She went on her tiptoes then boldly reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck. Then, she planted a kiss on his cheek and hurried away. “Don’t forget to pick me up after work! I’ll stay with you if you have to do overtime!”
Mark lifted his hand and touched his cheek longingly as he watched her leave. The corners of his lips slowly curved upwards. The sun was certainly rising from the west today…
He went back into the car and remembered how she had been spiked last night. He couldn’t stop worrying, so he sent her a message: ‘Be careful, call me if you need anything. Don’t show off and try to solve everything on your own. I’d have to clean up after you if you mess it up. That would be even more troublesome for me.’
Arianne replied to his message with a smiley face. She knew what to do.
Robin usually arrived earlier than she did. Today, for the first time ever, Robin still hadn’t arrived even though it was almost time for work. Sylvain obviously wasn’t going to arrive that early. Her heart was plagued with concern. As a result, she couldn’t pay attention to work and stayed at her desk, staring into space.
Sylvain and Robin finally arrived at the office around noon, one after the other. Arianne pulled Robin aside. “Did anything happen to you last night?”
“Uh… What do you mean?” Robin asked distractedly. “I don’t know… I drank quite a lot last night so I don’t remember.”
Arianne took a deep breath and forced herself to stay calm. “It’s alright. I’ll talk to Sylvain. I need to confirm if he had anything to do with drugging us. I’ll make him pay if he was behind it. I’ll make him give you an explanation. I know that you’re different from other girls, so I won’t let him treat you like one of his toys.”
Robin was worried. “Is that a good idea? What if he thinks that it was nothing more than a drunken night… Wouldn’t that mean that I’m just pestering him into taking responsibility? I’m fine. I can pretend like nothing happened, but you have to get that drugging incident straightened out. This isn’t a small matter. I’m not the only one involved, as you were involved too… Nothing happened to you when you got home, right? Weren’t you drugged too?”
Arianne shook her head. “I’m fine. I went straight to Mark’s office. He was doing overtime so he hadn’t left yet. I went home with him. Now, get to work. I’m going to talk to Sylvain.”
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