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."

sent Sawyer the address after ending

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

I was sitting in

forehead and asked in a hushed tone, "Why didn't you stay in the hospital

upwards at him and noticed his stubble. Combined

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

him. However, seeing him in this state, I bit my

at the coffee table as I had before Hendrix came

piano melody suddenly rang in the room. It was Hendrix's incoming call ringtone. I nudged him with my shoulder, but he didn't give any

and went back to sleep. It seemed that he was truly

surprised at seeing her name on Hendrix's phone. Not planning 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 take

he went out to the

thought I would be when I watched him leave. I only looked on without many expressions fora long time before withdrawing my