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.

me. "Ink is difficult to clean up, not to mention if

lips and placed

he had finished all the noodles in the bowl, I smiled and asked, "How

me and kissed my forehead. "Yana should be discharged

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

I asked, "Hendrix, let's make an appointment to remove

pursed his

bygones, right?" I looked up at his face while saying. "Anne is a Saunders. I love her, and so do you. With Josiah visiting her, it just means that she'll have one more

hesitation, his eyes fell on me, "You agreed

"He's Anne's father, after all. I don't have the right to stop him.

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

we were

had something to be

the other Irvin- related matter, perhaps it was best for me to

up the utensils and

slept in for the whole day, so she was no longer sleepy. She was in the living room

good to have a pet at

busier now than usual. He was never home these days and