My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

In the café.

Soft music was playing in the background. After ordering a fruit juice for himself, Austin looked at me with annoyance in his eyes, "What do you want from me?"

"Do you hate me because of Andrea or because of something else?" I asked casually.

He laughed, "You want to meet me just to talk about this?"

I shook my head, "Nope. I'm just asking."

Discouraged by his response, I went ahead and said, "People shouldn't dwell on the past. Hendrix and I are married, and we have settled down. I know you like Andrea, so why don't you confess your love for her?"

"Are you done?" He frowned, visibly frustrated at me, "Arianna, just who do you think you are? Do you really think that we will live our lives the way you want us to?"

I lowered my gaze and stopped talking.

factory in the

was surprised and only started speaking after looking at my expression for a while, "I can't believe you found

to know why,"

So, I didn't beat around

me first? Why didn't you report to

from where you found the funds to fill in for the loss. I believe that you didn't do this with bad intentions. Besides, I don't want you to have any unnecessary dispute

"Arianna, you are this

said cynically, "You can just tell Hendrix about

wrong; I still

could be, so I wasn't bothered by

conclusion, there was

I received a call from Monique. Something was off in her tone. She asked me

hospital's parking lot, and I saw her sitting in the lobby in just a glimpse of an eye. Monique was sitting there alone, looking helpless and out of touch. She was holding something that looked like medical records in

test result and an ultrasound image were attached to the records. Noticing at the recorded date, I asked in confusion, "Eight weeks pregnant? Who's the baby daddy?" I knew Monique would occasionally hook up with

I wondered why she