My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Chapter 258

Hendrix smiled at my complaints and asked me to lie on my side. Then, he began to massage my legs

and arms.

Frankly, the massage didn't do much to relieve the discomfort. But because he was there by my side, it

didn't take long for me to fall asleep.

The next day, I woke up in the bedroom, feeling suffocated in my dreams. I had always liked to sleep

on my back, so even though I went to bed on my sides, I would turn to lie flat on my back in my sleep

anyway.

And since the baby was getting bigger by day, it wasn't abnormal for me to wake up in a startle for fear

that I would be suffocated.

I turned over and laid sideways to catch up with my breath. Eventually, I felt better. Hendrix was long

gone from the bedroom.

I went down to the ground floor after washing up, and Heather had already prepared breakfast.

I wasn't hungry, so I declined when she asked if I needed anything. Heather got nervous when she

heard my answer, and she urged, "Mrs. Roberts, are you not satisfied with what I've prepared? Do you

want to eat something else? Please let me know. I'll make it for you later!"

I shook my head. I didn't feel like eating anything. Instead, I went for a walk in the courtyards,

There was a hammock chair in the yard. I went to rest on it after walking for a while, but I quickly drifted

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I was half- awake when I felt something crawling on my legs. It was soft and slippery. I tried to shake it

away in a daze, but it was futile. The slithery feeling on my skin didn't feel good.

I forced my eyes open to look at what it was, and when I did, my hair stood on its end. It was a hot

summer, so I was wearing a short skirt. What I saw was a snake-with black and white rings continued

right around its body - gliding up my bare leg to my lap, threatening me with its fangs.

Trembling in fear, I instinctively slapped the snake away, falling off the hammock chair in the process of

it because I had moved too fast. Even though I fell to the ground, I still managed to shout at the top of

my lungs, "Go away!"

My loud scream had attracted the attention of the staff members in the compound. Doctors, helpers,

and bodyguards rushed to my location in no time, and their face was ashen when they saw me on the

ground.

Hilda, who Hendrix had asked to come to Jarold City with us from Ucrebury, was prompt to respond,

"Someone call 911 immediately! She needs to go to the hospital right away."

Taken aback by her reaction, I looked down and realized that a large pool of fluid had gotten my lower

body wet. My heart wrenched at the sight of the fluid, and my mind raced through the possibility of what

it was.

I hadn't even managed to recover from the shock from before.

I held onto Hilda tightly to seek assurance, "The baby will be fine, right? Please tell me she will be

alright!"

She held my hands and motioned the two bodyguards to help me up. "Don't worry. You'll be fine. But

we should still go to the hospital for a thorough examination. Does your lower abdomen hurt?" she

asked.

I shook my head, "No." She nodded and comforted me, "Then it should be fine. Try to take it easy. You

shouldn't be too worried about it."

Later, the ambulance came, and I was sent to the hospital in a hurry. I went through a lot of tests to be

sure that I was truly alright. Fortunately, the results were good news. I was in good health except for the

loss of some fluid at the beginning.

However, I was advised to be observed in the hospital for a few days due to the shock I had

experienced.

It was already afternoon by the time Hendrix and Evan came to the hospital. One of the bodyguards

gave Hendrix a report of what happened once he saw Hendrix. Hendrix frowned when the bodyguard

was finished, and he looked at the bodyguard and asked, "Why is there a snake in the villa?"

The bodyguard's face was grave, "We do pest control regularly and check the yard every day. There

shouldn't be any snake within close proximity of the compound."

Hendrix looked at Evan and said, "Have someone to look into this."

Evan nodded.

Later, when all the unimportant people had left the ward, I looked at Hendrix and said, "Hendrix, I want

to go back to Ucrebury."

I simply couldn't get used to life in Jarold City, and I felt even more uneasy after what had happened.

He held my hand in his and comforted softly, "Alright, well go back next week. I still have some things

to deal with in the company. Once I'm done, we'll go back!"

During my stay in the hospital, Hendrix was busy with things, and so, he basically had no free time. I

was starting to get bored in the hospital. As I was getting to the third trimester of pregnancy, it would be

difficult for me to go anywhere sooner than later.