Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 1817

Arianne never thought that she would behave so upright because of this matter. She had thought of explaining things to him properly and hoped that Mark would be able to understand her. However, not only did he refuse to listen to any explanation, he even hit Mateo and threw her onto the ground twice. Most importantly, she hated being watched by others and also being followed; she had hated that since the very beginning!

‘He says he hates betrayal the most, but I’ve never even thought of betraying him. I shouldn’t be stingy about giving a hug to someone who has been remembering me for so many years, that’s all.

‘I also said that I hated being watched and followed, but he keeps doing so…’

When Arianne thought of how calm Mark was before she left, she found it to be such a joke. ‘He clearly knew that I was lying, yet he was still able to calmly pretend as if nothing was going on. Was he waiting for the moment to “catch me in the act”? In his eyes, am I that kind of woman?

‘I didn’t want to tell him about the matter to avoid any misunderstandings, but I never thought that he would end up lying to me on purpose.’

Mark bent down and reached out his hand to pinch Arianne’s chin as he looked at her with his cold eyes. “How are you still able to act so upright? At that kind of place, in such an enclosed environment in the car, both of you were hugging each other. I saw it with my own eyes. What else would you expect me to think?”

Mark’s gaze sent chills down Arianne's heart. She suddenly felt that telling him the truth at that moment would only seem so useless. In fact, Mark might even think of it as a joke when he listened, wouldn’t he?

Suddenly, Smore and Mary’s voice approached from outside as they continuously slammed on the door. Mark ignored them and his grip on her chin tightened, causing Arianne to be in so much pain that she frowned and tried to break free but failed no matter how hard she tried.

When Mark heard Smore’s “provocations”, he was just about to get up and open the door when Arianne grabbed onto his hand. “What are you trying to do?! Come to me if you want to vent your anger, not your son! He’s only three years old, what could he possibly understand?! I’m telling you now, there’s a reason why I went to meet Mateo today. He’s always liked me ever since we were in university. The reason why he came back today is merely to seek closure. All he wanted was a hug, that’s all, so there was no reason for me to not give that to him. We are both well aware that we aren’t from the same world, so he merely intended to bid farewell to his past. That’s all. It’s up to you whether you believe me or not.

“Before all this happened, I didn’t even know who he was. Even till now, we’ve only met each other privately a few times, two or three encounters, and this is the only time we’ve met each other without a crowd around us, our last time. He’s going to go back overseas soon—be it the past or the present, we will never have any contact with each other ever again! Just believe me this once… All right…?”

When Arianne spoke the last sentence, her tone was close to begging. She had not expected for things to end up being so messy. It was merely a misunderstanding, so there was no need for them to make a huge deal out of it.