Chapter 564 Not Enough Money
When Benjamin walked over, the kids were quite happy. However, they could not help but complain about it.
Shaking his head, Jasper remarked, “As expected, Mr. Graham can’t leave Mommy for even a second.”
Oliver agreed, “Haha! Mr. Graham’s treating Mommy differently now!”
Looking at both of them, Zachary did not rebuke.
Mommy told Daddy to look after us, but he instructed us to stay here and went to follow her instead. Does he want some alone time with her?
“If Daddy helps Mommy carry the food, that’ll look even better on him!” said Gavin matter-of-factly.
Jesse chimed in, “Mr. Graham probably would, right?”
Tim stared at them before looking at Benjamin.
When Arissa saw Benjamin coming over, she frowned. “If you’re coming here, what about the kids?”
“The bodyguards are looking after them.”
Grabbing her hand, Benjamin led her through the crowd. Arissa glanced at him holding her hand, then back at his handsome face. Happiness filled her.
“Is it this barbecue skewers store?”
Benjamin glanced around and saw a stall with the word ‘BBQ”.
“Yeah! This is it!” Excited, Arissa pulled her over.
Benjamin frowned when he saw the food on the grill.
“Are you sure that this is yummy?”
“It’s delicious!”
Arissa missed it a lot. When she was overseas, she rarely had the chance to eat food like that.
Remembering that there was still other food, she only ordered a few servings.
“Aren’t you going to order more?” reminded Benjamin upon noticing that she had only ordered four portions despite there being six kids.
“This is enough! We can eat them together later. There’s other food too!” replied Arissa as she turned her head around.
Benjamin nodded. While he watched the stall owner grill the food, he frowned.
His frown deepened further when he saw the other sauces.
Just when Arissa was about to pay, Benjamin stopped her and passed the money over instead.
“Keep the change!”
“Sorry, but I’m short of ten!” added the boss after a slight moment of surprise.
Feeling embarrassed, Arissa quickly paid the remaining amount.
“I’m sorry! He doesn’t know the price.”
Arissa held the food with one hand and dragged Benjamin away quickly with the other.
Having been humiliated, Benjamin frowned. “It’s that expensive?” There was not a lot of food, to begin with.
Looking at him, Arissa laughed.
“Since you don’t usually eat it, you wouldn’t know. It used to be really cheap, but its price has increased due to inflation. Meat cost five per skewer and the vegetables cost three per skewer. In total, one portion would cost fifty. I added two meat options, so it added up to two hundred and ten.”
Benjamin pursed his lips in disdain. “It doesn’t look yummy. The food is cooked over the same grill over and over again!”
When Arissa heard how picky he was, she did not know how to explain that if he kept nitpicking at the food, he would not even dare to eat it.
“Once you have a taste of it, you’ll know whether it’s tasty!”
“It’s so unhealthy!”
Benjamin glared at her. “Do you usually eat food like these with the kids?”
Feeling a headache coming, Arissa spun around and faced Benjamin. “I couldn’t have these overseas!”
When Benjamin saw how eager she was to eat the food, he pursed his lips.
“Bring these to the kids first. I’ll buy some oxtail soup!” As Arissa spoke, she shoved the food into Benjamin’s hands.
“Oxtail soup?” He frowned again.
“Stop!” Unable to take it anymore, Arissa gestured for him to fall silent. “Stop overthinking and don’t follow me anymore. I’ll buy it myself!”
With that, Arissa ran away. Benjamin stood there with a frown as he stared at her intently.
He only averted his gaze after she disappeared from his sight. Then, he walked back to the kids.
The food that the kids ordered was not done yet. When they saw Benjamin returning with food, they gulped hungrily.
The corners of Benjamin’s lips lifted as an amused look flashed across his eyes.
