My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Facial recognition was required to access the president's elevator. Since Hendrix was not around, I had no choice but to access the staff elevator. Those gossiping ladies came over too. When they saw me, they finally stopped talking!

"Mrs. Roberts!" I was stunned to find somebody greeting me. I turned around. It was Estella. I smiled in return.

As the staff elevator door opened, I squeezed past the other employees into the elevator. Since they knew who I was, they stopped gossiping about Hendrix and me. Instead, they began chatting with Estella. It was easy to tell that everybody liked Estella. She was pretty and friendly after all.

I got out of the elevator when it reached the floor for Hendrix's office. Then, I was dumbfounded to find that his office could only be accessed via fingerprint recognition.

Hence, I had no choice but to call Hendrix. As soon as I grabbed my phone, the glass sensor door opened. It was Estella.

She looked at the door before directing her gaze at me and said, "Have you been busy, Mrs.

Roberts? Why haven't you been visiting Mr. Roberts lately?"

had to be reviewed by Hendrix. "Yeah, I have a lot of matters to attend to," I

to sign them. After vetting the stack of documents, Hendrix raised his hand.

still beside the door, staring blankly at

Hendrix raised his head and gazed at me. "Aren't you tired of standing?" he said while

smilingly, "Isn't Miss Zanes standing too? I guess I shouldn't

and said, "You may

once I'm done."

looked at me. After that, she nodded

and

the minute Estella left. It was close to

a while, Hendrix said, "Prolonged standing

as I leaned against the door. "No worries, Mr. Roberts," I said. "I've always been in a good state of health. A few minutes of standing won't hurt me. You're as busy as a bee.

Then, he stood up and looked at me. "Arianna, do you