Mark had great difficulty falling asleep that night, thoughts consumed by Mason, Arya, and Derek. He finally managed to sleep past three in the morning, planning to go to office quite early and talking to Derek, to get this matter off his chest. Yes, it would be extremely awkward, shameful even, to acknowledge that he had fed him lies regarding Arya. The girl had done nothing other than wound his ego to draw his ire and he had gone to extreme lengths to make her regret and suffer. He was ashamed for being that kind of person but at least he had the chance now to make everything right. He knew that with him being absent, Derek would be immersed deep in work so early morning would be the right time have his undivided attention.
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It was almost four in the morning when Derek, Arya and Lan
