My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Rowane's flushed to the tips of her ears. She muttered, "This is the first time I've seen it. I've only seen snakes in books or on TV, but I've never really seen one in real life!"

Curious, I looked closely and huffed out a deep breath. If anyone could mistake an earthworm for a snake, that would be Rowane Zanes!

The fruits that Hendrix had been holding were scattered on the ground. It was probably because he'd dropped them when catching me out of instinct.

I found the bag and squatted down to pick the fruits up. Hendrix squatted down to help. He looked at me and said lightly, "Are you okay?"

I raised my eyebrows. "I'm perfectly fine!" I couldn't help but glance at Rowane. It's obvious that she did that to scare me. I doubted it was possible for her to make that big of a mistake.

Fortunately, Hendrix had been quick to catch me. Otherwise, I would be lying in a hospital bed for a while.

Rowane probably felt ignored. She walked over to Hendrix's side, lowered her voice, and whispered, "Mr. Roberts, I really didn't do it on purpose just now. I just haven't seen a snake before. That thing was small and soft, just like a snake. That's why I..."

"Let's just pick these up and go back!" Hendrix said in a soft voice that didn't sound like he was blaming her.

fruits. Many of them were stained with mud.

lot of fruits in those two bags.

said,

then hesitated. She looked at Hendrix and said with a smile, "There's no need. You've just

casually, "It's okay, I

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face was full

bag

was a little dumbfounded. As I came

at the bags of fruit. I couldn't wrap my head around the situation. What

and try to catch up to

But I wasn't trying to be unreasonable,

a while, the distance between us