My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Sawyer's face stiffened up.

"D*mn!" Monique entered after me. "Why are the two of you here together?"

"It's not what you think. Can't you let me explain first?" lan snapped, "And can you girls not jump to the conclusion?" Monique looked at him and pointed at them, "This is what I'm looking at. How can I not jump to any conclusion?"

I stayed quiet.

Monique's bluntness had no boundaries.

lan also commented at her frankness, "Are you even a woman? How did you say that with no shame?"

I nodded in agreement and said to Monique, "You really should tone down a little."

Monique made a face and shrugged. "It's already the way it is. I was only pointing out the fact."

Looking back at Sawyer, I felt awkward and mumbled, "You guys-"

Sawyer's expression wasn't amicable, and he even looked mad. He gave lan a death stare and voiced out, "You better explain this, or I'll kill you."

With a flushed face and trembling voice, lan tried to clarify, "I went to the bar last night and unintentionally brought him back!"

"You brought back a

would have ignored him!" lan glared at Sawyer and continued, "You were dead drunk. If I hadn't brought you here, you would've

knitted together, and he rubbed his temples. He seemed to not remember

at lan and asked, "Can't you just

I know where you stay?" lan answered

a loss

look at Sawyer. The bruises on his face proved that lan probably didn't make the

as usual, Monique tried to add fuel to the flame, "Both of you slept on the same

to make things worse," Sawyer

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laugh and teased again, "And you're still telling me nothing is going on between you two?

for them to go in together. Monique just never let go of any

my phone vibrated. It was a message from Hendrix, "Where

I replied with a text

asked, "Meeting your

I said, "Yes."

has been pretty strict with