SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE

CHAPTER 89

The impatient salesperson was shocked when she saw the money before her eyes. At the same time, others had begun to notice their presence.

“I’m buying. Can I have it?” Julianna was calm, and it showed in her voice. It put the biased salesperson to shame.

She did not have to show her payment here, but Julianna’s actions were equivalent to a slap on the salesperson’s face.

Who could say that this woman could not be here to buy anything?

The salesperson reached out in embarrassment and retrieved the doll from behind. Then, she put it in Julianna’s hands.

Julianna accepted the doll and finally smiled. It wasn’t a big or beautiful smile. Rather, it was more of satisfaction. It made others sympathetic and yet, at the same time, feel blessed.

She bent down once more and put the doll into her daughter’s arms.

“Mommy is buying something for Raya. Do you like it?”

Raya held the doll tightly in her arms as though it was the most precious thing she had. She smiled shyly at Julianna and nodded her head.

“Yes, Mommy.”

Everyone was captivated by the child’s exceptional beautiful features. She was well-behaved and adorable with exquisite eyes and brows.

Julianna carried her daughter, walked over to the counter, and paid for the doll.

From the beginning until she paid, everyone’s eyes were on them. They might have been poor, but her selfless love for her daughter put some to shame.

She was poor, and yet she was willing to buy such an expensive doll for her daughter. She could forgo buying things for herself in order to give everything to the child in her arms.

“Thank you, Auntie.” A sweet and soft voice came from the small mouth. It made one feel compelled to kiss the extremely beautiful child.

Julianna rubbed her daughter’s head, and the mother and daughter looked at each other in the eye. They revealed a smile which was beautiful and a mirror image of each other.

“Very good, Raya. One must be well-mannered. Others may disrespect us, but we must treat them with respect. This way, we respect ourselves, too.”

Julianna carried her daughter and left. Raya was holding onto the doll tightly in her arms and was staring at the salesperson who had been rude to them. Her unblinking eyes were so full of innocence that it shamed the salesperson.

“Mommy, I won’t be that auntie in the future. She is not pretty.” Her sweet voice sounded again, purposeful but unintentionally.

For a child this young, she had expressed her feelings directly without cutting corners. She knew her likes and dislikes. Including a person.

Julianna touched her daughter’s small face. She did not know if her child had meant what she said because she had always had a weird temperament. Raya looked up, gave her a very sweet smile, and went back to playing with her doll. However, no one noticed the moment she lowered her head, there was no smile on her beautiful face.

She hated that auntie, really hated her.

Julianna thought she might have been wrong as she rubbed her daughter’s head and held her closer. As long as her daughter was happy, she did not care; and she was willing to go through any hardships.

They walked further and further away. In the display window, the sign of the beautiful doll was no more.

Not long after Julianna left, a black sedan stopped outside the shop, and a very handsome couple emerged.

“Diego, let’s go in. I heard the new stock has arrived.” Ruby walked in with her arm around Diego’s elbow. They frequent this place, which was the reason why the employees sucked up to them. Upon entering, everyone greeted them with passion and showed them all the new arrivals, from the latest purse to jewelry.

Naturally, they were not humans but money in these people’s opinion.

Ruby scanned through the display and was surprised to find that the doll was gone.

“Where is that doll?” She pointed at the empty space. It was still occupied the last time she arrived. She had wanted to buy it, but she had other matters to attend to and had to leave in a rush. That’s why she had forgotten completely about it.

She had intended to buy it today, not for herself but for her unborn child in the future. That doll was beautiful, and she had fallen in love with it at first glance. She had assumed that it would still be around because it was set at a high price so no ordinary man could have afforded it.

Her assumptions, however, would not be reality. See, it was no longer there.

“Excuse me, Mrs. Hanson. The doll had just been purchased by someone else. There are many new arrivals in our shop which you will definitely find to your liking,” the salesperson said awkwardly.

“Oh, it was sold. What a pity.” A look of disappointment swept across Ruby’s face. It had just happened; they were so close. Had they arrived earlier, perhaps it would still be there.

“What was it that you wanted?” Diego asked her softly as he looked at her face. She could have anything. As long as he was around, he would give her everything.

He was treating her very well, as though he was trying to redeem himself from something.

Ruby shook her head. “Never mind, forget about it. It was just a doll. A pity though. I had wanted to buy it, but it was sold.”

Diego raised his eyebrows. A doll? “When did you start to develop a liking for little girl’s things?”

“It’s not like that. I wanted to buy it for our child.” Ruby was visibly embarrassed as she explained.

Diego put his hand around her waist. “Our child then can have a thousand of them when he’s born.” Dolls were for girls —he thought, and a tender look appeared in his eyes. Perhaps a girl would not be so bad after all. She would be his little princess.

He rested his hand on Ruby’s belly. There was still no sign of a child there.

Maybe they should go to the hospital for another body check. He wondered if he or she was the cause. He was afraid to hurt Ruby’s feelings so he kept putting it off. Yet, three years had passed, and this seemed highly abnormal.

He was a normal man, and so was she. There was no reason for them to be childless until now.

“Let’s take a look at the accessories.” Ruby forced a smile. There was an indescribable pressure on her. A child. When would she be able to have the child she wanted?