Rachel felt a warmth spread across her heart. She had thought Tyler was calling to rush her, but he ended up asking if William was making things difficult for her.

“No. He just said some stuff, but I didn’t let him have an easy time. Don’t worry.”

“Okay. I’ll be waiting for you outside the mall, and please don’t get presents specifically for my old man.”

Rachel was caught off guard by his last sentence. She stood rooted to the ground in slight surprise. She subconsciously looked around her, but didn’t see Tyler anywhere.

She knew she couldn’t keep it under wraps anymore and asked, “How did you know?”

“Samantha told me. She said that you were buying something here and kept swiping my card and using my money. She told me to watch out for you.”

Of course, he watered down what Samantha said and didn’t relay it word-for-word.

Rachel gritted her teeth. Samantha seriously didn’t have anything better to do; that woman kept talking badly about her at every turn.

“Also, I didn’t spend your money. I bought all the gifts with my own money.”

“I gave you my card and you didn’t use it, and now you’re blaming me?” Tyler piped up indignantly.

Rachel suddenly felt a pang of regret over not ruthlessly making use of Tyler’s money. And so, she nodded.

“That was my mistake. I apologize. I’ll go use your card right now, so please give me another ten minutes.”

She hung up and took a deep breath before concluding, “I think I sometimes am a little too merciful.”

She turned to Cecilia next to her and said, “Do you have anything else you want to buy?”

“Huh?” Cecilia couldn’t quite wrap her head around Rachel’s question.

Rachel explained, “Since we have it, why not use it? Tell me, is there anything you want to buy for your child?”

Cecilia was very tempted. She saw a learning machine for children that she really wanted to get but couldn’t bear to because it was way too expensive.

Rachel knew Cecilia felt bad about using someone else’s money and patted her shoulder reassuringly.

“Isn’t your child’s birthday just around the corner? Just take it as a birthday gift.”

Cecilia hesitated for a moment before nodding. “I’ll accept it graciously, then.”

Rachel went ahead to buy the learning machine for Cecilia. Both ladies were in good spirits when they left the mall a while later.

Tyler was waiting for Rachel in the car, but before she came back, his phone started buzzing nonstop. He briefly glanced at the notifications popping up on his phone. Instead of getting angry, the corner of his lips lifted in what looked like glee.

As his woman, it was perfectly justified for Rachel to spend his money. Whose money should she be spending, if not his?

When he finally spotted Rachel exiting the mall carrying tons of bags, he pushed the car door open and took the bags from her in one swift move.

“You bought so many things.”

After handing the last bag to Tyler, Rachel looked at him with a grin. “What, can’t bear to part with all your money?”

She bought all these for his father, not for herself.

“He’s not worthy of all this expensive stuff,” Tyler said with a smirk.

“Huh?” Rachel was surprised by his choice of words.

The next second, she sensed something amiss and asked cautiously, “Do you not have a good relationship with your father?”

Tyler paused for a moment before taking the last bag from her hand.

“You’ll know very soon.”