If you could love, you must do so with all your heart and make your loved one happy so that you would have no regrets in the future.
…
The next day, Sally called, and the first thing she asked was, “Taken your medicine?”
I thought for a while before I remembered that yesterday, she had said I sounded nasal and that I should take some medicine.
I nodded and said, “I have.”
“December is just around the corner. Since it’s the festive season, we must have some decorations. Later, you must go out with me to do some shopping.”
She sounded domineering, leaving me with no option.
Nodding, I promised her that I would.
Ashton was busy with work, and I could not tag along with him all the time.
Since Flora was not around, I tidied up a little and drove to the mall.
Sally was waiting at the entrance. When she saw me, she started ranting, “It’s not that far. If you didn’t want to come, you could have told me.”
As I took the trolley from her, I took a glance at the supermarket nearby. “Are we shopping there?”
Pursing her lips, she nodded and went straight in.
I followed her in. She was not very ladylike, looking more like a nagging middle-aged housewife. After shopping for some necessities, she looked back at me and said, “Are you good at making dough?”
I shook my head. “No, I’m not!”
She frowned. “We have tacos every year on New Year’s Eve. If you are not good at making dough, how can we make the tacos?”
“We can buy the tortillas and make the tacos with them,” I replied, but then I saw her with a bag of flour, so I guessed she wanted to prepare the dough herself.
“Homemade tortillas taste so much better.” At that, she did as I thought she would, putting the bag of flour into the trolley.
I was about to say something but decided against it.
Oh, fine!
I’ll just play by ear!
Two hours later, we arranged for the delivery staff to send all the stuff back to the villa. Then Sally took me to a Thai restaurant.
The reason was that she wanted to reward me for going shopping with her.
After we were seated, Sally started chatting, “In K City, it is hard to find authentic Thai food. This restaurant is really good, though. You shall soon try the real thing.”
While ordering food, she said to me, “Before I came to K City, I liked the Thai restaurant on University Road in J City the most. After I came to K City, I never went back there anymore. I’ve searched the entire K City for so many years, but I haven’t seen any authentic Thai restaurants except this one. You should give it a try.”
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