My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Chapter 2013

Losing my love forever would be painful. If I were to be separated from Hendrix, my future would be incomplete.

However, if I continued to tolerate his ignorance towards his family's machinations, my family would have to live in constant fear and chaos for the rest of their lives. I believed that Hendrix would know better than anyone else how terrifying it is to lose a loved one.

Temporary confusions were acceptable, but we couldn't be like this forever. I was clear on my stance now, but I still wanted to wait for Hendrix.

Hearing everything I said, Hendrix, who hadn't responded, looked at me for several seconds, then smiled.

He leaned in and pecked me on my pale lips that have been chapped from all the crying and biting earlier.

Before I could react, he did it again, and again...

Hendrix held my cheeks gently. His warm kiss felt like a spring breeze brushing against my cheeks as tears welled up in my eyes.

He planted one last kiss on my forehead, before he slowed down and looked into my eyes

intimately.

had already given you the answer as soon as I entered the house

silence in the bedroom. All I could

all the kissing, because I didn't respond for

around my cheeks. He was holding me like a precious treasure. It felt like I was surrounded by warm

were bloodshot red. "Did you know that from the moment you appeared in front of me, even though it was a dream, I was more than willing to sacrifice everything to stay in that

child as he held me tightly in his arms. "You are my

the Roberts Group, I'd give up everything just for you

night and quarrelling with each other every now and then, that's what I've been looking

the one who dragged

he stopped crying but his sadness hadn't dissipated

peaceful they were, the more hurt they

I listened to his story of everything that happened in those six years. So many

ago, the Marshall family's search-and-rescue ship had found Hendrix in the sea among the reefs and brought him back for

up, Hendrix was fed