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.

would always get into arguments. Now that we were

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 someone, avoid

talking about Hendrix?" lan said, "Even the media in Mesville reported the affair between him

not talking about him," I scratched my head and looked resigned, "It's a friend. I'm asking

something to be proud of. lan was someone pure.

friend," lan

tone, "Well, you can tell your friend that this is a typical evasive mentality. The more he likes someone, the less

also possible

believes that he

maybe, he's 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 it comes

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 me. I ignored lan's teasing and muttered to myself,

strong-willed to me. Did he really lack

an epiphany. Indeed, it was plausible. Everyone's a coward in front

I do..."

I quickly corrected myself and said, "I mean, what should