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!"

widened. "You brought back a man

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

he rubbed his temples. He seemed to not remember anything that happened from the night

looked at lan and asked,

know where

was at a

at Sawyer. The bruises on his face proved

flame, "Both of you slept on

to make things worse,"

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Monique burst into a laugh and teased again, "And you're still telling me nothing is going on between you two? Don't tell me you're showering together

hotel's bathroom was actually very spacious, so it wasn't odd for them to go

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

hotel," I replied with a

"Meeting

I said, "Yes."

over and commented, "Hendrix has been pretty strict with