My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

The people around laughed. Suddenly, a child appeared and surreptitiously set down one of the satin flower garlands that Ethan's parents had made themselves next to Hendrix. It was obvious that he was hinting at something.

Hendrix took the flower garland. Perhaps he felt that it was inappropriate, after a split second, he got up and left the room. The guests in the hall were all surprised by his sudden leave.

Fortunately, he came back a few minutes later with a large bouquet of roses in his hand. The fresh roses looked vibrant. It was quite a sight for a handsome man to be holding such a large bouquet.

He walked towards me, got down on one knee, and said affectionately, "Arianna, I'm not a smart man, but I want to give you everything I have. I will continue to love you in the way I know how, and learn how to love you more and more each day. I still have a long way to go in life, but I'm hoping that you will be there with me, every single step of the way."

I held back my laughter. It was a rare sight to see Hendrix, who was usually quiet and impassive, speaking so much all of a sudden. This was probably the longest I've ever seen him speak! "Arianna, why are you still in a daze? Hold out your hand and accept the ring!" Yana urged me impatiently. Before I could even react, Yana was behind me, raising my arm.

crowd erupted into deafening applause, as if giving

and all of us were

at night, and the sky was getting darker and darker. After all the guests had left, Yana held my hand and tried to persuade me to stay in the

at the gate and chatted a bit more with me. Just as I was about to leave, I paused for a while, looked at her and said, "Yana, Aaron came to the wedding today. He asked me to give you his blessing. He wanted to thank you for taking care of him for so many years. He said

up in her thoughts for

hadn't met him, I wouldn't be where I am now. He is the reason that I became the person I am today. If he hadn't brought me to Jarold City, I would've stayed at the border all my life, like the rest of the women in the war. I'd either

"I will definitely pass on

came to pick us up. Looking