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!"

Monique's eyes widened. "You brought

even got beaten by a woman. If I hadn't known him before, I would have ignored him!" lan glared at Sawyer and continued, "You were dead drunk. If I hadn't brought

He seemed to not remember anything that happened from the night before. He probably was

looked at lan and asked,

would I know where you stay?"

was at a

a look at Sawyer. The bruises on his face proved that

fuel to the flame, "Both of you slept on the same bed, and both were drunk. Are

straight! Stop trying to make things worse,"

her attention back to lan and urged him, "Can you get ready quickly? We're heading out to eat

into a laugh and teased again, "And you're

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

phone vibrated. It was a message from Hendrix,

replied with a text

"Meeting

I said, "Yes."

commented, "Hendrix has been