Arianne gritted her teeth and stood up as she looked at Nina. “Well, you can always leave! I am the mistress of this house. I don’t need anyone’s permission to keep a pet, let alone a guest like you. It was my cat’s fault for scratching you, but it would never randomly scratch anyone. I apologize to you on its behalf and will pay for your injection. Fair enough?”
Nina sullenly covered the scratches on her hand and went upstairs. She proceeded to slam the door so hard that it was clearly audible downstairs.
Mark entered Nina’s room, perhaps after hearing the incident. Arianne had no idea what they talked about, but Nina came downstairs not long after with her luggage while talking on her phone.
From her tone, she sounded like she was talking to Charles Moran on the phone.
Mark snatched the phone from her hand. “Uncle Moran, things aren’t that serious. Ari was just in a bad mood from her miscarriage. Nina just got scratched by the cat in my house. I’ll bring her for an injection later. Everything is fine, don’t worry.”
Arianne turned a deaf ear. It was none of her business what they were going to do. At worst, she would just admit that it was all her fault.
It seemed that Nina wasn’t really planning on leaving. After the call ended, she complained to Mark tearfully, “Is it my fault that I got scratched by the cat? Why did she have to talk like that? You heard it too from upstairs, right? What did she mean by saying she’s the mistress of this house? Was that for me? She made it sound like I was trying to fight with her over that authority! She wasn’t even in the picture when I got to know you! If it wasn’t for my dad asking me to stay with you temporarily after returning to the country, I wouldn’t even come here. The renovation of the house that my dad bought me is barely completed, so I can’t move there yet. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even need to suffer like this!”
Mark’s eyebrows were knitted together out of annoyance, but Arianne wasn’t sure at whom.
Without saying anything, he helped Nina carry her luggage back into the room. After that, Arianne wasn’t sure what Mark told her, but Nina ended up following him to the dining table.
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