the main ingredient for their lunch. A sauce chef was working on the ingredients, while others were cleaning veg

staurant. Amber gestured for her to follow without saying a word. Ariana finally got into the girl's

ke, and some cold drinks. It seemed like Amber was trying to bribe her

bborn attitude would ignore her. Or worse, she might lash out at her. And Amber didn't want that to

t Mrs. Brooks requested from him. The respectable lady wouldn't even

tell me?" Ambe

d Mrs. Brooks, Ariana didn't immediately go to the apartment she and Amber had been living in for the past two years. Instead, Ari

late like Ariana, so Ariana cho

" Ariana raised an eyebrow. "About Karenina's disappearance?" Ariana shru

ani

n," Ariana chided. "Disappeared means gone, van

ber said impatiently. "So,

. And I have no intention of becoming a replacement wife. Sorry, Ariana only plans to get married once in her lifet

ed her frien

anyone, regardless of their status or age. The opposite of Ariana was Karenina, her twin sister, who was a shy, rese

riana became quiet all of a sudden. Her parents often argued. Until one day, Uncle

gone bankrupt. Not long after, Uncle Bradley received divorce papers that were secretly filed

ock. She then tried to find her mother without anyone knowi

ad is sick. Dad had a stroke." Her young cousin even knelt before her own mother

no more connection with her. Little Ariana could only cry all the way home. And a week later, Ariana and Amber f

to school without any joy on her face. The girl even seemed reluctant to socialize with her peers anymore. Those who

mains gloomy," that was Amber's

or her father. Doing the things Aunt Caitlyn should have done. Cleaning her father's body. Feeding hi

mother with household chores. Even when Amber's mother

in to her father about Ariana. Not in a negative way, but out of pity. Her mother sometimes felt embarrassed because young Ariana behaved this way. However, y

o get close to Ariana. Ariana even learned how to cook from the former nurse who decided to open the restaurant. Somehow, Aunt Hestia also freq

hree of them closer. And eventually, Ariana's father

Ariana's father. Ariana welcomed this with joy. Their happiness was finally restored. Slowly, Ariana forgot a

started as a small restaurant, had now become

w, as if to reopen old wounds, the past seemed to be on the

na's twin sister. With hesitation, Amber showed it to Ariana. Ariana acted

aughter's wedding, fearing it would tarnish her and her new husband's reputation. Uncle Bradley, who was not present at the time, was quite shocked. However, considering t

. "Giving away her daughter's heart, or bankrupting her mother's family?" It was trul