My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I frowned. I was spiraling into a swirl of emotions. I wanted to speak, but Sheridan held my hand. He leaned over and whispered, "That's no point intervening. The Hathaway family is not willing to pay the compensation at all."

I was stupefied. Staring at Orchid's ashen face, I suddenly felt utterly helpless. Regardless of what I did, the outcome would still be the same.

Seeing that I seemed gloomy, Laura stared at me and said with a smile, "Miss Reid, thank you so much. But I hope you will not intervene in this matter. This is my family's business and it's inappropriate for you to intervene."

Was she trying to be courteous?

But she was right, it was indeed none of my business.

the end, there was nothing we could do except watch Rick drag the helpless child away. The rest

didn't know what

things she can no longer do and frankly, she will turn into a disabled person. As such, I don't want much. I just want to be compensated fifty thousand and I'm sure that Miss Reid is able to afford it. I hope that I will be

From his perspective, his greed did make sense, but the fact that it was justifiable made

million dollars and we will go and get everything done. From then on, I'll be adopting this child and we have nothing to do with you people. You are not allowed to get in touch with her in the future no matter

was dumbfounded. He glanced at Abby and his lips curled into a smirk. "Yes, we have a deal. I didn't know that she was worth this much. Let's go, we will go and get

would have known he was actually delighted to hear this. Although Abby was still a child, I was certain that she understood the entire conversation and all

then stared at me and said, "Miss Reid, I