My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

He nodded and sighed, leaning back into the seat. He closed his eyes wearily. A relationship could really consume a person and leave him exhausted.

The car stopped in front of the pre-appointed restaurant. We got out of the car. Aaron had an air of nonchalance about him. I dug my elbow into his side and said, "No matter what is going on in your mind right now, you will need to remain dignified. You are not a child anymore. Since you have promised Uncle Charles to go through with it, you should respect yourself and the other party as well."

"Got it!" he answered. He looked at me and asked, "Then let's go together?"

I shook my head and pulled Hendrix close. I looked at Aaron and said, "Nope, I'll sit with my husband later so that you can have a good chat with the girl. If you mess this up, I'll wash my hands of you once and for all. You can do whatever you want."

He pouted, nodded and answered, "Alright!"

After entering the restaurant, Aaron asked to be seated, giving Uncle Charles' name as the reference. The restaurant was a high-end one and required reservations in advance. Seeing that Hendrix and I couldn't get in, Aaron became anxious.

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eyes. Aaron was behaving like a child. Fortunately, Hendrix was calm and stopped him,

going to leave me alone

restaurant and ask him to arrange a table for us. Otherwise, Arianna and I can't go

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just buying time to find an excuse to escape, so I simply looked at him and said flatly, "Aaron, either you go first, and I will come in with Hendrix later, or we will leave you here alone and leave immeditaely. Your business has nothing to do with us. I'll give you three seconds for you to decide. Three, two..." "Alright, alright, I'll go in first!" he

counting. As I watched him stomp off into the restaurant, he really looked like a petulant child. He even looked back at me as he entered the restaurant and said, "Arianna, you must come in later, or I'll be

we were in public, I would have

look at Hendrix and found that he was already on a call with someone. He was asking the person on the other end,

end of the line sounded a little like Austin's. He answered, "Yeah, it was a casual investment.

said, "Yes, I'm already at