Chapter 30

At the flower market,

Ian stepped out of the car, holding Yvonne in his arms, and instantly, heads turned.

The three of them–him, Victor, and Yvonne–looked completely out of place in the bustling flower market.

With their sharp outfits and striking features, they might as well have been movie stars who wandered into the wrong set.

Victor was the first to get distracted. He stopped abruptly in front of a stall filled with delicate orchids.

“You should get an orchid, Yvonne,” he said thoughtfully. “They’re elegant and smell nice.”

Ian had been about to say the same thing, but Victor beat him to it.

just

He quickly chimed in, “That variety is hard to keep alive. You should just stick to roses.”

Victor raised an eyebrow. “Orchids are best.”

Ian shot back, “Roses symbolize love. Roses are better.”

And just like that, they were off–arguing like an old married couple. Yvonne sighed. ‘Here they go again,‘ she thought.

She reached up, smacking both of their arms with her tiny hands. “You, stop quarreling! Let’s just get both, okay?”

Ian and Victor exchanged glances before breaking into identical grins.

“Alright,” they agreed.

Finally, Yvonne let out a relieved breath.

‘Who says kids don’t have worries? This is so hard for me too!‘ she thought.

Hours later, Yvonne was completely numb to their antics.

She was stuck in the middle, her head pounding from all the bickering.

They had somehow managed to buy over ten pots of flowers, each one carefully debated, inspected, and selected.

By the time they were done, they had to call a separate car just to transport the plants back home.

As they were about to leave, Ian suddenly turned to Yvonne. “Hold on. We’ve been picking flowers this whole time–what about you? Do you have a favorite?”

Yvonne hesitated, then shook her head.

She thought, ‘I don’t mind. I just like taking care of them, as long as it keeps me busy.‘

But as that thought crossed her mind, something else popped up.

and spoke in her soft, sweet voice. “Daddy said I’ll be starting school in a

them minded.

ays. You

is important. We’re staying in Blorence City anyway–we’ll drop by every now and then to see you,” lan replied.

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well–behaved, staying quiet the entire time as

to gnaw at lan and Victor, making them feel guilty.

Since you helped us out, we’ll take you somewhere

pink–and–white dress, fluffy little pigtails perched on her head,

round, big eyes,

adorable,‘ lan

he scooped her up and carried her back to the

know how to dress

nodded in full agreement.

wanted to say that she already had plenty

very good at taking care

couldn’t stand anyone speaking poorly about him.

for a stroll around

upscale mall, lan flashed his VIP membership, and within minutes, they

sales associate was patient and kind as she introduced different outfits to

dread crept

eagerly. “Miss, how about trying this dress? The color is beautiful, and you’ll look adorable in it!” Yvonne’s face turned even redder as

know how

completely misinterpreted

“Take it! Anything she looks at for more than two seconds, just take it. I’ll give you an address later–send everything there.”

as she

hit the jackpot with a big spender.

times, her sales quota for the year

immediately rushed to grab Ian’s hand, her voice soft and pleading. “I already have a lot of clothes. You don’t need to buy

men. “I grow really fast… If I get too many, I

them all.”

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back

froze and then bent down and scooped her into his arms, pressing a cheek against her

more it

eyes lit up as he looked at Yvonne expectantly, “Why don’t you come home with me? I have a very

a bit, you think she should go home with your I was the one sitting next to her in the

Yvonne sighed dramatically.

She thought, Again.

these two were chatting and laughing–where did things suddenly

to

thin layer of sweat from anxiety. “I’m staying with my

shut them up.

unexpected feeling of jealousy

has nothing special about him except for his good looks, yet he always seems to attract the little girl’s

what they were thinking. She was just

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