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.

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

me earlier that day. If I was

stood up and went to the dining table. I noticed that Hendrix had only made a bowl of

response and motioned me to eat before lowering his head to check

were delicious. Yet, after a few mouthfuls, I felt nauseated and tried to

threw up everything I had just eaten and my stomach felt worse

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

"What's wrong?" I asked.

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

momentarily dumbstruck and then declined swiftly, "I'm not hungry. Even if we go out, I won't have the appetite to eat. I'm not going."

convinced. He stared and me and

be honest, I was

about it, I changed my clothes

was crowded and lively. Hendrix was driving as he glanced at me from the corner of his eyes. He asked, "What do you

thought for a moment and replied,