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."

"Thank you

"To be honest, I hated Valerie very much at the start. She's the type of person who buries her dark ambitions deep in her heart. She will do anything and is willing

agreed. It was true that everything Valerie did, she had her own

she has fought on like a cockroach with great perseverance, never giving up. She has been looking for you for the past 26 years and I've 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 could to help the village's needy. She was

said in a low voice, "It's not

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 her. I just want to tell you that this matter has ended. What you car do now is not let the past torment you, but to focus on what you should do in the future. You should live your life for the days ahead, not for days that

She was right, and I knew this better than anyone else. From a mother's perspective, all Valerie did was simply to

of all the obstacles in her way. I, at the