My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

What the heck!

I frowned in irritation, "If you want to climb, do it alone. It's getting late. I should go back. I still have work to do."

He said preposterously, "Mr. Milton mentioned that you will need to cooperate no matter what, but it seems that you're not taking this seriously."

I sucked in my breath and glared at the two of them, speechless.

Burying the urge to scream, I put down the bag and looked up at the tree. It looked to be about 3 or 4 meters. I couldn't help but let out a sigh.

It was true that I could do this. When I was in Hovell, Aaron always said that my petite frame gave me an advantage, because even the higher branches wouldn't break under my weight.

Aaron was particularly fond of coaxing me to pick fruits from trees, especially those that he wasn't able to reach. He would stand under the tree with a basket while I dropped them one by one, and promised to catch me if I ever fell.

I guess luck was usually on my side because I've never fallen when I used to climb trees when I was younger. Nowadays, tree climbing was a rare activity.

brought Anne back to Novell with me, I planted a pear tree in the courtyard and the pear tree grew rather tall. Every time Anne wanted to eat some, I would always climb up and pick some pears for her. I didn't even know that Anne had told Hendrix all

at the tree, Rowane taunted me saying, "Miss Reid,

looked at me

bored. Thus thinking, I hoisted myself onto the branches and

while I was in the mountains of

partway up the tree, I looked down at the two of them and

me the empty bag in his hand and looked at me. He said softly,

his hand

the fruits did look rather tantalizing. It should

the bag in my hands, but it was difficult for me to move. So, I squatted down and handed the bag to Hendrix. Then I got ready to climb

gave me a scare

be no sharp objects on the ground, or

big impact, but instead, I felt something squeeze

handsome face and let loose a

slip. I scrambled out of Hendrix's arms and put some distance between us, "Where