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!

in a certain way under certain circumstances. For instance, whenever I sensed Aaron's presence,

be primitively overwhelmed by fear despite him being

as my breathing

carried a hint of

my body and felt my breathing begin to become more shallow. I couldn't even muster the strength to receive the profiterole the shop owner had

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

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 even bother to look at him, although it had been five years since I last saw the person. I ran

told me that he wouldn't deliberately look for me unless our next reunion was fate's doing. If so, it would mark the beginning of the next

anymore after he left

never have thought that I would meet

Asherton under such circumstances.

Monique. I handed the profiteroles to Monique and said, "Monique, we need to return to Ucrebudy as soon as possible, and I mean, now!" Noticing my state

I saw him!" I said, my voice