Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 1491

Smore stood at the base of the stairs, glum. He had wanted to present a picture he drew to Mark, only to have his father ignore him.

His distress made Ariane’s heart ache. She hated it when unhappy feelings between parents were taken out on innocent bystanders, especially when Smore was one of them.

She approached the hurt child and held him in her arms. “Daddy’s not in a good mood,” she cooed. “He didn’t mean to neglect you. I know, how about you show me what you made?”

A smile broke out of Smore, who solemnly—as though it was a treasure—presented his art to his mother. Arianne examined it closely before praising with a smile. “This is amazing, sweetie! You’re really good at drawing! Alright, would you like to play with Granny for a bit? Mommy needs to coddle your Daddy now because he’s in a bad mood. He needs someone to be nice to him, like what I do with you when you’re upset, okay? It’s very sad, too, if everyone ignores Daddy, right?”

Smore nodded in understanding and ran away to Mary.

Arianne heaved a sigh of relief. She began climbing the stairs.

Immediately after she pushed the door to his study open, Arianne heard a low, slightly impatient growl from Mark. “Leave me alone!”

Arianne halted her footsteps intuitively. “Hey, don’t tell me you fancy yourself at Smore’s age, being petulant and difficult whenever you feel like it, Mark. For one, I never imagined you would ever lose your cool like this!”

Mark deliberately ignored her, choosing to fidget with a beautifully-designed lighter instead.

Arianne marched forward and snatched the lighter away. “Sorry, but this is off-limits. I’m not letting you smoke behind my back, mister. Isn’t it a habit of yours to go straight to the showers after coming home from work? It’s almost time for dinner, so go and bathe already.”

Mark, still silent, fidgeted with a pen this time.