While Ivy was draining her mother's fortune Quinn was being dragged around all over the place looking for gifts for her mother in law. She couldn't understand why Leif wanted her to do it. Wasn't it his mother? He should know what she likes.
After going into the nth shop she sat down on the couch a little frustrated and pulled out her cell phone. She saw her mother trying on necklaces with Kaya and Doris from the corner of her eye. Seeing that they were not paying attention to her she pulled up the message interface and wrote him a message.
QQ: What does your_
She wrote but she suddenly felt an inexplicable urge to mess with him again. She erased everything and rewrote.
QQ: Sweetie, how is your day?
A few blocks from her location in a high rise building, Leif was flipping through documents when his cell phone buzzed but he ignored it.
Quinn sort of expected this so she sent him another message.
QQ: If you keep ignoring me I am going to lick the spoon while cooking.
Leif heard that buzz again which ruined his focus. Annoyed he picked it up and the first message made him frown but the second message had him very livid.
LC: Don't you dare.
Quinn showed a silly little smile and bit her lower lip while replying to the message.
QQ: There he is.
LC: Don't call me sweetie, baby or anything like that.
QQ: Don't you want us to have evidence of our love? Just in case.
Leif took a very long time to reply that Quinn almost thought he wasn't going to say anything but two minutes later a message came through.
LC: Fine, just nothing too disgusting.
Quinn seemed quite happy about it but she wasn't satisfied.
QQ: Then what is considered disgusting?
LC: Anything like darling, baby, honey, sweetie, pumpkin, cupcake. All the above are disgusting.
QQ: That leaves nothing then.
LC: Not my problem.
Quinn couldn't help but tap her chin as though lost in thought. After thinking for a short while she suddenly showed a beaming smile before typing.
QQ: Since husband wasn't included on the list then I will call you husband.
LC:???
QQ: Husband, what do I get for your mother?
LC: Anything shiny and expensive will suffice.
LC: I am busy. Don't message me again.
After that Leif threw his cell phone aside and continued with the documents but his heart wasn't settled. It was like getting pricked by a thousand needles. He rubbed his chest while feeling listless. While going through the emotions, his cell phone suddenly vibrated again and he tried to ignore it.
But after reading and rereading the same line of words over and over again, he finally lost the battle and swiped his cell phone before unlocking it.
There was a message from Quinn on the notification bar but it had a speaker icon instead of a message. Without much thought, he opened it and pressed play on the voice note.
Because the volume on his cell phone was low he couldn't hear what she said. He raised the volume and replayed it again.
A sweet voice like that of a siren penetrated his ear making them itch. In the voice, she said two simple words which were 'okay husband' with the last word drawn out a little. Leif placed his cell phone down in a hurry as if it had caught on fire.
That incident threw him far off balance that he couldn't think straight for the rest of the day.
Quinn however was laughing so much while holding her cell phone. She never thought she would enjoy tormenting someone so much.
From a distance, Amalie looked at her daughter and couldn't help but feel warmth gushing like a spring in her chest. All she ever wanted for her daughter was for her to find someone who loved her and was very dependable. Seeing her daughter smile like this her heart warmed. As long as Quinn was happy then she would die a happy woman.
"Mum, let's just pick an expensive diamond bracelet," she said and Amalie replied,
"How much is it though?"
"Don't worry, Leif is paying," she said and pointed at a rose gold halo diamond bracelet.
Amalie furrowed her brows before asking, "How could that be?"
"Mum, she has expensive tastes and I don't want you to break the bank trying to please her, okay?"
Amalie still felt ill at ease but she didn't say anything. "Okay, let's buy it then," she said and the four of them finally left the store.
When she returned to Leif's apartment the place was empty but it looked like someone had been there to clean he entire place.
The rest of the afternoon she packed everything away and took another shower before going downstairs into the kitchen to prepare dinner. She could tell that based on Leif's personality he hated eating outside unless it was a Leif approved restaurant.
She couldn't help but deduce that if Leif was poor he would have a really tough time surviving. He would spend more money buying cleaning supplies and sanitising products. It's a good thing that he didn't like getting close to people otherwise his wife would be driven crazy by him.
For dinner tonight she chose something relatively simple. She chose to make creamy steak fettucine but just as she washed her hands in the kitchen the elevator doors opened.
Thinking it was Leif, she walked toward the elevator doors only to find a woman two parts similar to Leif. She hadn't been made aware that there will be guests.
"Hello, I am," she said only for the woman to raise her hand as she cut her off.
"I know who you are. There is no need for any introductions," she said and the smile on Quinn froze. It seemed this task was going to be incredibly difficult to complete. She took out her cell phone to message Leif and let him know there was a guest but her cell phone was suddenly snatched out of her hand.
"He doesn't have to be here. This is a conversation between me and you, woman to woman," she said and placed Quinn's cell phone on the coffee table.