My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Drive. Back to the office." Hendrix said this with a blank face. There wasn't a trace of joy or anger.

For those who shared the same blood, the perpetrator could act unscrupulously, but the victim would feel burdened without any way of retaliating. To put it bluntly, the wicked ones had nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, Hendrix wasn't a villain.

In this moment, where comfort was meaningless, silent companionship was precious.

Along the way, I took Hendrix's arm and leaned on his shoulder, playing with his fingers. I would feel him occasionally looking at me, but I didn't say anything as I didn't want to make him feel like had to explain himself. Gently snuggling up to his arm, I positioned myself as a soft comfort for him to hold on to.

After Hendrix had risen to become the wealthiest man in the country, he moved his company's headquarters into the highest office building in the center of the city. It was merely two blocks away from the city square and we arrived in a few minutes.

"Bring me the documents," Hendrix ordered at

Evan as he led me into the office.

After so many years, I had forgotten everything about the company's business, so when I heard Hendrix instructing Evan to do so, I was uninterested as I thought he had come back to the office to simply deal with some business affairs. As I saw him take his blazer off and approach the desk, I settled down in the reception area so as to not disturb him and Evan's discussion.

Hendrix pulled out a chair and saw me sitting on the sofa. He paused and raised his hand to call me over, saying, "Arianna, sit here." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

I got up and sat next

He walked up to the desk and handed a leather bag to Hendrix. After giving

I recalled Evan's contributions over the years, I casually asked, "Evan should

side ever since Ucrebury, bearing the same pressures and responsibilities that Hendrix had to. I felt ashamed. Never mind just

would be appointed as an executive chairman in any other company.

ten whole years, working for him without even so much as a grumble. Such

bag across the table at me and urged, "Open it and take a

sealed within the envelope, I noticed that it

was the document I handed over to Hendrix concerning the

confused. The contract was valid for only two years, so the agreement was already nullified. I hadn't expected Hendrix

curled up into a smirk as he urged, "Finish reading it

closer look at the documents. There were a few more pages

pages, I saw

has been decided

of the company to appoint Ms. Arianna as the CEO of the

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