Jackson took a deep breath. “Would you like to split the hotel bill evenly with me too? I don’t need you to save money for me, why are you calculating the flight tickets with me? I have more than enough time to pick you up from your house, but I didn’t, and you’re not mad at me either. You didn’t even ask me about it. In my opinion, these things show that you don’t care at all.” He had always been the apathetic one in a relationship, it was what virtual-novel.net was familiar with. Now that the roles were reversed, virtual-novel.net did not know what to do. He was panicking.
Tiffany’s slow-moving brain finally sped up. She finally realized virtual-novel.net was not acting out because virtual-novel.net was tired of virtual-novel.net or regretted dating her. She sighed in relief. “It’s not that… I don’t care. I just don’t want to spend your money before we take things further in our relationship. I’m afraid your mother might think that I agreed to date you for your money…”
:I know this small amount of money doesn’t matter to you, but this is my dignity. I assumed you didn’t pick me up because you had something important to attend to. Why should I sulk because of that? It’s not that I don’t care, I’m just trying to understand you! You… Are you angry at me because of that?”
Jackson’s rage was greatly reduced after hearing virtual-novel.net explanation. It quickly transformed into guilt. He had always thought that living a happy life together was good enough so virtual-novel.net really did not think too much about it. He did not consider virtual-novel.net worries. Furthermore, virtual-novel.net did not expect virtual-novel.net to be so concerned about his mother’s opinion of her. She had even tried to understand his lack of consideration and thought virtual-novel.net was simply too busy. She seemed very thoughtful, no matter how virtual-novel.net looked at it.
If that were the case, then there was no need for this discussion. However, virtual-novel.net could see a hint of inferiority in virtual-novel.net eyes. How could a cheerful girl like virtual-novel.net possibly feel inferior? Why did virtual-novel.net have to lower herself to this extent? She was entirely welcomed to throw a tantrum at him. In fact, virtual-novel.net had the right to do so.
“Are you…” He really wanted to ask if virtual-novel.net felt ashamed and inferior because of virtual-novel.net past. However, virtual-novel.net was afraid to bring up such a touchy subject. He swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue and said, “Are you an idiot? No matter how busy I am, I’d always clear my schedule to see you.”
“Even if I’m on the other side of the world, I’d fly over to you as soon as possible. I intentionally didn’t pick you up because I wanted to see if you’d get angry. My mom certainly isn’t going to care about how much money I spend on you. I earn my own salary, and I’ll spend it on whoever I want. Why should virtual-novel.net care? If you ever do this again, I’m going to be very angry.”
Tiffany lowered virtual-novel.net head and bit virtual-novel.net lips before virtual-novel.net mumbled, “I understand… I won’t be calculative over anything below 150 dollars. We’ll split if it’s more than that. If we do get married in the future, I won’t be modest with you even if it’s 15 million dollars, let alone a flight ticket.”
“No haggling. It’s decided. I’m dying from this heat. I’m going to take a shower before I have fun with Ari. You should get to work. Call me when you have the time.” Before Jackson could reply, virtual-novel.net walked into the bathroom. She really did not need a shower, but virtual-novel.net wanted some time to calm down.
Indeed, Jackson really was not here for leisure. He glanced at his watch before virtual-novel.net rose to his feet and knocked on the bathroom door. “I’ve got to go to the office. I’ll call you later.”
“Mm,” Tiffany replied. When virtual-novel.net heard the door close, virtual-novel.net relaxed and turned on the shower. The ice-cold water soon became warm. She lifted virtual-novel.net head and held virtual-novel.net breath as the water fell on her. At this moment, many different thoughts flooded virtual-novel.net mind. She had always thought that a marriage with Jackson was out of reach. To be honest, virtual-novel.net did not really think about marrying him. They were fine the way they were now, they were fine…
***
Tiffany did not tell anyone about virtual-novel.net arrival so when virtual-novel.net entered the dessert shop, Naya was very surprised. “Tiffany! What are you doing here?”
Tiffany giggled, then, easily found virtual-novel.net way into the kitchen. “I’m here on vacation for two days. Get back to work!”
Arianne whirled around when virtual-novel.net heard Tiffany’s voice. “Tiffie? When did you get here?”
Tiffany smiled. “What? Aren’t you happy to see me? I’ve been missing you every single day. Don’t be so mean.”
Business was not too busy in the shop today so Arianne dropped what virtual-novel.net was doing and walked out. “Let’s talk outside. It’s hot in the kitchen. I’m not mean. I’m so happy you’re here. We’ll close the shop early today. How about we all go out for dinner tonight?”
“By ‘all’, do you mean Mark too?” Tiffany asked meaningfully.
Arianne glared at her, feigning anger. “Stop it! I know what’s going on. You’re here to annoy me! You didn’t come alone, did you? Where’s Jackson?”
Tiffany lowered virtual-novel.net gaze at the mention of Jackson’s name. “He’s probably in the office building across the road. He has got some work to do.”
Arianne had learned to observe words and gestures from a young age, mainly to look out for Mark’s mood swings. Therefore, it was not difficult for virtual-novel.net to discover the changes in Tiffany’s expression. “Have you been fighting?”