My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

As I watched the scene unfold, I seized the opportunity and hurriedly stood up. "I'm also done eating. It'll be too late if I don't go now!" I said quickly.

Aaron blocked my way and said, "Are you sure you want to choose your client over the chance of meeting lan?"

I was both surprised and delighted, exclaiming, "lan's awake?"

Aaron shrugged while replying, "Yeah, and he particularly wants to see you. Are you sure you're not going?"

"Let's go!" I gushed.

After driving for nearly an hour, we reached a holiday villa in the suburbs.

Upon entering the manor, I saw that it was surrounded by the singing of birds and vegetation. Due to the morning rain, the air was especially fresh. After getting cooped up in the car for a long while, I felt much more relaxed being out in the open.

While I stood at the corridor with my hand on the

doorknob, I grew nervous all of a sudden.

We had been friends for more than a decade, and we used to be like family. A few months ago, we were involved in a huge dispute regarding the ownership of Anne's custody, but he still protected me with his life in the end.

What would happen if we were to meet again?

doorknob, but a familiar voice rang out from the other side of the room, "Is that you,

gentle as the sounds of nature. Who else could it

I mustered up the courage to walk

being bedridden for such a long time evident in his physique. He stood with a cane in his hand, and he looked like a

I marveled. Seeing him alive with my very own eyes, I was too excited to say anything else.

us to sit. He sat himself on a rocking

leaned against the side, and the chair swayed slowly. The sunlight and the smile on his face dispelled the coldness in

three days ago, and he was undergoing some physiotherapy exercises. It was not until the day we came for our visit that he could actually walk. Judging from clumsy

the kids

awake, I rushed to see you immediately. Why don't we return to the Reid family to see the kids now? lan, you really should visit them. You were the one who protected them with

have plenty of opportunities to get along

him in hysterics before, I knew of his harmless sincerity toward others. I asked

accompanied by silence. The atmosphere in

Aaron was telling the truth; everyone hasn't

dear to us had been hospitalized - how could

the

overwhelmed my heart. I