I Won't Accept Your Regrets

Chapter 76

Suddenly he called me to the kiosk with freshly squeezed juices.

I was embarrassed by how easily he dragged me there, and I wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Okay, but this is the last time.

I thought I was going to pay for the fruit juice and run away. But it was not there...

I was unable to leave the market after fruit juice.

Raymond managed to settle with the shopkeeper ahead of me. In this way we went through several stalls.

Every time I tried to insert a word, he interrupted me, and we moved on.

He went over everything with his long legs, and I trailed after him, as if under hypnosis.

"Is this all your job?"

Here he stands in front of a kiosk selling handmade accessories.

"Yes. Everything is done with my own hands. You won't find anything like that anywhere else."

Raymond exchanged lines with the merchant, while I focused on the silver coin, which I held in my palm.

This time, by all means, I will have time to pay first.

No, I'm even considering sacrificing the incense burner and just leaving if Ray fails his focus again.

"What a beautiful watch. How much?"

The moment I heard this word, I tossed a silver coin even before the merchant opened his mouth.

"Please, here's the board."

Raymond's gaze fell on me. A light chuckle followed.

"Can I accept it?"

A little embarrassed by my insistence, the merchant asked the question carefully, looking at Raymond and at me in turn.

I answered immediately to keep ahead of Raymond.

"Of course you can."

However, Raymond did not react the way I expected.

He didn't argue, he didn't try to get his money out.

Until the feeling of embarrassment overwhelmed me completely, I threw Raymond one last:

"Here's your payment for help."

For a moment, I wanted to say something else, but most likely he will not like it.

"Thanks."

Raymond responded with a slight smile. He seemed to like this watch a lot.

His eyes were just riveted to them.

At first, I didn't even look at this watch, because I wanted so badly to disappear from here.

Hm.

Mediocre brown leather, clearly unworthy of an emperor.

There was no particular decoration to be seen.

It's completely incomprehensible to me why Raymond's choice fell on this particular watch.

Only now... the shape was a little unusual.

Similar to my long-standing gift to him.

I lifted my head and looked at Raymond. Our gazes met.

I saw how his silent eyes tremble.

I have never seen such a look before. And since I came back, Raymond has been looking at me with that look.