Tiffany was furious and almost in tears as she saw Jackson heading upstairs. “Is this his attitude when he’s explaining something? Can you believe that, Ari? It’s already past eleven at night, and nothing has happened? Why would Alejandro have any bad intentions? Why did Jackson hide from me that he had attended an event with another woman? I’ll understand that he can’t bring me along because of my pregnancy, but what about you? Why didn’t Mark bring you along, either? Could he make his bluff more believable?”
Arianne’s mind was in turmoil as well. She would not have thought so much if Janice wasn’t there. Was it truly just a coincidence? Before she could handle her mental situation, she gathered her thoughts and threw her suspicions aside, and consoled Tiffany. “Tiffany, Mark wouldn’t lie. Jackson probably has his reasons for lying to you. Let’s wait till he comes back and ask him, alright? Calm yourself, and don’t be angry. It’s late, why don’t you take a nap first?”
Tiffany lay on the sofa with her reddened eyes and said weakly, “How am I able to sleep? I’m feeling so anxious I feel the sky’s about to fall on me. I’ve been suspecting that he’s hiding something from me recently, he seems distracted constantly. How am I supposed to trust him when it’s not his first time lying to me?”
Arianne fell silent, she couldn’t take it any longer emotionally and wanted to tell her that Alejandro could possibly be Ethan. Nonetheless, she thought that it wasn’t the right thing to do either. She felt trapped and hated that feeling. She had run out of ideas to calm Tiffany down and could only wait for Jackson to return.
Jackson had received Mark’s call before he arrived home and immediately made a detour to the Tremont estate.
After he entered the building, his hasty steps slowed down. His head lowered as he stood in front of Tiffany and said, “I’m sorry that I lied to you. I wasn’t busy at work in the office and was at an event instead. I was afraid that you’d be jealous when you found out that I had to bring a female partner with me, and your body condition didn’t allow it. Thus, I hid the truth from you.”
Tiffany looked at Jackson. The tears she had previously stifled began to flow uncontrollably. “Didn’t you promise not to lie to me, not to hide anything from me anymore? How am I supposed to trust you when you break your own promise?”
Jackson did not reply, probably because he really did not know what to say at that moment. Mark had already told him that Alejandro had sent Tiffany those photos, yet he couldn’t tell her anything about it. He would rather have Tiffany misunderstand him than to let her know that Alejandro was actually Ethan.
Arianne could not hold it in any longer. She thought that she needed to tell her the truth because the situation called for it. Just as she was about to speak, Jackson noticed her intentions and spoke before she could. “I’ll come back to see you tomorrow. You should stay here and calm yourself.” As he finished, he shot Arianne a look before he turned around and left.
Arianne understood what he meant, so she swallowed the words that she had almost blurted out.
Arianne brought Tiffany to sleep together in the guest room and spent a lot of effort before she was able to coax the pregnant lady to sleep. Mark sent a text message the moment Tiffany slept. “Come here.”
She felt uneasy and replied, “Let’s communicate through text, I need to take care of Tiffany.”
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