Chapter 166: Regular Girl

Moana

The next morning, I woke up to the sound of Edrick walking around the room. When I looked at the clock, I realized that it was a little later than I usually would have gotten up, and I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes.

“Sorry,” I said, throwing the covers off and getting out of bed. “I overslept. Guess I missed my alarm.”

Edrick shook his head. “I turned it off for you,” he said as he fixed his hair in the en suite bathroom mirror. “I let you sleep in.”

I scrunched my eyebrows together. “Why?” Normally I woke up a full half hour earlier than this so that I could help prepare breakfast and get Ella ready, and sometimes I woke up even earlier than that.

“We’re going out,” he replied. “School supply shopping. Remember?”

do some school supply shopping, but I didn’t think that he would want to do it so soon. Either way, I smiled and ran to my room to get ready for the day. I put on something comfortable to wear, knowing that we would likely be walking around a lot, and

as we gathered our things and waited for

Ella’s words, Edrick and I both suddenly looked up

girl, love,” I replied with a chuckle as I tugged her sun hat onto her

said. “But I’m

Edrick. As the elevator carried us down, I chanced a look over at Edrick. I could have

at school and there was no need for new clothes, she still picked out a backpack, accessories, and a little pair of Mary Jane shoes to wear with her uniform. I was excited to see how cute she would look in her uniform, and

went to the office supply store. I helped Ella pick out notebooks and folders off of the list of supplies that the headmistress gave us. Edrick disappeared

of the cart to peer in. “That’s a

the cart as well to see that he had fully stocked up on dozens of containers of crayons, coloring books, miniature canvases, acrylic

I said with

not just for her.” He grinned. “You’ll need supplies for your classroom too, right? And, I wanted

anything for the kids at the orphanage, but he decided to do it without even being asked. I couldn’t help but smile; he had changed so much since I had met him. The Edrick Morgan who I knew

need to buy my supplies for

as he always did; but this time, I wouldn’t let him. Ella had jumped off of the cart to go and look at a colorful notebook on the shelf, and now I grabbed the end of the cart

I said with a bit of a laugh. “Let me

and tugged the cart back toward himself. “No. I’m

narrowed my eyes, and I pulled the cart even harder and with more determination than before.

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