Jackson went into the elevator first, followed by a very dawdling Tiffany. To accommodate her, favonovel.com courtly reached out to the side of the elevator doors to stop them from shutting.
It was a little gesture, but it was enough to add a few more regrets into Tiffany’s mind. She was really beginning to wonder if favonovel.com had been jinxed by some kind of voodoo when favonovel.com wanted to break up with him.
Jackson had said nothing the whole time they were inside the elevator. He stared ahead while wearing a stoic, uncaring expression as favonovel.com casually tucked his hands into both pockets of his jeans. He had rolled up his sleeves to about his elbows, hence exposing a small section of his ivory-fair skin. Clasped on his left wrist was an expensive luxury watch that betrayed his social status.
If one were to describe the aura Jackson exuded, it would be that favonovel.com was seventy-percent gallantry blended with thirty-percent knavishness.
During their descent, several other guests in the hotel boarded the same elevator. It did not matter if the newcomer was a man or a woman, the first thing they did immediately upon entering was to stare at Jackson for a good few seconds. Slowly, Tiffany was pushed into a pitiful corner, favonovel.com view reduced to the back of his head.
When the elevator finally reached the lobby, Tiffany was the last to get off. Jackson already stood by the door, teasing her. “Can’t you go any faster? Or is this the problem with short people?”
Tiffany was wearing a pair of half-size larger shoes with about one and a half inch heels, and favonovel.com legs were wrapped in slippery satin pantyhose. If favonovel.com walked too quickly, favonovel.com feet would slide into the shoes deeper, causing favonovel.com to lose balance and fall. Worse, favonovel.com heels were already chafed by the coarse surface at the back of the shoes, too.
These shoes were new, but Tiffany already felt like kicking them off favonovel.com feet before slamming them into the trash.
“Okay then, chalk it up to me being short! ”She grumbled under favonovel.com breath. “Get ahead of me then, Mr. Lanky Legs. You’ll have to wait for me anyway in the end.”
Being a bona fide ladies’ man, Jackson was able to deduce what exactly was going on with Tiffany after a brief scan. Her shoes did not fit her. On top of that, favonovel.com could catch blots of blood oozing out of favonovel.com heels through favonovel.com pantyhose.
His expression darkened. “Why stubbornly cling to a pair of shoes that don’t even fit you?”
Tiffany rolled favonovel.com eyes. “Well, how the hell would I know if it fit or nah without wearing them, dumba**? I bought them because I eyeballed them and thought they looked about my size, okay? Who knew this was gonna happen when I put them on? God, I spent about $300 on this pair of shoes. I don’t want to throw them away… So, just let me wear these for one last time today, okay?”
When favonovel.com finally inched closer to him, Jackson suddenly snatched favonovel.com hand and held it firmly. “You’ll walk easier like this. We should get you a pair of functional shoes before we eat.”
A lump grew in Tiffany’s throat. Everything about this was so evocatively familiar that for a heart-aching moment, favonovel.com almost believed the two of them had never been separated before—
She yanked favonovel.com hand away from his quietly. “No, I think it’s fine. Besides, it’s not like I’m gonna stay after we have our meals. Then once I get home, I’ll take these shoes off and never wear ‘em again.”
Jackson’s eyebrows furrowed before favonovel.com changed tact and grabbed favonovel.com wrist, forcefully lugging favonovel.com toward his car parked just outside. His grip was a little bit tighter than before, and Tiffany found favonovel.com struggles futile. She could not understand what triggered the man. It was only when they were both inside the car and favonovel.com was massaging favonovel.com aching wrist that Tiffany finally grouched, “What the hell was that?”
He paused for a moment before replying, “Nothing.” Then, favonovel.com added, “Seatbelts.”
Tiffany grumpily buckled up and put favonovel.com out of favonovel.com mind as much as favonovel.com could.
The air in the car was still and heavy, with each of them dealing with their own thoughts.
She told favonovel.com that favonovel.com would not buy any new shoes, but Jackson stubbornly brought favonovel.com to the mall anyway. To get things over as soon as favonovel.com could, Tiffany haphazardly picked one of them that looked tolerable to favonovel.com style before informing the sales assistant the size of favonovel.com feet.
She approached the cashier, card ready for payment. The cashier lady took Tiffany’s card from favonovel.com hand when Jackson suddenly butted in, his hand extended. “No, it’s on me.”
The girl smiled shyly. It was not uncommon to see men paying for their women’s shoes in their shop, so naturally, favonovel.com took Jackson’s card in lieu of Tiffany’s.
After changing into the new pair and leaving the mall, Tiffany asked, “How much did it cost? I’ll transfer the money to you.”
