My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 1647

He was talking about Charles. During the New Year holiday, Charles had needed to do a lot of work inspections. We hadn't seen him when we visited the Reid Manor.

I laughed at him and said, "You don't have to come in person. Just call me and I'll take Anne there."

Aaron looked ahead and a faint smile appeared. "To come in person means you're perfectly safe."

"What?" I turned my head curiously as I felt that what he'd said was strange, but I couldn't tell how and where.

"Nothing." Aaron let out a long sigh and looked up in the rear view mirror to tease Anne. "I missed Anne, so I want to see her earlier. Of course I should come in person. Right, Anne?"

"That's right!" Anne couldn't stop smiling. Naturally, I didn't say anything else, and let Aaron take us to the Reid Manor.

Aaron was driving in a hurry. It took only 40 minutes during the evening rush to reach the Reid Manor, rather than the normal one-hour journey.

Charles doted on girls, and never stopped smiling when he saw Anne.

In the blink of an eye, it was already half past eight at night. Usually at this time, I should've been coaxing Anne to sleep. After playing for so long, she didn't want her dear grandfather anymore. She then stuck to me and was rubbing her eyes frequently with her tiny hands, looking really sleepy.

I changed my body posture to make Anne more comfortable and was ready to go back home. "Aaron, please have the driver to drive us back. It's getting a little too late."

Just as Aaron was about to get up, Charles, who was standing beside him, stopped him. "Hey, it's not safe to go back now. You can sleep here tonight. Since tomorrow is the weekend, let the child stay with me for two more days. Aaron, have someone clean up the guest room."

"Okay." Aaron stood up while getting support from the sofa.

At this moment, Emma suddenly appeared at the entrance of the staircase. She poked her head toward the stairs and shouted, "The room is ready. Arianna, quickly bring the child to sleep."

I was stunned on the spot and felt a little awkward. It had only been less than a minute after Charles said that, and Emma was already done with it? Did they foresee this?

It felt like they did it on purpose to keep me here.

When I thought the probability of Hendrix not returning home was high, I decided to stay, since we were already here. I then got Aaron to carry Anne upstairs.

After tucking Anne under the quilt, I walked out of the living room and took out my mobile phone. I was going to send a message to Hendrix to inform him, but Aaron reached out and stopped me. "Are you sending Hendrix a message? You don't have to. I told him before I picked you guys up."

He looked calm and relaxed as if he was telling the truth. However, he was used to being devious. Cautiously, I asked, "Are you sure?"

"Of course. Why should I lie about something like this?" Aaron remained calm, so there was nothing suspicious about him.

Coincidentally, my cell phone's screen suddenly lit up, signalling that it had run out of power. Aaron snatched the phone and continued, "Leave it to me. I'll charge it and return it to you tomorrow." Before I could react, Aaron took the phone and went out. He even closed the door along the way. I had no choice but to go back to the bedroom to sleep, but there was a light knock on the door. "Arianna, are you asleep?"

It was Emma. Since we always got along well with each other, and I was not asleep yet, I opened the door and let her in.

After having the usual private conversations between women, I found that Emma was hesitating. It was obvious that she had come with other purposes.

Thinking about what happened this day, I adjusted my expression. I said seriously, "Emma, just say what you want to. We're sisters-in-law, so we're family. There is nothing to hide."

Aaron had tried his best to bring me here. Even Charles cooperated with them and had pretended that he'd lost track of the time, requesting for Anne and I to stay. Things were definitely not that simple.