Chương 529: You know what I mean
Dom would be lying if he said that he was not the slightest bit confused by Natasha's behaviour. For one this was the first time she had texted him in a long time and he could not pretend like seeing a text from her was not alarming, it certainly was.
Especially when the text read: "I need you..." he got instantly worried that she had gotten herself into some trouble or something worse, but when she told him to come to the mall, he was starting to get worried.
He had learnt by now that nothing was ever simple with Natasha, if she told him to meet her at the mall then it meant that there was something serious going on there. There was nothing else he could think off.
For one he knew that Natasha didn't like going to the mall, she was not someone who liked shopping which raised the question of why she was in the mall in the first place.
Nevertheless she had asked him to go over there and hence why he had rushed away from whatever he had been doing, for all he knew, she could have sent him a hidden distress call.
At this point he knew better than to not evaluate the possibility that Natasha had gotten herself into trouble again.
Dom sighed to himself as he shook his head and found the boutique.
"I really hope that this is a normal situation." he said to himself as he walked into the store and saw Natasha looking at some dresses at the far corner on the right.
"Natasha?" called Dom in confusion as he walked over to her. He definitely did not expect to see Natasha in such an...expensive looking store.
Natasha looked up as soon as she heard her name being called and she was a bit surprised to see that Dom had gotten here so quickly.
"Well you're here so quickly." she said as Dom stopped in front of her.
"Well yes, I wasn't sure if there was something dangerous going on or not." he replied as he looked at her with confusion.
On the other hand the clerk had just heard a male's voice as she frowned looking up from her desk only to gasp in shock when she saw Dom. She could not believe her eyes, she had to rub them to make sure that she was not hallucinating.
"What do you mean something dangerous?" asked Natasha in confusion as she did not get what Dom meant by 'dangerous'.
"You know what I mean Natasha." replied Dom as Natasha frowned at him.
"Not everything has to be me getting into some sort of trouble as you would call it." said Natasha with a scoff.
"You may be right about that, so what are you doing here?" asked Dom.
"The party's in less than a week and Lulu reminded me that I was yet to get a dress, so I came over here to buy a dress." she said.
"Alright, then why am I here?" asked Dom as he genuinely wanted to know.
"Mr. White?" came the voice of the clerk as she appeared right behind Dom as he turned around in reaction to hearing his name called.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Oh it really is you." said the woman in surprise as she could not believe her eyes, she could not believe that the famous businessman Dominic White was in her store right now.
"I thought that I was seeing things but you are actually here..." said the woman with a bright smile of disbelief on her face.
"Excuse me do I know you?" asked Dom politely, he did not like how this woman had interrupted his conversation with Natasha.
"No, not at all sir, I doubt that you know me, but I know you very well." said the woman as she chuckled.
"I have read about your several achievements and how you took over A-Corp from the young age of twenty five and during the span of four years you were able to take it to the top of all businesses in our country." said the woman happily.
"I really do admire you sir." said the woman politely.
"Thank you for your admiration but all those achievements could not be achieved on my own, I just carried on a family legacy." replied Dom kindly as he smiled.
"But still, you achieved great heights in such a short period of time, it's men like you that make us all jealous." she joked as Dom chuckled.
"That truly is not my intention." replied Dom politely.
"I know, I know, so what can I do for you sir? Are you here to buy a suit? We have several different collections of suits ranging from Italian to American and more, we have tailored suits, to fitted suits, you can find anything and everything here in our store." declared the woman proudly.
"So what piques your interest?" she asked respectfully with a bright friendly smile.
Natasha on the other hand just stared at the woman with an unreadable expression on her face. Wasn't this the same woman who had interacted with her rudely a few minutes ago? Then what changed? Why was she suddenly so friendly and charming, always smiling?
Natasha was just honestly annoyed by her suddenly change of behaviour just because Dom happened to walk into the store. What happened to the rude way she had spoken to her a moment ago?
Now her eyes were fixed solely on Dom as if he was the one paying her salary.
"I'm not here to get a suit for myself, actually my wife told me to come over here." said Dom as he looked at Natasha who had turned to continue looking through the dresses.
"Oh really your wife? Oh what an honour to have the White's in my humble store. Where is your wife?" asked the woman as she eagerly looked around the store for Mrs. White.
"She's right here..." Dom replied with an awkward chuckle as he looked at Natasha who could not seem less bothered by what was happening around her.
The bright smile on the woman's face fell as soon as her eyes followed Dom's train of sight.
"This is your wife?" the woman asked in shock, as she hoped that this was just some sort of joke.
"Yes, this is my wife, Natasha White." Dom replied feeling some sort of bad tension here, not from Natasha but from the woman whose countenance changed as if she had seen some sort of ghost. Meanwhile Natasha did not even seem the least interested in the conversation.
Dom was assured that he head the woman splutter non-audibly as she looked at him and then at Natasha and then at him again. On a normal day he would not have bothered introducing Natasha as his wife, but there was something odd about this woman's behaviour.
"Oh my... please forgive me... I did not know that this lovely lady here was your wife." said the woman as she quickly composed herself.
"How silly of me not to recognize the famous Mrs. White, it is certainly a pleasure to meet you Madam." said the woman with a sudden tone of friendliness that Natasha did not bother replying to.
Natasha did not even make eye contact at all, she just kept on searching through the several dresses on the rack.
If Dom had sensed something off before, he was certainly sure of it now. For Natasha to be cold to someone like this, it meant that she had done something to incur Natasha's avoidance.
"Is there something in particular that you are looking for madam?" asked the woman as she smiled and Natasha ignored her and pretended as if she had not heard her speak at all.
Dom could sense Natasha's hostility and how the woman was trying to turn that around to no avail and he would prefer that the woman kept silent before Natasha ended up putting her in her place.
"What are you looking?" asked Dom as Natasha looked at him.
"A dress for Joy." she replied.
"But why?" he asked in confusion.
"Grandfather called me a few days ago and said that he would love it if Joy could attend the party and I told him that I would think about it and I have thought about it, it would be good for her to go somewhere different for a change." said Natasha.
"Since we're both going, she should go with us as well." she said.
"And that's why you called me over here?" he asked still confused as to her reasons.
"Yes, I want the both of us to pick out a dress for Joy, it will make her happy to know that we both chose a dress for her." said Natasha plainly as Dom could not help but nod in agreement, that was a great idea.
He wondered why he had not even thought about this. This would certainly make his princess very happy, he had to admit that this was a very good reason for her calling him all the way over here.
"You're very right about that, so do you have anything in mind already?" he asked happily as he smiled.
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