My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Chapter 2110

I wouldn't be surprised if Aurelia had mistaken me for someone else, but Neal was saying the same thing as well, and he sounded firm about it, which proved that the woman they had seen must have resembled me quite a fair bit.

Even so, it did not mean that they were right to sneak out.

"Aurelia Reid, I'll only say this once. The person you saw just now may have looked like me, but it wasn't me. I would never leave my child behind. Don't you trust me?" I pretended to be serious and angry.

Children should know that the outside world was different from home. It was not a place where they could do whatever they wanted. As for parents, they should refrain from letting their children be and overlook their mistakes easily.

Aurelia frowned when she heard that. She sighed in remorse and asked in a feeble voice, "Was that really not you?"

I shook my head indicating that she had mistaken. Freya tried to persuade her by saying, "Your mother, Anne and I were here all along. We've not been anywhere else yet."

Aurelia let out a long breath and drooped her head. "I understand. I'm sorry, Mom. I shouldn't have yelled at you."

"You were wrong indeed." I remained unyielding and said in a more serious tone, "I'm not angry because you yelled at me, but I'm angry at you for sneaking out without telling anyone. Think about it. If Anne and I weren't here, what would you do?"

Aurelia fiddled with her fingers and eyed the security guard next to her. She lowered her head even lower, muttering, "I will be considered a troubled child and be taken away by the police..."

"That's not all," said Freya, "It's also possible for you to run into bad people who would sell you off to the black market. After that, you'll never see Anne again, or your mother, and not even me..."

Aurelia was stunned for a moment before she started shedding tears out of fear, but she did not dare cry out loud. Her eyes were red and swollen while she silently sobbed away.

Even heroes had moments of tenderness; what was more to say about mothers?

Seeing her suppress her sobs broke my heart of steel, and I immediately softened like tofu.

I quickly rushed forward and squatted to comfort her with light pats on her back.

Aurelia could not hold it in any

longer and immediately burst intoThis is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

tears. Her arms were tightly wrapped around my neck, and her face pressed into my nape. "I'm sorry, Mom. I won't sneak out anymore. I don't want not

see you

ever again!"

Her nose was sore from all the crying. She couldn't say anything else and could only repeat the same sentence over and over again. L comforted her, saying, "It's good that you know what you did wrong. It's alright. I'm here. I'm here..."

It took her a long time to calm down.

After wiping her face with a wet tissue and organizing her clothes, we brought the two children back to the restaurant to apologize.

Perhaps it was because Anne was there, the owner of the restaurant was not mad about it. After learning that they were Anne's siblings, the owner generously waived the bill. He even enthusiastically offered us to sit and have a meal together even though we kept refusing his kind gesture. In the end, Anne had to say she was busy and that she had matters to take care of to escape the restaurant owners' insistence.

When we were about to leave, the plump owner chased after us and passed us a wallet. "This fell when the kids were dragged out by the security. Do be careful with your belongings."

"Sir, I'd like to order some extra dishes..." "Alright, coming right up!"

Before I could refuse, the owner turned around and rushed into the restaurant to serve the guests.

I had no intention of taking others' belongings, so I planned to place the wallet on a table somewhere, but I accidentally caught sight of a corner of a picture in the wallet.

A single glance was all it took for a deep frown to form on my face.