My Pretty Sweetheart novel Chapter 261

I nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Heather and I returned to the compound, and as expected, Hendrix wasn't there. There were several missed calls on my cell, all of which were from Sawyer.

I suddenly remembered that he had mentioned that he would come to Jarold City.

I called back, and he answered the phone after only a few rings.

"Arianna, if I hadn't called, you would just forget us, wouldn't you?" the person on the other end of the line questioned loudly once the call got through.

I was confused, "Who's us?"

There was a moment of silence before Sawyer finally said, "Monique, Ian, and me." "Ian and me," I repeated his words and teased. "Sawyer, have you listened to yourself? You sounded so wrong. I don't even know how to convince myself that nothing is going on with you and Ian."

"Bullsh*t!" he cursed. Then, he decided to change the topic, "I'm already in Jarold City. Give me your address later. I'll come to visit you."

I nodded and sent Sawyer the address after ending the short call.

Then, I noticed that there were other missed calls on my cell phone, and some of them were from Aaron. I didn't bother to return the call. Instead, I turned off the phone and sat in the living room, lost in my thoughts.

Before I knew it, it was already evening when Hendrix returned home. Seeing that I was sitting in a trance in the living room, he frowned and draped a blanket over my lap.

Then, he sat beside me and pulled me into his embrace. He planted a kiss on my forehead and asked in a hushed tone, "Why didn't you stay in the hospital for a few more days?"

I looked upwards at him and noticed his stubble. Combined with his heavy dark circles, he looked very fatigued.

"I don't want to be in the hospital anymore. Enough of me, tell me about you. Are you very busy recently?" He seemed to have aged a lot since the last time I saw him, but it was only a few days ago.

Hendrix hummed, but he didn't reply to me in a coherent sentence. He only closed his eyes and rested his chin on my shoulder. He seemed to have fallen asleep.