Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 1095

Arianne had automatically treated Mark as someone worthy of sharing her joy and troubles, just as a typical human was wont to do. People would always leave very little of themselves secret from their close ones.

Mark looked at her, serious. “What happened?”

She flashed him a forced smile. “She’s sick, but it didn’t look too serious. She had just undergone some small-scale surgery, which is why she hadn’t been able to visit Smore and me. And then she told me she’s gonna leave this city with Aery before Jean’s release. She wants to make sure that Jean won’t be able to find them. I guess I agree with her decision? I just don’t get why she had to keep nagging about how remorseful she feels for abandoning me again or something. As if I care!”

Mark ruffled her hair. “It’s alright, Ari. Everyone walks a path made only for them. She might not stay in this city, but that doesn’t mean you two won’t be able to contact one another in the future! It’s all parts and parcels of human lives, I’m afraid. No need to be so blue.”

“Blue?” Arianne protested. “I’m not blue at all! How did you get that idea?”

Mark raised her by her chin and gazed into her eyes with his piercing eyes. He traced invisible circles on her cheeks with his smooth fingers. “You’re so depressed that it’s practically overflowing from your eyes. When you vented it out, the first thing you did was to give Helen’s excuse on why she had not been visiting you and Smore. You’re subconsciously emphasizing on how unfortunate circumstances had stopped her,” he explained. “Helen’s your mother, Ari. You may hate her, but you’d still yearn for that special motherly connection. I bet you’ve already forgiven her deep in your heart.”

‘Is that so?’ Arianne thought, lowering her eyes before forcing her emotions back in. “I can’t tell if I did forgive her or not. All I know is that I don’t really care. Aery’s gonna go overseas a few days later. She made her departure sound very soon and told me that I should help take care of Helen.” She added, “I just don’t know if I should. I mean, it’s not like I mean much.”

Mark could tell that Arianne was sulking and smiled. “Well, if you do manage to stop yourself from going to help her, then fine. I’ll take a bath first. Then I’ll examine your hurt finger more carefully. Seriously, you ought to be more careful during work! It would be a problem if the needle went through your bone.”

Mark noticed during dinner that Arianne was holding out her index finger as she used her utensils. Worried, he pulled the bandage out and checked on Arianne’s injury more carefully.