My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I opened my mouth to ask whether he was hurt, but as I was about to speak, I saw a pair of dark eyes staring at me emotionlessly.

I swallowed the words, feeling a little frightened of him.

"Why did you come back?" Hendrix furrowed his brows, and he was still cold towards me.

I lowered my head. After all, I left in a hurry without solving the matter properly. I paused and said, "Hendrix, I'm sorry. I can't leave Aaron alone. If you are still mad at me, you can do anything you want to me!" He scoffed, "Anything?"

Looking at him, I nodded earnestly. "Yes, you can even hit me."

"Hit you?" He laughed in exasperation. "Arianna, when did you learn the carrot-and-stick method? It looks like you've become sleek in the past few years working in the Roberts Groups."

I had nothing to explain myself.

"Why don't you drink the soup to warm up? You'll have an upset stomach if you don't eat anything!" I changed the topic. Under such a circumstance, I could only be pliant to him. If I was aggressive, I was afraid that things wouldn't end well for us.

moment, Hendrix's face was gloomy like the

going to explain what's with

it. Aaron and I went way back into my past. If I had to explain what

than me, and we grew up together. Then, something happened, and he left Grandma and me. He

want to give too much detail.

eyes at me. "Were you childhood sweethearts? Or are you only really close to each other as siblings? Or

and I was a little vexed when I looked at him again, "He is and only will be

your brother, why didn't you make it

"It's getting late. You

it was necessary to do so. But I couldn't

trouble falling asleep after going back to the bedroom. Therefore, I got up from the bed and sat on the

soon after, I heard Hendrix coming into the bedroom and I felt his gaze on me. I knew he was suppressing his anger, trying not to pick a fight

help sighing as he walked into the bathroom. Pregnant women