My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I was dumbfounded at his vehemence, so I could only agree for the time being. "Okay. Please watch over Wynn and the others for me."

"No problem," Aaron said earnestly, "But you'd better come back and take them home as soon as possible."

I knew he had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. He was obviously worried about my safety and was trying to get me to come home sooner. I smiled and nodded even though he could not see me. "Okay, I'll go back immediately after I'm done. I won't delay for even a second."

"Be careful."

"I will." After that, he hung up the phone.

It was gloomy outside, so I couldn't tell what time it was.

I turned on my phone and saw that it was 10:40 a.m.

After some thinking, I realized that I had slept for about a full 24 hours, a whole day and night. I wondered how Hendrix and Evan were doing.

Jordan didn't want me to die, which meant that I meant something to him, giving me an advantage.

From now on, I did not have to bend toward Jordan's every will anymore.

him didn't know how to

have nothing to compare with Hendrix anymore. That meant that he would always be

was not afraid of doing so. That was the only

was left to recuperate in the hospital. Since Jordan wasn't around, I tried to pinpoint the

me. It was difficult to pinpoint where I was with

place. If the police raided the nearby islands, he would hear about

Jordan came in with several containers. It seemed like

of

was a hearty

silently placed the food in front of me. He took out a plate and a set of cutleries. Then,

looked down at

make things hard for him. "I have a gun wound on my shoulder,

he turned around and

two

his tracks. After pausing

casually picked up the cutleries, scooped a spoonful of food forme, and held it near

gently, "Open wide."