Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 166

Arianne was sober at once. “Which part do you mean?”

For a moment, Mark did not know how to reply. After a short period of silence, he heard Arianne faintly say, “The accident’s injury has healed, and the miscarriage surgery was successful too. It stopped hurting a while ago. Aery Kinsey is having fun with a group of friends in the bar now, she must not have gotten hurt in that accident, right?”

Mark did not say anything. That marked the end of their conversation.

Soon, Arianne’s even breathing could be heard. Mark tucked her in and closed his eyes.

The next morning, he woke up feeling like he was being stepped on. There was a distinct weight above him that was stepping around and moving. Opening his eyes, he realized with a startle that it was Rice Ball. The white ball of a body was moving freely on him.

Not daring to exhale deeper, Mark carefully stuck his hand into Arianne’s blanket with the intention to wake her up so that she could take care of the lump of fur on him. Unfortunately, he could not make too big of a movement. It was as if his strength had been sapped away. He made a few nudges but failed to wake her up.

His hand moved up slowly to pat her face, but when it passed the front of her body, a soft surface met his palm. Mark froze in both his movement and his breathing…

“Meow…” As Rice Ball mewled softly, Arianne opened her eyes. When she took in how the kitten was pawing at Mark, her brain stopped functioning briefly. Her reaction finally kicked in as she frantically picked Rice Ball up and moved him out of the room.

Mark retracted his hand. The softness could still be felt with a lingering warmth…

Arianne did not realize that Mark’s hand had been placed right in front of her before. Once she took Rice Ball to the backyard, she reminded the kitten weakly, “Oh, Rice Ball, you’re really living in the moment, huh? He doesn’t like you, why do you keep attaching yourself to him?”

After asking the question, she stared at Rice Ball in silence. An animal’s thought process was simple. The reason it pleased a person was either because the person was kind to it and it naturally got close to them or… it had to please the person because they were not being kind to it… It was how it gained favor or got loved so that it would not be abandoned.