My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna) novel Chapter 157

I nodded. It wasn't like I could do anything else at that moment.

Seeing that, he carried me in his arms and headed to the room at the garden upstairs. He put me on the bed and rested his hand on my belly, "You should go to bed earlier tonight. Tomorrow I'll come with you to the checkup."

I nodded. If he didn't mention it, I had already forgotten about the checkup.

It was already getting late. Hendrix went for a shower while I laid down on the bed with my thoughts racing around. My insecurity was doing harm to our marriage. I couldn't trust him wholeheartedly. For heaven's sake, I couldn't even come to trust myself.

I didn't like myself like that.

"What are you thinking about?" Hendrix asked as he walked out of the bathroom. He was drying his hair with the towel while looking at me, who was in a daze.

I got up and circled my arms around his waist. His body was still wet from the shower.

He wasn't wearing any tops, so I leaned on his bare abs, not saying a word.

Seeing my anomalous, Hendrix threw the bath towel aside and held me in his arms. He let my head rest on his shoulders and said, "Don't bottle too many things up. It will only tire you out!"

I nodded and sorrowfully asked, "Hendrix, can you cut ties with Andrea from now on?"

I paused for a moment to let the words sink in before adding, "She has got parents that love her now. She can do without you. But I can't. I only have you."

Yes, I was using Andrea's trick on him. One wouldn't know the outcome if they had never tried it before.

He tightened his embrace at my words, and I couldn't help but smile. Indeed, it seemed beneficial for a woman to act soft and vulnerable in front of a man.

Then, I realized that Hendrix's embrace was a little too tight. I was puzzled. He then lifted my chin and looked me in the eyes.

He said coldly, "Arianna, this is not you. Snap out of it and just be yourself."

I...

My mouth twitched as I glared at him, "It's normal for Andrea to be vulnerable. But it's not me when I show you my weakness?"

It was funny to realize Hendrix's double standard. I couldn't act frail, but he had no problem with Andrea acting like that.

He laughed, "You don't need to say such things when you have me as your husband. Also, you're not weak."

I came to the realization that my trick wasn't effective on Hendrix at all. So I got off of his embrace and headed to the bathroom.

Sure enough, some tricks only worked for some people.

I shook my head and lazily leaned back on my seat, "I'm fine with anything."

Although I did nothing, I was feeling abnormally tired.

He helped fasten my seatbelt and said, "Let's eat at home then. After that, you can get some rest."

I nodded as I closed my eyes.

For the next few days, I still felt unwell. However, I was only four months pregnant, so I decided to head back to work.

The Roberts Group's auditing had already come to an end, so my workload wasn't that heavy anyway.

Since I found out what happened with the Alford Audit, Kelsey wanted to resign, but I didn't approve her resignation. Instead, I gave her some time off.

On the weekend, I asked Austin to meet with me. I wanted to figure out what happened with the factory in the southern district.

Considering he was a good friend of Hendrix, it would be inappropriate and immoral for me to report Austin directly to the company.

Therefore, I decided to discuss that matter with him in private.