My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Snorting because she felt provoked by my words, she jeered, "There's no need for you to act so magnanimously. Playing hard to get is effective sometimes, but once it gets overused, guys will only hate you more. Don't think that I do not know what you're trying to do here, pushing Hendrix away so he'll want you more. Amazing, Arianna!"

I laughed. What else was there to do? I tilted my head and looked at her. I couldn't help but say, "Miss Zanes, you are really a genius. I have never really thought I was so devious. Restraining him in order to harness more desire, huh! It really sounds like that."

Her cynicism painted all over her face, she said, "That's true too, with your looks, I would have never thought you'd use such low, cunning methods. Why would Hendrix ever look at you? What did you do to make Hendrix fall in love with you? It's just because you met him before me. If I had met him at the same time you did, I'm afraid that you'd never have had a chance."

As she boasted on, Rowane's confidence and satisfaction grew. The mockery in her words sent my blood boiling. "You are so much less impressive than you think, Arianna. If you were to get together with someone ordinary, that would be fine. But with Hendrix? Honestly, you just can't keep up. Being an orphan, you really aren't a good fit for Hendrix at all."

think I actually admired

type of girl that everyone will love. But after hearing what you said just now, I realized that you actually need to spend time with a

time would be enough. If anyone were to spend more than a day with you, your true

if it weren't for the many men

of satisfaction shot thorugh me and I sighed internally

path. If looks could kill, her sinister smile would've set me on fire just then. She looked down on me and mocked, "Arianna,

her a frigid look. "It seems like you know a lot about me. It must have been a lot of trouble for you then, to have put in so much effort and time

snorted. "Do you really think that Hendrix will continue to throw himself at you? Sooner