My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Walking downstairs, I did not look at Hendrix, and softly said, "Okay." Then, I went into the kitchen. The housekeeper had already prepared a table full of breakfast on the dining table. Because everyone at home had a different schedule, they ate their meals at different times too. Freya had mentioned it to me before that except Valerie and Pedro who would get up early, while the rest would eat at odd hours. Hence, I wasn't too surprised.

Valerie carried some of the breakfast to the living room, returned to the dining table, and looked at me, "This morning, the Reids called and asked for us to dine together tonight. Everyone knows that you are back, so they want to meet up."

I stuffed a piece of cake into my mouth and said vaguely, "Sure, I should also pay a visit to Mr. Reid."

Seeing that I was in a hurry to eat, she put the milk in front of me and said helplessly, "Slow down, what's the rush? The breakfast is all yours anyway. Tell me honestly, what's going on between you and Hendrix?"

I took a sip of milk and mumbled, "What do you mean by that?"

She clicked her tongue and said, "Come on. We are not blind. You didn't even look at him! And you came home by yourself yesterday. This has never happened before!"

"What were

but we can see how well Mr. Roberts treats you. Don't be silly, live a good

down the milk, nodded, wiped

but had no idea

Hendrix and Pedro playing chess. I went straight upstairs and prepared to wake Anne and Freya up from their sleep. To my surprise, Pedro stopped me,

was playing the white pieces, while Hendrix was playing the black pieces. Pedro only had one of his knights left. Even the last two bishops had been taken by

pieces, Pedro had lost

awkwardness. I

a few days, he seemed to be a little haggard, but he was still as

eyebrows but didn't say anything. He just looked at Pedro and said, "Mr. Moore, it's

So he simply got up, looked at me and said, "Arianna, you can have a look at what my next move should be. I'll go and see what delicious food your mother made this morning!" Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh