Strictly Professional ✔️

Chapter 26

Shopping is something everyone likes to do, it's even therapeutic to some, for me it's normal, I'm neither bothered nor enthusiastic.

We were in the car when Derick pulled out his phone, unlocked it and handed it to me.

I gave him a questioning look and he told me to open the 'Notes' application, when I did there was a list of clothing, neatly put into sections and what each was meant for.

"Hiking boots?"
"It's a surprise"
"What isn't?" I chuckled bitterly.
He raised an eyebrow at my tone then continued driving.

"Why don't you just drop me off at the mall and I'll just buy whatever I need"
"I'm paying for everything today, I hope you know that"

I suspected as much.
Typical.

"And why is that?"
"Perks of going on a date with me"
"You're a funny man Derick Reid"

He chuckled and we kept making small talk until we parked in front of the mall.

"You look good by the way, you should braid your hair more"

I felt myself blushing a bit and touching my hair, again I wasn't wearing anything extravagant but I do agree the braids are really cute.

I was wearing skinny black tights and a thigh length, dark green dress shirt.

We walked in and into first store we saw, I looked to see he took out his phone again.

"You've packed clothes only for an entire week right?"
"Yeah..."
"Tell me everything you've packed other than your underwear, not that I mind if you tell me" he smirked.

I gawked at him for a second before ignoring his comment and gave him a list of my suitcase.

"Two pairs of pants, black and denim and the tights that I'm wearing, shirts, two purses, two pairs of shoes, sneakers and heals, a skirt and an evening dress"

"That's it?! We really do need to get you some serious clothes"
"How was I supposed to know you wanted to go to the beach?!"
"I mean, what do you think of when you think of California?!"
"I don't know?! Sun!"
"And what comes with sun?! Beaches!"

I saw someone staring at us weirdly and that's when I noticed we were shouting.

So embarrassing...

"Let's just get this over with"
"Don't girls normally like shopping? Why are you acting so different?"

(A/N Why do I keep offending myself constantly? I hate shopping and I'm a girl! So whatever Derick says NEVER get offended, he just spends time with stereotypical girls)

"I just don't like people in all honesty, I don't mind people but I'd rather be doing something other than shopping"
"Okay, I got your point now let's get started, these clothes aren't going to be bought by themselves" he sighed.

So let me give you a complete summary of the next three hours, it was ten in the morning when we first started and now it's currently 1 PM.

The first store we went into, I noticed the cutest pair of floral tights and instantly Derick was like "I found your size, go try it on"

When I grabbed the pair he was holding, I noticed it was my size and I asked how he knew.

And boy I wish I didn't!

"Your body is very easy to read, I've been hired by a few modeling agencies before I became a CEO, I had asked them how they determine someone's size just by looking at them and they told me you can tell by the scale of their height"