At the nick of time

Arianna was tapping her chest gently to calm herself. She couldn't bring herself to stop laughing. This is too much for her to bottle up.

Ethan was confused. He really doesn't know what has come over Arianna. To keep the wine of liveliness going, he joined Arianna and started laughing too.

Huh! Arianna suddenly paused and saw Ethan laughing, it's a fake laugh, she glared at him and looked completely lost, cleaning the cloudiness of tears in her eyes.

Then Ethan stopped laughing. He glared at Arianna and the latter said "when did you venture into comedy? I didn't know you've found yourself a new career.

But anyways, it's understandable. We haven't been in touch for years. I'm impressed with your jokes and this singular joke has made me assess your ability on the scale of 'A's. You will definitely excel in this new career…" Arianna mocked.

Ethan swallowed hard. What is Arianna saying? His words were actually what amused her this much? She thinks he is joking? C