My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

The room was silent for some time. Then, Hendrix said with his deep voice, "I had a friend who passed away, that is his sister. I treated her like my own sister, but she kept hurting your mother and frequently crossed many lines. We've become enemies ever since."

Anne still hadn't said anything. However, based on her expression, it seemed like she had understood.

Hendrix then asked inquisitively, "You don't believe me?"

Anne shook her head and said, "I do believe you."

After a brief pause, she looked up at us and added, "I will make her pay for what she did today."

"Good." Hendrix nodded and seemed to have thought about something. He instructed casually, "Go and rearrange your schedule. You're coming with us to Ucrebury tomorrow."

"Okay," Anne blurted out. After thinking for a moment, she felt that something was wrong and asked with some concern, "But after what happened just now, would it be okay for me to leave right now..." Hendrix shook his index finger and said, "They've already achieved their goal. They won't be taking any action for the moment. Just go ahead and arrange for it."

it now." Anne agreed, then stood

had walked off far away enough, I pushed Hendrix's arm and asked,

smiled and played innocent. "Why

Anne didn't live in Ucrebury for very long and didn't have much of an impression of the place. There was only

a huge rock had suddenly pressed down on my heart. I felt upset and looked downwards. I muttered to myself, "Grandpa as well. Aurelia and the others have yet to send their prayers to

in my

was. The more you wanted to grab onto something, the

was feeling quite emotional and my face wasn't hiding any of

pulled me into his arms. He massaged my shoulders with his thick palms

knew that he was just trying his best to comfort me, I couldn't help but feel emotional. I leaned on his chest and sighed, "If could turn back time, I would really want to return to the past when everybody was happy. Even though we didn't love each other that deeply, they were all healthy and safe. Unlike now, where we barely know each other and

a deep breath and responded. "I guess you'll

from his chest