My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

He smiled. "That's right!" He looked at me and asked, "Didn't you have your dinner already?"

I laughed and said, "Yes, I did. I ate a little, but I didn't have much of an appetite. So I bought some snacks on the way back. But then, I bought them mostly because they are tasty."

He said helplessly, "Snacks are not good for your health. You will have to..." Before he could say more, I stuffed another handful of snacks into his mouth and stopped him. I then said, "I know snacks are not healthy, and I know I can't have too much of them. This is my first snack of the day, so stop worrying about me!"

I could hear him laughing faintly. He then said, "I see you haven't been eating well during my absence. You're looking thinner!"

I tilted my head and smiled at him. I asked, "By the way, when are you going back to Oakland again? How is the situation over there? What happened to Sebastian?"

He was focusing on his driving, and his dark eyes narrowed slightly. He said, "I'll go back after Yana's wedding, and you'll continue to stay here in Jarold City and take care of yourself."

incident, he seemed to always remind me to take good care of

the window, I felt an inexplicable tightness in my heart. To have children or not, had become an invincible obstacle between us. He wanted

At the police station.

should stay here. I'll go down to the station to get some stuff done and will be back soon. Stay

had brought him to the police station, but before I could ask, he had

children. I kept silent for a while, before deciding to call Valerie on the phone.

said over the phone, "Arianna, aren't you coming back tonight? Where are you now? I can ask your father to pick

We might not go back tonight," I

dad heard from Mr. Lawson that the