A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1722

Arianne combed through her thoughts for a second before concluding, “I don’t think Melanie did it. That wasn’t the first time Melanie and Tiffie were ever alone together, if harming Tiffie had always been her goal, then she would have done it long before our wedding day, right? Let’s just... ask Tiffie what really went down later when we see her.”

Smore did not understand his parents’ conversation. He just wanted to visit the hospital as soon as possible, so he started wolfing and slurping down his food. Unthinkably, instead of chiding the child for his bad dinner behavior, Mark merely laughed.

Arianne rolled her eyes. “If I ate like that in the past, you’d smite me in the head with a ladle or something! I call this the TDS — Tremont Double Standard!”

Mark laughed even harder. “I did not hit you, that’s not true, that’s bunkum! I’ve never raised you like my daughter, I certainly never parented you like you were my daughter. The only difference between us is that I’m ten years your senior. I’ve never babied anyone before Smore was born, either.”

Arianne was tongue-tied. That liar, he had always been super disciplinarian to her!