In Love, Never Say Never

At the sight of me hesitating, Gregory lowered his voice. “Mommy, I’ll just try a bite. I won’t eat more than that, okay?”

I understood now. Gregory was the same as his father; information had to be repeated to them multiple times!

“I don’t mind treating you, but you mustn’t call me Mommy anymore. Deal?”

“No problem.” Gregory flashed a wide smile and pulled me by the arm into the shop. “Let’s go, Ms. Stovall!”

Gregory ordered a set meal for children on top of one of each of the best-selling items on the menu. A table for two was soon filled up.

The child was true to his word; he literally tried a bite of everything. The only thing he was particularly fond of was the sundae.

“I thought only girls like sweet things, Gregory?” I teased him.

As soon as I said that, he put down his spoon and wiped his lips in a dignified manner, refusing to touch another spoonful.

“Hey, I’m just messing with you. Carry on,” I said as I pushed the chocolate sundae back in front of him.

said with a solemn shake

I probed him. Children

show that an excessive consumption of deep-fried and sweet food is harmful to the body,” he said in

with the workings of the world. After a stunned silence, I said, “If that’s the case, shouldn’t you abstain

Daddy forbids me, the more I want to try. I’m a child; it’s normal for me to not be able to restrain my

 If it was normal for a child to not being able to reason, doesn’t it make accommodating

I looked up instinctively and jumped as

restaurant with a straight face, but the coldness that he was exuding permeated invasively through the glass and lowered the ambient temperature in

feeling solidified instantly

regained my senses, Ashton was

and stood up

call me?”

as he

flashed with helplessness but did not lose

would pick me up in a while but it’s been a long time and she hasn’t shown up yet. The adults here at the mall were ignoring me. Only Ms. Stovall was willing to lend me her phone. I remembered that