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.

His eyes turned to meet mine and his voice was deep and

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not make head nor tail of what he meant. I assumed that he was asking about the leg cramps, which was something Minnie made up to ease the tension between us So I shook my head.

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

other than pushing me away. It

What do you think you can do to manage

I...

a brief consideration, I bit my lips, sat up

almost immediately. "Who are you fooling with such

at it, you wouldn't have pestered Andrea for so many years," I

sounded

shout so loudly. It was

seen anyone so confident

into his arms and hugged me tightly. "Everything's okay now..." His voice husky

not answer him. I neither saw the man who kidnapped me that day nor