How could Mark not understand what Mary meant between the lines? He pursed his lips before saying, “I’ll be heading out later and won’t be back for lunch. I’ll come home around four in the evening.”
Mary hustled out to prepare his clothes for the outing and went to the backyard after that. “Ari, sir is going out shortly and will only be home at four in the evening. Don’t stay in the wind out here. It’s not even a month yet. What if you get other illnesses in the future from being so weak?”
Arianne replied in a whisper, “I’ll head inside first. Let Rice Ball in for me after Mark leaves.”
Mary nodded and couldn’t help being delighted. It wasn’t for much other than her feeling that Mark was concerned for Arianne. He never told the house staff that he was going out in the past, nor would he inform his return time. Even his dinner at home was an impromptu call back after a spontaneous decision. His anomaly today was obviously for Arianne and Rice Ball’s ‘space’.
Just when Mark was prepared to head out after changing, he suddenly recalled that Arianne had taken pills behind his back. He had thought that her morning sickness was her gastritis. He was actually unable to see through her lies…
It must be due to the baby in her womb that she had refused to take the medication that he had taken home for her. It was not like she did not care for the baby…
Subconsciously opening the drawer that Arianne kept her medicine, Mark saw two small bottles inside. One was empty while another was quite full. They were both folic acids. They would not be needed anymore now…
Hearing footsteps coming upstairs, Mark closed the drawer. He turned to open the door and head downstairs nonchalantly. His footsteps slowed down when he saw Arianne coming.
Noticing his reaction, Arianne slowed down her pace as well and looked at him curiously, as if waiting for him to speak.
“The cat… don’t let it into the house,” Mark said.
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