Silence immediately set in. Jackson started to get a headache. Annie didn’t expect this woman to be so ‘daring’ as to not take her seriously! She stared at Tiffany and suddenly recalled meeting her in the restaurant before. Not only that, Jackson even footed a $6,600 bill for her back then!Realizing the tense atmosphere, Tiffany was finally fully awake. Upon seeing the situation at the door, she gulped audibly. “Um… this is a misunderstanding! It’s all a misunderstanding! I’m just a part-time cleaner here. Have fun chatting, I’ll be leaving now.”Naturally, Annie wasn’t buying that. She tried her best to spread her slender arms and blocked the door. “Cleaner? Are you taking me for a fool? How did a cleaner end up on his bed!”Tiffany stopped trying to explain herself. There was no way she could justify the situation with her sleepy face and dishevelled clothing. No one expected Annie to pull out her phone in the next second and snap a photo of her. After that, she barged her way in
Mark thought for a while. “We’ll talk about it later when I’m back. Still busy right now. There are still a lot of things we need to buy for Nina’s new place.”In the afternoon, Arianne met up with Tiffany at the Southern Café. Both of them looked glum. There was no news from Jackson’s side, but Annie was merciless. She immediately found someone to edit the article and posted it on the Internet. The views skyrocketed within a few hours. Tiffany was the only one exposed in the article and there was no sight of Jackson in the photo. Not even his shadow. In the end, this just made Tiffany feel like she was the only one shouldering the blame for everything.Arianne had always despised these condemning news. “I called Mark just now; he will find Jackson. Don't worry, I won't let this news stay on the Internet for more than a day. You’re not to be blamed for this.”Tiffany took a sip of her coffee then curled her lips. “How can I not be blamed? The fact is, I still slept with someone else
Arianne went to work as usual the second day and found out that Mark had not returned home the entire night.It was not that she suspected that something happened between him and Nina. She was just curious as to why he did not inform anyone in advance about not coming home.When she arrived at the office, Eric looked the usual as if nothing happened. His state of ease was supposed to relieve Arianne since the former shared a close relationship with Mark and would know if anything happened to either of them, but it still did not assuage her.Tiffany texted her then. “Ari, I realize that there are people guarding nearby my house and someone painted curses on my door in red. I dare not go out now!”Arianne was close to jumping when she read the text and decided to go to Tiffany’s house. Too afraid to go alone, she thought about it before dragging Eric along.When Eric’s car stopped outside of Tiffany’s house, Arianne took note of several suspicious people roaming the vicinity. Eric knew a
Arianne and Eric exchanged a look while Tiffany grabbed her hair in exasperation. “Put up with it? How? Starve to death at home? Or are you not scared of people breaking in at night? Stay out of this, we’re going to discuss it and solve it.”To alleviate the situation, Eric coughed twice. “Uh… Tiffany, has Jackson contacted you?”Tiffany nodded. “He came to me in the middle of the night last night, said that the articles that the woman posted online have been taken off. He found someone to erase things off the internet too, but I don’t know why it’s grown more serious today. Seems like what he’s done is ineffective.”“Tiffie, are you saying that the man involved in the scandal with you is Jackson West?” Lillian’s eyes shone.Tiffany braced herself and asked, “What are you planning?”Lillian’s eyes were practically turning into dollar signs. “The Wests are rich. They destroyed my daughter’s reputation. They gotta compensate for the mental anguish. Of course, you’ve already slept with hi
Eric was slightly etranced while staring at his phone. He had a feeling that things were starting to get rough recently…In the West Mansion, Jackson and his mother, Summer, sat facing the Norienes. Annie and her parents did not look happy.Jackson did not speak; it was Summer who spoke up. “Mr. and Mrs. Noriene, I casually agreed when you both had the intention to chuck together Jackson and Annie previously. I hadn’t asked my child’s opinion, and that’s my fault. I’ve asked him now and Jackson prefers his freedom. I shouldn’t be interrupting with that. This is my mistake. I’ll surrender 1% profit in our last partnering project as an apology.”Annie was tearful when she heard this. “I don’t want to! Isn’t this taking advantage of me? I adore Jackson! Is this measurable by money? Why didn’t he say so earlier if he doesn’t like me? How could you tell the truth only when I encountered what I did? That’s horrible! You’ve wasted at least two years of my time. Do you see me as a fool?”Summe
Thinking that things had come to an end, they managed to find out that someone had been behind this at this juncture of time. While Jackson had employed public relations to handle Tiffany’s case, someone went against him in secret, which was why nothing seemed to work. Jackson asked for the matter to be investigated and received news that it was actually Aery.Everyone was bewildered when they discovered the culprit, but Arianne knew why. She asked Henry to send her to the Kinseys’ without hesitation. She had not gone in a cab because she was afraid of looking weak. She was there to settle the accounts!Helen was eager to curry favor with her, so she certainly wouldn’t stop her at the door. Arianne took off her high heels once she entered the door lest they get in the way when she moved later. “Where’s Aery?”Helen looked at her lovingly. “Your sister isn’t up yet.”Arianne chuckled icily. “She mustn’t have slept well from doing too many bad things at night huh? Where’s her room? I hav
Jean was still burning with rage. “Fine. Divorce, it is!”…A week after Tiffany’s incident, Mark finally came back to the Tremont Estate. He had returned on a weekend morning. Arianne had just woken up and was having breakfast in the dining hall. She hadn’t seen him for only a week, but he seemed to be a lot more haggard. Although he was still in his suit and kempt hair, the stubble on his chin added some sense of jadedness to him compared to before, brewing a different taste of maturity.Arianne had never asked about his work, having long gotten used to turning a blind eye. She had not planned to ask him now, but Mary gave her a nudge from behind, almost causing her to choke. She understood what the woman meant. Mark was already at the staircase when she collected herself and asked, “Is the company doing alright? Why are you only back now after so long?”Mark looked sideways slightly without halting his steps. “You won’t understand even if I tell you. I’m going to the office again la
After a whirlwind dance between the sheets, Arianne returned into the embrace of the bed that she had just left not too long ago. She shivered as she watched Mark’s every action. It wasn’t a good idea to do it so early in the morning… Right?There wasn’t much foreplay. Or rather, he didn’t have much time for it, so foreplay was cut out of the picture. She wanted to reject him but was too afraid to do so. Her entire body remained in a frigid state.Her burry gaze noticed how the top half of his clothes remained seemingly pristine. From her angle, the most she could see was his chin, his perfect silhouette, and the fresh, energizing scent of his aftershave. His no longer sober and calm vision now stared down at her, sending a shockwave of palpitations throughout her body...Half an hour later, he left the Tremont Estate like a gust of wind. She still hadn’t regained her senses, even after the sound of his car faded off into the distance. She remained nestled in their messy bed, refusi