My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

"Isn't that your employee's job?"

I placed a grape into my mouth and chewed it as I said this..

"You're such a workaholic. You do everything by yourself, twenty-four hours a day isn't enough for you. As Freya said, money makes money. There is no end to earning money. With our current assets, we won' have to worry about food and clothing, we can simply rely on our dividends."

"Don't forget, you said you'd stay by my side for the rest of our lives. You told me you'd take care of me and protect me. If this continues, you'll be gone long before me."

That would be much too cruel.

I suddenly remembered a summer from my childhood. My grandmother would hold me in her arms in the garden every night. She would tell the same story about Mr. Edward and about a woman who was their neighbor over and over again.

was Madam Petty. She and Mr. Edward had been betrothed to each other ever since they were young. They hadn't met before they got married. When the time came, they held their wedding. Afte their marriage, they quarreled a lot. Mr. Edward had always complained about Madam Petty's figure, saying that she was too fat for him while she would say that he was very arrogant and didn't care about his family. They would go on and on every day. Every time, he would gain the upper hand in their arguments. But when she was gone, he soon fell ill

are more capable than women, women still play an essential role in a family. This was why Madam

and didn't understand what this meant. All I knew was that people would leave when they've reached old age, some just left earlier than others. But eventually,

Marriage was what tied them together as a unit. If

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being stubborn. Even if I told him about it directly, he. would find an excuse to justify¶t. I could only use roundabout ways to remind

tell him that I wanted him

the future would be much calmer than the first half of my life, and that it might pass in the blink of an eye,, every time Hendrix held back from me, I'd end up thinking that I'd have to spend the rest of my life alone.

this, I

my days were, they would still be