Seasons of Fate by Avery E Greene Read Free Book Online Page B

after all its none of my business. Clive gave me a knowing smile like it was some secret he was sworn to keep but gave nothing else away.
       ‘What’s up with Clive? He seems a little mysterious today.’ I laughed
       ‘Oh nothing I just asked him for a favour that’s all, he said he could help me with it.’
       ‘Ok, shall we go guys?’ I said, yes was the response I received but before we could walk off, Mason lead us to his waiting car.
       ‘I hope you don’t mind but I wanted to take you guys a bit further out today.’ Nobody objected so we got into his SUV and began our trip.
       ‘Where we off to mate?’ said John.
       ‘Oh it’s a shopping village I thought you guys may appreciate. I used to come here as a kid with my mom, she used to like looking around and searching out a bargain. I haven’t been here in a while but I kind of thought you may like it too. ‘Mason met my eyes and smiled, I don’t think I will ever tire of that smile.
       ‘There are loads of kid’s stores I thought you may like, for Lily.’
       ‘That’s very considerate of you Mase.’
       His smile grew even wider at my new name for him. When we arrived at the Designer Village, Mason parked in valet parking and showed us around a little before Lys and John decided to go their separate ways for some time alone, as they put it, so Mason, Lily and I continued to look around the kid ’s stores. Everything I even glanced at seemed to find its way into my shopping basket. I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed by Mason’s generosity so after a couple of hours and five bags of clothes later we sat down with a coffee while Lily played in the kid’s area.
       ‘Mase, I’m not comfortable with you buying things and spending your money on Lily and me. It’s not fair to you and makes me feel like I’m using you. I don’t like this feeling. I’m a simple person, Lily doesn’t need all this stuff and I don’t want her thinking this is the norm.‘
       ‘Sweet girl, you don’t need to feel that way, I’m sorry if I have made you uncomfortable but I just wanted to treat you guys to something nice. I know you don’t need material things, Summer, but I kind of like shopping with you guys. It’s a first for me, usually somebody else shops for me.’ He pouted and said ‘Please don’t stop my fun.’ How could I say no? So I just laughed and nodded, he then continued to say
       ‘I’m not sure what you know about me but I’ve been successful in most of my business ventures so you don’t need to worry about my spending money on you. It’s nothing.’ Wow did he really just say that? Ok.
       ‘What does that mean? I don’t know anything about your business Mase, I would like to get to know more about what you do but I’m not interested in the financial side, that’s your business not mine.’ I turned to walk away but he stopped me
       ‘I’m sorry I didn’t mean it like that I just want you to know that money means little to me, what I need in my life is something real, something I can look after and hold onto. The money is just a perk to help me live my life they way I want to, out of the public eye.’ He looked so sincere.
       ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that you’re only concerned about money. I know that’s not true. You’re a genuine, special person.’ He beamed again and just like that the conversation was forgotten.
       When we eventually got back to the hotel, we ate and everybody including Lily decided to call it a night, so I retired to my bedroom, with Mase on my heels. I wasn ’t even conscious of sitting on the bed until he sat next to me.
       ‘Shall we talk?’ he said so I just nodded and he began.
       ‘I can’t believe how much I missed you this past week. It feels strange to me and I know that we haven’t known each other that long but I feel drawn towards you. This week confirmed that for me. Since the first moment I saw your eyes.