Female Novel
Chapter 231
Quickly, I realized that I shouldn't think about foods as I started craving them even more once I thought
about it. At this time, my phone vibrated. Since I couldn't fall asleep, I got up quietly.
I took the phone and looked at it. It was a message from Monique. "Arianna, I can't sleep. I'm craving
green mangoes!"
Seeing that we both were craving a certain food, I couldn't help but find it amusing. Monique and I were
indeed soul sisters.
I texted back, "I can't sleep either. Right now, I'm craving the autumn tomatoes in Hovell's backyard so
much!"
Monique got back at me. "Yes! So am I. Recently, I have been longing for the green mangoes in front of
the old house. But it's too far away, and I can't eat them. Besides, I heard that the old house is going to
be developed soon."
I responded, "Well, I guess we can only think about it."
They were all in our memories. There was no way we could eat them so easily.
It was a little dark in the bedroom, yet I really wasn't sleepy. So, I quietly walked out of the bedroom
and went downstairs to see if there were any tomatoes. If I couldn't eat the autumn tomatoes from
Hovell, I would eat something similar to satisfy my hunger.
But before I could reach the ground floor downstairs, my phone rang, and it startled me. It was a call
from Aaron. I frowned, and I wondered why he was calling this late at night.
I picked up the phone and answered hostilely, "What's the matter?"
"Are you thinking of autumn tomatoes?" Aaron sounded very wide awake even at wee hours.
But I was frightened by his words that I almost threw my cell phone away. I raised my voice. "Aaron,
are you out of your mind! What did you install on my phone?"
He answered lazily, "Don't be mad. It's just a simple monitoring app. I only want to know whether you
are well or not. I won't do anything else."
"You are crazy!" I was infuriated to the point that I wished I could throw the phone to his face.
"Calm down!" He sounded sad. "I only want to know what you're doing so that I can be at ease.
Besides, I'll know what you want immediately."
"You're crazy!" With that, I hung up the phone and threw it into the water.
My chest heaved as I tried to think when he got to install the monitoring application on my phone.
My mood went sour after the farce. I sat in the living room, still feeling vexed.
The foul mood lingered until dawn when I finally fell asleep on the couch in the living room. When I
woke up, I was covered with a blanket.
I opened my eyes and met Hendrix's deep gaze.
Startled, I opened my mouth to greet, "Good morning!"
"How did you end up sleeping here?" he asked in a subdued voice.
"I couldn't sleep last night, so I came down. I must have accidentally fallen asleep."
Hendrix's face fell, "You can't sleep with me by your side?"
I quickly denied, "It's not that!"
Somewhat grumpy, I continued, "I just couldn't sleep. I came down to take a walk and see if it'll help.
I'm not—"
Seeing that I was getting irritated, he pulled me into an embrace and placated me with his gentle voice,
"I know... I know. I'm not blaming you. I'm only worried that you might catch a cold here. Next time
when you can't sleep, you can wake me up. I'll keep you accompanied until you sleep, okay?"
It was hard to describe the feeling in my heart. He had been catering to my whims for so long.
I leaned against his chest and nodded. My frustration from earlier dissipated.
It was only a small episode in the morning. After breakfast, we went straight to the graveyard. It was
quite early, so the weather was considerably good.
Hendrix had bought flowers for Dalton in advance. With the bouquet in his hand, we walked slowly onnovelbin
the damp route to the top of the mountain while holding hands.
When we arrived at the graveyard, the sun had already risen. I stopped after a few steps through the
gate, looking at the person in front of Dalton's headstone.
I couldn't help but frown.
Hendrix also saw Andrea standing in front of the headstone. She was wearing a black dress. It was
probably because she never wore a black dress before, so I was a little
confused when I saw her.