Jackson truly couldn’t bring himself to smile at all. He pulled her into his arms, “It’s alright. I’m not angry at you. Don’t overthink it. I knew that my mother called him, but I never expected for him to actually show up and so soon too. I was kind of hoping that he’d never come back; I’ve always treated him as if he were dead. It wouldn’t be too bad if he really did come back to live a peaceful life with my mom, but she wouldn’t be able to take it if he leaves again.”
Tiffany was at a loss for words, “I’m not really good at comforting people. You should probably try to calm down though. I’ll go and wash off my makeup and get showered. Since you haven’t slept since yesterday, you should get an early night in. I still have to search for a job tomorrow.”
She had just gotten up when Jackson pulled her back, “Let’s shower together…”
Tiffany blushed from his advances, “What… I’m not used to that. Let’s shower separately. I’ll be done very soon.”
Jackson refused to comply. He carried her into the bathroom, turned on the shower head, and pushed her up against the smooth wall.
The gradually warm water trickled down from both their bodies then slid all the way down to the ground. Soon, a white mist engulfed the bathroom mirror, which reflected a blurry image for their intertwined bodies…
He never spoke to her about anything that upset him and always displayed a frivolous look on his face, as if nothing really mattered to him, acting as if everything was just fine. Who knew how much pain weighed on his mind?
The pair finally collapsed on the bed, late in the night.
“Let’s have a baby.”
Tiffany shivered, “Isn’t it a little too early? I’m only twenty. Everything will change once we have a baby. My world would revolve around the kid, and I won’t have any free time. Did you lose control, just to get me pregnant? Let me tell you this, I’m not done with living my life. No way!”
The next morning, Arianne was woken up by a call from the express delivery man. She yawned as she walked to the door to sign for the package. When she saw the mid-sized package that came from the capital, she knew that it was from Mark. However, she did not know what was inside the package…
He had stopped sending her flowers, so she thought that he had finally begun to listen to her. Then, what in the world was this?
She opened the package to find an exquisite black gift box that was wrapped with a ribbon. However, there was no brand on it. This couldn’t be an expensive item, could it? She opened the box hesitatingly, ready to refuse the item if it turned out to be expensive. However, she was perplexed when she saw the gift inside — it was a dreamcatcher, delicately laced with white feathers, with a transparent crystal around the size of a thumb hanging in the middle of its weave. There seemed to be some kind of fine white-grey powder sealed in the crystal.
She held up the dreamcatcher and scrutinized it. This would be a nice decoration to hang above her bed. However, she wasn’t sure if it was expensive. As she closed the box, she found a card at the bottom of it, with Mark’s handwriting: ‘I’m sorry, it’s my fault that Rice Ball’s left you. It’ll always be with you from now on, catching all of your nightmares. I believe that it will be very happy to be able to stay by your side forever.’
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