Three Little Guardian Angels

Pearl froze.

Tanner hugged her tightly and lowered his head.He pressed his lips on the top of her head and said in a soft voice, "You’ve become thinner."

Before coming to her, he had imagined many different kinds of reunion scenarios.

Would he go crazy and express his longing for her? Or would he try to stop at nothing to trap her by his side again? Countless thoughts flitted across his mind, but he was scared when he saw her.

He was afraid of her rejection.He was afraid that she would hate him.

Pearl stayed frozen stiff in his arms for a long while.She pressed her lips thin and pulled his arms away.

"Tanner," she said without turning her head back, "What are you doing here? There's no way we can return to how things were."

His heart skipped a beat, and he froze.

"Do you still hate me?"

"Not anymore." Pearl turned around to look at him.

She forced herself to stay calm and said, "I’ve already let go of everything between us."

Tanner walked up to her and said, "But I can’t."

She was stunned for a moment, but she swiftly regained herself.

in your relationship.You and Sandy would have had a

Tanner

into her

is nothing but

and

a jack*ss.By the time I realized how wrong I was, I had lost you.I've been living in guilt for the past

sideways and added, "I

you aren't

finger stopped on

and if you got pregnant

beat, and she pushed

"Tanner!"

took a step back.He looked at her

around and said, "The kid isn’t related

leaving that sentence, she ran into the house without turning her head back, leaving Tanner to stand as stiff as a ramrod on the

sky was getting darker,

looked out of the window with the kid in her

standing in the courtyard, and

Pearl and said, "Pearl, Tanner

to have anything to do with the Hannigans, things would go bad for them if anything were to happen to

and walked to the

standing in the rain.He refused to go away despite being wet

why she just couldn't do it.She grabbed an umbrella and went outside.She placed the umbrella on top of