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.

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"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.

up that her face turned red. She took

lobby, and they were watching. Picking a fight in the lobby would be damaging for the company's

my gaze at the phone again,

as usual. "Arianna, what's

you in Jarold

He replied curtly, "Yes."

of the main office building downtown. Can you please come and fetch me? I didn't have an appointment with Hendrix, so the receptionist

answered and hung

She looked very puzzled, still

from the front desk and waited for Josiah. Minnie glared coldly at the

about to refute when someone came to the desk. The man requested,

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

knew. I turned around and saw that it was Troy, the president of

here, and I

"Mrs. Roberts, you're here too? But you're already so heavily pregnant. Shouldn't you stay in Ucrebury just to be safe? If