"Why should I wait? I want it now!" Blair complained, pouting her lips.
"Calm down. I'm finding a place to go," Wesley answered, searching for a store.
"Liar! You just don't want to buy me what I want!" she spat. 'Store? We're still on the road!' she thought angrily.
"Help me out, then. You see someplace, you tell me!" He was driving in the inside lane, so he had to change lanes to get closer to a store and find a place to park, all of which required some time.
Blair was too drunk to be reasonable. 'He's going to drag his feet on this one, so maybe I'll forget the idea. Well, it won't work, mister!
Joslyn did that more than a few times. Wesley's doing it too! What a jerk!'
"Boo...hoo..." Blair sniffed and then burst into tears.
Wesley cast an anxious glance at her and asked worriedly, "Hey! What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
"You are such a jerk. I just want some Wahaha and you won't buy it for me. You probably think I'm annoying, huh? Fine! I won't bug you anymore. Stop the car and let me out!"
Wesley wasn't even sure what she was ranting about. Why was she so angry? He was just trying to find a convenience store! 'Yes, she's annoying, ' he thought. 'But I never said that to her!'
He stopped at a red light and took a quick glance at the light. About 30 seconds to go. He turned to look at her and said seriously, "I didn't say that I wouldn't buy it. But I can't conjure it out of thin air. We need a store."
With red eyes, Blair pointed to the outside of the window and spat, "You're lying! I saw a couple of them already. See! Another store there!" There was indeed a convenience store not far away.
Wesley saw it too. "But I can't just pull over. I need to find a parking space first. I'll stop the car and buy it if I can find one, okay?"
However, his words didn't help. Blair began to sob again. "I always knew you didn't like me. Seriously? It's just some Wahaha. Fine. I'll go find a boyfriend and he'll buy me whatever I want. I'll never bug you again."
Wesley rubbed his aching temples and sighed helplessly. "I'll buy ten bottles, okay?"
Blair nodded with a pitiful look. "Okay. If you change your mind, then I'll know you're a liar."
"Mmm hmm."
Wesley heaved a sigh of relief when Blair finally stopped sobbing. He managed to find a parking space inside two minutes and pulled up in front of a convenience store.
He unfastened his seat belt and told Blair, "I'll get it. Just wait here."
It was not until he entered the convenience store that he realized that Wahaha had so many different kinds of drinks—mineral water, milk, probiotic milk beverage and so on. 'Which one does Blair want?' He was puzzled.
Wesley grabbed each of a kind and put a hundred dollars on the cashier's desk. "I'll be right back after I ask my friend which one she wants," he said to the cashier.
Seeing the military uniform on him, the cashier wanted to tell him that there was no need for the deposit. But Wesley was already out of sight.
Inside the car, Blair leaned against the seat with her eyes shut. When she heard someone knocking at the window, she opened her eyes and pushed the button on the door to roll it down. Various kinds of drinks met her eyes. "Which one do you want?" Wesley asked.
Blair's gaze swept over the drinks and landed on the probiotic milk beverage. Her eyes lit up as she pointed at it. "That's it!"
Wesley heaved a sigh of relief. 'Thank God. Problem solved, hopefully?'
He gave the drink to her and said, "Here. I'll get some more."
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