My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Looking at the people walking in and out of the lobby, I asked the receptionist, "Does Miss Burton come frequently these days?"

The receptionist nodded and looked at my belly. Hesitatingly, she replied, "Ever since Mr. Roberts came to Jarold City. Madam, you are...?"

"I'm Hendrix's wife." Pointing at my baby bump, I smiled softly, "Soon, I'm going to give birth to our child."

Then, I brushed the lady's doubtful gaze aside and called Hendrix.

The phone only rang twice before it was picked up. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Hello!" The flirtatious female voice was obviously not Hendrix's.

It was Andrea.

"I'm looking for Hendrix," I couldn't exactly say that I was uncomfortable with Andrea picking up the call. After all, it was normal for women to be obsessed with someone like Hendrix. "He's in a meeting," Andrea replied, a little too triumphantly. "By the way, you're about to give birth, aren't you?"

I narrowed my eyes in displeasure and hung up the phone straight away.

"Look, here's another woman dreaming of becoming Mr. Roberts' wife. You know, not simply anyone is

tongue! Who do you think you're talking to!" Minnie was so worked up that her face

back, I shook my head slightly. There were a lot of people passing by the lobby, and they were watching.

lowered my gaze at the phone again, this time

as distant as

you in

He replied curtly, "Yes."

appointment with Hendrix, so the receptionist doesn't allow me to

he answered and hung up

looked very puzzled, still couldn't decide if she should believe

caressing it while I stood not far away from the front desk and

refute when someone came to the desk. The man

her work, nodding efficiently, and she said, "Sure, please give me a

someone I knew. I turned around and saw that it was Troy,

here, and I called him before I could stop

he also saw me, and he was equally surprised too. He asked, "Mrs. Roberts, you're here too? But you're already so heavily pregnant. Shouldn't you stay in Ucrebury just to be safe? If you must work, surely there are