chapter 105

Eric unceremoniously emptied that shelf.Once again, she got speechless. "Boss we don't need that many!"Eric seriously said, "No. If you like them, we take all of them.""B-But I really don't need that many. Plus we cannot hog all of them to ourselves. We have to think about the other customers too who might want them."Eric raised his brow at her logic. "We don't have to think about others."As the Mafia King, he was always taught to rule as he deemed fit. The first and foremost person he should think about was himself. There was no space in his life to think about others. This fact was grilled onto him ever since he was a child.Selflessness wasn't a virtue in the Underworld.Lucy shook her head. "No, we do. It's selfish to only think about ourselves. See? Everybody here is only taking the things as much as they need. Nothing more. Nothing less.""It's a simple principle. If you get greedy and take everything for yourself then one day would come when you will be left with nothing and that day, nobody would help you. What goes around comes around."Eric pursed his lips.Rule no. 3. Always listen to your woman. Don't defy her or you will face her wrath."Alright…"Lucy smiled in satisfaction.Ah, my Godly handsome prince learns so fast. He is an excellent student indeed.But she saw that Eric took out only one candle and put it back on the shelf. "Done.""..."Out of the twenty candles, he put back only one."Only one?""En. You said to keep some for others. I did."Lucy nearly spat out. "I didn't mean by just one!"After much convincing, Eric finally settled for five candles. He didn't want to be any more gracious to other people, and Lucy couldn't convince him any more.They moved onto the veggies section where Lucy terribly embarrassed herself by the lack of her knowledge of fresh ingredients. Surprisingly, Eric had no trouble in identifying the freshest ingredients. He easily picked the best ones out of the group.Eric's brows furrowed. "You always shop by yourself?"Lucy awkwardly averted her gaze. "More or less... Sometimes Aunt Ziara helps me...""I see. You have trouble picking good veggies because you cannot cook well. So you don't understand the ingredients."!!!Sometimes Eric would so bluntly target her sore spot that Lucy just wished to disappear from the face of this earth.He insulted her without actually having any intention to do so."Leave the veggies to me from next time. It will be dangerous if you pick them."She shed invisible tears.Critical hit!They reached the last food and chips section. At the same time, Eric's phone buzzed with a call. He saw the incoming number and frowned. Eric didn't want to pick it up and interrupt their shopping date.Lucy said, "It's fine. Go ahead, Boss. We are almost done."Eric pursed his lips. "I will be back in a minute."