My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Hendrix!" I was worried that he would reveal everything that had happened in the past, so I tugged on his sleeve and exclaimed, "Do you even know what you're talking about?!" After saying that, my mind went blank for a few seconds before I came to a realization and looked at Anne, asking, "You've... always known?"

Hendrix would never say anything he wasn't confident about. Everything he had said earlier was obviously based on him knowing that Anne had already found out her real identity. About everything that had happened between Monique and Josiah, everyone agreed to keep it a secret. In this case, who was the one who let everything out?

Before Anne could respond, Hendrix reminded, "If you still respect us as your parents, please be honest with us."

His attitude was much too aggressive. If this was before, I would probably take Anne's side and be against Hendrix. But in this situation, I could only frown and anxiously wait to see how everything went Fortunately, Anne was a very kind and nice girl.

Knowing that we didn't mean to harm her, she obediently revealed the secret that she had hidden in her heart.

"Two years ago, Mr. Clark accompanied me to a welcoming party in a university. Everyone who saw us thought that he was my father. I'd never carefully observed nor paid close attention to our appearances, but ever since that day, seeds of doubts sprouted in my heart."

Anne looked apologetic and stopped talking.

We could imagine what had happened next.

With her powerful mathematical ability and reasoning, she must've begun to recall the days when she was always with Josiah. Everyone knew her as the girl who had a mentor taking care of her the entire time but it eventually became a father who was caring for his daughter in his own ways.

cemetery seemed to devour everything. The three of us stood silently in front of Monique's grave and went silent, not

my best to appear calm so

thought, I realized that didn't sound

what you know."

to figure out the truth, but I couldn't trust Josiah as he might have deliberately distorted it. For us to clear up

and carried out a paternity test, that's all. He doesn't even know that I've figured

all." Anne repeated what I had said and then continued, "All of you hid this from me, so I knew that there must be a reason for all

worried about you right now?" Hendrix responded

Hendrix's

was behaving exactly like

her." Being concerned about Hendrix's emotions, I whispered, hoping to comfort

turning around and stepping aside, leaving us

look at Anne, I wasn't in a rush to speak as I noticed how downcast she

photo for some time, then sat down on the stairs beside her grave, as though I was