My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Holding me tightly in his arms, Irvin asked, "Where had you been for the whole day? Why didn't you call me to let me know?"

I was stunned, finally realizing that he had feelings for me. There was a bitter taste in my mouth. It seemed that I had made a mistake.

After a long time, he let go of me. He regained his composure and asked, looking at me, "Where did you go for a whole day?"

"I... I don't know. I went out for a walk, and when I woke up, I was already in the hospital," I mumbled, leaving out the part where Hendrix found me and sent me to the hospital on purpose.

Irvin sighed and nodded, "Thank god you're alright." Then, lowering his head to look at my blood-stained feet, he frowned, "Did you walk all the way back?"

I nodded and lowered my eyes, "I don't have a phone or any money, so I couldn't exactly take a taxi home."

"You could have called me to pick you up, you know?" Irvin sighed. He closed his eyes in hopelessness, and when he opened them, it looked like he had made peace with himself. "Well, it's my fault. I didn't think it through." I didn't reply to him.

He sat me on the sofa and brought the first aid kit to the living room. Half kneeling on the ground, he placed my feet on his knee and began to clean the wounds.

wound, it stung me, and I couldn't help but flinch. Irvin held me still, and

He even blew a few times on the wounds to make me feel better when he applied

of us and started spreading rumors, the whole city

thinking about?" Irvin kept the tools back into the first

and I took my feet back. I didn't answer him, only watched him putting the first aid kit back to its place. Then, he came to sit next to

speak, "Irvin, you didn't need to come here every day." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest

eyes, his hand that was putting down the

to repay you without hesitation whenever or however you need me in the future. But I think it's inappropriate for us to be so close now since I have moved into

shouldn't have said these words,

couldn't - and I

face darkened, and he asked in a

fingers were digging into my flesh. I answered,

mind," he replied, looking at me with a somewhat complicated expression. "Arianna, if you're worried about the tittle-tattle, I will stay away from you. But you will have to go back to Hendrix. I'm not going to leave

rest assured that I won't do anything. I'm