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.

was, people like him didn't know how to love. All he cared about was not

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

was not afraid of doing so. That was the only way to strike

of free time while I was left to recuperate in the hospital. Since

too many islands around me. It was difficult to pinpoint where I was with just my sense of

reason why Jordan chose this island to build his factory in the first place. If the police raided the nearby islands, he would hear

ward opened once again. Jordan came in with several containers. It seemed like he was trying to come

brought a total of ten dishes and

was a hearty

out a plate and a set of cutleries. Then, he said slowly,

at the

at him coldly. I refused to touch the cutleries as I wanted to make things hard for him. "I have a gun wound on my shoulder, and my head is so dizzy I'm going

glanced at my forehead. Immediately, he turned around

two steps

After pausing for a

casually picked up the cutleries, scooped a

gently, "Open wide."