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In the end, they both exited at the same time as the heavens suddenly opened up, releasing a torrential
downpour less than ten minutes later.
This residential area was large and featured a spacious parking garage. Therefore, many residents
parked their cars there, including Xavier.
He wanted to drive the car right where Winnie was to keep her from getting drenched in the rain.
Unbeknownst to him, a flower pot came sailing from above as soon as he stepped outside to get his
car.
She shrieked a warning when she noticed it almost landed on Xavier’s head.
He wasn’t carrying an umbrella, so he immediately took a step backward when he heard her, narrowly
escaping an accident. The flower pot landed on the ground and shattered into pieces.
He craned his neck to look up but saw nothing.
Winnie walked to his side with a frown. “You could have been gravely injured if you hadn’t dodged it.
Every household has a semi-enclosed balcony, and some are fully shuttered. How could a flower pot
fall? Did you offend someone recently?”
Xavier glanced at the mess on the ground, and his brows furrowed. “That will be too many to count, but
those who intend to harm me…”
He trailed off and instinctively surveyed all the floors of Winnie’s block, remembering that Jacinta also
lived here. He continued, “I don’t recall them residing in Aqua Moana. This is truly baffling.”
“Let’s look for property management. The perpetrator must either be one of the residents or a visitor. It
may be hard to figure out which resident it was, but visitors will leave a trail.”
“Okay.” He nodded. “Get in the car.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThey arrived at the property management office shortly, and the staff pulled up the security tapes upon
hearing their explanation.
No visitor had brought a flower pot up the stairs in the last three days, let alone this morning. Only the
janitors would clean the corridors once every two days.
Thus, there was no way to investigate, and the property management could only advise Xavier to park
his car in the underground garage to avoid such mishaps on the ground.
He and Winnie understood they should just leave it at that.
“Do you suppose it was Harold?” She asked, still perturbed.
Xavier shook his head. “If it were Harold, he would have gone after you instead of me. Whatever it is,
be careful for now. How about you go to the office with me later?”
“No,” Winnie declined. “I need to meet Mason, then Lisanne at the Marsh residence. I’ll look for you in
the afternoon, and we’ll go to Nate’s birthday celebration together at night.”
“Keep an eye out. Please respond promptly when I text or give you a call.”
She frowned slightly. “I’m more worried about you.”
“Don’t worry.” Xavier caressed her head. “I’ll be careful.”
…
Winnie went to meet Lisanne at the Marsh residence after concluding her meeting with Mason.
To her surprise, Lucas was home as well.
“Why aren’t you overseeing matters at the office today?” She was curious.
“Relax!” He eyed Lisanne and muttered to Winnie, “I stayed home for Lisanne. She’s a bit down in the
dumps. Go on and talk to her, then I’ll take both of you out for a fun afternoon.”
“Okay.” She nodded. “But count me out. It will only be both of you. There’s something else I have to do
later.”
“What is it?”
“I have a banquet this evening, and I need to pick out a dress.”
“We should go together!” He said. “Please bring Lisanne, and I’ll foot the bill today. Girls should go
shopping together, so my plan works perfectly.”
Winnie was at a loss for words. “It’s reasonable for me to go with Lisanne, but why are you following
us?”
“I’m your wallet!”
“Do we look like we’re strapped for cash?”
“Then I can help carry your bags. Are you kidding me? Which queen doesn’t leave the house with an
escort?” Lucas responded with a flourishing bow. “Just like me.”
She didn’t want to drag this out with him any longer, knowing that he wouldn’t be dissuaded, so the
three of them went to the shopping district.
Winnie and Lisanne both fancied the same brand, and Lucas had worn a few sets of their outfits from
the men’s line, so instead of shopping blindly, they immediately headed to the store.
He enjoyed dressing up and would ask for Winnie and Lisanne’s opinions when trying out clothes.
Winnie needed to choose a dress and didn’t want him to waste her time, so she kicked him out.
He had no other option except to take Lisanne with him.
Winnie ambled around until a black dress with a bandeau neckline and fishtail design caught her eye.
As she extended her hand to stroke the fabric, a young and beautiful lady rushed over, yelling, “Don’t
touch it. I saw that dress first, and I’m going to try it on. You may touch it if I deem it unsatisfactory.”
Bewildered, Winnie wondered if everyone behaved unreasonably these days. “I promise I wouldn’t
even look at the dress if it were already in your hands, but it’s still on the rack. Do you think it makes
sense that you said you wanted to try it first?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“What do you mean it doesn’t make sense? I said I saw it first but haven’t gotten the chance to try it on.
Do you understand the term ‘first-come, first-served’?” The young woman argued haughtily, each word
coming out of her mouth growing increasingly absurd.
“So what if you tried it on? Does that mean it’s yours?” Winnie scoffed.
A girl in austere clothes hurried to them as the young woman opened her mouth to retort.
She stopped in front of Winnie, her face contorted like she was near to tears. “Ma’am, can you please
give us this dress? It was an oversight on my part. She was interested in it at first, but I forgot to take it
to the dressing room, and this happened. Please do me a favor and continue browsing, or my life will
be hell today.”
Winnie’s brows drew together, not wanting to give in to that woman, but the girl was in a tough spot,
and she didn’t want to make things difficult for her.
Besides, she suddenly didn’t want the dress after the woman expressed interest in it.
“All right, I’ll do it for you.” Winnie backed down and took a few steps forward, eyeing another black
dress.
The woman declared at that moment, “Leave it. I spotted that dress first as well.”
Winnie was silent for a second before turning back to pin her with a stony expression. “Are you the
proprietor of this store?”
The woman’s gaze raked her up and down before she answered smugly, “No, but I can afford
everything I try on. I want this, this, and the one I’m wearing now. That’s three pieces in total.”
That brought a smile to Winnie’s face. I think I’m dressed too casually today for her to look down on
me.
She met the woman’s gaze squarely. “I suppose you still haven’t paid?”
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