My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Hendrix returned very late that night. After lan took Anne away, I laid down for a long time but didn't manage to fall asleep. When he came back, it was already dawn. Seeing that I had not yet slept, he frowned and asked, "Not sleeping yet?"

"I'm about to," I responded.

He murmured his assent and then told me, "Turn the lights off and sleep soon!" He walked to my side before he gently kissed me on my forehead.

Then, he whispered, "I need to leave for a trip. I might need to go to Mesville, and would only be back tomorrow afternoon. Get some sleep and when Minnie comes, let her know what you'd like to eat. Rest, okay? Don't stay up, or else I'm dragging you to the hospital as soon as I'm back."

"What's wrong?" I asked. "It's already so late, so why do you still have to go to Mesville?"

He stroked my hair and explained, "I've got something small to deal with, I'll only be there for a while."

I knitted my brows. Usually, he would not inform me personally if it was regarding something that wasn't serious. Instead, he would only send me a message which meant that whatever he had to handle was likely serious, since he even came home to personally tell me about it.

I pulled at his sleeve before I questioned him, "What's going on?"

He laughed and kissed me on the forehead. "You really can't bear to leave me, can you? Are you going to give me a farewell gift?"

I was speechless.

"Hendrix, you're such a pervert!"

not a pervert. This is called flirting. Take care of yourself because I'm

way he could be this calm even as he talked

is waiting for me downstairs.

for his coat and a few other personal belongings. I initially wanted to follow him out of the room to send

me down in bed and nagged, "Be

the sound of

turning. As expected, I couldn't fall asleep, especially without Hendrix

dawn, and I was groggy when I woke up.

cleaning in the kitchen. When she saw me

night? Why do you have such large dark circles under your

bridge of my nose, and my shoulders and waist were all sore. Then, I sat down on the chair and looked at Minnie before I said. "Minnie, please

mouthfuls, she advised me, "I'll cook some porridge for you later. After that, you can go back

probably felt unwell due to a lack of sufficient rest,

my phone and called Kelsey.

be there in about an hour. I might be a few

her the day before, but that had to be delayed due to

replied, "I may not be able to go today either, so you might need to come

paused for a moment

you come here, please go to the hospital and get some sleeping pills