My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Seeing how straightforward I was, Valerie smiled and said, "Hey, can't I even have a casual chat with you?"

Pedro, on the other hand, started saying, "We felt that you were awfully familiar when we first got to know you. And I'm sure you already know it, we have reunited with our daughter recently. But we still feel that it's destined that we met you. If you don't mind, Miss Reid, we'd like to adopt you as our goddaughter."

I frowned. Knowing that things wouldn't happen without any reason, I said in reply, "Meeting you two is a good fortune on my part. But I think you two should get to the topic."

Valerie's face fell. She paused for a moment before saying, "Miss Reid, you should be aware of the relationship between Mr. Roberts and Andrea, right?"

to speak on behalf of

I said calmly. "Yes, I am. Madam Lawson, are you attempting to convince me to divorce Hendrix so that your daughter

guiltily, "Miss Reid, I do understand how you would feel about this. To be frank, Pedro and I had given it a lot of thought before

am as much a parent as you both are, so what should I consider for my child's sake?" Pedro was a businessman, so naturally, he prioritized profit and interest before anything else. Upon hearing what I said, he put a gold card in front of me and said, "Miss Reid, you don't have to worry about your child's future. The amount of money in this card will be sufficient for you to buy a house in Jarold City. If you encounter any problem in the future, you

at the gold card on the table and said mockingly, "It must have been painful for you to lose your daughter for more than twenty years, right? Presumably, Miss Burton has also suffered a lot for these past decades. I don't

that it won't be in the future. Since you guys appreciate Hendrix this much, you should know better just

Pedro looked at each

shrugged and said, "I do admire and envy the love you two have for your daughter, but that's it. Miss Burton has her parents to fight on her behalf, and I too need to fight for what's best for my child."

that you won't take this matter to heart. Parents will tend to lose their sense of