My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

He was stunned for a moment and nodded silently.

Anne looked up at me and then at Pedro, "Sir, what holiday is it today?"

Pedro looked at her with gentle eyes, "It's New Year's Eve. It's the last day of each year."

Anne looked like she understood him and mumbled, "Does it mean that the whole family has to be together?"

Pedro nodded.

After thinking for a while, Anne looked at me. "Mommy, why isn't Grandpa and Uncle Aaron here?"

I smiled, surprised at her question. "Grandpa and Uncle Aaron are busy. Aunt Yana has just given birth to a baby, so she can't come out and has to stay home."

"When are we going to see the baby then?" Anne was talkative and liked to ask a lot of questions. Once she started, it was hard for her to stop.

went to the kitchen. Nerissa was kneading dough and Hendrix was making dumplings while Valerie

saw me, Hendrix smiled. "Do you know how

him and washed my hands before I started helping him make the dumplings. "Grandma taught me

grew up in the south? Very few girls in the south know how to. Even the older generation there

Besides, she liked hot pot. She wasn't a fan of the southern dishes, so she ate most of the stewed dishes from

"Your grandmother sounds like she was

never told me stories about her younger days,

an old lady like your grandmother, who didn't have any relatives or friends in Hovell, somehow knew Dalton, the richest man in Ucrebury? She even trusted

before shaking my head. "No." I never really did think

or friends in Hovell, but she was very close to

mother that my grandmother came to Hovell in her fifties. She bought a small yard in Hovell and lived there on her

grandmother's

moment and said, "Carol Reid. I