My hand felt warm in his. Looking over at the bags placed by the side, I said somewhat awkwardly, “It’s just a few pieces of clothing.”

Emery chuckled jovially. “And a pair of shoes for me,” she added.

Emery took a few tentative steps, then turned to me and marveled, “These shoes are fantastic! Much better than high heels.”

I smiled at her.

Ashton looked at me and raised an eyebrow. His grip on my hand tightened somewhat as he picked up the bags from the floor and pulled me along with him.

“Hey Ashton, are you blind? There are some more bags here,” Emery yelled after us. She was seething.

Ashton said nothing. Paying no heed to Emery’s indignant cries, he dragged me headlong towards the mall’s exit.

I stopped short in my tracks. “We left some bags behind?”

Ashton furrowed his brow. His gaze settled on something beyond me.

I turned to see Hunter Zane striding towards us. Recognition dawned on me, and I followed Ashton obediently.

Ashton had parked his car just outside the mall. It was a black McLaren sports car and looked tremendously flashy.

“Why did you choose this car today?” The car was impressive, but I had rarely seen him driving it.

We placed our bags in the trunk. I noticed that they were all the items that Emery had picked out for me. How did Ashton know that?

“I just randomly chose this one,” Ashton answered shortly. He pulled me into the car. “What would you like to eat?”

the incident with Joe in the mall and exclaimed, “Mr. Quinn wants to have dinner with

bit his lip, his eyes

replied briefly, while fastening my

Emery called to us from afar, “Scarlett, I’ll be enjoying a candlelight dinner with my husband tonight. I’m afraid I won’t be able to join you. Thanks for the shoes though, I absolutely adore them! I’ll treat you to a good meal next

secured my seatbelt, then abruptly

and looked at

never given me anything!” Ashton retorted hotly.

buy something for you another day, OK?

be happy with anything as long as it’s from

What?

that men are just like children must be a woman! Who else would

a private room in a restaurant

considered the winter cold,

usual trio, Joe had brought Rebecca along while

broke the ice, saying genially, “I sourced for this place a few days ago. It’s received multiple smashing reviews online, let’s

always been a man of few words. He merely

either, knocking back a

returned to the villa

usual. Joe had initially intended the meal to be an occasion for them

to call for the

tea and juice on the table. When he approached me, intending to come for the glass of juice in my head, Ashton stopped him.

froze for a moment, then moved on to the

questioning

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