My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

There was so much going on. If I really turned psychotic, I knew that he would still take care of me and stay by my side. But for him to put all his love and devotion into a lost cause for the rest of his life, it meant that I'd truly be destroying him. Nerissa was right; he deserved better.

It was as if something had broken in Hendrix; his dark pupils looked like they were suddenly filled with fine, glassy fragments.

As if his sore spot had suffered a hit, his brows furrowed and he laughed mockingly at himself. "Arianna, you're not the one who's trapped - it's me. You're right, I can absolve all of my debts for Andrea. I can shake off my connection and responsibility towards the Roberts family, but I could never be without you."

I pursed my lips and gritted my teeth. My lungs felt as though not enough oxygen was entering it. I couldn't utter a single word.

There were so many relationships he could have had; why must he choose to have the most difficult one?

In the haziness of the night, he kissed me then brought his cold, thin lips to my ears and whispered softly and mesmerizingly, "Arianna, let's go to Hovell as a family and never come back."

words felt like a dream. He was right; the days I had spent in Hovell were like time that I had stolen from a

The following day.

work. Instead, his slender body kept me wrapped in his embrace, providing me an ample sense of security. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ Find

sleep, my body feeling immense warmth. I opened my

me was his heart, beating

to live like this. He and I both understood what we would have

my back facing him, "Is it going to snow

weather

he held me in his arms. In a deep, husky voice, he asked, "Yes. Do you like watching the

"Winter in Hovell tends to come late, and it almost never snows. Even when it does, snowflakes will instantly melt once they land. There's

onto my nape, tickling me. "Let's watch the snow together this