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!"

eyes widened. "You brought back

have ignored him!" lan glared

to not remember anything that happened from the night before.

looked at lan and asked, "Can't you

where you stay?" lan

a

took a look at Sawyer. The bruises on his

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

to make things

lips, clearly unbothered. She directed her attention back to lan and urged him, "Can you get ready quickly? We're heading out to eat

again, "And you're still telling me nothing is going on between you two? Don't tell me

it wasn't odd for them to go in together. Monique just never let go of any chance to

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

hotel," I replied with a text

"Meeting

I said, "Yes."

and commented, "Hendrix has been pretty strict with you recently,