My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I turned on the lights and looked around the room, but Hendrix was nowhere to be found. The balcony floor, however, was littered with cigarette butts. It was evident that he had been smoking a lot last night. I thought I might find him in the study, so I walked barefoot out of the bedroom.

It seemed I was wrong. He was in the living room.

Andrea's blue dress was thoroughly soaked. She stared upwards at Hendrix who was taller than her, her eyes red and filled with stubbornness.

"Leave!" Hendrix said, visibly annoyed.

"No!" Andrea's lips curled into a smile, ambiguously innocent as it was pitiful. "You know I'm afraid of thunder," she explained.

Andrea wore an expression of weakness and helplessness, which was accentuated by her drenched clothes and tousled hair.

After a while, Hendrix gave in and uttered, "Go and take a shower first."

Andrea nodded, looking at him as she paused briefly before saying, "I didn't bring a change of clothes with me."

"The ones you left in the guest room are still there," Hendrix replied.

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Andrea nodded again and headed into the guest room.

bought the villa, he had mentioned that it was large and spacious, and would be able to

rooms.

I had never even realized when Andrea had left a

What a joke!

of someone falling came from

steps towards the source of the sound, but he stopped abruptly. Raising his head, he made eye contact with me. He asked as the look in

a little as I

"Arianna!" Hendrix exclaimed helplessly.

repeated with

stop him from running to

heavily outside on the balcony. I walked over and stood at the opening between the balcony doors, letting the strong winds carry the heavy rain droplets onto my body. Soon, my

seemed to numb in comparison to the physical sensations I

my knees bent, I hugged myself tightly with my arms around my waist. I buried

The so-called happy endings

through gritted teeth. Nobody else would be of

my head felt heavy and I was dizzy. My body was numb from the

turned out, Hendrix had already been standing by my side with a

gaze was indifferent, and he seemed to be