My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I got a new set of clothes and went into the bathroom to clean myself. My pajama pants and underwear had gotten stained, and it wasn't just a small stain.

Coming out of the bathroom, I saw Hendrix tidying the bed. The bedsheets had been changed; the mattress was waterproof, so just wiping was enough to clean it.

The sheets that were heavily blood-stained were changed and new bedsheets were put onto the bed.

When I saw him reaching for the bedsheets on the carpet, I reflexively went ahead before him and took the sheets. It was difficult hiding the awkwardness on my face. "I'll do it!"

He frowned, a strange look casted over his handsome face. "It's cold out; I'll take care of it."

"No... no need!" No matter how intimate our relationship was, it still felt inappropriate for someone else to do this.

His face turned slightly grim. When he turned to look at me, his brows relaxed as he said, "Be good, and listen to me. I'll wash it!"

I was about to refuse again, but he had already taken the sheets away.

I think that one day, the authoritative business tycoon who stood on the highest skyscraper in Jarold City would roll up his sleeves to wash bed sheets in

didn't seem to think much of it. After washing the blood away and pouring out some fabric detergent, he asked in a low voice as if he had just

would feel tired and often experienced aches because of the many sleepless nights and irregular schedules from taking care of Anne. But other than that,

washed in his hands, I felt my

was in the living room downstairs, practicing her cycling skills on her little bicycle. The living room was big, so

at me and said, "Mommy, I learned how to

began to ride the bicycle around. Her movements were smooth; it was obvious that her quietness was because she had been

still fixated on riding her bicycle. She said, "Uncle Evan came by just now with some breakfast and pastries. I've already eaten; Mr. Roberts said that you'll come down

nodded, and sure enough, I saw the breakfast and pastries in

we only had an hourly worker who came over to tidy

Anne had heard when she was being taken care of by the nanny in the Reid household, I had developed a sense of wariness

left unsaid to her. If an outsider lived in the house, I wouldn't know just what they would say to her. After all, I

I went upstairs again, Hendrix had

face blushed as I stood behind, watching him hang