Roland turned to look at Alvera instinctively as Andrina spoke.
She did not move, her head still turned towards the window.
"Roland, why are you not saying anything?"
"I have already arranged the itinerary for this trip. I'm not bringing you along this time, maybe next time."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone as the awkwardness hung in the air.
...
Andrina pouted. "I want to take a break to travel around with you. So much has happened lately, I just wanted to..."
"Then I'll arrange for you to go to France. You like France, right? I'll hire two bodyguards for you."
"I... "
"Okay, that's settled then."
With her back to him, Alvera smiled lightly, feeling satisfied.
"Don't you want to go with your beloved woman, Mr. Francois?" She said after Roland hung up the phone. "She must have been very sad."
"Stop being so eccentric."
Alvera smiled and did not reply.
As long as Andrina was unhappy, she's fine with it. He could say anything he wanted.
When they got back to the Floral Villa, Alvera took a peek in the fridge found that they had nothing to cook for dinner.
Seeing her rummaging through the refrigerator, Roland asked, "Is your housekeeper not back yet?"
"I told her not to come every day, just twice a week to clean the house."
"I'll get you someone to take care of you."
Alvera looked at him. "No, I like to be alone, it's quiet. I'm going to the supermarket to get some groceries. You can stay at home."
"Let's go together." Roland got up.
Alvera looked at him, surprised, "You want to go with me? To get groceries?"
"If you can go, why can't I?"
"It's not that you can't, I just thought that buying groceries would be beneath you. But if you insist, that's fine with me too. You can pay for it."
Roland gave her a sidelong glance. She could always change the meaning of her words with her tone.
The two of them left the villa together, with Alvera driving.
At the supermarket, Roland pushed a shopping cart alongside Alvera as they shopped in the vegetable section.
"Do you have anything you like in particular?" she asked.
"Do you know how to cook everything?"
"No, I'm just asking."
He gave her a sidelong glance. "Then buy whatever you like."
She picked up a cabbage, but Roland said, "What's so good about cabbages?"
She put it down and picked up some lettuce.
He frowned. "Lettice isn't any better."
Alvera pouted. "You told me to buy whatever I like."
He shrugged and said no more.
Alvera put down the lettuce and picked up a bag of cucumbers.
don't you put it in the cart?" Roland asked,
I
said coldly, "You're so
stared
eyebrows, "You can do whatever you want with it, but
Alvera a little while to
Francois, who's the lewd one here?" she said hastily, putting down the cucumbers and walking away. "I was
...
Roland smiled.
could act like this
shy Alvera looks
took a whole tour of the vegetable section,
going to be
Roland ever
junk food section on the way to the cashier, Alvera
turned around and found it was a little girl around four or five
at her. "Hi, what's
mommy..." the girl wailed as soon as she
so loud people around them had began to
eye level and took her
the west, sobbing. "She was here just now, but now she's
what
"Mary."
girl on her head and then turned to one of the staff nearby. "Can you get someone to call
"Sure, wait a moment."
say something to Roland, the little girl pulled at her skirt again and said,
down again. "Don't be afraid. I will
mentioned her mother, the little girl wanted to cry
on the head. "I can do magic. Do
little girl
out a coin from her bag and put her arm around the little girl. She made the coin disappear
...
stood aside and raised his eyebrows as he watched them. This was yet another side of her
few minutes later, the little girl's mother rushed over when she heard her name called
kept thanking them before
and Alvera looked
well, she
back into the queue and paid,
time, Roland
the car when Roland
silence, but her hand hovered absentmindedly over her stomach
with that
Alvera said nothing.
I the only one in this car
and looked at him. "Is there anyone
"I don't."
raised her eyebrows and her voice grew
"Am I the only one you're so cold
She kept quiet again.
Lambert, be gentle to Owen Perez, and laugh with that colleague of yours, but why
sure you want
felt a lump of anger settling in him as
home, Alvera went into the
sat down in
dinner?" Alvera called
kitchen to stare
again naturally, "Are you
just go shopping with you because I had nothing better
or not, no need
"Let me help you."
tomatoes, paused. "What
looked a little uncomfortable. "Don't you
handed him the washed tomatoes. "Chop
it, she immediately
smiled, washed his hands, and began chopping up
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