My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

As soon as we entered the villa, I noticed a middle-aged woman dressed in fine and fashionable clothes as she stood by the entrance, welcoming us. With a smile on her face, she looked at Hendrix and greeted, "Mr. Roberts, long time no see."

Seeing that I was next to Hendrix, the woman smiled faintly before her gaze returned to Hendrix. "This must be Mrs. Roberts, right?"

Hendrix nodded as he shook her hands and greeted her, "Hello, Madam Lawson. Sorry to keep you waiting."

Madam Lawson? Taking another look at this woman, a realization suddenly struck my mind. Wasn't she Sawyer's mother, Valerie Lawson?

Why did Hendrix bring me here for dinner out of the blue?

After a brief introduction, Valerie led Hendrix and me into the villa. We followed her into the dining room on the first floor. There were already a few people seated at the table, and they seemed to be middle- aged men with their wives.

dishes. Then, she uttered with a smile, "Thank you very much for coming tonight, everyone. I

a hurry to make a statement. You haven't introduced the young man who has just entered." A middle-aged man chuckled as

and said, "Why are you in such a hurry, Arnold? This is Mr. Roberts, whom I've always mentioned to you. He's young and promising. The one next to him is his wife, Mrs. Roberts." After that was an introduction session, where I listened attentively and then realized that the people present were either some chairmen or directors. Basically, they were all

Valerie suddenly brought up some interesting events that had happened recently in Ucrebury. Whether it was intentional, she mentioned the case regarding the methamphetamine, saying that it had been decades since it

and found that someone had recently smuggled that drug. One

do. Arnold, you might not know this but I have inquired Mrs. Roberts about it two days ago. She was so concerned about this that she went to her friend for help in search of it. Who knew that things would turn out so badly. Her friend is

before I realized that Valerie was

I wondered to myself, "When have I ever met Valerie?

Hendrix and saw that he was looking

who had been through hell, and Arnold instantly understood what Valerie meant behind her words. His experienced eyes landed on me and he replied, "I didn't know that you and Madam Lawson were so closely acquainted. What's your friend's name? I'll go back and check. If there really was a misunderstanding, then it's like a friendly fire. There shouldn't be such a dispute with one of our own." S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and