He was overbearing and made her speechless. She followed him and queued behind the checkout counter in silence.
“I used to do the same with my ex-wife. I pushed the trolley and she stood beside me.”
She had a good family background, so she didn’t really need to do such things. However, she always liked to come with him and said that she wanted to live simply like ordinary people, then held his arms and said, “Simple happiness is the true happiness.”
At that time, he didn’t understand what that meant at all. Now he just realized that she really loved him truly.
But he didn’t cherish her.
The only thing in his mind was his mother who had passed away.
“I’m not interested in Mr. James’s relationship.” She looked ahead calmly and didn’t dodge on purpose.
Probably it was because she didn’t care anymore, so she wasn’t afraid. The reason she felt nervous about what he said before was because she was afraid that he would know her identity.
She realized that mentioning his ex-wife was his norm.
Perhaps he would only feel her love when she was dead.
Soon it was their turn, he pushed the trolley to put those things one by one at the checkout counter. After a short while, the cashier scanned through all the items.
They walked out after he had made the payment.
When they reached the car, he put the things into the trunk and then got in the car and left.
After the car drove for a while, Amanda noticed that he was driving in the direction …towards villa. She asked, “Mr. James, where are we going?”
“My home,” He said without looking away.
Home?
Amanda wondered seriously if he knew something. As far as she knew, the villa had been ‘deserted’.
As she was thinking, they had already reached the destination. Even if they just reached the door, she noticed that the place had been tidied up and it looked completely different from when she had come before.
This …
She calmed down herself and pretended to be relaxed, “Mr. James, is this your home?”
“Yes.” After answering her, he pushed the door open to get out of the car. Then he opened the trunk to take out those things and carried in his hands, saying, “Let’s go.”
Amanda followed him.
Along the way she pretended to be here for the first time, she toured for a while and said, “This villa is nice, but the decoration isn’t so good.”
Almost everything here was arranged by her as she had put in her entire effort.
At that time, she wanted their home to be simple and cozy but not flashy.
As it turned out, the home she had decorated was ‘flashy’, and people said that they were a perfect match.
However, it was all superficial. He had never loved her and made it as his home. Others thought they were happy, yet it was a trap for his revenge.
She just fell into this trap without knowing it and foolishly thought it was love.
Heh…
So ridiculous…
Stanford looked at her and smiled, “I thought you would like here.”
“How could it be possible? It’s not my home anyway.”
“Maybe it is,” He whispered.
Amanda didn’t hear him clearly and asked, “Mr. James, what did you say?”
He replied, “I said, Ms. Flores doesn’t need to be so polite when you come to my house. Treat this place as your own.”
She deliberately drew the line and said, “Home is a shelter and a mother’s embrace. There is neither shelter nor mother’s embrace. How can it be my home, I don’t dare to do so.”
He stared at her deeply and didn’t respond, but simply said, “Ms. Flores can visit as you please.”
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