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?"

was already 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? She also wants to go to the

me and covered her cold body with a quilt. I

anything at all. Although she was wary of me, she still could not help but say, "Madam Reid,

help but smile and waited for her to answer

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

attention and thought for a moment before replying, "She is seventeen. Mommy said that it's time for her to get married, but she doesn't want to. Susan has studied a lot. But 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 she refused

know what to say for a moment, but I still

I stopped her and

in colder winters than this. Mommy said that I would get used to it. I'm used to it now,