My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

However, the towel was taken away unexpectedly. I turned to see that the person who was originally on the chaise longue, was now standing behind me. Before I could react to him, Hendrix had taken over the job to dry my hair with the towel.

Neither one of us wanted to speak so we remained silent.

Before long, he was almost done drying my hair. "Lie down!" He threw the towel aside, and his voice low and cold.

What??

I was confused, then quickly realized that he was going to give me a massage when I saw him halfkneeling on the bed, reaching for the essential oil on the bedside table.

I blushed. "You don't have to do it, I can..."

Looking up, I was met with his humorless gaze. I swallowed the rest of the sentence.

Hendrix poured some essential oil onto his palms in silence, and then started to massage my lower legs. The atmosphere in the room was getting really weird. I wanted to break the silence, but I could not think of the right words to say.

"Are you still mad?" I looked at Hendrix and asked absentmindedly, feeling a little nervous.

hands stopped abruptly. His eyes turned to meet mine and his voice was

you

came out of nowhere; I could not make head nor tail of what he meant. I assumed that he was asking about the leg cramps, which was something Minnie

hand out of instinct and rushed to get my words out. "Hendrix, if you're still mad at me,

been doing nothing other than pushing me away. It

at me and scoffed. "Mad at you? What

I...

I lowered my eyes. After a brief consideration, I bit my lips, sat up from the bed, and

he pushed me away almost immediately. "Who are you fooling

I'm good at it, you wouldn't have pestered Andrea for so

sounded bitter

I replied, "I'm here!" He did not have to shout so loudly. It was not like

coldly. "I've never seen anyone so confident when they're

his arms and hugged me tightly. "Everything's okay

saw the man who kidnapped me that day nor mentioned anything about that