My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I was surprised to see Andrea's face turned pale when she sighted me. She pulled on Austin's shirt and said, "Austin, dinner is served. Let's go!"

However, Austin took her hand and said gently, "Wait a moment!"

He then turned to me and said, "Miss Reid is such a strong-minded woman. You can still dine with another man despite the commotion. Looks like Hendrix was overly-concerned about you."

I frowned, suppressing my anger. "It seems that you have the habit of talking before you think."

He sneered, "Did that hit a nerve? Hendrix had been very lenient with you. He tortured himself with alcohol whenever you're upset, and he was worried sick when you had a miscarriage. He's such a proud person, but he was willing to undergo a vasectomy for you. But, here you are dining with another man just a few days after the incident. Do you know how humiliating this would be for him if this was out in the news?"

His expression was cold as ice. "Arianna, can you be more sympathetic? Hendrix is your husband, not a stranger."

I was dumbstruck, and it took me quite a while to react. I looked at him and asked, "What did you say?"

He sneered, and his eyes were full of disdain. "Do you know what a vasectomy means to a man? He disowned his own children for the sake of you and your friend's child. Don't you think that's funny?" My mind went totally blank for a few seconds. I looked at him, and my voice was a little hoarse. "Why?"

gaze was indifferent and replied sarcastically. "Because he was afraid that you will suffer, he was afraid that you would experience the fear of giving birth again, afraid that you think he will

didn't know what to say. I felt

She said in a sad and mournful voice, "How

turned around and saw her pale face. He

rolling down her cheeks. "Do you know that I always thought that he would always protect me from the day I met him, silly me!" Perhaps because Austin didn't want me to see Andrea's sorrowful condition because

as he

he put the box of lobsters on the

asked as the waiter started to serve the dishes, "Can you take it

lips as

I suddenly remembered what Austin had just told me, "Have you ever cared about other

and answered," Maybe Uncle Charles hasn't taken his dinner, so why

will cook for him." He raised his hand and beckoned the waiter to go out as he

good lobsters topped with garlic. Let's try and

kept recalling my conversation