My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Josiah lifted his eyes to look at me. His eyes were calm, too calm that they seemed merciless. He said, "She was Natalie Roberts, Hendrix's cousin. Arianna, I didn't want to hurt you at the beginning, but the human heart is a huge crevice. Once the devil enters, no matter how you endure it, the consequences will still be fatal."

"So, I've become the sacrificial lamb between the both of you?" I couldn't understand his evil intentions, so I stood there and merely stared at him, flabbergasted.

He fiddled with the phone in his hands, saying, "You're not really a sacrifice, but just who Hendrix fell in love with. I'm still best friends with him. However, for the sake of fairness, what I have lost, he must lose too. If he doesn't experience the pain for himself, he will never know what losing the love of his life feels like."

I stared at him. I just couldn't understand Josiah. Kelsey had once mentioned that Uncle Trent had a daughter when he was young, but she had passed away many years ago due to an accident, so he never wanted another child thereafter.

I also knew that Hendrix had a younger cousin, who had been with Josiah for a while when they were young.

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Hendrix, but I knew that

Flora Hill, I saw her in you. Both of

lips together, unsure of how to answer him.

different now. I wouldn't have to hurt you, all

you around him in the name of love. No matter how broken you feel, he always tells you that he'll stay by your side and treat you well, so well that even if you hold a grudge

He hurt you, but he loves you even more. Due to that, you're unwilling to hurt him. You're even willing to hold all the pain inside your heart and to continue following him. I'm the same too. He indirectly caused the loss of my beloved and made me suffer in agony, but he also pulled me back from the pits of hell. I hate him,

reason why humans are indeed humans, was because all of us had feelings and desires, which didn't exist solely on their own. They were all intertwined with each other,

him. I couldn't tell if it was out of