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.

seat, Hendrix finally looked at me and said something, "What

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

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

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

I immediately

looking at me?" he

posture and said, "I'm not

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

"There are a lot of problems going on with Advancer Tech. Even though

he said, "Is there

response

Josiah's parents were remarkable

his parents would react to the

me, "You seem

nodded subconsciously. Noticing that there was something wrong with his expression, I smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just got reminded of it,

that I didn't have much appetite, he stopped eating and got us out of the restaurant. He then