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

that you 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 hadn't checked your

was a little cold. "To be your daughter, I would need to have blessings spanning across a few

face faded. She narrowed her 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

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

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

but frown as

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 position where I