“Mom, I’m back.” When Manuel returned with the cart, Serena had just finished studying the design of the dress. She turned and bent down to pick up Manuel.
“Good job, Manuel. Sit in the cart that Mommy will push you.”
“May I?” Manuel looked excited, crossed his fingers, and his eyes moved all over, “I don’t know if I’ll make a good impression, though…”
Serena laughed out loud, “What impression should you give as a child?”
Then she put Manuel directly into the shopping cart. Manuel grabbed the edge of the cart and sat down, “Okay.”
Downstairs
Cristian and Beatrice went to the fresh area to buy food. Looking out of the checkout, they saw several girls looking at Cristian with bright eyes. The light in their eyes dimmed at the thought of his wife and son.
The cashier, after taking the money, noticed that they had bought many items more than once. At that moment she felt strange, but asked in a warm voice, “Sir, aren’t you waiting for your wife to leave? You have already paid for all these things.”
Cristian seemed not to have heard her. He took the bag expressionless.
“Sir?”
Beatrice squinted her eyes, “Are you talking to him?”
The girl was stunned and nodded, “Yes.”
“Did you just say his wife?”
The girl seemed confused by Beatrice’s suspicious look. She hesitated for a while before saying, “Just now–a beautiful lady came in with a baby. She also went upstairs now. I thought you were a couple.”
Hearing that speech, Cristian stared at the cashier.
Looking at that fierce gaze, the cashier immediately felt her back cold, and she felt a pressure in her shoulders that made her lean forward.
“That…”
Seeing that there was something strange about Cristian, Beatrice smiled embarrassedly, “We went in together without anyone else. Maybe you were mistaken?”
The people nearby who saw rushed to help the cashier.
“I’m sorry, my friend is a little short-sighted, just now a lady put her things here and said she would give them to her husband later, there were two of them too, she must have misunderstood, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” Beatrice shook her head, “It’s just a misunderstanding, now we have also solved it, it’s not a big deal. Good, Cristian. Do you want to scare the girl with that look of yours? Come on let’s go.”
With that said, Beatrice dragged Cristian out of the supermarket.
After they left, the cashier stayed where she was, her eyes red with fear, and the people next to her comforted her.
“Are you okay?”
The cashier shook her head and bolted, “I’m fine, but… It looked so fierce and scary.”
“Yes, I think so, too… He had a terrible look, even though he looked good, he’s a piece of ice, even if he wanted to, he couldn’t cover it up.”
“Yes.” The red-eyed girl nodded, “But… That child looked so much like him, they…”
“Hey, I didn’t understand what happened either, however, according to when he had said it wasn’t so. From now on no more nonsense, let’s just do our job.”
“Sure.”
Serena and Manuel stayed upstairs for a long time before going downstairs. When it was time to pay, Serena noticed that she had bought too many things. She might not be able to carry everything.
Thinking about it, Serena was a little annoyed.
Maybe it was because she rarely went to the supermarket, and bought few things, so she had not taken into account that she would be able to take everything?
Desperate, Serena called the car, to ask the driver to help her carry.
As soon as the driver learned that she needed money, he rushed over, and Serena and Manuel waited for him. Meanwhile, Serena noticed that a girl with slightly reddened eyes was staring at them, looking pained.
Although Serena was surprised by that scene, she did not question herself. When the driver arrived to help them, they quickly left.
After they left, several girls gathered to talk.
“I thought they were a couple, unbelievable that they are not?”
“Even if they aren’t, I wouldn’t have had the courage to approach that man.”
Shortly after Serena and Manuel got into the car, Serena made a phone call.
At that hour–should she have finished work?
“Mom, let me answer, I want to talk to Aunt Anna!”
Serena handed the cell phone to Manuel. After Manuel took the cell phone, he said in a naive voice, “Aunt Anna.”
“Manuel? Why are you calling me?”
“Aunt Anna, Mom and I bought a lot of ingredients at the supermarket. Shall we make braised fish tonight?”
Usually Anna talked about food with him, but that day she seemed angry. Not only did she not answer Manuel’s question, she said, “Manuel, I don’t have time to talk now. Is your mother there with you? Give mom the cell phone, I have something to tell her.”
Manuel heard the anxiety in her tone and had to hand the cell phone to Serena, “Mom, Aunt Anna seems to have something urgent to tell you.”
After hearing this, Serena took the cell phone and said, “Hey, Anna, what happened?”
“Oh, Serena, help me! After what happened you still want to go shopping!”
Serena arched her eyebrows, “What happened, you didn’t say anything to me.”
“Didn’t I go to take measurements for Miss Tanzi? Do you know what happened? Because I was a minute late, she made me wait for an hour!”
Serena looked up and looked out the window. She saw a bus passing by. It had attached a poster about Miss Tanzi that Anna was talking about.
Francesca had become a big star after appearing in a TV series, and her fan base grew a lot. Then she took parts in other popular series. Now, countless directors were asking her to collaborate, but she is said to be very arrogant and to be the one to choose script and director, without giving room for others.
When her agent suggested that she design a dress especially for her, Anna thought about turning it down, but according to Serena…
It was a huge possibility, how could she refuse?