My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I listened quietly, clenching my fists tightly. It was not that I was nervous or uncomfortable. It was just that she reminded me so much of Monique, which sent me into quite a daze.

After a pause, she continued, "I know that you feel like a mess now and you don't know what you should do. But Arianna, we have to move forward one way or another; we can't live in the past forever. What you have to do is to follow your heart. You don't have to keep yourself trapped in your past memories."

I nodded. In my heart, I knew all this.

She grabbed my hands, her expression calm and solemn. "I'm not here today as a lobbyist, but as a friend. I don't want you to suffer. So, Arianna, you don't have to reject me."

smile. "Thank you for

at the start. She's the type of person who buries her dark ambitions deep

did not comment but I silently agreed. It was true that everything Valerie did,

seen her experience many challenges. She was even tricked by others. You probably don't know that each time she went to a new village, she would do what she

low voice, "It's not like I

mother's concern for her daughter that she gave Andrea all her love when she met her. She feared that she was not good enough. From a mother's point of view, her love is great. But from the perspective of others, as you know, her love can be seen as extreme, or destructive. Arianna, I'm not asking you to forgive

I knew this better than anyone else. From a mother's perspective, all Valerie

willing to do anything to get rid of all the obstacles in her