My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Tiago's reply was instant. "Not yet, but there should be soon. A large number of businessmen had come to gamble on the gemstones. I believe it won't take long to produce a new batch of products." "Alright." Kaleb replied, and did not say anything more. He took a sip of the tea in his hand and glanced at the woman who had been standing at attention beside him.

He asked calmly, "How long did it take?"

The woman's voice trembled as she spoke, "Half an hour."

Kaleb nodded, his tone light, "Go. Some help is needed at Milesley Sea for the new batch of goods. You should run along."

The woman's face turned pale, crumpling to the ground. She pleaded, "Sir, I'll do better next time. I won't do it again."

Westin and Tiago couldn't bear to look at her, and were about to speak up.

Kaleb frowned at this. They quickly lowered their heads, and stayed silent.

"Go! Stop wasting my time," Kaleb said, bringing down the teacup in his hand.

The woman got up, her face ashen. She glared at me and left.

as Kaleb ignored me, continuing to speak to

that he had no plans of addressing

it became hard for me to stand still. I felt a

and asked, "Sir, are

air tensed, Westin and Tiago's words caught in their throats.

brought his long fingers to the tea table and knocked on

He looked rather nonchalant.

you intend to send me back, you must be more or less

a frown. I thought I saw pity in his eyes. It seemed

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I was a little confused. I didn't understand what

to look at Tiago and said something

He looked at me.

my eyes

looked cold,