Said I didn’t Love Him But I Lied

After telling her she could buy anything she wanted, Adrienne filled the entire cart with goodies even before they left the first aisle.

It was effortless to make a child happy. Their emotions come and go really quickly. Adrienne had soon forgotten that she did not want anything and was filled with excitement.

“Alastair, I want the one that tastes like wine!”

“Got it.”

“Get another one.”

“You shouldn’t eat too much of that. Why don’t you choose one from the cart to put back, then we can get another wine flavored one.”

Alastair was obviously more strict with his younger sister than Everleigh was. He knew that his sister would gobble all the chocolates down in just one afternoon. Then, she would complain of a stomach ache.

Facing all the colorful snacks in the cart, Adrienne could not choose, so she wrapped her arms around Everleigh’s leg and pleaded, “Mommy!”

Everleigh said helplessly, “Alastair, let her get another one just this one time.”

“No, we’ve gotten enough already. Let’s go.” Alastair pushed the cart that was only slightly shorter than him. He walked towards the end of the aisle without looking back.

When her son was that insistent, it was out of Everleigh’s hands. Sometimes, even she was a bit intimidated.

Seeing the cart being pushed away, Adrienne pouted angrily and said, ” Alastair is too overbearing! I don’t like him anymore!”

“You can’t talk about your brother like that. Let’s go, Adrienne. We’ll buy more once you’ve finished eating everything else.”

“Hmph, I don’t want to be with Alastair anymore.”

As she said this, Adrienne turned around and walked in the opposite direction from Alastair.

“Adrienne…” Everleigh quickly followed behind her, saying, “You can’t behave like this.”

As soon as she walked to the corner of the shelf, the little girl suddenly froze. Her eyes sparkled with joy. “Daddy!”

Everleigh’s heart skipped a beat. Following Adrienne’s gaze, she raised her head and saw Theodore in front of her. He wore a simple white polo shirt and a pair of black trousers. Even though he was dressed casually, he seemed very unapproachable.

“Daddy!” Adrienne threw himself into Theodore’s arms with a whoosh. “Daddy!”

Theodore picked her up, and his cold gaze softened. “Have you eaten dinner?”

Adrienne shook her head and said, “Mommy said she wanted to cook, so she brought me and Alastair shopping.”

“Cook?” Theodore raised his gaze and looked at Everleigh. “You’ve changed a lot after having kids. Since when do you cook?”

Standing in front of Theodore, Everleigh only felt nervous. Especially when she thought of Madison’s warning this afternoon, all she wanted to do was have nothing to do with him.

However, when she reminded herself that Madison might be the culprit seven years ago, she held it in and barely managed to make a sound. “Just a little,” she said reluctantly.

“Daddy, haven’t you eaten yet? Would you like to eat with us?” Adrienne hugged Theodore’s neck while batting her eyelashes innocently.

Theodore glanced at Everleigh as if he were waiting for her to say something.

Without too much hesitation and only after half a second of pondering, Everleigh said, “Why don’t you join us? Having one extra person wouldn’t make a huge difference. It’s just an extra set of utensils to wash.”

Theodore frowned slightly as if he was a little suspicious. He looked at her with a probing gaze.

Before this, Everleigh was afraid of him and avoided him. Inviting him over to have dinner was a big discrepancy from how she was before. He could tell that she was a little conflicted.

Everleigh saw the doubt in Theodore’s eyes. She took the initiative to explain, “I misunderstood you the other day. I’m sorry. I’ve been trying to apologize to you, but I didn’t get the chance.”

What she said was partly true. She did feel very guilty for blaming Theodore for kidnapping the children that day.

However, she also did not have any other way to look into Madison. The Godfrey family was no ordinary family. As a regular doctor, her only way of getting close to the Godfrey family was through Theodore.

“We haven’t bought the ingredients yet. What do you feel like eating? I’ll prepare it for you as a token of my apology.”

Everleigh changed the topic because she was afraid that Theodore would sense her motives.

Theodore did not have the time to think about it. The little girl in his arms kept chattering. “Daddy, I want to eat fried chicken. Shall we go get some later?”

“Okay, do you want ice cream?”

“Yes, I want the big one like last time!”

…

When Everleigh, Theodore, and Adrienne arrived at the seafood section, Alastair had already placed the kid-sized set of steak into the shopping cart. He was currently asking the fishmonger for some prawns.

“We need more. This isn’t enough.” Everleigh walked up from behind and spoke.

When he turned and saw Theodore, Alastair’s delicate brow furrowed. He greeted him cautiously, “Nice to meet you, Uncle.”

He was different from Adrienne. Besides covering for Everleigh at Selena’s birthday, he had not called Theodore ‘daddy’ again. Despite that, he was still polite and had the decency to call him Uncle.

When he heard the word ‘Uncle,’ he felt a little uncomfortable. Theodore was unsure why.

After buying the ingredients, all of them headed home.

Theodore drove himself there, so he offered a ride to the three of them back to their place.

On the way back, Adrienne was busy opening her snacks, leaving crumbs everywhere. Seeing this, Everleigh started panicking.

“Adrienne, no more. Just eat when we’re back.” She took out a paper towel to clean up the mess, afraid that it would make Theodore unhappy.

She knew that Theodore was a neat freak. That practically got yourself killed.

“It’s fine, let her eat,” Theodore’s voice came from the driver’s seat. It was very blunt. And the tone of his voice could not be deciphered.

Although he said so, Everleigh still did not want to let Adrienne fool around. She took a bag of candy out from the shopping bag and said, “Adrienne, have this.”

“Okay.” Adrienne would not say no to snacks. After opening the bag of candy, she took one piece of candy out and held it to Theodore. “Daddy, you can have one!”

The seatbelt tightly secured her. No matter how hard she tried, she could not reach the front. Through the reflection of the rearview mirror, she did look a bit comical.

Everleigh patted her on the shoulder and said, “Just have it yourself. Uncle needs to drive.”

“You can have candy while you drive. Daddy, did the policeman say you can’t eat candy while you drive?”

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“Daddy, when do you want some candy? It’s yummy.”

“Alright,” Theodore replied.

Adrienne could not unbuckle her seatbelt, so she simply stuffed the candy into Everleigh’s hand. “Mommy, give it to Daddy!”

Everleigh’s hand was scratched by the candy wrapper. For some reason, it felt like it was burning.

This girl was really…

After a few seconds of mental preparation, Everleigh handed the candy to Theodore. She held the candy in her palm beside Theodore, forcing the words out of her mouth, “Adrienne wants you to have this.”

Her hesitant look was reflected in the rearview mirror, making her a little unsettled.

After holding it up for a while, she thought that Theodore was going to reject it. Suddenly, she felt a warm touch on her palm. Even though it was just for a moment, it made her freeze in shock.