The Mafia King's Unknown Doctor Wife novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Unfortunately, Elena wouldn’t let that be the end of it.

“You’re not choosing anything,” Elena complained.

“We’ve picked out plenty of presents already,” Massimo stated.

“No,” Elena chided, “I’ve made suggestions and you’ve blindly agreed to them. You haven’t picked out anything yourself.”

Massimo knew better than to argue with Elena. She had tha stubborn look in her eyes–the same look she had when she insisted she’d be the best doctor Massimo would ever have.

So Massimo gave up protesting and walked to Belle Vie’s dress section.

He didn’t know the first thing about picking out a gift. Truth be told, he hadn’t picked out a gift himself since he was a child. Every year for his mother’s birthday, his father would take him out to select a present for his mother.

Massimo admittedly did a terrible job. He picked out gaudy jewelry that caught his eyes and equally brightly colored sweets and flowers. Still, his mother had always smiled when she got her gifts.

If Massimo could go back in time, he would take the task of getting gifts more seriously. He would pick out something he knew his mother would not have to pretend to like. He would pick out something that she would truly and honestly adore.

Keeping that in mind, Massimo looked through the clothing on display. There must be something here his wife would like.

Why was this so hard?

“Massimo,” Elena called, her voice rising in concern, “are you-”

Massimo picked up the blue button–up shirt he was looking at. It reminded him of the simple suit Elena had worn to his business party. Elena wore a lot of clothing in this style and she seemed to like this color.

“Here,” he said casually, trying to change the subject, “The sleeves of your current shirt are fraying.”

Elena’s eyes widened in surprise. “Massimo, I can’t accept this. We’re here to-”

“We’ve spent more time here than either of us expected,” Massimo stated simply. “It didn’t take me nearly this long to get word about Tyler out to the media, so think of this as additional compensation for the extra time.”

Massimo had spent much longer crafting the perfect media stories and sending them to news outlets, but Elena didn’t know that. And as Elena slowly muttered her thanks, Massimo resolved to never tell her.

Elena didn’t know how the shopping spree had turned from picking out a gift for Massimo’s wife to her getting gifts. Even as they visited different stores and she tried to get Massimo back on track, he wouldn’t focus. Instead, he’d pick out earrings for Elena because “these won’t get caught on anything while you work and match your eyes ” and perfume because “this is the scent you prefer for your antiseptics to have, isn’t it” and wine because “this matches your birthday, doesn’t it.”

It was frankly ridiculous. And yet, Elena couldn’t bring herself to be too annoyed. It was nice that someone had remembered so many details about her life and her person preferences.

But they had a mission to do, and they weren’t getting any loser to achieving it.

“Why don’t we break for dinner?” Elena suggested as they exited another store. “It might be easier to find the best present ever for your wife if we take a break and think more about it.”

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“There’s a small steakhouse a short walk from here,” Massimo suggested. “Or I could drive us

“Steak sounds great!” Elena quickly stated. “Lead the way!

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