She didn’t expect Will to pay her back so quickly.
She paused and said, “Sure. I’ll send the details over to you later. Actually… I didn’t have that much money to give… Mark helped.”
Will fell silent for a few seconds. He seemed to be smiling, but his tone sounded bitter. “Then… Please thank him for me. He’s very good to you. I can rest easy as I have nothing to regret. He’s even willing to help me out, just because he loves you. I’ve underestimated his feelings for you.”
Arianne wasn’t sure of what to say, so she replied to him with an “mm” and ended the call. Then, she sent Mark’s bank details over to Will. She wasn’t doing this to get into Mark’s good graces. This was how it should have been in the first place. It was her fault from the very beginning. She, too, had underestimated Mark’s love for her.
Sylvain’s figure entered her sights, just as she entered a daze. “What a coincidence, I always bump into you here.”
“You’re slipping out of the office during working hours. Should I be docking your pay?” Arianne teased.
Sylvain gently drummed his fingers on the table. “We’re all designers here, loosen up a little. It’s good to get out and get inspiration sometimes.”
Arianne remembered something and scrolled down to Robin’s new phone number. “Robin is currently working part-time at a relative’s restaurant. She’s getting ready for an accounting certification exam, at her mother’s behest. Her family is arranging her marriage. She’s decided to just marry the first man her parents like. This mediocre life isn’t what she wants. I’ll send you the address to her part-time job. You can decide what you want to do from there. I’m no matchmaker and I don’t like to meddle, but it’s just… such a shame.”
A glint of light flashed across Sylvain’s eyes, so quickly that Arianne almost didn’t catch it in time. “Oh, got it.”
Arianne kept her mouth shut. Sometimes, the calmer one seemed, the more tumultuous one’s heart really was.
Sylvain left the café near noon. Arianne packed up and went back to the Tremont Estate. She wasn’t completely unproductive with Sylvain around.
He connected the dots. Closing his laptop, he got up and called for Brian as he walked out, telling him to get the car ready—he was going back to Tremont Estate, immediately.
Brian noticed the emotional instability on his face along the way home, carefully asking him, “Sir, has something happened?”
Mark shook his head and didn’t answer. He was wondering if this was the amount of money loaned to Will, and if so, why it had ended up in his bank account…
Upon his return to Tremont Estate, he immediately strode into the house without missing a beat. When he couldn’t find Arianne in the courtyard or the ground floor, he went upstairs.
She was playing hide and seek with Aristotle. One was hiding, while the other was seeking. Their laughter could be heard from a distance.
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