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.

receptionist scoffed, "Look, here's another woman dreaming of becoming Mr. Roberts' wife. You know,

worked up that her face turned

head slightly. There were a lot of people passing by the lobby, and they were watching. Picking a fight in the lobby would be damaging for the company's

gaze at the phone again, this time calling Josiah. The call

as distant as usual. "Arianna, what's

in

He replied curtly, "Yes."

building downtown. Can you please come and fetch me? I didn't have an appointment with Hendrix, so the receptionist doesn't allow me to go up," I

answered and hung

look good. She looked very puzzled, still couldn't decide if she should

stood not far away from the front desk and waited for Josiah. Minnie glared coldly at

the desk. The man

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

saw that it was Troy, the

I would see him here, and I called him before

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