My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

After a slight pause, she continued, "Moreover, you do actually have to think for Mr. Roberts and for yourself. If one day Anne were to really return to the Saunders family, it won't be as easy for you and Hendrix to have children when both of you are older. Why not have children while you still have the ability to? Although Anne is still young, I'm sure she would be understanding of the both of you."

Her words hit me like a truck because she was right - even if I didn't think for myself, I had to be thoughtful towards Hendrix.

He was almost in his mid-thirties now - a good age to want to have kids. If he only wanted to have children after Anne grows up, it would probably be very difficult by then. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Seeing me zone out, she patted my hand and comforted me, saying, "Don't overthink this though, this is just my two cents. Everyone has their own priorities in life, but you should still have a backup plan no matter what."

We walked into the yard and found a place to sit. I suddenly thought of her situation with Aaron. "Have you and Aaron planned on when to get your marriage certificate?"

happen to the child's registration of

ways, and he just needed to pay a little more to get things done, it would still be unfair

abrupt question. Then, she said with a forlorn smile, "For me to be able to give birth to his child is already an immense privilege. I don't have the right to be married to

like this? You love him and would have to bear a child

up an orphan with a squeaky clean background, regardless of how tough

My mother was an opium poppy farmer in the Golden Triangle. You know, not many kids that grow up in the Golden Triangle turn out normal. Before I turned twenty, I had always thought that killing people was a normal act. It was only after I met Aaron that I learned that girls can actually grow up

as a child. What

child can grow up untainted and unblemished. This is already my greatest blessing." After a moment of silence, I said, "Perhaps Uncle Charles wouldn't mind

was of a different nationality, that didn't necessarily mean anything. She couldn't choose her own

and said particularly gently, "Thank you, Arianna. Even if they