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

"If you insist on having Anne stay with us, I'll

for the past four years. She's my everything. Josiah can't take her away from me. At least I'll love her unconditionally if she's by my side; the same can't be said if she stays with Saunders. Are you certain that Josiah will take good care of her? Will the Saunders

been my intention to let Josiah take Anne away from me. Neither would I permit him to do

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

the slightest idea what it was. S~ᴇaʀᴄh

called me. Though I didn't

said into the

brouhaha to our stories had just subsided. Thus, I

sounded soft. He said, "Are

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

come over to my place

days, and this naturally, became the least of my concerns. And thus, it slipped my mind. Now that he jogged

columnists stopped featuring our stories, I was now occupied with 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