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She was too busy thinking of how to bail Amos out of this to notice Raymond\'s intense stares.

"Was this what you guys meant by getting along was a piece of cake?" She demanded fiercely.

"If I knew that this was how far you guys would go I wouldn\'t have agreed to go anywhere with all of you," She stated angrily.

"But…," Raymond held Derrick\'s hand. He shook his head for him not to say anything.

"I was so foolish to have believed you guys…,"

"We only had a little argument. This is not called fighting," Raymond interrupted softly.

"Also, we meant it when we said that getting along wasn\'t difficult, am I right?" Raymond winked at Amos whom she noticed wanted to say something.

The fact that Amos didn\'t respond immediately made the four of them stare at him.

"Yes," He responded after stalling for two minutes. "And I am a man of my word," He added and moved away from there.

"He says one thing and does the other. He is so peculiar," Derrick looked at the guy who didn\'t turn around for a second.

While Joanna and Derrick followed the direction Amos went, Anthony held Raymond\'s hand and pulled him back from the others.

"What\'s it, Anthony?" Raymond demanded as he looked at the boy standing in front of him. He stole a glance to see how far the others have gone.

"You said Brother Derrick will give me a magic trick show, when will he do that?" He asked meekly.

"Ooh…. About that…," Raymond trailed. He had forgotten the deal he made with Anthony before the stubborn boy allowed the two of them to join their outing.

He was able to come up with this all thanks to Amos\' comment at that time.

"Don\'t worry, he will show you some magic tricks later. I am sure you will love it," He said and ruffled Anthony\'s hair slightly.

With these few words, he was able to calm Anthony down.

Some minutes later when others made their way upstairs to the arcade section, Amos excused himself.

After watching them disappear, he returned to the section where they came across the red dress.

At first, he was stunned to see that the red dress and the diamond necklace displayed on the mannequin were gone. But he called the attention of the sales representative around.

"I want the exact dress and necklace that was displayed there a moment ago," He ordered while pointing at the empty mannequin.

"The outfit was purchased by another customer including the necklace," the lady informed.

"Also, I am sorry to tell you that we have run out of stock for the dress. There are only three of that dress in the world and our mall was only able to acquire one of them," She said politely.

Amos\' expression fell on hearing this. His disappointment didn\'t escape the sales representative\'s notice.

"Actually, we have other dresses from other brands which are as beautiful as the one you want…,"

"I want no dress other than the one I asked for," He replied coldly. He spun and moved away.

[Joan loved that dress very much, I wonder who bought the dress. I don\'t mind paying triple the amount as long as I can acquire the dress]

He was in deep thought as he made his way upstairs.

After stepping out of the lift, he looked around trying to guess where they went. Because of how crowded and noisy the mall was he couldn\'t easily pick up their scent.

Turning to his left, he saw Joanna coming towards his direction.

"The arcade is over here," She said and pointed at the side she came from.

The first thing Joanna noticed when he closed the gap between them was his gloomy face.

"What is the problem? Did something happen on your way here?" Joanna asked. She gazed at the first floor hoping to see signs that any commotion took place.

"I am fine…,"

"You are not, so don\'t try to lie to me. I know you better enough to know when you are fine and when you are not," She said sternly.

She reached out her hand and held his right hand. "Did someone annoy you? You know you can always tell me what\'s wrong…,"

"Is there someone who can annoy me as much as those Raymond and Derrick guys do?" He blurted out angrily.

None of them talked after his sudden outburst.

"If you disliked them so much, why did you compromise and let them come along with us?" She asked firmly.

As she was talking, she didn\'t know that behind one of the stalls Raymond was standing there.

"You could have just outrightly said you didn\'t want them to join us. You know that I would have gone along with what you wanted," She concluded.

Her words made him find the confidence to look her in the eyes once again. "They are your friends so I assumed you would have wanted them to join us…,"

"Are you stupid?" She asked. "Are you a god or someone who can read the mind hmm?"

"Neither of them," He responded softly. For some reason, he loved seeing her show concern towards him. Instead of feeling sad, he felt happy that she was seriously scolding him.

"If you are not a god or someone who reads minds then why did you try to guess my thoughts instead of asking me what I wanted?" She demanded.

Raymond was still standing there listening to their conversation when he saw Derrick approaching them.

"Ray….," Raymond placed his index finger on his lips before Derrick could shout his name.

Derrick was amazed to see Raymond acting suspiciously but he complied with what he wanted. He approached where Raymond stood without uttering a word.

He was about to ask Raymond what was wrong when he got a whiff of Joanna and Amos\' scent.

He swivelled and stared at where the two people stood.

"You might have met them a few times but you get along with them very well that is why…,"

"Of course, I like hanging out with them. Raymond is cool and Derrick is lively. The combination of their two qualities made them fun to be with but…," Joanna trailed.

She didn\'t say a word even after two minutes passed.

"But why?" Amos quizzed. He squinted his eyebrows as he waited for her reply.

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