My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna) novel Chapter 244

I was a bit confused at Hendrix's suggestion. Monique was cleared to be discharged and walked around. But would Josiah be able to join us?

Therefore, I asked, "Is Doctor Saunders allowed to walk around freely?"

"He's a doctor. He should know what he can do." Hendrix only replied lightly.

Hearing this response, I didn't know what else to say. Still, I cringed at the thought of treating friends of our own to a meal together.

Although everyone was invited for the meal, and they should really try to get to know each other, I still couldn't help feeling the embarrassment in advance.

Hendrix made a reservation for a spacious private room at a restaurant. When we settled down in the private room and the food was served, the situation was just as awkward as I had imagined. Ian and Sawyer were talking with each other. They seemed to have endless topics to talk about.

Monique only focused on eating, and Austin was busy attending Andrea.

However, Andrea was trying very hard to help Hendrix with the food while Hendrix was busy putting food on my plate.

It was dreary.

Everyone at the table basically knew each other-other than Ian-but they rarely came across each other on normal days.

Josiah was seated beside Monique, who was next to me. His face was still a little pale as he hadn’t fully recovered from the accident.

He usually wouldn't talk much. Likewise, he was barely talking this time. His dark eyes fell on Monique, and he noticed that she was eating uncontrollably. Josiah frowned and commented, "Eating too much will burden your stomach."

Monique raised her head and looked at him. Then, she replied flatly without many expressions, "Okay. Noted."

Following that, she continued eating. Monique was being her usual self.

Josiah frowned, finally realizing that his effort went to waste.

Meantime, Andrea glanced at me and asked gracefully, "Miss Reid, aren't you going to introduce your friend to us?"

"That's right. The grass is always greener on the other side, isn't it?" Monique added. But what she said was ill-timed.

I glanced at Monique, and she was looking at Josiah with resentment. I couldn't help but be curious at how complicated the story between these two would be.

Seeing that they were going to break into a fight, Hendrix's face darkened, and he darkly said, "It's not good for pregnant women to stay in such an environment. Let's just finish up the meal."

Hearing that, Andrea shot daggers at me. She seemed resentful, but she said nothing else.

I buried my face into my hands. Since only a few people knew about Monique's pregnancy, and my pregnancy bump was so big that I couldn't pretend that I wasn't pregnant, Hendrix was obviously talking about me.

"Look, this is what I call a biased favor," Ian said with a smug look on his face.

After Ian said that, Sawyer cast me an unfathomable look. Then, he noticed that Ian had moved the fish dishes near him, Sawyer frowned and said in displeasure, "I don't like

fish."