Chapter 156: I flopped

Arianna squinted. She turned and glared at Richard. The latter looked away. Then she turned and glanced at Jane, who pouted her lips and stared at her son with a disapproved glance. "You invited me over for something else and not just for sharing a breakfast with you?"Arianna asked, glancing at her stepmother. "Yes. But we'll have breakfast first"Jane Delmark replied and held her hand and they came to the dining table together. Throughout the breakfast, Richard kept throwing glances at Arianna. Suddenly he asked "Arianna, you know our dad hasn't been home for days now, right?" Arianna dropped her cutleries and glared at Richard. "Yes, I know,"she responded. She could guess where Richard was heading. "And you are spending time with him without pleading with him to return home. Mom is worried about dad and you are not concerned about mom, right?"Richard reprimanded. "On the contrary, I still talked about coming home to dad last night. He told me he would sleep over it. But why are