My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Anne nodded excitedly, "Of course!"

After a pause, she seemed to remember something. She took Charles' hand and said, "Grandpa, let's go. The grapes Mom grew on the wall has ripened. Let's go and pick them."

The little fellow was a flurry of kiddy emotions. She hastily pulled Charles to the backyard.

Norman looked at me strangely and asked, "You're Charles' daughter?"

How should I tell him?

After thinking for a moment, I began to explain. "Four years ago, he adopted me four years ago, so I guess you can say that I'm his daughter."

He fell into silence for a while and did not continue asking more questions.

It was best to keep a distance from people. Everyone harbored secrets of their own that could not be revealed to others.

Halfway through dinner, a knock sounded at the door.

Upon hearing the knock, she immediately jumped out of her seat and ran out.

could react, I heard Anne say, "Mommy, there's a bad

Cecil. She walked in with a haggard face and her eyes were

me, she strode towards me. Before I could even get a word out, she grabbed me and

tearfully, "Arianna, I'm the one who provoked you. It has nothing to do with my father. You can torture me any way you want. My father is innocent." When I heard this, I started to understand what was going on. Charles always worked so swiftly and meticulously. No one really knew how or could figure out his

tomorrow to conduct the investigation; I did

already come to my house begging on her knees

pursed my lips and tore her hands away from mine. I took two steps back to keep my distance from her and said, "Miss Parker, you're talking to the wrong person. This is not a church. You should go

eating also came out after hearing the

all surprised when

watch the news, to know Charles. Upon seeing him, she hurried forward and cried, "Mr. Reid, please let my father go. He is just an ordinary man. He has been carrying out his duties properly all these years. It was me. I shouldn't have caused so much trouble

fault. You can take your revenge on me, but please don't hurt my father. Mr. Reid, you're in a high and powerful position and aren't afraid of anyone, but we're different. My father has been doing what was required of him all these

were the truth or otherwise. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the

clean. When he heard her words, his face darkened and he did not

urging me to explain who she