Mysterious Mr.Richard novel Chapter 48

After Pearl said she could buy anything she wanted, Bonny filled the whole cart with goodies even before they left the first aisle.   

It was easy to make a child happy. Their emotions came and went really quickly. Bonny had forgotten that she said she wanted nothing and started go shopping with excitement.

"I want the one that tastes like wine, Brandon!"

"Got it already."

"Get another one, please."

"Don't eat too much of that. Maybe you choose one from the cart to put back, then we can get another wine flavored one." 

When it came to controlling Bonny, Brandon was obviously more strict than pearl sometimes. He knew that no matter how many chocolates they bought, Bonny would gobble them down in just one afternoon and had stomach ache.   

Facing all the colorful snacks in the cart, Bonny could not choose, so she hugged Pearl's leg and pleaded, "Mommy!"  

"Brandon, give her another one, just this time." Pearl said helplessly.

"No, we've gotten a lot already. Let's go." Said Brandon, pushing a cart not much shorter than himself, and walking towards the end of the shelf without looking back.

When her son became stubborn, Pearl had nothing to do, and even felt a little afraid.

Seeing the cart being pushed away, " Brandon is too overbearing! I don't like him anymore!" Bonny pouted angrily and said.

"Bonny! You can't say that. Let's go. We'll buy more once you've finished."

"Hmph, I don't want to go with Brandon."

With that, Bonny turned and walked in the opposite direction from Brandon. 

"Bonny..." Pearl followed behind her soon, saying, "You can't behave like this."

As soon as she walked to the corner of the shelf, the little girl suddenly froze. Her eyes sparkled with joy. "Daddy!"  As soon as she came to the corner of the shelf, Bonny suddenly stopped.Her eyes lit up like finding the new world, "Daddy!"

Pearl's heart clicked. Following Bonny's gaze, she saw Richard in front of her. He was wearing a simple white polo shirt and a pair of black trousers. He still seemed very unapproachable, even though he was dressed casually.

"Daddy!" Bonny threw herself with a "Whoosh" and directly jumped into Richard's arms. "Daddy!"   

Richard picked her up, and his cold eyes softened. "Have you eaten dinner?"  

"Mommy said she would cook, so she brought me and Brandon shopping." Bonny shook her head and said.

"Cook?" Richard looked at Pearl. "You've changed a lot after having children. When do you learn how to cook?"

Standing in front of Richard, Pearl only felt restrained and nervous. Especially when she thought of Helena's cold warning this afternoon, all she wanted to do was to get rid of everything with him immediately.

But at the thought that Henela might be the culprit seven years ago, she held it back and barely managed to make a sound. "Just a little," she said reluctantly.    

"Daddy, haven't you eaten yet? Would you like to join us?" Bonny hugged Richard's neck while blinking her eyelashes innocently.     

Richard took a glance at Pearl as if he was waiting for her to say something. 

Without too much hesitation and only considered for half a second, Pearl said, "Youo can join us.  Having one extra person wouldn't make a huge difference. I just need to add one more pair of chopsticks."        

Richard frowned slightly, as if in doubt, and looked at her inquisitively.

Before this, Pearl was afraid of him and tried to avoid him. Inviting him to have dinner was quite different from how she was before. He could tell that she was conflicted.  

Pearl saw Richard's doubt. She explained, "I misunderstood you the other day. I'm sorry. I've been trying to apologize to you, but I didn't get the chance."  

Her words was partly true. She did feel very guilty for blaming Richard fro tooking the children that day.