My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Heather and I returned to the compound, and as expected, Hendrix wasn't there. There were several missed calls on my cell, all of which were from Sawyer.

I suddenly remembered that he had mentioned that he would come to Jarold City.

I called back, and he answered the phone after only a few rings.

"Arianna, if I hadn't called, you would just forget us, wouldn't you?" the person on the other end of the line questioned loudly once the call got through.

I was confused, "Who's us?"

There was a moment of silence before Sawyer finally said, "Monique, lan, and me." "Ian and me," I repeated his words and teased. "Sawyer, have you listened to yourself? You sounded so wrong. I don't even know how to convince myself that nothing is going on with you and lan."

"Bullsh*t!" he cursed. Then, he decided to change the topic, "I'm already in Jarold City. Give me your address later. I'll come to visit you."

the address after ending the

of them were from Aaron. I didn't bother to return the call. Instead, I turned off

evening when Hendrix returned home. Seeing that I was sitting in a trance in the living room, he frowned and draped a blanket over

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noticed his stubble. Combined

don't want to be in the hospital anymore. Enough of me, tell me about you. Are you very busy recently?" He seemed to have aged a lot since the last time I saw him, but it was only a few days ago. Hendrix hummed, but he didn't reply to me in a coherent sentence. He only closed his eyes and rested his chin on my

him. However, seeing him in

at the coffee table

It was Hendrix's incoming call ringtone. I nudged him with my shoulder, but he didn't give any response. I had to wake him up, "Hendrix, your phone is ringing." He grunted wearily, "You

position and went back to sleep. It seemed that he

to answer it, I parted my lips again, "It's Andrea." A moment later, Hendrix opened his eyes and took the ringing phone from me. He glimpsed at me, "I'm going to

he went out to the

I wasn't as mad as I thought I would be when I watched him