It's Saturday morning and Victoria is still sleeping because she barely slept last night. Aris woke up to find her asleep on the couch in the sitting room.

"Victoria, why did you sleep in the sitting room when we have two spare bedroom to sleep in?"

"I was not feeling sleepy so I decided to watch a movie. Maybe I fell asleep while watching the movie".

"Are you okay?"  Victoria was bewildered. Aris has never asked about her wellbeing.

"I'm okay". She muttered quietly

She prepared breakfast and went to freshen up for her outing today. She knew that if she cancelled on them that Amelia will storm into their house and drag her to the mall. She wore a blue jeans jumpsuit and a red heel, she tied her hair in a messy bun and put on some lipgloss, she took her purse and went to the sitting room to wait for Amelia.

Thirty minutes later, Amelia banged at the door.

"I hope she did not forget that we're going to the mall today" she said in an angry tone.

Victoria opened the door for Amelia and smiled at her.

"I'm ready and Good morning ma'am". Victoria said in a cheerful tone .

"Good morning to you too. Let's go, James is waiting for us and you look ravishing". She replied while checking her out.

Victoria locked the door and walked to the car with Amelia. Immediately Victoria entered the car, James looked at her like she was he only person he saw and said

"Wow. Good morning to you beautiful".

Victoria blushed and looked at Amelia who was looking at her with a ' I told you look '.

"Why are you guys complementing me this morning like I've never dressed like this before?" Victoria said looking confused.

James chuckled and Amelia looked at her like she was a zombie " because you have never dressed like this . And you look happy today".

Victoria shrugged and looked around the car . She knew that the car was insanely expensive while James drove them to the mall " Nice car by the way".

"Thanks" . He said

They arrived at the mall and went to the designers section to buy clothes. Amelia picked any cloth she like while Victoria was looking at the price tag before she bought any cloth. James saw her looking at the price tag and stalked her to pick the clothes she like but did not take. They went to dressing room to wear the clothes they picked before paying for it. Victoria was surprised when she saw those clothes that she did not pick because of the price tag.

"Amelia did you pick any cloth for me" she shouted for Amelia to hear.

"No, Why do you ask"

"Nothing" . She muttered. She knew that she did not pick the clothes so who did?

Meanwhile James was reading the emails his personal assistant sent him when he heard the conversation between Amelia and Victoria. He chuckled and shouted

" You girls should start coming out so that I can choose the ones that looks good on you and don't leave any cloth behind".

Later, they started coming out. Victoria wore a red turtle neck dress with a cut from her knee down to her foot which hugged her curves well while Amelia wore a green floor length  gown  designed with flowers. When James saw them, his mouth was open and the girls laughed.

"You might want to close your mouth so that flies will not enter your mouth".

"You girls look beautiful".

"Thanks". They said in unison while checking each other out.

They wore all the clothes while James picked the ones that are good. Victoria was worried because she knew that she could not pay for some of the clothes so she left them in the dressing room but James picked them and payed for them. He help them to carry their shopping bags when they went to another store for shoes and bags.

"What's your shoe size?" He asked Victoria.

" Size 6 or 39" she said in an unsure tone

"Ok".

He helped them to pick their shoes and bags and secretly bought some expensive ones for Victoria. After their shopping they went to a restaurant two blocks away from the Mall to eat their lunch.

"What can I get you"? the waiter asked

"Philly cheese steak and a cup of milkshake" said Victoria

"Apple pie and milkshake" said Amelia

"Burger and an orange juice" said James

"So, James which country are you from because you don't look or talk like an American". Asked Amelia in a curious tone

He chuckled and said, " Actually, I'm a citizen of America, infact America's blood run through my veins but I was brought up in Italy"

Amelia and Victoria's mouth was wide open, they were surprised. He stifled a laugh and repeat what they said to him" you ladies might want to close your mouth".

Some minutes later the food came and they ate and chatted happily. When it was time to pay for the bills, Victoria and Amelia were arguing on who will pay for the lunch whileJames paid for the lunch. " Ladies let's go , we still have other places to visit before dawn". James said while looking at them awkwardly. He was not used to seeing ladies argue and he  doesn't know what to do.

" But we've not paid for our lunch".
Said Victoria while raising her hands in the air.

James scratched the back of his neck and said " Umm... I've paid for our lunch".

" You did what "? Amelia screeched.

" You were arguing so I decided to pay for the lunch besides this will help the both of you ". He looked at Victoria and saw that she had a deadly look. Looks that could kill someone, so he decided to stop talking.

"Let's go". She said and walked out of the restaurant. James looked relieved but when he saw Amelia looking at him, he ran to catch up with Victoria

They went to a jewelry store. Victoria looked at the price tag of the wristwatch and murmured "all the wristwatches here are very expensive".

She didn't follow them around instead she went to sit down. When James saw that she sat down, she called her over "I want to buy wristwatch for someone very special to me but I don't know the one I'll buy".

Victoria looked at him and said " how am I supposed to know what that person likes "?

"Choose one like you're choosing it for yourself. If it were your watch which one will you choose "?

" Ok ". She looked at the watches and choose a Richard Mille RM 19-02 Manual Winding Tourbillon Fleur features a tourbillon inside a white gold Magnolia flower. The beauty is on the dial where you can see the automaton with five white gold petals painted in pink that will open and close every 5 minutes, hiding and showing the flying tourbillon. The center of the tourbillon gracing is set with precious stones and both the case and dial are set with diamond. She gave the watch to James.
When they were done with shopping for the wristwatch, they went to buy necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Victoria went to choose two matching necklaces for her and Amelia. The necklace was a silver necklace with butterfly pendant made with colorful stones. Then she bought some bracelet and earrings and went to pay for it. James was happy that Victoria bought somethings there.
After that they went to a fun fair where they rode water splash, rollercoaster and flying eagle. Before they knew it, it was dawn and James dropped Amelia off first before dropping Victoria off. When he arrived at Amelia's house, she hugged Victoria and winked at James while he smiled at her. After that he arrived at Victoria's house and  she turned to look at him " Thank you for agreeing to go to shopping with me and Amelia, I appreciate it. You've been kind and helpful since we meet you. Thank God that you came into our live and brought joy to us ".
He smiled and held her hand " it's ok. Also thank you girls for coming into my life. And don't be angry but I bought you a gift to show appreciation and you can't reject it ".
He gave her that wristwatch that she choose when they went for shopping and she was shocked " No I can't take it. This is very expensive ".

" I did not give you an option or a choice. It's either you take it or I throw it away".

"You can't be serious".

"Oh! I am very serious". Then he took the watch and held it out of his car window ready to throw the package away.

" Fine, I'll take it. You're just being unfair". She said in a childish manner

" Who said life was fair" . He smiled

" Thank you for this watch. This is like the first time someone apart from Amelia gave me a gift ". She said while admiring the watch.

" You're welcome. So I'll see you on Monday. And I'll come pick you and Amelia up by 7am"

"Ok. I'll just tell Amelia". She brought out her phone to call Amelia

"Don't worry. I've told her already"

"Ok. Good night". she opened the door and took her shopping bags with her. ' This bags are too much, it seems like it's more than what I purchased' she thought

"Good night". He waited for her to enter the house and stayed for some minutes before he left.

Pls I need an editor . if u want to be my editor or u know anybody that can edit well ,pls dm me

Pls also read, vote  and comment on the book

Thanks