My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 1001

After a pause, she looked at me, aiming to gossip and said, "I think Hendrix wants to prolong things with you, so he moved here. I kind of like the way he does things. I'm completely head over heels." Stunned speechless, I didn't reply.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Naomi got ready to leave. I walked her downstairs and saw Hendrix and Sebastian chatting.

Seeing Naomi ready to leave, Sebastian stood up and offered, "I'll give you a ride!"

"It's okay, I drove here!" Naomi looked a little unhappy.

I really didn't know what went down between the two of them.

Sebastian ignored Naomi's rejection and went out of the living room.

I made to follow, but Hendrix stopped me. "Why are you following?"

I frowned. "Of course, to send Naomi off!"

"Someone else will send her off!" After that, he stood in front of me, blocking my way with his slender body, and fixed his gaze on me.

All of a sudden, he asked, "Does your stomach still

hurt?"

I shook my head, thought for a moment, and said, "Thank you for what you did just now. I'm much better now."

Since it was late, I was thinking of sending him off as well, but he suddenly said, "It's nearing autumn, you should wear more layers when you go out." "Okay!"

I started to pull my wrist from his grasp, but he held on tighter. "Where is the ointment?"

Noticing that he was looking at the place where I had burnt myself this afternoon, I pursed my lips and said, "It's almost recovered. I'm fine!"

He frowned and went to take out the ointment from my bag, and ignoring my protests, applied it on the wound.

He stared at me with deep, dark eyes then said softly, "Does Sebastian apply it better than me?"

I gaped like a fish, and stuttered, "It's getting late, you..."

"Trying to get me out of here?"

I sighed and nodded. "Yes, unless you were planning on staying here?"

"I can't?" He sounded amused, the rogue.

I shrugged. "Up to you!"

After applying the ointment, he refused to leave. At a loss on what to do, I ignored him and went to my bedroom.

Sebastian would be back after taking Naomi home, so if Hendrix wanted to stay, he could stay!

After washing up, I have completely forgotten that Hendrix was still in the villa. Looking at the time, it was over ten o'clock. I dried my hair, read a book then went to bed. Autumn rain came silently in August. It started to drizzle in the middle of the night, and a gust of cold wind blew into my bedroom.

I got up to close the window.

Suddenly, a strand of lightning burst at the window, and I was so shocked that I broke into a cold sweat.

I hurried back to bed but in my haste, managed to hit my leg on the chair beside my bed.

A burst of pain exploded on my knee and I fell to the floor.

The pain radiated out from my knee and tingled my spine. My breath turned shallow and I inhaled cold air. I tried to stand, but the pain was overwhelming.

All I wanted was to get up and close the window. The dim light from my table lamp showed just made the rushing cold wind take on a sinister

look.

The darkness, with rain rushing in and curtains flapping about with the wind, I felt my hairs stand on end. Fear froze my limbs.

Ever since what happened as a child, I've had this overwhelming fear of rain and thunder. I could not get up and stared at the open windows letting the cold rain in.

Panic rose in my throat. I started to shake and shiver. I tried again to stand up. I had to close the window. As I gritted my teeth to haul myself up, I failed and fell onto the bedside cabinet.