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?"

face froze and he

left me in

look

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 became serious and asked,

that I could recover

ask about the details of our conversation. Instead, he simply asked, "Do you believe what she

Deep down in my heart, I

as you believe that she isn't lying to you,

said only confused me

rather than a lover that he had

conversations with others.

completely isolated from each

couldn't help but ask him about it, "Am I

He became more casual and said, "What do you

head,

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

obvious that he had deliberately changed

always felt like