My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

When I woke up at midnight, Hendrix was not around. So, I got out of bed and went to Anne's bedroom.

Anne was sleeping soundly. Hendrix had given her room warm and cozy interior designs. As she slept quietly, she looked like an angel that had fallen from the sky.

After watching her quietly as she slept, my wandering mind came back to the present moment. Much to my astonishment, Hendrix had been standing behind me.

I sluggishly turned to look at him. Sensing I was still a little drowsy, he walked towards me. He held me in his arms and hugged me for a while. After that, he led me out of Anne's bedroom.

We went back to our bedroom. Lying on the bed, I asked, "What did Josiah tell you?"

I didn't get to ask him about it as I was enervated on our way back home.

He looked at me and pursed his lips. After a brief pause, he replied, "It's about Anne. The Saunders family found out about her. They want her to stay with them."

I smacked the lamp on the bedside table and it fell off. I felt myself becoming more hysterical as I said through gritted teeth, "Over my dead body."

he got off the bed and started picking up the lamp carefully with his bare hands. There were shards of glass on the floor. Pursing my lips, I felt a tinge of affection and annoyance at

mess on the floor, he turned to look at me. "If you insist on having Anne stay with us, I'll try to convince Josiah. But

she's by my side; the same can't be said if she stays with Saunders. Are you

intention to let Josiah take Anne

out to hold my hand before patting it gently to console me. He assured, "Nobody will force you if you stand your ground. Honey, it's getting late. Let's hit

something from me. I just didn't have the slightest idea what it was. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the

off when Irvin called me. Though I didn't want to

I said into the

brouhaha to our stories had just subsided. Thus, I wanted to minimize

He said, "Are you someone

dazed for a moment. I racked my brain, but I couldn't

supposed to come over to my place

A lot of things had happened in the past few days, and this naturally, became the least of my concerns. And thus, it slipped my mind. Now

looking after Anne. Since Josiah wanted to take her away, I had to think of ways to prevent it from happening. All in all, I had little time to think about cooking for