Female Novel
Chapter 226
Still in shock, I asked, "Did anyone else get hurt?"
"The other driver was dead on the spot," Hendrix looked extremely sullen as he spoke, "But don't you
worry about anything. I've asked Evan to handle that."
I sat on the seat, and my hands were still trembling. Austin glanced at me and mocked, "You're afraid
now? Arianna, I guess you're just a scaredy-cat."
"Austin, enough!" Hendrix snapped at him angrily.
Austin shut his mouth and gave me a death glare.
Andrea came running in her high heels, panting heavily and looking anxious, "I just got the news. How
is Josiah?"
Austin gently patted her shoulder as he comforted her.
After catching the sight of Hendrix and I sitting together at the bench, Andrea's face darkened, and she
walked away to stand aside quietly.
Not long after, Monique was ready to be transferred to the ward. Hendrix went to settle Monique's
admission procedure as he didn't want me to move around too much.
I followed the doctor into the ward Monique was staying in. She was still asleep from the anesthetic,
which would take another half an hour for her to be awake. While waiting, I made a phone call to Ian
and stayed by her side.
With her arms crossed, Andrea stood by the door and watched me with a pair of shallow eyes, "Looks
like you and Hendrix are quite happy together."
I peeked at her for a second. As I didn't really want to talk to her, I casually replied, "Thank you for your
attention to our relationship, Miss Burton. We'll get better for sure, and hopefully, we won't disappoint
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"You —" Andrea's expression turned ugly. "Arianna, Hendrix is mine. Don't think that you've won him
over by trapping him with a child. If I wanted to have him back, you wouldn't even stand a chance!"
I nodded, not doubting the words she said. I flatly retorted, "I know what you can do, Miss Burton. But
you didn't have to tell me this. Say that directly to Hendrix. No matter what, he has the right to choose
who he wants to be with."
"If he wants to be with you, I wouldn't be able to make him stay. It doesn't mean anything to have his
flesh if his heart is with someone else. I'm sure you understand how that feels exactly."
Even if Andrea was really stupid, she would have understood the sarcasm in my words.
Watching her face grow darker, I stopped saying anything. Only God knew what the witch would have
done after being insulted.
Andrea came into the room with her eyes narrowed. "Arianna, I can't hurt you. But don't you think I can
go for your best friend?"
As she said that, her hand was already reaching for the IV needle in Monique's arm to forcefully pull it
out. In complete shock and worry, my first instinct was to push her away from Monique.
With that one push, Andrea fell to the ground and hit the corner.
Sitting on the ground in pain, she yelled at me, "Arianna, you've gone too far. Don't think that I won't
hurt you just because you're pregnant!"
Before I could speak, Hendrix came in, followed by Austin. Noticing that his beloved girl was in pain,
Austin stomped towards me and shouted at me, "Did you push her?"
"Yes!" I didn't bother denying and glared at Andrea in frustration.
"Arianna, are you seeking your own f*cking death?" Austin raised his arm to hit me.
Hendrix stepped in on time and halted him, "Austin, know your limit!" I couldn't make out what Hendrix
was thinking from his tone of voice.
Austin sneered, "You protect Arianna, and I'll stand up for Andrea. Both of them are equally women.
Who gave her the right to hurt others, yet the victim can't retaliate?"
My blood was boiling, and I couldn't hold back anymore. I looked him dead in the eyes as I said, "Mr.
Shelley, even if you want to protect the person you love, don't you think you should at least check the
facts and know what the situation was? Miss Burton was the one who started the harm, and I'm just
defending myself."