Chapter 179

“I don’t know, maybe a box of soaps?” he answered her in a question.

“Soaps? Does she like soaps?” she asked, wondering how he came up with that idea.

“I do not know,” he said, shrugging. She shook her head and looked at him in the mirror. “Do not give me that look, or we might not be able to make it out of this place today,” he said, and she cast her face away quickly.

“Come on, Xavier, we need to pick out gifts for everyone,” she said as she put on the earrings.

“And that is where we are currently going, is it not?” he asked.

“It is, but you need to be a part of the gift-giving process; that is when the gift comes alive,” she told him, and he rolled his eyes.

“You think of the gift, and I spend the money no matter the amount,” he replied, and she snorted.