My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I nodded. My mind was a little muddled.

We waited for the children to finish eating. As it was already very late, the woman slept on the ground in another room similar in size to the one we were in. Bobbie said that the conditions here were like this, and asked us to just bear with it for one night. We would return home the next day. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Sheridan was worried that I would be cold at night, so he took out all the blankets he could find in the house. However, it was still not warm enough, so I huddled together with a few of the children for warmth. In the middle of the night, my feet were so cold that I couldn't fall asleep. I involuntarily curled up in bed and then the voice of the little girl came from beside my ear, "Madam Reid!"

At first, I thought I had heard wrongly. After pausing for a moment, the voice of the little girl came again. "Madam Reid, are you asleep?"

This time, I was sure that the child was calling me. Feeling a little stunned, I answered her, "No, what's wrong?"

squatting beside me. She looked at me and said softly, "Mommy told me that I have to follow you to the city for some delicious food tomorrow. Can you take my eldest sister, Susan with you too?

her cold body with a quilt. I said, "What's wrong? Why do you want to

at all. Although she was wary of

but smile and waited

completely distracted by the fragrance of my body. I asked again, "Abby, why does your eldest sister want to go

daddy doesn't want to let her study anymore now. He wants her to come back and get married, but she doesn't want to. So mommy locked her up in the bullpen. She hasn't eaten for several days. Mommy said that if

words shocked me. I didn't know what to say for a moment, but I still asked calmly, "Can

nodded, stood up and was about to leave barefooted. I stopped her and whispered, "It's cold

indifferently, "It's okay. I'm not cold. My brothers and sisters used to be barefoot in colder winters than this. Mommy said