My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Are you acting up now?" A voice spoke.

I looked up and saw that the voice belonged to Hendrix. He stood not far away and was looking at me, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. I instinctively tried to stand up.

Then again, I thought there was no point trying to fix my image as he had already seen this side of me, so I gave up, tired.

Somewhat irritated, I said, "It's none of your business!"

He took a step forward, saying, "I'm not trying to butt into your business, but are you going to ruin these pears, that were picked through so much work?"

I pursed my lips, paused, and picked up the fruits that were covered in mud. I held it out to him and asked, "Are you satisfied?"

He looked as if he was holding back a smile.

He didn't take it, instead he just looked at me and said, "Get up then, Master Attwood is still waiting to eat these!"

probably didn't even want to help me. My breath hitched for a moment. Did he come here just to watch me

was sitting on the steps and resting.

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my lips in shame.

he still had a sense of conscience. He held back his laughter and took the fruits from my hand, which were covered in dirt, and then walked off to wash

hurry and take a wash. But you don't have any clothes with you, so if you don't mind, I could

said,

and said, "You're welcome. Go

self attracted stares as I walked. I didn't blame them, I

standing at the front, looking at me, "Miss Reid, Mr. Roberts told

trying

I was unaffected. I took the clothes in his hand and let out the temper that I was holding in for most of the day. I said angrily, "Tell Hendrix that I won't thank him for giving me these clothes at all. I'm doing this because of him. At least he has a conscience and knows to send me

and said, "Miss Reid, go in and take a bath first then. I'll

there wasn't any division between men and