My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I frowned, wanting to voice my objection. But I remembered how I said that if Josiah wanted to spend time with Anne, I would allow it.

After a pause, I asked, "For how long?"

"Around ten days or so."

The frown on my face remained. The winter holidays were no longer than a month, yet here Josiah was, wanting to take her away for more than half a month. To say I was displeased would be an understatement.

Hendrix put the hairdryer away when he saw that I was silent. "My annual leave is quite long. I've always wanted to take you to Russland, but I couldn't find the time. We could go together then."

I looked back at him. "Are you saying you said yes to Josiah?"

He shook his head and smiled, "I didn't say anything."

After thinking for a while, I nodded and said, "Well, it's not the best idea to take Anne to such a cold place."

Suddenly, I realized he put something on my wrist. I looked down and saw a jade bracelet sitting on my previously bare wrist.

I looked up at him, puzzled. "Why are you making me wear this out of the blue?"

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small smile. "Jade has health benefits. There's no harm

that Uncle Charles gave me are just too precious. I wore them once and couldn't bear to put them on again. Where did you get this jade

pursed his lips and combed my long hair for me. "Evan bought it when he

he wasn't being fully honest. The color and quality

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up, I went downstairs and saw Hendrix and Pedro drinking

had carried Snowball over and was sitting next to Pedro. In her hands were new toys, courtesy of Pedro and Valerie,

were busy cooking and

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notice me. He smiled and

a little, nodded, and walked down

out of the kitchen with some shrimp porridge in her hand. "We've