My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

He snickered before walking over to tidy my clothes up, pretending as if nothing had happened. He then solemnly promised, "Right then, I'll remind you loudly next time. We were recognized. It's not an eye- opening experience for you..."

"You!" My face flushed red with anger. Remind me loudly? That was clearly a public execution!

"Alright, let's go." Hendrix fixed his belt and held onto my face to kiss me on my forehead. With that, he led me to the stairs and said, "If we're any later, we won't even be able to leave through the back door." All I could do at the moment was to suppress my anger and follow him out of the building.

The good news was that we came out early enough before the crowd discovered the backdoor. After making our way through the crowd and veering through a few alleyways, Hendrix and I managed to blend into the crowd and successfully make our escape.

We watched a fire-breathing juggler perform and saw a vendor selling candied haws passing by, so I begged Hendrix to buy it for me.

In the past, when I watched soap operas to pass the time, I could feel the joy when the main characters shared the same stick of candied haws. Right then as we both had a stick of candied haws in hand, I could taste the best flavor in the world.

A long while later I would remember how the candied haws I had that night was the best I ever had, and that all other candied haws eaten after that never quite matched up to it. In the end, I discovered what conquered the taste buds were more than just the food itself. It included the state of mind and the environment at the present moment. There were not many occasions like this in a lifetime.

Hendrix teased me, saying, "Outsiders might think that I'm not feeding you if you say that."

"Isn't that what you do!" I remained defiant with my mouth stuffed.

but laugh bitterly, "Yes, I'm the meanest husband in the world who

stuck my tongue out at him, and after taking advantage of him,

Hendrix as they avenged him shortly after, when a child rushed out of the alley and crashed into me, causing me to

put on a solemn expression and reprimanded me in a low voice, "In the future, make sure you interlock your fingers with me when you're

him seriously. Then, I went to help the child up. A trampling accident was inevitable

be wearing a mask

always out to

with a wide smile, "It doesn't hurt. I'm sorry,

great mood, I handed the extra candied haws in hand to her without

When she saw us nodding back at her, she joyfully hopped down the street and disappeared around a corner, holding the

long way to go to be on par with Aurelia." Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ

was right. No one could

replying to him, I turned around and walked away with my head

I lifted my foot, I was dragged by my

to make sure I was standing still before he took one of my hands in his grasp. As he crossed his fingers with mine, he reminded me, "Have you forgotten

me, but I had to let it slide as I didn't have any evidence to prove so. I let him be. Before we had gone far, I felt something