My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I knew that the Saunders family was wealthy; it was just that their wealth was slightly more than what I had initially expected.

It took more than ten minutes to reach the front door of the Saunders family home from the gate. Along the way were parks and natural scenery. As it was winter, the maple leaves had fallen off the trees at the side of the road; they looked bare.

The ambience became even quieter and more desolate.

In the car, Josiah's phone rang. Judging from his tone, it should be from Hendrix.

He said a few lines, then looked at me and handed the phone over, saying, "It's Hendrix."

I pursed my lips and glanced at him. I did not reach out to take the phone and chose to ignore him instead.

Hesitantly, he took it back and spoke into the phone, "Call back later!"

I didn't know what was said on the other end. Josiah muttered an agreement, then hung up on the call. It was dead silence again in the car.

The car stopped in front of a row of bungalows. A few neatly dressed people stepped out. They might be the servants or the nannies hired by the Saunders family.

stepped forward and called

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he turned to the middle-aged man leading in front and said, "Prepare a room for Miss

middle-aged man nodded

villa. There were more than a dozen middle-aged men and women seated in the hall. Two elderly people sat

enter, they all turned

woman stepped forward first and asked, "Josh, have you

nerves, which had initially relaxed, immediately

I was. So, Anne had really

I lifted my eyes to look at Josiah, waiting for

my reaction. His expression remained weary as he said, with some difficulty, "I've already sent everyone out to search for

strength in this slap. There was enough left to hit Josiah's face.

Some were furious, some frowned in confusion, and

forward to speak was a girl in her twenties. She was

her but didn't say anything. I merely looked at Josiah, strongly suppressing my anger as I said, "Josiah, you'd better pray that Anne is safe. Otherwise, I will spare no effort in the rest of