Love Gambit: The Perilous Union of Fortune and Affection

and sunlight shining. Liam Hartwell turned to Arianna Ha

periods of unconsciousness as before. He w

ianna's hand and smiled faintly, "It's been

in. His spirits were better than they had been before, and h

the way glanced at Liam with surprise, then lower

in the heat of midsummer, he dialed a set of phon

her up! I won't see

said to himself, "This lif

.

, she had entered Liam's attending physician's office, and the doctor told h

doctor thought she might cry, but she didn't. She just loo

noodles, can I take

You

na, they shared a bowl of noodles. By the time they finished the noodles, the soup was go

h countless memories. Their conversation, if u

enly asked her, "Where did the mone

aught, and she fel

ressing for an answer, and let i

the lounge area, watching TV. "Mr. Bean" was playing on the t

he whispered, "Anna,

, and after a while, she a

't com

ilence, Arianna finally r

n slowly let go. "The Hartwell family has o

can live well on my own. When autumn comes, the first year of graduate school will start. I'll eat well and study hard. After I graduate

am smiled faintly, but sil

while Liam struggled to listen. But his awareness gradually faded, until Arianna's voice grew d

nt Christmas alone, tal

e TV screen, her eye

liness, forgot about that teddy bear. I only remember the funnier h

s affairs alone, from cremation to burial,

this time at Belia Williams' request: "Liam Hartwell has

complex and torn. He kept questioning hi

twell. They were college sweethearts, and they got married after graduation. They had a daughter named Arianna Hartwell, who took her father's last name. Their marriage event

friend and renamed him Liam Hartwell.

That year, Alexander died in a constructio

ake Arianna away from M City. Jackson Grey

ied Arianna's luggage and handed it over to Jackson Grey. Aft

old her, not saying good

m let go of her, signaling

hear, standing sti

ng Arianna was quietly following him. He felt his eyes welling up with redness from suppressed tears,

as if sighing softly,

anna, trembling all over. Seeing his quiverin

y, "Uncle Jackson, you can go back now. Please t

Williams." In this ever-changing world, four years later, on this day, Liam was gone. This handsome young man had

ast regarding Liam had

comin

eting the task assigned by Belia,

s child wouldn't

.

al, the sky was dark and

cument and set it on

years from now, I'

outline of the document

a con

Ethan T

Arianna

ing Liam Hartwell's hospitalization

r a child for Party A within two years. If no child is born with

Ci

ty, but in a moment of realization, she understood

anna got off at an intersection,

r eyes without emotion. "Uncle Jackson, I'm going back to get

. He thought she would never want to return

ld her home where she had lived for many years. Later, she move

enient for Arianna to care for Liam. Yet, because o

residence for the first time. He felt uneasy, not expecting the

his car at the entrance. He had been walking around the alley t

peculiar, rarely interacting with others, her

n had curtains tightly drawn from mor

becoming more like

.

as in the mid

a cigarette. Children played and frolicked in the alley, giving way when

e, Jackson felt the urgency, ch

to her slender body. The evening breeze rustled

dentally bumped into Jackson's arm. The cigarette fell from his hand without warning,

.

first floor, and there were five single rooms for rent on the second

owly in M City, so slowly that Ar

rning to her room, Arianna glanced around at the simple rental place. She went

her; the things she couldn't t

one suddenly rang, an unfamiliar n

mphasizing, "Mr. Ethan Thornwood is currently on a busin

tence carried profound implica

the time to bid f

ndlord handed back the deposit Arianna had paid earlier, looking puzzled as Aria

fter handling the funeral, it might not b

t. She handed Arianna her deposit, seeing her carrying just one bag. She was s

of them as waste?" Arian