Chapter 1545 A Plea For Concord

Arianne only returned after having dinner with Tiffany and Melanie. By the time she reached home, it was slightly over nine o’clock at night. Smore had been adamant about waiting for his mother and refused to sleep. Upon seeing her, Smore struggled out of Aunt Shelly’s arms and dashed forward, shouting, “Mommy!” Arianne picked the boy up and eyed Shelly instinctively, anticipating. This was usually when Shelly would declare time for Smore to go to sleep so that Arianne had no time to interact with the kid a second longer. This time, however, Shelly did none of that. She did not seem out of the ordinary when she greeted her. “Home already, huh? Take a shower so you may rest early. Smore refuses to sleep before you come home, you know. I bet seeing you now gladdens him greatly.” She nodded. “You should rest early, too. Anyway, I’ll bring Smore upstairs.” Arianne might have only lived with Shelly for a while, but she felt like she had known that woman enough to conclude that she was,