My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Hendrix stared straight at me, and I tried to explain to cover my embarrassment, "I was just curious. How about you help me ask him instead?"

"Did you?" Hendrix asked Josiah.

Josiah almost fell off his seat. He looked at us in disbelief, "Couples indeed act alike! You two, leave, now."

As I knew I wouldn't get anything out from Josiah, I stopped harassing him.

On the other hand, Hendrix held onto my arm and pulled me out of Josiah's office. It seemed like he went to Josiah's office wanting to meet me. I followed closely behind him, wondering how he might react to what happened just then.

Hendrix didn't say anything even when we got in the car. He seemed mad at me, but at the same time, he didn't look mad.

I couldn't figure him out, so I asked instead, "Have you eaten anything?" It was just in time for dinner.

He didn't reply to me. Following that was a long silence.

Fifteen minutes later, he pulled up at a restaurant's parking lot. He then got out of the car, and I trotted behind him.

at me and said something, "What do you want to

said. I had the feeling that he might throw a fit later on, even though I wasn't sure what got under his

be served. I wasn't that hungry anyway, so I only took a few bites while looking at him with my

a fast eater. But he seemed to have slowed down a little under my gaze. He looked up, and as our eyes met, he

immediately denied

why are you looking

straightened up my posture and

raised his eyebrows at me as he asked, "Is there something bothering

going on with Advancer Tech. Even though

"Is

response threw me

chooses to date?" Josiah's parents were remarkable figures in Jarold City.

his parents would react to the

his eyebrows at me, "You seem

expression, I smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just got reminded of it, so I

the restaurant. He then went straight to the mall. When it comes to shopping,