Shopping with Ryan Griffin

After the meeting, work resumed again and as usual, Tanya has little or less to do. She sat on her table while Kenneth was busy with his work.

Some minutes after lunch, Ryan Griffin appeared at her table with a cheeky smile.

"Hello Sister-in-law, want to go for shopping? Seems like you're bored"

Tanya was taken aback at his sudden hospitality. She looked at him for some moments without a word and replied after sometime, "Oh, you don't have to worry, I'm still working"

Ryan was adamant as he took her hands trying to force her out of the cubicle, "Come on, it's bored around here lets go shopping"

Tanya was thrown in an abyssal of dilemma as this man was persistent. She quickly snapped her hand away from him, "Okay, let me inform Kenneth, he should know my movement"

Ryan dragged her back, "No no, did you think that annoying jerk will let you, his wife follow me? Let's leave now"

Bowing to his reluctance, Tanya and Ryan left the office without Kenneth knowing that his wife has left.

In the car, Tanya took out her phone to text Kenneth but Ryan snapped it away from her grip and said, "Why are you bringing Kenneth to this? He's one annoying jerk that doesn't like enjoyment, let's shop Sister-in-law"

Tanya hummed and kept mute. She keeps wondering the reason for his sudden hospitality, she took a quick glance at him and caught him smiling to himself, without saying, Tanya knows that he was trying to use her as the bait to have issues with Kenneth.

She instantly regret following him.

The ride was quiet. Ryan noticed her stealing glances at him before quickly looking away but he didn't say anything.

Meanwhile at Immortal Firm, Kenneth strode out of his office for a walk when he realized that Tanya has left.

He waved the insecurities in his mind thinking she had gone to the toilet, then he goes back to his office to resume working.

When they arrived at the supermarket, the dropped them off and left on his own.

Tanya blinked uncertainly, unsure of what was to come.

As they walked into the store, Ryan Griffin who accustomed to walking with fast strides while his subordinates trailed behind him, slowed his pace so that his she could keep up.

Surprisingly, she walked behind him, bowing her head slightly to avoid getting captured on the CCTV. She can't imagine how angry Kenneth would be if another scandal breaks out.

She accidentally bumped into him while walking behind him. "Oh sorry... I'm so sorry, Mr Griffin I....," she was lost of words.

Ryan looked back with an interesting gaze and asked, "Mr Griffin? What's bad in calling me brother-in-law or Ryan?"

"What?" Tanya was surprised.

Ryan noticed her timidity and smirked. Instead, he grabbed her hands and pulled her close, wrapping his arm around her as they walked together.

"You don't have to feel insecure around me. I'm human, not a monster. Feel free, with me Sister-in-law" he whispered in her ear.

"I'm not nervous," she replied, her voice trembling slightly.

"Really? We'll spend more time together in the future because that Kenneth is a workaholic" he remarked.

Tanya gulped. As they perused the racks of dresses, Tanya felt uneasy about Ryan's insistence on buying her so much she can't help but feel he was up to some tricks.

"Brother-in-law, this is too much, you know... I'm not used to all of this," she protested gently.

"Go on and change," he instructed, brushing off her concerns.

After much discussion, Tanya relented and changed into one of the dresses, Then they proceeded to leave the store.

"Brother-in-law, this is way too expensive. You don't have to go overboard for me, if I need clothes, I can get Ken to get them for me" Tanya expressed her concern.

"Expensive? You're my brother's wife. Even though we never had a good relationship, I love my brother so his wife should be kept out of our feud. I have the money. If you want, you can buy all the clothes in the malls in one day. I have the money. If you want, you can buy a whole mall in Dubai. I'll consider this mutual help for my brother," he declared arrogantly.

Tanya smiled inwardly, she find his show off very annoying and uninteresting.

At the office, Kenneth strode our again and found Tanya's seat still absent. He was concerned and worried as he navigates through the elevator to the coffee shop downstairs and the toilets.

He called her phone several and the call was left unanswered. For the second time in his life, Fear gripped Kenneth's heart.

He was on his way to the CCTV control room when a worker informed him, "Mr Griffin, Miss Tanya left with your brother some minutes after lunch"

It was as if doom landed on him immediately he heard this, he rushed back and made for the parking lot to get his car. Jealousy enveloped him, as he imagined where Ryan and Tanya would have been.

As he drove, he switched on the location tracker on his phone to her Tanya's location and then, he found it.

As Ryan and Tanya walked through the mall after Tanya had changed, she spotted a jewelry store. There was a particular necklace catching her eye—a stunning piece with a blue sapphire gem at its center. The bluish and darkish hues reminded her somehow of Kenneth's Irish blue eyes. She couldn't help but smile.

"A penny for your thoughts?" Ryan Griffin asked, noticing Tanya's distracted demeanor.

"Oh... no, nothing. Just passing by... Yeah, passing by," Tanya replied nervously.

"Did you like the necklace?" he inquired.

"No... no... I don't deserve such an expensive piece of jewelry. Let's just go back to the office, Kenneth would be worried," she insisted even though she was lying she really wanted that necklace.

Ryan ignored her and go ahead to purchase the necklace.

As they were leaving, the salesman presented the bill. "Sir, your total is eight hundred thousand dollars for the necklace, and for the clothes, it's five hundred thousand dollars. Everything totals..." he calculated on his device, "...1.3 million dollars."

"Okay," Ryan replied nonchalantly.

"Cash or card?" the salesman asked.

"Did you expect me to carry around 1.3 million dollars in cash?" He snapped rudely.

Tanya quickly pulled him away, feeling overwhelmed by the extravagance and the confrontation.

"Brother-in-law, that's way too much, you know, Maybe we should drop everything and try another store. How can we spend 1.3 million dollars on just one dress and a piece of jewelry?" Tanya asked anxiously, her mind racing with the realization of the immense sum.

After the whole shopping thing, they spend 10 million dollars on the 5 dresses and a jewelry.

As they walked out of the mall to the parking space, they walked right into Kenneth Griffin's hand.