Roland turned to look at Alvera instinctively as Andrina spoke.

She did not move, her head still turned towards the window.

"Roland, why are you not saying anything?"

"I have already arranged the itinerary for this trip. I'm not bringing you along this time, maybe next time."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone as the awkwardness hung in the air.

...

Andrina pouted. "I want to take a break to travel around with you. So much has happened lately, I just wanted to..."

"Then I'll arrange for you to go to France. You like France, right? I'll hire two bodyguards for you."

"I... "

"Okay, that's settled then."

With her back to him, Alvera smiled lightly, feeling satisfied.

"Don't you want to go with your beloved woman, Mr. Francois?" She said after Roland hung up the phone. "She must have been very sad."

"Stop being so eccentric."

Alvera smiled and did not reply.

As long as Andrina was unhappy, she's fine with it. He could say anything he wanted. 

When they got back to the Floral Villa, Alvera took a peek in the fridge found that they had nothing to cook for dinner. 

Seeing her rummaging through the refrigerator, Roland asked, "Is your housekeeper not back yet?"

"I told her not to come every day, just twice a week to clean the house."

"I'll get you someone to take care of you."

Alvera looked at him. "No, I like to be alone, it's quiet. I'm going to the supermarket to get some groceries. You can stay at home."

"Let's go together." Roland got up.

Alvera looked at him, surprised, "You want to go with me? To get groceries?"

"If you can go, why can't I?"

"It's not that you can't, I just thought that buying groceries would be beneath you. But if you insist, that's fine with me too. You can pay for it."

Roland gave her a sidelong glance. She could always change the meaning of her words with her tone.

The two of them left the villa together, with Alvera driving. 

At the supermarket, Roland pushed a shopping cart alongside Alvera as they shopped in the vegetable section.

"Do you have anything you like in particular?" she asked.

"Do you know how to cook everything?"

"No, I'm just asking."

He gave her a sidelong glance. "Then buy whatever you like."

She picked up a cabbage, but Roland said, "What's so good about cabbages?"

She put it down and picked up some lettuce.

He frowned. "Lettice isn't any better."

Alvera pouted. "You told me to buy whatever I like."

He shrugged and said no more.

Alvera put down the lettuce and picked up a bag of cucumbers.

you put it in the cart?"

I can

coldly, "You're so

stared at

"You can do whatever you want with it, but it cannot

while to understand him.

said hastily, putting down the cucumbers and walking away.

...

Roland smiled.

knew she could act like this

Alvera looks

a whole tour of the vegetable section, but

going to be just tomato pasta

come shopping with Roland ever again.

way to the cashier, Alvera

turned around and found it was a little girl around four

her.

mommy..." the girl wailed as soon

people around them had began

eye level and

pointed to the west, sobbing. "She

what your mother's

"Mary."

She patted the girl on her head and then turned to one of the staff nearby. "Can you get

"Sure, wait a moment."

her skirt again and

down again. "Don't be afraid. I will not leave until your

she mentioned her mother, the little girl wanted to cry

patted her on the head. "I can do magic. Do

little girl

coin from her bag and put her arm around the little girl. She made the coin disappear by sleight of hand, which made the girl jump

...

was yet another side of her that he did not know about, and

minutes later, the little girl's mother rushed over when she heard

them before taking the child

and Alvera looked down at her professional

Auntie... well, she wasn't

queue and

Roland

silent in the car when Roland

but her hand hovered absentmindedly over her stomach as she gazed

with that

Alvera said nothing.

the only one in

and looked at him. "Is there anyone

"I don't."

and her voice grew colder. "That's because

the only one you're so

She kept quiet again.

be gentle to Owen Perez, and laugh with that colleague of yours, but why are

you want to talk about this now? You

anger settling in him as he ignored

home, Alvera went into the kitchen with

changed his shoes and sat down

dinner?" Alvera called loudly from the

got up and went to the kitchen to stare at

again naturally, "Are you having

just go shopping with you

no need to be so offensive.

"Let me help you."

was washing tomatoes, paused. "What did

looked a little uncomfortable. "Don't you need

the washed tomatoes. "Chop

she immediately turned around to prepare the other ingredients.

began chopping up the

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