My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

He appeared with several strong men behind him, eyeing me sarcastically, "Miss Reid, you should take better care of yourself. Although Mr. Kaleb is cautious of the Milton family, it doesn't mean that he's actually afraid of them. If you don't rein it in, he might change his mind."

He looked at the men behind him as he talked in that unknown language of theirs. Then, he pointed at the glass door Naomi was in. My eyes widened and I howled, "What are you doing?"

He looked at me and sneered. "Miss Reid, do you think that Mr. Kaleb sent you here just to enjoy the scenery?"

"What do you mean?" I looked at him, my face dark.

Another sneer. "Although we can't hurt you now, we can still make you watch your friend suffer. You're a pretty loyal friend, right?"

At that moment, I paled as I looked at the men walking towards the glass-framed room.

I grabbed Tiago tightly and begged, "Please, don't hurt them. They're innocent, they..."

He jeered, "It's the same with Yahya - she took care of you for so many days without error but was sent here because you were half an hour late. Do you think she's innocent?"

The Yahya he was talking to must've been the woman who had just been sent in.

had no answer, but when I looked at Naomi and the others, it filled

"Mr. Tiago, it was my fault.

me. He laughed insidiously, and it was clear that he harbored

instinctively. I

life on the line, but when it comes to

and I was completely at a loss

didn't want to see Naomi and the others get tortured. I

hurt one of your friends. Isn't it unreasonable for

saying that

to speak but nothing came out.

this, he laughed madly. "Alright, fair enough. Go ahead and

my lips and

quiet I was, he said, "Look like you want all your friends to go out

yelled immediately. My body was

"Then choose one!"