Pampered Wife of Xavier

Chapter 42: Returning Late

Even though Xavier came from a prestigious family, it was obvious that Michael and the rest did not raise him like a prince. On the contrary, after he entered high school, the family did not give him anymore allowance. The old fellows from the Brown family and the William family had discussed and agreed to all do the same. Jacob and Daniel were raised like that too. After that, they were even sent off to a military academy where their days were pretty arduous.

The three buddies had hustled for a livelihood before, so they knew the feeling extremely well.

Now, all of it was different...

"Don't eat these things anymore. Otherwise, why do you think we got married for?"

His deep yet sensitive voice suddenly echoed. Under Arya's shocked gaze, he reached out to take over the hardtack in her hand and put it back onto the shelf.

Seeing her empty hands, Arya was stumped and her twinkling eyes suddenly flashed with a faint light. A sense of ease ran through her indifferent face as she looked at him, then quietly lowered her eyes.

Yes, she was used to it...

Every time she shopped at the supermarket, she would stop at these items out of habit — hardtack, instant noodles, or food like frozen dumplings...

She fell silent for a moment. After thinking about it, she then suddenly felt a little pained in her heart. As she blinked, there was an instance when she could not help but be slightly moved by his attentive consideration.

"Have you eaten these things too, Mr. Knight?" She turned over and walked ahead as she calmly asked him.

"When I was serving in the army, I'd always eat late at night with Jacob and Daniel. Nothing feels more familiar than seeing them even though it doesn't taste great," he answered very calmly.

She always thought that he should be the same as Ethan, or even lived better than Ethan. The latter had lived like a prince since he was young and was still living the way a master did. She did not expect him to be like her and she believed that he needed to be thrown into this cruel society to improve himself and settle...

She suddenly remembered something that her grandpa, Robert, had said to her.

Arya, true growth requires going through the grind of society and years of settling. A true relationship is like that too. It needs to go through time's wear and tear, accumulating and settling, before it can truly blossom and bear fruit.

...

She thought about it, and then suddenly smiled. She abruptly turned to him.

"Actually, I don't like to eat these things either."

Her bright and moving smiled entered his sight, making him suddenly feel soft in the heart. His usual apathy for everything seemed to carry some faint warmth. When he thought about the endless decades that he would continue to journey on with her, there was a faint joy in his eyes.

This feeling felt pretty solid and he decided that he quite liked this new life.

When they walked out of the supermarket with huge bags of groceries, it was already close to five in the evening. The warm sun on the horizon had gradually dimmed and it was not as warm as it had been earlier.

They put the things in the back seat, and then the husband and wife got into the car.

Xavier was about to start the car when suddenly he heard a little girl speak up in a crisp voice,

"Big brother, buy a bouquet of roses for Sister!"

When he heard her, Xavier wound his car window down and looked out. Indeed, he saw a very adorable little girl holding a flower basket, standing not too far away from his car and smiling at him. The flower basket was filled with tender and alluring red roses which were very beautiful.