My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 166

After the girl left, I looked at Hendrix and smiled faintly, "She's young."

He raised his eyebrows, then pulled me into his embrace, "Are you jealous?"

I shook my head, "No. It's just that your office feels more lively now."

He held me in his arms and said, "Well, we are, in fact, welcoming a new life, aren't we?"

I didn't say anything. I should feel loved by his sweet words, but instead, I felt fear. And I had no idea where it came from.

After lunch, Hendrix let me take a nap in his lounge before going back to my work. I woke up because of some commotion in his office.

I didn't think much of the noises. Hendrix seemed to have gone out by then, and since I didn't have anything to do at Hendrix's office, I decided to go back to my office.

Then, I saw the girl from earlier in Hendrix's office. Upfront, she was gorgeous, and she beamed when she saw me. "Mrs. Roberts, I didn't know you were in the lounge. Did I disturb you?"

The girl looked a little familiar, but I couldn't recall where I had seen her before. I hesitantly asked her, "You are...?"

She smiled, "I'm Chloe Hammer. We met before, but you might not remember. My uncle is Richard Hammer, and I just joined the Roberts Group as Mr. Roberts' secretary."

I was still dazed from the nap, and I couldn't hear her well, but I could vaguely understand what she was saying. The only question left to answer was why Hendrix would suddenly hire her as his secretary.

"Did you arrange the flowers in the office?" I asked casually. Hendrix and Evan were both not fond of flowers and plants. There used to be some plants in the office, but they eventually threw the plants out purely because Hendrix found them troublesome.

Yet, Hendrix allowed these recent additions to his office.

"Yes, I did. I found that Mr. Robert's office was too dull, so I decided to decorate it with some flowers and plants. Of course, I asked Evan about this beforehand," she answered fluidly.

I nodded. I rubbed the sore spot between my eyebrows and said, "That's true."

And I left Hendrix's office.

Now that Kelsey had resigned, there were more things left for me to do. Although the Roberts Group's audit was done, there were still problems with Advancer Tech.

I worked non-stop after the short nap, and that left me exhausted. I could feel that my body didn't keep up with my pregnancy even though I had already gone past the delicate first three months of pregnancy. It was already near eight at night, so I decided to take a break from work and head home.

Hendrix sent me a message around dinner time, telling me that he had to attend to some affairs. So, he couldn't eat dinner with me, but he had already ordered soup for me.

I didn't mind his absence. After all, we couldn't spend every minute together.

I drove back to the villa after leaving the company.

Minnie was mopping the floor when I reached home, I looked at her and asked in surprise, "Minnie, why are you here? I thought you'd be busy."

She stopped what she was doing and looked at me. She sighed, "My son didn't need my help at home. I'm nothing but a burden to them."

We hired hourly maid service to help clean the villa, but seeing how Minnie managed to clean up everything on her own, I guessed she must have been upset by how she was treated at home.

I didn't want to comment much on that, so instead, I said, "Minnie, I think I ate too much for dinner, and I have an upset stomach. Do you know how to solve this?"

"I'll cook something for you to help with your digestion. You should also walk around after drinking it."

Minnie said as she went to the kitchen.

I followed her to the kitchen, and I leaned against the kitchen door while complaining to her, "When you were away, Hendrix and I couldn't even cook on our own. We had nothing decent to eat for these few days."