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 short

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

that I was sitting in a trance in the

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his stubble. Combined with his heavy dark circles, he looked very

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

However, seeing him in

to stare at the coffee table

room. 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

more comfortable position and went back to

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 it

out to

that I wasn't as mad as I thought I would be when I watched him leave. I only looked on without