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 me with enough

Tiago, it was my fault. Please don't hurt them,

on me. He laughed insidiously, and it was clear

reacted instinctively. I shook

as Mother Teresa when it's not your life

and I was completely at a loss for words, for thoughts.

want to see Naomi and the others get tortured. I

to me. "Mr. Tiago, I only hurt one of your friends. Isn't it unreasonable for you to retaliate by taking

his eyebrows. "Are you saying that you prefer to choose one,

out. I didn't dare to look at Naomi

fair enough. Go

lips

like you want all

yelled immediately. My body was

"Then choose one!"