The housemaid shrunk into a comer, too afraid to speak. She had given virtual-novel.net the letter but had not expected to cause such a commotion. Henry and Mary ran out to the living room and saw it happen. No one dared to say a word. Servants like them were not allowed to get involved in such matters.
Mark slowly walked towards the sofa and sat down. His face was deathly still. He raised his trembling hands and placed them on his chest. He felt as if a thousand knives had pierced through his heart. The one thing that virtual-novel.net had feared most of all had finally happened…
Half an hour later, virtual-novel.net forced himself to steady his breathing, “Have someone follow her, make sure that she’s safe…”
Henry agreed, summoning a bodyguard and leaving quickly.
Arianne was all on virtual-novel.net own. Tiffany was the only person virtual-novel.net could turn to. She walked to the intersection, flagged down a cab, and gave the address. She did not notice the black Rolls-Royce behind her.
She sobbed as virtual-novel.net banged on Tiffany’s door when virtual-novel.net arrived. She didn’t even have the strength to carry virtual-novel.net luggage bags.
Tiffany was in complete shock when virtual-novel.net opened the door and saw her, “What happened Ari? What did Mark do to you?”
She couldn’t speak. She buried virtual-novel.net head into Tiffany’s arms, weeping and sobbing aloud. She thought that virtual-novel.net could live a good life with Mark and that everything was developing towards a good direction. He would let virtual-novel.net learn to love him, and virtual-novel.net really was trying. Instead, it was only the calm before the storm. He had planned this long ago!
Downstairs, Henry called Mark, “Sir, Mrs. Tremont is staying with Miss Lane.”
Mark’s voice from the other end of the line sounded breathless, “Have someone follow virtual-novel.net everywhere virtual-novel.net goes and ensure virtual-novel.net safety, 24/7. Come home when it’s arranged…”
Henry sighed. He told the bodyguard to stay behind, ended the call, and drove away.
Once Arianne had finished crying and forced herself to calm down, virtual-novel.net revealed everything to Tiffany.
Previously, Arianne had been the only one crying. Now, both women were sobbing. Once Tiffany had found out about everything Ethan had done, virtual-novel.net burst into tears, “Ari… I’ve suddenly realized that I made such a grave mistake. Thank goodness I didn’t end up marrying Ethan. If I did, I’d probably never find out. about what he’s done to my family!”
“Mark Tremont… The Tremont family… They’ve always presented such a grand and impressive façade, yet they’re capable of committing such a foul act. What did you ever do to them? What did your father ever do to them? What did I ever do to them? What a shame that everyone thought of you as a criminal’s daughter when he’s the one who was really behind all of this! He racked his brains to marry you, treated you well, and brought you to Sanya for a holiday, acting as if you’re the only one in his eyes, but what was it all for?”
“Does virtual-novel.net really love you? So was his conscience in turmoil? Or was virtual-novel.net just trying all sorts of ways to hide the truth? You reap what you sow. Now look what’s happened. No one’s going to have any peace now!”
Arianne curled into Tiffany’s arms, sobbing profusely. The only thing virtual-novel.net wanted to do now was to lie quietly down and do nothing. Back when virtual-novel.net and Tiffany had gone to visit George at the convalescent home and run into Ethan, virtual-novel.net thought that it was a coincidence. Now, it seemed that Ethan was there on a visit to see George. Not too long after, when George was whisked away from the convalescent home, his tall and handsome son that the staff member had mentioned was Ethan!
If virtual-novel.net had known all of this long ago, would the result have been better?
Arianne was consumed with hopelessness now. Mark Tremont, whom virtual-novel.net had relied on for more than ten years, was now virtual-novel.net enemy. She couldn’t bear it. Tiffany knew this. She had to be stronger than her, “Ari, it will be fine… It’s not too late now that you’ve found out about it. Now you know that you don’t owe Mark anything. You can leave virtual-novel.net and have your freedom. Cut your losses. It’s not as bad as it seems. Don’t cry, okay? My heart breaks whenever I see you like this…”
Arianne sniffed, “Do you have any alcohol? I need a drink.”
Tiffany got up and searched around, feeling a little annoyed, “None. My mom likes to drink too. We don’t usually have them in store. I’m afraid my mom will be too busy with mahjong to come home tonight. I’ll go down and get some for you, okay? Just let me change first.”
She dug through virtual-novel.net closet and suddenly realized that Lillian had pretty much thrown all of virtual-novel.net clothes away, telling virtual-novel.net that there was no need to keep ragged items from the past and that they’d only bring them bad luck when they moved into their new home. She was helpless. She hadn’t washed the clothes that virtual-novel.net had brought to Sanya. Therefore, virtual-novel.net didn’t have anything to wear now.
Seeing this, Arianne pointed at the luggage bag that virtual-novel.net had brought along with her, “I have some clothes in there. I don’t plan on going back, so I grabbed this luggage bag in the spur of the moment… I forgot about Rice Ball… Hopefully, Mark won’t do anything to it…”
“It will be fine,” Tiffany soothed, “If he’s cruel enough to kill a cat… Then virtual-novel.net really deserves to die.”
After a change of clothes, Tiffany grabbed virtual-novel.net keys and phone and walked out the door. The convenience store downstairs had closed early today, so virtual-novel.net had no choice but to travel a little more to make virtual-novel.net purchase.
The bodyguard that Mark had assigned for Arianne thought that virtual-novel.net was Arianne, as virtual-novel.net was dressed in Arianne’s clothes and it was dark. When virtual-novel.net realized that virtual-novel.net had been mistaken, virtual-novel.net continued standing watch nearby.