My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna) novel Chapter 416

Nerissa was stunned. "Minnie, why did you come to Jarold City?"

"Mr. Hendrix and Arianna are both here. A few days ago, Arianna was injured, so Mr. Hendrix asked me to come over and take care of her. How have you...been these few years?"

Nerissa nodded and smiled at me, who was about to stand up and greet her.

"Arianna, where is Hendrix?"

I signalled Minnie to make tea before I looked at her and said, "Recently, there have a lot of things going on in the company. He hasn't been back for a few days now. Ms. Roberts, what can I do for you?"

When she heard me address her as Ms. Roberts with a distant tone, she frowned and said, "Arianna, are you still angry with me for what happened before?"

I smiled faintly and invited her to sit down. Then I said, "No, I'm just used to addressing you this way. Sorry, it came out naturally."

She sighed and said, "Arianna, do let go of the past. I am a daughter of the Roberts family. Your aunt was injured many years ago and became infertile, and as you know, I may not be able to give birth to a child too. Thus, Hendrix is our only hope for a descendant. After your child died in that accident, Andrea came to me and said that the child in her belly belonged to my family. As an elder, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. So I didn't want to leave a descendant of the Roberts out in the cold. Who would have thought that... Ah!"

She looked a little haggard. Although she was well-dressed, she looked much thinner. Few wrinkles were still visible on her face despite how meticulously she cared for it.