My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

It seemed that Irvin was used to my behavior and didn't ask about it. He just calmly poured out a glass of water and handed it to me.

I took a small sip and explained guiltily, "I... I'm actually fine. I just happened to be passing by, so I thought I'd come in and visit."

Irvin changed the topic and asked, "Why are you out today all of a sudden?"

"I went to see a friend," I carefully kept it vague.

Irvin was able to guess who it was since I didn't have many acquaintances. He asked, "Was it Miss Moore?"

"Yes." I had no reasons to hide anything now.

Silence followed my response. My fingers trailed the edge of the glass that was in my hand. I was hesitant about if I should pour out all the doubts I had in my heart to him. Irvin had been paying very close attention to me and I was sure that he had seen through me in an instant.

A moment later, Irvin went to sit at his desk. Then, he asked casually, "Did you do anything else other than talk? Or did you run into the paparazzi

again?"

I had previously told him about the incident where Freya and I were cornered by the paparazzi in the mall.

I wasn't thinking about that at first but since Irvin brought it up, I couldn't help but ask, "Irvin, you... have you dealt with Mr. Roberts before?"

froze and he said,

directness left me in

look guilty

little embarrassed. It was much too cold-hearted of me to ask a man who had been protecting me for the past six years about someone who I had just met. Irvin saw me hesitate. Then, he

pursed my lips, "Freya hoped that I could recover

details of our conversation. Instead, he

no reason to lie." Deep down in my heart, I trusted Freya very

"As long as you believe that she isn't lying to you, then she's

said only confused

he had once been. He wasn't going

conversations with others.

though we lived together, our daily lives were completely isolated from each other.

I couldn't help but ask him about

expression changed. He became more casual and said, "What do you

my head, "I don't

took out his mobile phone, as he said casually, "It's getting late. Do you want me to

that he had deliberately changed the subject to avoid answering

like he