come back and taken a shower. It was only when she stirred awake in the middle of the night that she realized that Mark had been sitting in front of the French window all this while.
“You’re back…?” she asked in a daze.
Mark didn’t respond but she didn’t care. She only wanted to take care of her personal business as quickly as possible so that she could return to her warm blanket.
As she headed toward the door, his cold voice suddenly rang out. “Why did Ethan give you money?”
Arianne stopped in her tracks as her mind suddenly became clearer. “You were having me watched?”
She didn’t expect Mark to be so ‘free’ as to have a firm grasp on her every move.
Mark didn’t reply to her, so she took his silence as admission. “The money is for Tiffie. Something like compensation for their breakup. I was only passing it on,” she explained.
Without waiting for him to speak, she went straight to the washroom downstairs. Up until now, she still kept things separated clearly between them. Under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t use the washroom in the bedroom, especially when he was home. To be more precise, she felt uncomfortable using it, as she was living on his charity.
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