My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

She smiled faintly. "There's a leisure area outside of the hotel. Let's go!"

Following her to the back of the hotel, we came to an open-air rest area. She found us a seat, sat down gracefully, and motioned me to sit down to talk.

I sat down across from her and asked for a cup of warm water from the waiter while she asked for a cup of coffee, no sugar.

I quietly glanced at her.

She did not seem to be in a hurry to wrap our little chat up. After the coffee was served, she slowly took a sip and said, "Are you not a fan of coffee?"

I'm not used to

don't like bitterness." When her eyes fell on me, she smiled again. "To be honest, you and I are so similar when I was young. If I

daughter, I would need to have blessings spanning across a few lifetimes. I

knew that I was no more than an ordinary girl, and that if I aspired to live a life that I truly wanted in the future, I would have to work hard and suffer. At 23, I graduated from university and met Pedro. Being

intention of interrupting. She asked the waiter for a refill and continued, "At 24, he and I had been looking forward to our future. I even imagined our life together after marriage. It was beautiful and worth looking forward to, but reality was cruel. Only a few children from average

because

help but frown as

Pedro out of anger and wanted to be independent. The year I left Jarold City, I swore to myself that I would work until I'm at a