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.

up and went to the kitchen.

smiled. "Do you

and washed my hands before I started helping him

older generation there have no idea how to make dumplings. I remembered that

my grandma had been to many places. She would make a lot of dumplings and bread every New Year. Besides, she liked hot pot. She wasn't a fan of the

smiled and said, "Your grandmother sounds like she was a

my dumplings. "She never told me stories about her younger days, so

ever thought about how 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 him and handed

a moment before shaking my head. "No." I never really did think about this seriously

but she was very close to the neighbors in the

yard in Hovell and lived there on her own. Later, she accidentally found me and decided to raise me. Hovell residents weren't curious or nosy people, so no one ever asked her where she was

know your grandmother's name?" Nerissa asked

said, "Carol Reid. I took