My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Then, Irvin turned at me and curled his lips into a smile, "Don't cry. Don't you think you're contradicting yourself? You pushed me into the fountain, yet you're crying for me."

I scowled at his tone. He had deliberately misinterpreted my actions. I only cried because I truly thought he was dead.

Irvin left after that. Unknowingly, I turned to look at Hendrix, and I was afraid that he would mistake what Irvin had said as the truth, "I wasn't crying for him! It was physiological tears! I was frightened."

"I know," Hendrix reached out to tuck a strand of my front hair behind my ear. With a faint smile, he stressed, "I know."

Fortunately, the rest of the night was uneventful. It was already quite late, and I was getting exhausted after Yohannes blew his birthday candles and shared his cakes with us.

Nerissa walked us to our car, and she nagged, "Stay home as much as possible for the coming few days. You are going to give birth soon, so please, be careful. Don't think that you can do whatever you like because you're still so young. The risks are still there, okay?"

I nodded. Nerissa told Hendrix a few more things before she finally allowed us to leave.

At the crossroads waiting for the traffic lights to turn green, Hendrix glimpsed at my tummy and said, "Two more weeks to go. Don't worry, I've already talked to the hospital."

I only nodded as I was drained of energy, and I didn't want to talk much.

the seat, I closed my eyes and

to move slowly, Hendrix spoke in his low and cold voice, displeased, "Stay

I startled, and I turned to

at me, and asked, "Why? You don't want

head, "No, I'm just curious. Why did you ask me to

and I couldn't help but laugh, "Do you

even more, and he asked again, "Why

confidence. I basically didn't look in the

a meatball no matter from any angle. I didn't think Irvin would take an interest

was simply

so sleepy that I didn't even want to get out of the car. Hendrix walked over to the passenger's side, and he carried

The next day.

for quite a long time, only to remember that I had

Partnered together, Minnie and Heather had made quite a hearty breakfast. Minnie beamed when she saw me

even more enthusiastic than me. "We haven't even checked the gender yet. How do you know if