My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

In the restaurant.

After we finished our meal, Sawyer had to leave earlier for work. Followed by that, Monique received a call. Her expression hardened after the call, and she had left too.

Leaving lan and I alone, lan suggested to go elsewhere after, "Do you want to talk elsewhere?"

I agreed, and so we found ourselves a cafe.

Since my issues were mainly regarding Hendrix and my sexual life, it was hard for me to speak out.

After struggling for so long, I finally told lan the truth. To my surprise, lan was especially serious when it came to his work, which relieved me after talking to him. After giving some thought to it, he told me, "This is a psychological problem. Nothing physically related. I think you should open up and be honest with Hendrix."

Discouraged by the idea, I replied, "But I don't want him to know about that incident!"

a pause, he continued, "This is an emotional wound, Arianna. You can't let him sleep with you anymore because you're still affected by his past relationship with Andrea." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh

I persisted. "But it wasn't

Yet, you heard the sounds of them having sex in the other room, which completely crushed you mentally. You've started doubting him, eventually leading you to develop fear for sexual

that mean my emotional wound can be cured if I stop loving him one day?" I bluntly

can try to do it with other men and

suggestion. "When

again!" lan said half-jokingly. Ignoring him, I finished the remaining juice and

looked disappointed and grunted, "I purposely came here from afar, and all of you are so busy. Can't you just

familiar with Ucrebury anyway. I'll lend you my car to go around. I really have things to attend," I handed him the car key and took a taxi directly to the

any exercise. Within an hour into the practice, I was already exhausted, so I sat at the side for a rest. That was when

I ignored it and dragged myself back to the

the center. That was when Hendrix had called. The moment I answered the phone, Hendrix

the news, and