My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 221

When I woke up, I turned around and saw Hendrix looking at me with his bright eyes. Surprised, I asked, "You're awake?"

He cocked his eyebrows and replied to me with another question, "Are you hungry?"

As I was barely awake, I shook my head. I wanted to stretch, but I got a shooting pain up my back whenever I tried. It was uncomfortable, and I couldn't help but whimper. "What's wrong?" Hendrix asked worriedly.

"My back is hurting so bad!" For no reason, I had always felt that the baby was growing too fast. I was only six months pregnant, but the baby bump was already so big.

When I took a shower the day before, I paid attention to it and saw some stretch marks. They looked somewhat ugly.

Hendrix put his hand on my waist to lightly massage me, and he suggested, "It's about time that you join prenatal care classes. Go and do some yoga to ease your pain. I'll go with you tomorrow."

I felt lazy, so I declined and gave an excuse,

"It's so troublesome to be going in and out every day."

"Then should I hire a private instructor for you?"

Recalling that Monique probably should go along with me to the prenatal care classes, I refused, "No, give me some time to think about it. Plus, you must be busy with work. Monique is free these days, so she can accompany me."

His brow furrowed, but his hands were still rubbing my back. "Is she your husband, or am I?"

"Of course it's you!" My back pain subsided, so I shifted to the other side for him to massage. And I said, "But you have a lot of work to do at the company. Just let her accompany me to the classes so that you have some time to rest!"

Holding my waist, the corner of his lips lifted. His grin was a little cheeky, and he teased, "Are you worried about me now?"

I had nothing to hide, so I nodded and assured, "I don't mind having Monique as a companion."

"I'll leave the company's matters to Austin and Josiah. I'm going to take parental leave till you give birth," Hendrix seemed serious about it, and he reached out for his phone to make a call.

I quickly stopped him and said, "Hendrix, I wasn't joking. It's best if you go to work as usual. If we stuck together every day, we might end up quarreling more often. You should work harder to earn more money for our baby."

We had already been arguing frequently. If we were to see each other all the time, God forbid what mess we would be in.

He chuckled, "When did we ever quarrel? It's not like I've ever talked back to you. Also, I'm a CEO. Do you think money will become a problem if I don't work for a few months?"

He wasn't wrong about the quarreling part. It had always been me who tried to find fault at the tiniest thing, and Hendrix would stay calm and let me be.

However, I wasn't too fond of the idea of him not going to work. I thought about it and changed the subject, "Didn't you mention going to Jarold City a few days ago?"

As my belly was getting bigger day by day, I was aware that traveling would be harder very soon.

He got up, simply grabbed a pajama to put on, and answered, "Probably in these coming few days, just to familiarise with the environment there. As for moving the headquarters, we'll start after you've given birth."

There wasn't much for me to be involved in the company's matters. After Hendrix went into the bathroom to wash up, I went looking for my phone. After rummaging around for some time, I only remembered that I had left it at Bronzy Condo.

Feeling a little bored, I took Hendrix's cell phone to play with. His phone was locked, and I had no clue what the passcode was since I hardly touched his phone at all. I hesitated before shouting in the direction of the bathroom, "Hendrix, what's the passcode of your phone?"

The water from the shower stopped, and Hendrix's deep and magnetic voice came from within, "Your birthday!"

"My birthday?" I entered the numbers with doubt. Surprisingly, it unlocked the phone.

For a moment, my mood brightened up, and I felt inexpressible feelings, but it was mostly joy. I proceeded to play with his phone but was left quite speechless at it.

Hendrix's phone had only a few useful and necessary apps, and there was nothing else for entertainment.