A Ruling Passion: Mr Tremont's Priceless Little Bride novel Chapter 20

Arianne’s hand that held her spoon quavered. Looking at the half bowl of soup, she hesitated before saying, “Mary, help me to another serving…”

Mary saw through her little gimmick and answered softly, “Ah, why are you so scared of sir? He won’t gobble you up.”

After the meal, Arianne trudged up the stairs only after Mary finished cleaning the table.

The door to the master bedroom was half open, however she still knocked before entering.

Mark Tremont was going through documents in front of the French window with a cigarette between his fingers. Half a glass of wine stood on the small table beside him.

Naturally, he stubbed out the cigarette when Arianne coughed from the smoke.

“Come over.”

She went closer to him. “Is there… anything you need me for?”

Putting down the document in his hands, Mark Tremont took her into his embrace without warning. “I’m going on an overseas business trip tomorrow. Come with me.”

Arianne’s ability to think was already affected having been seated on his legs. When she heard that he wished to take her out, her nerves got the better of her.

“You’re on a business trip… It’s better… it’s better if I don’t go?”

For all ten years, she was either in school or at home. Arianne rarely interacted with the outside world. She had slight social anxiety, becoming anxious whenever she went to unfamiliar places, and talking to strangers. In addition, she was honestly unable to imagine anything pleasant going out with him.

“Sure you’re not going?” Mark Tremont’s words were whispered to the side of Arianne’s face when he spoke, making the situation more intimate than it was and putting her in a dilemma.