Tiffany stepped forward and handed Chloe’s money to Tanya. “Keep it. Don’t refuse free money. Consider it a bite from a dog. There’s no point in being calculative with people like her. Do you have a place to stay? Let me book a hotel room for you. Try and cheer up. Let’s have fun for the next couple of days.”
“Stay in this hotel,” Jackson suggested, “I’ll tell the front desk to prepare a few rooms for you. The hotel belongs to my family so there’s no need to be modest.”
Tiffany looked at Jackson in shock. She was still quite in the dark about the West family’s wealth. They actually owned such a big hotel. The Wests seemed to have their fingers in every pie.
Mark suddenly grabbed Arianne by the shoulder. “Let’s go. Come home with me.”
“I don’t want to.” Arianne shook him off.
Mark lowered his head and whispered into Arianne’s ear. “Mary has been unwell recently. Don’t you want to see her? She used to dote on you so much.”
Arianne gritted her teeth. “Fine. I’ll go. I’ll see Mary and Henry, and then, I’m heading back to the hotel. I won’t be staying in the Tremont Estate.”
Jackson let out a dry cough. “Ah… Well, you see, business is booming in this hotel. We don’t have many empty rooms left. It’s better if you stay in the Tremont Estate.”
Arianne muttered, “This isn’t the only hotel in the capital, you know.”
Mark smirked. “Hmm? If I want to, I can make sure you won’t be able to stay in any hotel in the capital. Don’t be stubborn.”
Unfortunately, Mark was not lying. With just a word from him, no hotel would dare to take Arianne in.
Tiffany joined in and sang the same tune as Jackson. “Ari, return home with Mark. Go visit your grandmother, Mary, and Henry. It’s been such a long time since you went home. They must miss you. It’s not like it’ll kill you to stay for a few days, right?”
At this point, Arianne knew she could not escape this. This was the capital after all. How could she possibly escape from Mark? She had no choice but to follow him home.
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