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..."

hear that? Even Anne is clearer about

at a

Freya continued talking.

just me he can't handle. He can't even handle his own father and the entire Zimmer family. His relationship with his father was already awkward 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 the man remarries, but it is absolutely unacceptable when it's the woman who remarries. I've seen more than enough. There's nothing for me to be excited about anymore. I'm not the kind of woman who has to survive on men and marriage

that calmly as though she was telling someone else's

intersection. Freya stepped on the brake

can't wrap fire with paper. The Zimmer family have already arranged for him to be engaged to a wonderful and obedient fiancee. The perfect daughter-in-law for a father who is a military general. He thinks he's doing a good

in reality he's actually someone else's fiancee.

knew that Cyril had such

heavy after having to process such a large amount of

about it.

young,

he's brave for standing up for his dreams. Who knows, he might be doing everything he can to persuade his family about you too, you