My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

However, I did not expect Serene to approach me before Hendrix made his choice.

When she arrived at my office with her men, I was discussing Freya's lawsuit with Fabian. After the trial, Stephanie was charged with intentional tort and sentenced to five years of imprisonment. The judge took the child in her womb into consideration and postponed her sentence by a year, but we thought that was not the best result.

People like Stephanie would continue to be a danger to others so long as there was a chance. I had hoped that she would be sent to prison immediately. After all, the environment in jail nowadays was different from that of the previous century. Even if the prisoners were subjected to physical labor, they could still enjoy basic rights and it would not affect the pregnancy.

"Miss Reid, we have a guest," my secretary announced as she knocked on the door. We looked up and saw Serene standing by the door.

When our eyes met, her lips curled into a smile. Just like how she was at the banquet, her expression was warm yet distant.

raised my head and scanned her back. It seemed that she did not bring anyone else with

said and sent Fabian away as I welcomed Serene in. "Miss Forbes, you've been waiting for a long time. Come in and

is up to you, I won't bargain." Letting out a long sigh, I leaned back on the chair and sized her up with my squinted eyes. She was indeed the most powerful woman in Jarold City. From her tone, it seemed that she

and I had never

silence, I pursed my lips and beamed while saying, "Then,

to no more than two hundred and twenty billion dollars. It seems unfair of you to offer such a price." "Well..." I muttered as I placed my hand on the table and propped up my chin in my thinking posture. After reasoning with it in my head for a while, I looked up at her and noted innocently, "But, didn't Miss Forbes just mention that I could name any price that I

taken aback at my words. Her eyes flickered with doubt. She looked like she was questioning the sanity of the person

my price was just a way of being polite. People who uttered these words intended to emphasize their superiority and to show their sincerity in cooperating. The hidden motive behind these words was actually to limit the cost to fifty percent of the reasonable range. However, this was not

I took this sentence literally that