My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

The manager was not exaggerating.

With the crystal clear flower petals, red tassels paired with white crystals, plus the embellished handmade tassels,

merely holding the coronet in hand already gave me a much more astonishing feeling than the rest of the items on the cupboard, not to mention the effect of it complementing the red gauzy cape. My fingers slid across the brim, and the corners of my mouth unconsciously lifted, revealing my temptation.

The memory of my wedding with Hendrix was already a blur. I only remembered how nervous and excited I had been for the wedding, like the flame on a candle that continuously flickered. As for the other details such as my wedding dress or how many guests attended, I had forgotten all about them.

To me, I preferred my wedding red and gold themed. As the wedding had been done in a rush, I hadn't had the time to give the preparation my full attention.

My only regret was probably the fact that I didn't get the chance to wear the phoenix coronet, showing up in front of Hendrix with a bright red and green gown. Seeing these accessories that day, feeling them under my touch, still brought butterflies to my stomach.

Indeed, a sense of ritual was essential to women of any age. They'd remember it even after the world ended.

"Credit card please."

Just as I was distracted, Freya reached out and was about to pay.

said, "Sorry, could you give us

had gone far enough not to hear our conversational curled

sense into Freya, saying,

of a

in the whole world.

be several hundred thousand dollars? It's too

hand and stroked the edge of the phoenix coronet. "Such a beauty, so the world must witness its charm. Rather than displaying it at home and letting it be covered in dust,

while one could, especially when it

women to be financially independent and stable on their

long smile. raised my hand and pointed to my head, saying, "I've already had it here. This is

it

so let's give it

what do you think you're doing, charity?" "Come on. That's not what I meant.

wedding, and it'll be more suitable for a pair of lucky newlyweds

18,000