He was feeling slightly helpless. He promptly stopped teasing her. “I did. Did you really think that I wouldn’t? I’ve ordered some desserts for you. You enjoy munching on desserts, don’t you? You can try them. They are the most interesting desserts I’ve ever had.”
Then, virtual-novel.net walked back to his desk and made a call. “You can send them over now. Bring two cups of americanos while you’re at it.”
After the call, virtual-novel.net noticed that Arianne’s head was still lowered, and virtual-novel.net was blushing. He stared at virtual-novel.net thoughtfully and asked, “You can’t possibly be feeling shy, right? We’ve known each other for more than ten years now. Isn’t it a little strange for you to feel shy around me?”
“I am not!” She denied vehemently with a red face.
Although virtual-novel.net knew virtual-novel.net was lying, virtual-novel.net did not expose her. Instead, virtual-novel.net said reassuringly, “We have many more days ahead of us. I really don’t want you to be timid around me every single day. Relax. It’s not like I’m going to do anything to you.”
Soon after, Ellie knocked on the office door. “Mark, the desserts have arrived.”
“Mm,” Mark replied. Ellie pushed the door open and walked in before placing an exquisitely wrapped box of desserts on the coffee table in front of Arianne and two steaming cups of coffee.
Arianne unwrapped the box, revealing the captivating desserts. She was very surprised. The mere presentation of the desserts was already very special. Anything that was delicious to Mark must be extremely yummy. She tried a bite of a small cake adorned with strawberries. It melted in virtual-novel.net mouth upon virtual-novel.net first bite. It had just the right amount of sweetness. It was much tastier than any other dessert virtual-novel.net had ever had!
“Try the coffee,” virtual-novel.net suggested.
She followed his suggestion and sipped on the coffee. Its mild fragrance intermingled with the sweetness of the dessert in virtual-novel.net mouth, creating a different flavor. “This is delicious! I don’t think that I’d be able to make anything as tasty as this.” That explained why virtual-novel.net disliked the desserts virtual-novel.net had made. Her desserts were horrible compared to this.
He walked toward virtual-novel.net and poked his fork into a matcha dessert, then, placed it close to virtual-novel.net lips. “Try this one.”
She was now entirely focused on the dessert and did not realize how overly-considerate and intimate his actions were. She opened virtual-novel.net mouth. The matcha dessert was entirely different from the small strawberry cake. The taste was slightly more subtle, but it was still just as tasty. She ate every single dessert with single-minded devotion.
Mark simply sat next to her, sipping on his cup of americano. His eyes brimming with smiles. “I’ll have someone send a box over to you every day if you like them that much.”
She realized that virtual-novel.net did not have a single bite of the desserts and felt embarrassed. “No need… This must be very expensive. I’ll just enjoy them once in a while. I’m sorry I was too greedy. They’re just too delicious, and I lost control so I forgot to leave some for you…”
He shifted his gaze to the corners of virtual-novel.net lips. An ambiguous light flashed in his eyes. “You did.” Suddenly, virtual-novel.net leaned over and kissed the corner of virtual-novel.net lips before virtual-novel.net could react. He placed his large hand firmly on the back of virtual-novel.net head to stop virtual-novel.net from moving away. Then, virtual-novel.net mischievously slipped the tip of his tongue out and licked the butter off the corner of virtual-novel.net lips. The mixture of the fragrant butter and virtual-novel.net scent was more delicious than any other dessert in the world.
Arianne was stunned from his actions. She widened virtual-novel.net eyes and stared at his handsome face that inches away from her, unable to react at all.
The world fell completely silent. She could only hear a faint drumming in virtual-novel.net ears. Everything was a blur, and all virtual-novel.net thoughts melted away. Only the man in front of virtual-novel.net was left in clear view. She felt panicked, nervous, and strangely elated at the same time. There was no doubt virtual-novel.net did not hate what virtual-novel.net was doing. She even felt slightly happy about it. At this moment, virtual-novel.net felt something that virtual-novel.net had been anticipating for a very long time. Perhaps, virtual-novel.net was no longer an ignorant little girl in his eyes, but a fully grown woman who no longer needed to fear him.
She slowly closed virtual-novel.net eyes as virtual-novel.net deepened their kiss.
He gently parted virtual-novel.net lips, making virtual-novel.net submit to his kiss. She instinctively wrapped virtual-novel.net arms around his neck.
He paused for a moment when virtual-novel.net felt virtual-novel.net surrender and boldly pushed virtual-novel.net down on the sofa. Her response pleasantly surprised him. After all, this was the first time virtual-novel.net had ever received a reciprocation front her…
Just as their breaths had grown hot and heavy, a knock rang from the door. “Mr. Tremont, Mr. West is here.”
Mark stiffened and promptly straightened out his slightly messed-up clothes. “Let virtual-novel.net in.”
Arianne quickly neatened virtual-novel.net collar as well. Then, in order to conceal virtual-novel.net embarrassment, virtual-novel.net picked up virtual-novel.net coffee and took a big gulp.
Jackson was able to tell what those two were trying to hide from the moment virtual-novel.net walked in. He did not expose them or tease them. Instead, his eyes flashed profoundly. “I have something to talk to you about. I’ll leave once I’ve talked to you about it, and I won’t hold you up for too long. However, this is a discussion between men. Would you mind stepping out for a moment, sis?”
This was exactly what Arianne had hoped for. She immediately got up and walked out. She was even considerate enough to close the door for them. She then turned around and came face to face with Ellie’s sweet smile. She had a pretty good impression of Ellie. “How long have you been working as Mark’s secretary?”
Ellie paused thoughtfully and replied, “Seven years.” Then, another thought hit her. “I’m married!”