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."

and sent Sawyer the

noticed that there were other missed calls on my cell phone, and some of them were from Aaron. I didn't bother to return the call. Instead, I turned

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

and pulled me into his embrace. He planted a kiss on my forehead and asked in a hushed tone, "Why didn't you stay in the hospital for a few more days?" S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in

Combined with his heavy dark circles,

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

first, I had a lot to tell him. However, seeing him in this state, I bit my

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

he changed into a more comfortable position and went back to sleep.

took his phone out of his pocket and saw that it was Andrea calling. Somehow, I was still 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,

he went out to

as mad as I thought I would be when I watched