My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Hendrix, no! I'll get an infection!" I screamed frantically. Andrea just had her miscarriage, therefore Hendrix could not touch her. It was the same for me, but I could understand why he acted like that. I panicked when he did not stop. "Hendrix, the doctor said that we can't do it for a month. Please."

I was on the verge of tears.

He probably noticed the pleading in my voice and eventually stopped dead in his tracks. He held me in his arms quietly and pressed his thin lips against my collarbone.

After a long pause, he was breathing normally again. He let go of me and his eyes were dark as he asked, "Are you hungry?"

Suddenly, my stomach growled and I felt very embarrassed. I nodded and smiled awkwardly. "I haven't eaten anything today."

Hendrix was taken aback. His eyes landed on the cucumber from earlier before giving me a complicated look. He asked again, "You were planning to eat a cucumber?"

I nodded and replied, "There's a greasy smell in the kitchen. I didn't want to cook either, so I washed some cucumbers."

He lowered his eyes and the corners of his lips curled. He looked as though he was smiling but he was seemingly at a loss.

Shortly after, he got up and went into the kitchen. When he doubled back, he was holding a bowl of noodles. He had even cracked two eggs on it.

was staring at him blankly. He noticed my expression and raised his eyebrow. "Come and eat!" Although it was an order, I did

recalled what Josiah had told me earlier that day. If

I noticed that Hendrix had only made a bowl of noodles. I was puzzled at this and inquired, "Did you eat before you came

in response and motioned me to eat before lowering

after a few mouthfuls, I felt nauseated and tried to hold

I started retching and immediately dashed to the bathroom. I threw up everything I had just eaten and my stomach felt worse than ever. "Does it taste bad?" A voice rang behind me. I froze before turning over my shoulder to

for the whole day, so my stomach probably couldn't handle it when I started eating. I'm just a little nauseated from it." Then, he helped me up

"What's wrong?" I asked.

his suit and changed into something more casual. After that, he peered at me and said, "Get dressed, we're going out to eat. Is there

not hungry. Even if we go out, I won't have the appetite to eat. I'm not going." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early

He stared and me and concluded sternly, "I'll wait for

be honest, I was not

it, I changed my clothes and

at me from the corner

a moment and replied, "Something