Deep Love Hidden From Him novel Chapter 48

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.