My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Sawyer didn't seem to like speaking about that person and he said gloomily, "That's her daughter. She has nothing to do with me!" Noticing his reaction, I didn't ask any further. Then, I felt my cravings aroused when I saw a profiterole shop under the twin towers.

I looked at Sawyer and said, "You can go meet Josiah and Monique in the mall first, I'll join you after buying something."

After that, I went straight to the profiterole shop. It was something both me and Monique enjoyed. To be honest, Monique and I had a lot in common.

My mind wandered after placing my order. I realized that most of my childhood memories were long gone. I only remembered that since I was young, I had developed a liking for sweet pastries, especially those dusted with a layer of icing sugar.

"Boss, two ice cream puffs please!" I heard a deep voice coming from behind. It felt so familiar yet so distant as if it came from a memory that was long forgotten.

The shop owner replied, "Okay, wait a minute!"

If it wasn't for that, I would've thought I was still dreaming!

reacted instinctively in a certain way under certain circumstances. For instance,

overwhelmed by fear despite him being

began to freeze as my breathing began to feel constricted and my

voice carried a hint of brutality within it,

begin to become more shallow. I couldn't even muster the strength to receive the profiterole the shop owner had just

on my palms. His tone was deceivingly gentle, "Arianna, if this

a long time, I managed to calm my breathing and I immediately jolted backwards. It took all I could to suppress the fear within my body and I said tremblingly, "Sorry, you must've gotten the wrong person!" Then, I didn't

our next reunion was fate's doing. If so, it

always thought we would never bump into each other anymore after he left Ucrebury. After all, the world was a huge

have thought that I would meet

Asherton under such circumstances.

need to return to

him!" I