My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I thought that people would let go of things, leaving the past in the past, but people differ from each other, and some just never learned to move on.

I was a little surprised that Nerissa had come to find me. Hendrix was very busy while I was also just starting to prepare for my postgraduate entrance exam. The Roberts family had no qualms about her. The nanny informed me from the entrance of the study that Nerissa had arrived.

Once I came down from the initial surprise, I nodded and made my way downstairs.

It had been more than half a month since we last met. She was dressed formally. At the age of 40, her wrinkled face was already showing signs of aging.

Upon seeing me, she slowly took a sip of tea then looked at me, saying, "My brother and his wife had migrated two years ago, and I'm the only elder left in the Roberts family. Whatever it is, you and Hendrix were once married, but the divorce was considered amicable. You didn't take anything with you when you left, so whatever you want now, just say the word and we, the Roberts family, will do our best to meet your requests."

It was obvious that she was here to get rid of me.

I pursed my lips, only replying after a while, "Madam Roberts, are you trying to chase me out?"

faint smile. "Of course not, I just think that regardless of what happened, you are still the official adopted daughter of the Reid family, and the biological daughter of the Moore family. Frankly, I'm just trying to be considerate of you from your perspective. You have such a brilliant background, it would be terrible if any rumors of you were

consideration for me from my point of view. Technically, I

However...

this way, I didn't have any reason to

and said with a calm chest, "Thank you for your guidance, Madam Roberts. You're right. I've divorced Hendrix, so I shouldn't be

Madam Roberts. I'll pack up my things in

person. Once I finished speaking, I turned to go upstairs, but she stopped me midway. With a smile on her face, she said, "Child, you've always been so quick on your feet! Look, I just arrived

my eyebrows at her. "Aren't

considerate of you. I'd like for a lady

you don't have to be in a hurry to move away just yet. Why not wait till you talk about this with Hendrix later? He's not that easy to reason with. You know him the best, look for one of his faults then move out, that'll be the best solution

should start an argument with Hendrix,

laughter. I always had a rebellious bone in me. Anger slowly welled up within me, and I couldn't

"There's no need for so many excuses, I wasn't planning to stay here for long anyway.