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?"

"It's bitter. I'm

you don't like bitterness." When her eyes fell on me,

smile was a little cold. "To be your daughter, I would

eyes and then exhaled deeply. "30 years ago, when I was just 20 years old, 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 noticed among so many people by this respected man was probably my luckiest momen in my life. He

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 families ever get respected. Only children who have been born into noble family backgrounds, will have an

looked at me thoughtfully. "The gracefulness within is rare because the only way to have it

couldn't help but frown as I

anger and wanted to be independent. The year