Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 372

Rick laughed. Since when was holding hands with him a kind of reward for her? He bent over and kissed her between her eyebrows. "We can hold hands at any time. I said that as long as you stay with me, I will give you everything, but if I know that you are disloyal, I will not hesitate to abandon you."

"Haha." Kendall's attention was not on the second half of the sentence at all. She stretched out her hand and grabbed his. "Then I happen to want some cosmetics. Let's go shopping. But I will be thrifty. You said before... that it's not good to be wasteful."

"Alright," Rick responded.

Rick took Kendall to a nearby shopping mall. Kendall liked a lot of things, but she did not ask for them. Rick watched her silently. As Rick was wondering if she wanted to buy a bottle of moisturizer, he reached out to pick up the bottle and said to the store assistant, "I'll take the entire set for this series. Wrap it in a nice box, please."

"Um... Typically we will only use the box after you've decided to buy it. Why don't you let this young lady try and see if she wants these products?"

"No, wrap it up." Rick paused for a moment. "I'll pay for it now."

"Alright, I'll do it now," the store assistant replied respectfully.

Kendall grabbed Rick's arm. "Actually, the moisturizer is enough for me. I haven't finished up the essence at home yet, and the boxset is more expensive than just the products. The set costs extra. It's their marketing trick."

Rick was impatient. "I told you not to be wasteful, not that you have to pinch pennies. It's just some skincare products. Next time, I'll just buy them without asking you."

"I was just listening to you. Why are you telling me off?" Kendall suddenly felt very wronged. She turned her head slightly to show that she didn't want to talk to him anymore. But she didn't dare to make her tantrum so obvious. After all, she really liked Rick. She was afraid that he would abandon her if she lost her temper.

Rick leaned over to kiss the corner of her lips. He said in a low and husky voice, "It's my fault, Kendall. Don't be angry, okay?"

His voice was so gentle that Kendall's heart melted instantly. She turned her head to look at him in disbelief, her eyelashes fluttering. "Rick..."

At that moment, the store assistant brought the items back in a bag. Rick took the bag and brought Kendall over to pay for it. He even added some lipstick. After he thought about it, Rick realized that he hadn't bought anything for Kendall since getting together.

He would consider it as making up for the past. After all, Kendall was officially his girlfriend now. His friends didn't dislike her and she was nice and sensible. She deserved a reward.

Since she said that she wanted to buy cosmetics, Kendall did not look at clothes or perfumes. When she passed by those stores, she walked right on by. However, Rick picked out a dress for her and got her to try it on. Kendall initially did not want to go, but when she saw that the price was only a few hundred dollars and she wouldn't mind the price, she went into the changing room. The dress indeed looked good on her. Rick knew her measurements and the styles that suited her very well.

Rick nodded with great satisfaction. "We'll get this one."

The salesgirl immediately packed up Kendall's clothes. Rick passed Kendall's coat to her. "Put it on. The weather is still a little cold."

"Okay." Kendall obediently put the coat on, and then held out her hand for him to hold.

After they shopped, the two ate. Kendall did not chat with Rick as they did. She was very nervous. She felt that Rick was not quite the same today than usual. Maybe he was being more gentle with her today because they were on a date

Did this mean that, when they were on a date, she was his girlfriend?

As Kendall's thoughts ran wild, her phone suddenly rang. She picked it up. "Hello? Caleb... What? I don't know. What happened to Avery? Oh, let me ask Rick. Rick, Caleb said that Avery was injured. Do you know about this?"

"I don't know. It has nothing to do with me." Rick's attitude was very cold.

"Er, Caleb, did you hear that? Oh... Rick, Caleb asked if you want to go to see Avery. It seems that there is some grudge..."

"Didn't I say before? It has nothing to do with me. If you want to go, go by yourself. Don't ask me," Rick interrupted her coldly, but his long fingers clasped her hand tightly.

Kendall was very upset by him telling her off, but when she thought about it carefully, if Rick was really angry with her, why did he grab her hand harder?

Kendall felt that Rick didn't mean to shout at her. There must be a reason. So she said to Caleb unhappily, "Caleb, Rick is already angry. Stop asking. I'm hanging up now. Rick is ignoring me now. Bye."

After the call ended, Kendall held Rick's arm and said, "Is my brother trying to set you up again? He's so nasty."

"Yes. I'm used to it." Rick smiled at her, but there was some exhaustion in his eyes.

"My heart aches for you." Kendall stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips. "Let's go home? You don't look very good."

"No, let's eat first. After that, we'll watch a movie and then go home."

"Oh," Kendall said. "Actually, you don't have to give in to me just because we're on a date. You usually take great care of me, and as long as I'm by your side, I'll be happy. No matter what you do, whether I'm your girlfriend or not, even if it's just... I'll be willing."

Rick didn't say anything. He held her hand and kept walking forward.

Kendall sighed. "Rick, if you treat liking me as a task to be completed, will you really fall in love with me? Or will you be more unhappy with me in your heart?"

Rick stopped and looked at her. "Don't think too much."

"It feels like you don't want to be with me at all. Since you keep me here, you have to be responsible for me. But Rick, I want to bring you some happiness and security by being with you, not to force you to love me." Some people were more reasonable and more assertive the more they loved each other, and she was the kind of person who became more humble when she loved someone.

In the beginning, she would have made a scene with him, but now she didn't dare. She had put in more love and time, so she just wanted to be with him. She didn't ask for anything else.

Rick frowned and bent down to kiss her. He kissed her so hard that Kendall felt very unsettled. She stood there and endured it without saying a word.

Soon, he let go of her.

"Let's eat."

Kendall obediently held out her hand to him. As she watched him holding her hand, she felt a slight ache in her heart. Exclusive content from NôvelDrama.Org.

After they arrived at the restaurant, Kendall made the orders on the electronic menu and passed it over to the waiter. Then, she lay her head on the table and looked surreptitiously at Rick, who was doing work on his laptop.

He seemed to have endless things to deal with, but he would still take her shopping, to eat or to travel. Sometimes she didn't know whether he was busy or just pretending to be busy.

Kendall thought that Charlotte definitely wouldn't think about this. After all, Charlotte was also very busy. It seemed that she was even busier than Shane and Rick. If she could, she also wanted to become busy and see if she wouldn't like Rick if she was so busy. Maybe she could save him some effort?

Soon, the food was served.

Rick closed the laptop and passed Kendall some food. "Why are you still looking at me? It's time to eat."

"How did you know that I was looking at you?"

"I'm working, not blind," Rick said as he pointed at the tip of her nose with his long fingers. "You're so silly. What should I do in the future?"

"As long as you're here, I'm not afraid."

"If I'm not here, what will you do?"

When she heard that, Kendall instantly lost her appetite.

Her lips trembled. "You... Are you going to abandon me?"