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.

starting school in a

of them

ays. You

problem. School is important. We’re staying in Blorence City anyway–we’ll drop by every

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was incredibly well–behaved, staying quiet the entire time as they picked out flowers, not saying

to gnaw at lan and Victor, making

we’ll take you somewhere fun. How about

pigtails perched on her head, and skin so

fluttered over round, big eyes, bright and full of

lan thought.

scooped her up and carried her back

to dress little

nodded in full agreement.

already had plenty of clothes, but

is very good at taking care of me,’ she

stand anyone speaking poorly about

took her for a

and within minutes, they were in the children’s clothing section of a high–end

associate was patient and kind as she introduced different outfits to Yvonne.

sense of dread crept over her–the fear of being overwhelmed by an

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

know how to

the two men completely misinterpreted her

of generosity, waved his hand. “Take it! Anything she looks at for more than two seconds, just take it. I’ll give

with excitement as she

had hit the jackpot with a big spender.

Yvonne so much as glanced around a few more times,

grab Ian’s hand, her voice soft and pleading. “I already have a

with the two men. “I grow really fast…

them all.”

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had heard this back at the orphanage.

and then bent down and scooped her into his arms, pressing a cheek against her soft one. “You’re way too good kid. Makes me

it, the more it seemed like a

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

his eyes. “Excuse me? Just because you held her for a bit, you think she should go home with your I was the one sitting next to

Yvonne sighed dramatically.

She thought, Again.

were chatting and laughing–where did things suddenly go wrong? she

to pull

her forehead damp with a thin layer of sweat from anxiety.

them up.

an unexpected feeling of jealousy

man has nothing special about him except for his good looks, yet

She was just relieved that

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