My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

After calming down, I took two steps further and walked slowly along the shopping district.

When I passed by a cafe, I was attracted by the strong coffee aroma. I went inside and sat down at a random table. I then ordered a cup of hot Americano coffee with half sugar.

Only Hendrix could drink black coffee without sugar.

After much contemplation, I dialed lan's number.

A few seconds later, I finally heard lan's familiar voice, "Arianna? How have you been?"

"I'm alright. You're still awake at this time?" I didn't expect the phone call to actually go through.

"I'm at war," lan said.

"What?" I was confused for a moment. I haven't heard anything about a military operation happening in Mesville recently.

"Haha, nothing. What about you? What can I do for you?" lan knew me very well.

friend like? When we could meet up by just riding a taxi, we would always get into arguments. Now that we were in different time zones, he could still remember

lowered my head and smiled. Without beating around the bush, I asked, "Didn't you study psychology? I wanted to ask you. What's the reason for a person to ignore

lan said, "Even the media in Mesville reported the affair between

my head and looked resigned, "It's a friend. I'm asking

of. lan was someone pure. I didn't want to expose him to these

see... Your friend,"

is a

possible that

believes

scared he'll end up losing the friendship after revealing his feelings. To be honest, your friend lacks a sense of security and self-esteem when

lan mentioned the word "friend", he deliberately emphasized the pronunciation, obviously hinting on an underlying meaning. As all good friends do, he was making fun of

seemed rather strong-willed to

had an epiphany. Indeed, it was plausible.

should I do..." I

myself and said, "I mean, what should my friend do to