"Thanks," was her reply before turning on her heels and going back on her way.
"Wait! I never saw you around here." He jogged to her side and matched her pace. "Are you probably the new owner of the cottage that my father sold a few months ago?"
"What's it to you?" she responded, which only earned her a chuckle from him.
"Just asking since I am planning to buy it back at any price you wanted."
"It's priceless."
"So you mean, I can get it back for free?"
Shantala stopped in her tracks and looked at him with furrowed brows. She knew he meant that as a joke but she just found it not worthy to laugh at so she just felt a bit pissed off.
"Okay, that is supposed to be a joke."
She just shook her head in disbelief and walked towards the other path leading to the small fruit stall where
