My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Hendrix shot an emotionless stare at Kennedy, who was looking rather frantic. He decided to stop hiding the fierceness in his tone. "Aunt Kennedy, Uncle Trent, which one of you is planning to tell me who the man in this photo is? Everyone knows that this person is dead, yet he now lives in Mesville. Why?"

The change of tone in his last few sentences showed that Hendrix was past concealing his emotions.

Even I could tell that Trent wasn't surprised when he saw Johannes' photo. It turned out Hendrix was right about Trent knowing the truth.

Hendrix had once said that although Trent treated him quite well, he had always been slightly distant with Hendrix. Thus, Hendrix slowly lost his sense of security with him, and no longer bothered about knowing the truth.

It was only until he took over the Roberts Group and became a calculative businessman himself that came to a gradual realization that he could trust no one in the world.

perhaps they were never family in the

explained at this

Trent, am I really your nephew?" Hendrix's voice

change their identity or forge their death certificates. It would've been easy for Johannes to

took a deep

So, why are you asking me? Yes, we are not blood-related. You are not a Roberts. But over the

anything, letting his cold

"Johannes, your father was adopted. He's a natural businessman, and he was grateful to your grandfather for raising him He has always been a capable person. Your mother's family and the Roberts have always been close, and the children from both families often hung out together. So naturally, your mother liked your father, and both families approved of the marriage. It's just that your father didn't care much about these things, so your