After cleaning up the mess, Tiffany was so exhausted that she no longer had the desire to move even a muscle as she plopped down on her bed. She thought for a moment then gave her mother a call. As soon as the call went through, she heard noises from the other end of the line. “Three bamboos! Wait! Game!”Tiffany didn’t even need to guess to tell that Lillian was playing mahjong again, and this vexed her. “Can you stop playing mahjong? It’s so late already and you’re still not back yet.”Lillian retorted back with even more anger. “Since you don’t seem to care about me anymore, I’ll do whatever I please, whether it’s going out to eat or playing mahjong. I’m not coming back tonight. I’m going to play all night! Do what you want and leave me alone!”Having her phone hung up on her gave Tiffany the urge to scream and vent her anger. If she weren’t worried about being reported for disturbing her neighbors, she would have yelled at the top of her lungs for a full ten minutes. If things c

After all the shock and fluctuating emotions, Arianne slumped in the car seat, feeling like an empty shell. “Let’s go back,” she said weakly.Thinking about the call from Helen that she had rejected earlier, she took out her phone and called back. The call was very quickly picked up and brought right to the point. “You knew it was Aery who hit me, right?”Helen choked on the other end of the line. “Ari… I’m sorry…My hands are tied. Both of you are equally important to me, but I have my difficulties too… I’m sorry…”Arianne sneered. “Sure, you have your difficulties. I deserved it. I deserved this miscarriage, I deserved being nearly killed. Didn’t you ask me for a favor before since you gave birth to me? I owed you the life you gave me, so now… I have repaid it with the life of my child. From now on, I don’t owe you anything else.”She immediately hung up after saying that and blocked Helen’s phone number in one go.After doing all that, she let out a long sigh of relief.As expe

Instead of returning to Tremont Estate after exiting the office, Arianne sent Will a text. ‘Are you alright? I’m sorry that you were implicated in the accident when I was the target.’Will directly called her on the phone. “I’m fine. It’s just a scratch. But… are you okay now? What do you mean by you were the target?”Arianne didn’t want to impose those disgusting affairs on the others, so she didn’t tell Will anything. “I’m doing pretty well over here, so let’s not talk about that anymore. I’m glad you’re alright. I’ll hang up now.”Without giving Will a chance to say something else, Arianne quickly ended the call.Since Tiffany was at work and Arianne didn’t want to bother her either, she found a random cafe to spend her time. She gradually relaxed as she sipped on the cup of latte she ordered while watching the busy traffic outside the window.All of a sudden, she noticed a dirty stray cat passing by the window outside. Although it was dirty, Arianne could tell that it had a wh

Arianne continued eating without looking at him. “It’s not a ‘thing’. Rice Ball is my pet.”“I don’t care what it is! Get rid of it. I don’t want to see it again by next morning. If you won’t dispose of it yourself, then I’ll have someone do it for you.” Mark left no room for negotiation.“You hate Rice Ball more than you hate me. Then why didn’t you get rid of me earlier instead of keeping me around to be an eyesore to you? I’m not going to get rid of Rice Ball. In return, I’ll allow you to fool around out there. I’m sure Aery isn’t the only woman you keep around. What’s wrong with me keeping just a cat?” She provoked him fearlessly.“ARIANNE WYNN!” Mark blew his top again as he stood up and slammed the table.Arianne ignored his outburst. She slowly chewed the food in her mouth then spoke after swallowing it. “Don’t shout. I’m not deaf. Since you don’t like coming home anyway, I’m sure there’s plenty of room in this huge house to keep a cat.”The servants in Tremont Estate were

As if sensing her emotions, Rice Ball stretched out its paw and rubbed Arianne's back. She put the cat down then walked to the window. She called Mark on her phone but quickly hung up a second before the call went through.There was no point calling and questioning Mark right now. Whether this was personal or not, she had no reason to question him about anything related to business.She called Will instead. “Your company was acquired by Mark? Why didn’t you tell me earlier? You called me before because of this, right? At that time, you must have been very depressed…”In an indifferent tone, Will said, “The weak are prey to the strong. The Sivan family is inferior to the Tremont family. The buyout isn’t a surprise. I should be thankful that he didn’t go all out but instead allowed me to continue managing the company. The only difference is that I’ll be working for him. One day, I will take back whatever belongs to the Sivan family. Don’t worry about it, Ari. It’s really alright.”Ar