My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Get Aaron to answer the phone," I said coldly.

After a moment of silence, the person on the phone asked, "Are you Miss Reid?"

I puckered my lips, already tainted with anger. I repeated, "Get Aaron to answer the phone."

She came to realize that I was angry and was stunned by that, adding, "Miss Reid, Mr. Aaron is taking a bath. I will ask him to call you back later, is that okay?"

I was so angry that I threw the phone immediately without even hanging up the phone.

The phone was smash- resistant. It fell to the ground, bounced a few times before it finally laid there unmoving. Only the screen was broken.

Hendrix did not speak. He got up and picked up the phone. After looking at it, he took out the sim card and threw the phone away.

He dialled Evan's number with his phone. It did not take long for Evan to come over with a new mobile phone.

I sat on the chair in the hallway, relaxing for a while which helped immensely in calming me down.

handed me the phone, looked up at the door of the emergency room and asked,

one

my head, "I'm not

moment of silence, he pulled me towards him and said, "Please promise me that you will

I should not

his. How can he fool around with another woman at a time like this? I..." Charles came in a hurry, spotting us from afar. He hastily approached us and when noticed that Aaron wasn't around, he frowned. "Where's your brother?" "He's dead!" I spat.

was the first time I talked to Charles with my emotions running high like this. When I calmed

Charles and saw him looking at me

he was going to reprimand

out.

he laughed," What nonsense are you

know what to

sigh of relief and said calmly, "Aaron probably won't

pause, I could not help but say, "Uncle, Yana's child has the Reid family's blood flowing in her. I know Aaron is irresponsible. As an elder, are you just going to let the child be born this illegitimately? What will others think of the

He would surely understand what I was

but Yana's background is complicated. Her parents were both peddlers and drug dealers, and she herself has a record of previous offences. If she joins the Reid family, it means that she must be made known to the public. I'm just afraid that I may lose my job as an official, and the Reid family will also be implicated by