Chapter 174


    The woman wanted to sell more products, but Tarquin was only interested in the same brand that


    Elysia favored.


    She couldn’t convince him otherwise, so she just loaded his cart with several more packs without


    further ado.


    Tarquin didn’t dive into his rtionship with Elysia after grabbing the feminine products, he set off to


    find her.


    And as luck would have it, he looked up to see her at the end of the aislel


    No need to search–she had made herself known! Her fierce demeanor gave Tarquin the unsettling


    feeling of a stalker caught in the act. He furrowed his brow and froze, unsure how to react.


    Elysia was seething!


    Even with his mask and sunsses, she recognized him instantly!


    Damn him!


    How dare he follow her!


    Charging with her shopping cart, Elysia advanced with a stormy presence.


    Seeing her, Tarquin wanted to flee for some reason, but his p


    pride rooted him to the spot.


    As Elysia approached and saw her own shopping list mirrored in his cart, her anger red. She


    mammed her cart against his with a thud


    “What the heck?” she demanded.


    Tarquin scowled. “What?”


    “Why are you stalking me?”


    “Im not stalking you!”


    “Then howe everything you’ve got is exactly what I’m buying?”


    “It’s a free country! I can buy whatever I want. It’s not like I’mining about you copying my


    shopping list,” he retorted.


    “You… Are you some kind of creep?”


    “Watch yournguage!” Tarquin’s face darkened.


    “Watch mynguage? You want me to watch mynguage when you’ve been tailing me all morning?


    You gonna tell me you didn’t follow my lead on these items?”


    Tarquin, with a stony expression, yed his hand of denial.


    “Nope!”


    “Not admitting it, huh? Well, exin this: Why y are you buying the same sanitary pads as me?”


    “The manufacturer didn’t make them exclusively for you, did they?”


    “I mean, I use them for their intended purpose. What’s your reason?”


    “I use them too.”


    Elysia choked up, momentarily at a loss for words.


    Tarquin thought he had the upper hand and continued, “So, only you can use them, and I can’t? You


    sure are nosy”


    He then grabbed a few more packs from the shelf and dumped them into his cart, adding. Tve always


    used this brand.”


    After his snidement, he gave Elysia a mocking look.


    Stunned, Elysia forgot her anger, staring at him incredulously. “You, a grown man, how can you


    possibly need these?”


    “Who says they’re only for women?


    They’re for women!”


    Tarquin’s face tumed dark as he took another nce at the products. He had been too focused on


    following Elysia and hadn’t paid attention to what he was actually grabbing, mistaking them for toilet


    paper…


    “You’re a freak, aren’t you?” Elysia snapped again.


    Tarquin clenched his teeth in frustration. He had lost this round and couldn’t muster aeback.


    Reluctantly, he returned the feminine hygiene products to a distant shelf and coolly said, “My mistake,


    I’ve always used this brand’s tissues.”


    “You’re lying! This brand only makes sanitary pads, no tissues! And you still im you’re not copying


    my shopping list? If you’re a man, you’d admit it openly! Don’t make me lose respect for you!”


    11:20


    Tarquen felt his face being metaphoneally ground into the dirt


    Aware of the onlookers, he abandoned his cart and grabbed Elysia, pulling her behind another nigle


    They found themselves in the bedding section, amongforters and quilts, with no one else around.


    Elysia struggled, Let go of met Let go


    Tarquin pulled her in, pinning her against the shelf to prevent her escape.