My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I didn't know what to say, and we lapsed into silence. I felt afraid to continue the conversation. "Hendrix, I have something to attend to, so I'll hang up."

I couldn't help but feel sad as I did so. Since when had I become a coward? I disliked this feeling.

It was preposterous!

Back at the company, Sebastian was angry with me. "Arianna, I need an explanation."

We only had an hour of break time at noon, but I had been gone for two hours because I needed to make a police report. I was late even though I rushed back. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his displeasure was clear.

Although I had told him everything, he was still angry. "I don't care what it is. If you leave your post during work hours, you are an irresponsible employee."

I apologized repeatedly. Knowing that he was angry, I chose to remain silent.

he reprimanded me. As I remained silent, he stopped, looked at me, and said, "Go look for Linda and take on some tasks. I

hearing that. I was only gone for an hour, but would still be counted as absent. How cruel a

I was wrong,

called me after Linda handed over her work to

anything on tonight?

dejectedly, "I really want to go, but I might

to be 24-hours on

and said, "What do you need to do? I called Tina and Rainie already, let's go to

mean to refuse you. It's true. I'm working for Sebastian now, though. I need to be on call at all times. How could I

need to be 24-hours on-call every day? Do you take care of his daily needs?" "Kind

like a script from a