"Really...?" Naomi Kenway froze as she looked up, because she saw the clear concern in Ethan Shaw's eyes. For a split second, her heartbeat seemed to slow.
Ethan Shaw set Ian down on the ground. "You two wait here for me."
Afraid of being separated from her son by the crowd, Naomi quickly grabbed Ian's hand. When she turned her head again, she could only see Ethan's back. "Where are you going...?"
In the blink of an eye, Ethan Shaw had vanished.
Naomi felt a surge of anxiety. Recalling what he had said, she waited by the side of the road with Ian.
About three minutes later, Ethan returned, and Naomi instantly let out a sigh of relief.
Ian asked, "Daddy! Daddy, where did you go?"
Ethan Shaw handed a wrapped skewer of candied hawthorn to Naomi. "Here."
Still in a daze, Naomi took it. "You just went to...?" A belated thought struck her, and her expression grew anxious. "How did you buy the candied hawthorn? I have all the money."
