Pampered Wife of Xavier

Chapter 91: Lose Control

Arya stood under the tree and watched Benjamin gradually move further away. Suddenly, a lump formed in her throat. She only managed to push the feeling back with a ton of effort.

She looked down at the gift in her hand. Without needing to open it, she already knew what Benjamin had given her mother: a peach blossom hairpin!

Arianna loved peach blossom hairpins. She collected tens of them in her drawer, but she had never let her daughter see them. However, Arya unintentionally discovered them when she helped her pack up.

She also knew that of all those peach blossom hairpins were mostly gifts from Father to Mother.

She remained silent for a very, very long time before she turned to walk up the staircase with the gift in her hand. When she returned to the room, the dishes were already prepared and they were waiting for her to begin eating.

"Where did you go?" Xavier handed her a handkerchief.

Arya tightened her grip on the paper bag in hand. Glancing at Xavier , she then looked at Arianna beside him. Then, she hesitated before handing the gift over.

"Father gave this to you. He was afraid that you wouldn't be happy, so he didn't come up..."

Startled, Arianna looked up at Arya for a long time. Then, she stared indifferently at the gift in front of her and said in a calm tone,

"I remember telling you not to send his gifts over."

"Mother, I'm just..."

"If ever there's a next time, tell him to take it back with him," Arianna said coldly. She took the gift and casually set it aside.

"Let's eat."

Arya did not mind. Last time, she seemed to have said this too, so...

"Sit." Xavier did not say anything either. He just pulled a chair out for Arya and whispered softly into her ear,

"Next time, be frank. Just bring him up."

Arya rolled her eyes at him. She ignored him and picked up her bowl to get some soup.

Throughout the meal, Arianna seemed to eat without tasting the food. She only had a few bites before she declared that she was done. She left her seat early and went to the study room, seeming very lonely.

When she heard the study room door shut, Arya sighed sorrowfully. She looked to Xavier and said,

"Don't take offense. Whenever it's this time of the year, Mother will be like this."

As she said this, she put the chopsticks in her hand down and stared at the paper bag. Finally, she reached out to open it and very quickly took a delicate box out. She casually opened it.

Inside lay an exquisite, blush-colored peach blossom hairpin. The light-colored petals enveloped the light tassels. It was very beautiful and very worthy of a second look.

"I'll go take a look at her. You eat first."

Then, she took a deep breath and tightened her grip on the peach blossom hairpin before quickly getting up and making her way to the study room.

At this moment, Arianna, who was in the study room, was sitting quietly before her study table, looking out of the window past the muslin curtains without a word.

"Mother..."

Arya reached Arianna's sides in a few steps. She handed the hairpin to her.

"This year's hairpin seems to be prettier than last year's..."