Arianne shook virtual-novel.net head. “I’m not going in. It’s awkward to meet. Return it for me. I’ll be going now.”
Mary called out hastily, “What are you doing? It’s so hot. Look how red your face is from the heat. How can your skin take this? Moreover, what if you get a heatstroke? Heatstroke can kill as well! You can stay away from him, but don’t you want to see me? Come in. You can cool down in my room!”
After a moment of hesitation, Arianne followed Mary to the housekeeper’s room. Everyone was working at this hour so no one was in the room. Although the room housed four people, it had everything and was very spacious. There were even an individual washroom and a kitchen.
Mary returned from upstairs briefly and returned the card to her. “I told you, sir isn’t so petty. He doesn’t want it and asked me to return it to you. He said to keep it for emergencies.”
Arianne was startled. “Really? Did virtual-novel.net say anything else?”
Mary shook virtual-novel.net head. “Nothing else. He just asked if you’re back. I told virtual-novel.net yes, and that you came to return the card. After that, virtual-novel.net said to let you keep the card in case of emergencies.”
Arianne considered it for a moment before virtual-novel.net kept the card. She was all alone outside now and it was inevitable that there would be times when virtual-novel.net needed money urgently. It was not like virtual-novel.net could not keep the card anyway. “Alright, thank virtual-novel.net for me. Tell virtual-novel.net that I won’t be a spendthrift. I’ll only use it in case of an emergency. I’ll take my leave now. You and Henry take care.”
Mary sent Arianne to the door with a sigh and no longer persuaded virtual-novel.net to move back. She was old now, there was too much for virtual-novel.net to worry about.
As soon as Arianne returned to Tiffany’s rental, Lillian scooted close to virtual-novel.net as soon as virtual-novel.net entered the door. “Did you really return the card? That’s really foolish! It’s a waste that you don’t want it. Buying better clothes with your minimal monthly income is a challenge.”
Despite virtual-novel.net annoyance, Arianne plastered a smile on virtual-novel.net face. She did not say that virtual-novel.net did not return the card. “I returned it. I don’t want to be indebted. I’m a little tired so I’ll take a nap.”
Lillian was relentless. “A nap at this time? You haven’t even eaten, aren’t you hungry? Sleep after you eat. What are we having for lunch? We haven’t gone out to eat for a long time. Let’s have lunch outside?”
Arianne opened the door to virtual-novel.net room and called for Tiffany. “Tiffie, Auntie Lane wants to go out for lunch.”
Tiffany was tying virtual-novel.net hair, and a frown appeared immediately on virtual-novel.net face when virtual-novel.net heard Arianne’s words. “We don’t have that kind of money. Eat at home. I’ll make lunch.”
Lillian was upset. “Is what you make edible? It’s awful. You don’t have the money but Ari does. She’s living alone now. She only has to take care of herself, virtual-novel.net must have a lot of money. What’s wrong with going out for a meal every once in a while?”
Tiffany dragged Arianne into the room and slammed the door. “Order takeout. Ari and I will make something simple later. If you want to go out for lunch, go on your own!”
“I don’t want to have anything now. I’m going to take a nap,” Arianne said as virtual-novel.net heaved a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Tiffany’s expression turned solemn as virtual-novel.net said, “Ari, why don’t you move out? I’ll look for a place for you. I don’t mean anything by it. It’s just that another day of you staying here means another day of my mom trying to take advantage of you. It’s fine that virtual-novel.net squeezes me dry, but now she’s taking advantage of you as well. I can’t take it! You’re nice and shy so you’re unable to reject her. However, both of us won’t be able to feed virtual-novel.net like that!”