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.

I got up and went to the kitchen. Nerissa was kneading dough and Hendrix was

Hendrix smiled. "Do you know how to

nodded, walked to him and washed my hands before I started helping him make the dumplings. "Grandma taught me once

south? Very few girls in the south know how to. Even the older generation there have no

dumplings and bread every New Year. Besides, she liked

"Your grandmother sounds like

about her younger days, so I only remember the time

"Arianna, have you 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

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

her relatives or friends in Hovell, but she was very close

was little, I heard from Monique's mother that my grandmother came to Hovell in her fifties. She bought a small 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

you know your grandmother's

moment and said,