My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I was stunned for a moment and my heart skipped a beat. I turned around and saw Shirley with her blonde hair, standing at the door. Who knew how long she had been there for?

Compared to when we first met, she had gained some weight; her stomach bulged slightly. Perhaps she was pregnant. Her long, blonde hair was tied up in a bun, her blue eyes stared at me in shock and helplessness.

I got up and called out to her subconsciously, "Shirley!"

She looked at me in disbelief as tears welled up in her eyes. "You and Irvin have known each other all this while?"

She looked at Irvin and said in a hoarse voice, "So, the room which you won't allow me to enter belongs to her? The woman whom you've been doing your best to protect, is her? The woman whom you call out to when you wake up in the middle of the night is her?"

Irvin frowned and looked displeased. "Who let you in?" He asked, a hint of displeasure and disgust in his tone.

Shirley smiled, but her eyes were filled with grief.

"Do you want me to leave? If did, are you going to run off happily with her?"

I pursed my lips. I could hear sounds coming from the leisure lounge. Anne had probably woken up by the ruckus.

looked at Shirley and said, "I'm sorry. It was inappropriate for me to be here.

awake. She scrambled her tiny body out of the bed, her

ran towards me before she could even stand firmly. "Mommy,

her up. "No, Anne, it has

blaming herself. She buried her head into my chest and said with a muffled

I brought Anne back to Jarold City to give her a promising future. But now, I was not so sure it was the right decision to make. Had I made

was in a foul mood. She looked at me, her eyes no

have your own family and children, why do you still have to come into his life? Don't you

for you to act as

to get engaged with me. In these four years, you've destroyed all my hopeful expectations towards

heart-wrenching cries scared Anne, and she hid her

had already said all that I needed to. I didn't have

with Anne, refusing

neighborhood, just as we arrived at the door, a cough sounded from the

a familiar

immediately lit up with a smile. "Mommy,