My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Arianna, do you really have to talk like that?" Hendrix didn't look very well. He seemed old.

I smiled faintly and replied without much emotion, "How can I? Mr. Roberts is so strong. It only took you a few hours to nearly kill me. I only fear I couldn't avoid you faster."

Hendrix was rendered speechless.

Perhaps the atmosphere was getting too dreadful, Hendrix didn't want to talk to me anymore, and he left with Andrea soon after that.

I laid on the hospital bed, feeling a little depressed and frustrated. When people went through a certain extent of events in life, they would lose hope for life.

A lot of things happened in the following few days. Sawyer's announcement on the headlines, Andrea reunited with her family, and Aaron returned to Ucrebury for the foreseeable future. But I didn't pay attention to any one of that news.

I laid quietly in the hospital for a week. I had already been pregnant for three months, and my baby bump was getting more noticeable as the day passed.

My lower abdomen bulged out slightly like a small hill. Sometimes, I would put my hands on it and fall into a daze. Sometimes I would stare at the ceiling blankly.

Hendrix came to the hospital every day. He sometimes would talk to me, but we would always end up quarreling.

times, he stopped coming to the hospital. However, he was rich, so the nurses and social workers

to ask for the reason he didn't come. Minnie, on

knew something was wrong with me. I started to feel like I didn't want that child anymore when I

pregnant with his child, I could leave Hendrix and live the life

more I thought about it, the more

that it wasn't right, but

the Ucrebury had bloomed. They filled up the streets from both sides, making the dull city look

Hendrix had been driving very slowly compared to usual. It was

tilted my head to look at the scenery that flashed past the car window, but my gaze slowly went past

I've lost myself for way too long," I murmured under my breath. From the moment I met Hendrix, I

stubborn, and cold. How did I end up

he drew a deep breath, "You're getting heavy with pregnancy. You can put aside the Advancer Tech's case for the time being. Let's find a time to have a

me out to relax, but I

on my bumps, "The Roberts Group's auditing should be over soon. I won't be in labor for the time being, so I think we should finish

moment before he agreed, "Alright, if you insist. Come to me any time if