My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I gave the door a few light knocks.

Hendrix looked sideways and saw me standing outside the door. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was no trace of malice on his face. He spoke with a faint smile, "What delicious food have you made?"

I smiled and walked into the study, placed the noodles on the table, and wiped the coffee from the desk for him as if nothing happened.

I took the napkin in his hands and threw it away. "Just some noodles. It's my first time making this. Try it."

He smiled gently as if everything that happened was just an interlude. He sat at the table and ate quietly.

I cleaned up the mess on the table for him and asked, "How is Aunt Nerissa doing lately?"

Nerissa was Irvin's stepmother. To some extent, Hendrix and Irvin could even be considered cousins. He replied as he chewed, "She's fine!"

A file on the table caught my attention. It was a proposal to acquire Granger Group dated two years ago.

Why did he wait until now to sign the contract?

The contract was stained with ink, and I took a tissue to wipe it.

sounded from behind me. "Ink is

placed the

noodles in the bowl, I smiled and asked,

arm around me and kissed my forehead. "Yana should

trivial matters, so I nodded and smiled, "Sure, let's go

waters. I asked, "Hendrix, let's make an appointment

pursed his lips

do you. With Josiah visiting her, it just means that she'll have one more person to dote on her. It

a moment of hesitation, his eyes fell on me, "You agreed to let Josiah see

father, after all. I don't have the right to stop him. What's more, I want a child of my

body went evidently stiff for a bit. He then curled his lips into a smile and

we were on

something to be

other Irvin- related matter, perhaps it was best

the utensils and went

so she was no longer sleepy.

have a pet at home. It could keep children

as busy as ever; perhaps even busier now than usual.