Night of Destiny (Anastasia and Elliot) novel Chapter 168

Chapter 168

Anastasia saw the scene in front of her and there was a sudden inexplicable feeling that arose within her. Should I continue to allow this man to be involved in our lives? What if Jared gets used to seeing him every day and becomes dependent on his close company? If he suddenly disappears from our life someday, would Jared feel disappointed then?

“Mommy, let’s go grocery shopping, alright? I want to go to the mall.”

“Okay! Let’s go together today.” Anastasia responded with a smile.

And so, Elliot drove the car to a large mall by their house. In the supermarket, Anastasia was busy picking out some fresh vegetables while Elliot brought Jared to pick out some toys. Anastasia then walked off to the fruits section after picking out the vegetables. As soon as she saw some fresh durians, she couldn’t help craving them as it had been quite a while since she had some.

As such, she picked out one which was quite fleshy and went off to get it weighed. The price of the durian was quite exorbitant and she actually winced at the thought of it, but it was fine as an occasional splurge.

After that, Anastasia went to seek out Jared and Elliot, but she found that Elliot’s trolley was full of presents. Though slightly resigned, she kept it to herself and thought, Is he trying to spoil Jared? That’s too many presents there!

“Mommy, Mr. Presgrave bought all of these for me.” Jared sat in the trolley and showed it off to her.

“We can’t have Mr. Presgrave spending so much money on you. Let’s just pick one that you really like, alright?” Anastasia explained to Jared.

Upon hearing that, Elliot spoke in a low voice. “These are all my presents for Jared and the toys are educational.”

“I like all of them.” Jared pouted as well, as he wanted all of these toys.

Meanwhile, Anastasia shook her head resignedly. “It’s just for this once, alright? Let’s go and pay for it.”

She was prepared to foot the bill herself but then before she could even reach out for her cell phone, Elliot had already paid for everything. It’s such a shame that I didn’t get more durians! I would have bought two if I knew that he was going to fight to pay for the grocery bill.

After entering the car, Jared instantly smelled the pungent scent. “Mommy, did you buy some durian? It smells so good!”

“Yes, I bought the Musang King variety. Let’s go home and enjoy it.”