My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

She soon realized that I was looking at her. When our eyes met in the rear view mirror for the third time, Freya stopped resisting.

"Alright, enough. Ask whatever it is you want to ask. If you keep looking at me from behind, I'll be uncomfortable the entire drive back," Freya said.

I couldn't help myself from laughing. "I don't mean to interfere in your private life, but what's your situation with Cyril? I just wanted to say. He has been chasing you for so many years now, he seems sincere enough. You should give each other a chance. That's not impossible, right, Anne?"

"Was that uncle trying to pursue Aunt Freya?" Anne asked.

"Yes." I nodded and joked, "What do you think about him?"

"He's not bad." Anne sure was a chip off the old block. I'm sure she learnt to be stingy with her words from Hendrix. She seemed way too calm as she talked about relationships.

I have yet to start explaining Freya and Cyril's past when Anne said, "In my opinion, he seems inferior to Aunt Freya. He can't seem to handle her. When it comes to relationships, I believe that things can only last long when both parties are equal."

"But..."

you hear that? Even Anne is clearer about our situation

and was at

Freya continued talking.

when he wanted to be an award-winning actor, let alone pursue a divorced woman. That's what I dislike about large families. It never matters how many times

of that calmly as though she was telling someone else's story instead of her own. I, however, found it very

was red at the intersection. Freya stepped on the

perfect daughter-in-law for a father who is a military general. He

but in reality he's

that Cyril had

heavy after having to process such a large amount of information. I then said, "Maybe

it. Cyril is

young,

for standing up for his dreams. Who knows, he might be doing everything he can to