My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I was silent for a short while as well. After giving it some thought, I looked back at him and uttered, "It's illegal of you to take any one of these children away. They are still underage and thus they are still under the protection of the law. Therefore, it's impossible for you to take any of them with you." sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Find_Nøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Rick narrowed his eyes at me, "I lost my son and spent a hundred thousand dollars for nothing. Do you think I am going to turn a blind eye to this? How dumb do you think I am?"

Instead of refuting his words, I just answered, "Of course not. If you trust me, you might as well listen to my opinion."

He narrowed his eyes and replied, "Alright, speak." "There's nothing we can do about your son's death. The person who murdered your son should be the one to take full responsibility for this, but Susan has fled and she is nowhere to be found. Therefore, the only thing we can do now is to discuss this like civilized people and try to figure out a solution that both of you would be satisfied with. What I mean is the Hathaway family should compensate the betrothal money as they are obliged to do that."

"I'm not short

continued, "It has nothing to do with whether you're short on cash or not. Besides, your son has been murdered. The wisest thing for you to do now is to report it to the police. The only thing the Hathaway family can

face darkened. He glared at me and said, "Money? How much can he compensate me? Does he even have the money? The Parker family has lost its sole heir!

head, but his wife spoke instead, "Just take my daughters as you wish. Rick, you are still young, so you are

was so shaken to my very core. My jaw dropped wide open when I registered what she had said. Did this woman just offer up her own daughters? How much hatred did this woman harbor for her daughters? Gail was silent as

a single word. It seemed like she was his wife. She looked furious. She glared at Laura

suddenly understood something. I finally understood why Rick was hesitating to take the child away. It seemed like he was eager to do so, but he feared his wife. This was why he calmed