Bought For A Baby, Kept For A Lifetime-Chapter 61: Magnolia

(The previous night)

Butler Jones wasn’t expecting his master to return today. He rarely ever came to the Black Thorn Manor on normal days unless he had some work to complete here or on Fridays when his contracted would be here.

Nevertheless, the butler greeted his superior upon his return.

Andrew replied with a hum, striding straight up the stairs as he left a set of instructions.

"Have someone buy every female perfume in the market. Specifically those that smell like magnolias."

Butler Jones didn’t expect that.

What did the master want to do with female perfumes? And with a specific smell...

The butler quickly replied, "Yes, Master, I’ll have them buy the most expensive magnolia fragrant perfumes..."

The master suddenly stopped walking halfway up the stairs.

"Not expensive ones, tell them to find much cheaper options."

The butler’s eyes widened. That was because his master was never the type to purchase anything cheap. If it wasn’t the most expensive in the market, he wouldn’t even lay a finger on it.

"Y...yes, Master," Butler Jones said.

"Actually, the cheapest options they can find."

What?

He wasn’t just going for cheap ones... he was going for cheapest.

Were his ears functioning properly?

However, Butler Jones didn’t know the thoughts going on in Andrew’s head at the moment.

That girl... she probably couldn’t afford a very expensive perfume, right?

Butler Jones sent someone to hurriedly go and purchase what the master had demanded. When the messenger returned, Butler Jones took the box of perfumes up to the master bedroom.

His master had on a robe, and his hair was still slightly damp, indicating that he’d just taken a shower.

"Master, here are the perfumes. I strictly instructed Blake to get every magnolia perfume in the mall."

The man seemed satisfied after opening the box and finding an array of perfumes.

"You may go."

The butler calmly retreated from the room afterwards.

Andrew picked one of the bottles out of its rickety packaging that seemed to fall apart just after tearing it open. It was evidently cheap.

With a sigh, he looked at the bottle exasperatedly.

This better smell like her.

He sprayed it into the air and took a sniff for a few seconds before scrunching his nose.

It smelled more like chemicals with a light hint of magnolias.

Fail!

He unwrapped the next bottle and sprayed.

This one did have the deep undertones of magnolias, but it felt more like a fake kind of magnolias.

It was nothing close to her pure and sweet scent. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Fail!

And just like that, he unwrapped bottle after bottle of perfume.

Could it be that scent on her wasn’t a perfume? At least no perfume so far seemed to mimic it as naturally as it did on her.

Frustratedly, he raised the bottle currently in his hand, about to toss it away because the smell of it straight up annoyed him.

The creators of this perfume completely murdered the flavor of magnolias.

If this was what the true magnolia scented like, he would rather puke.

Deciding not to toss the perfume so it wouldn’t shatter and leave its atrocious smell all over his floors, Andrew tossed it back into the packaging box instead and rested his back on the couch.

When he closed his eyes, he could almost smell her. The true, pure scent of her, not these fake knockoffs of what she actually smelled like.

The other night he’d been able to sleep because she was there. There was no doubt something about her made him fall asleep.

Was it her scent?

Even though he disliked flowers, he liked the floral scent on her. It was the biggest thing he could think of that could have allowed him to sleep, hence he was trying to imitate that smell now so he could get to sleep well before his conference meeting tomorrow.

Being well rested would alleviate some level of his stress a bit.

Deciding not to let shabby perfume brands annoy him, he continued his search for a smell similar to hers in the tons of perfumes Blake had purchased.

He sprayed and sprayed until he was totally exhausted smelling them, but not long after, he actually found one that made his eyes light up a bit.

No, it was nowhere near her exact scent, but it was similar enough he could deceive himself it was hers.

Andrew sniffed once again and nodded. It really was a bit close to her scent.

Satisfied, he took off the robe and wore comfortable clothes before settling into bed, readying for a long night of sleep.

He sprayed the perfume on his pillows, sheets, everywhere around him before laying his head down to rest, sighing lightly then shutting his eyes to sleep.

With every breath he inhaled, he took in that scent. It was a bit harsher than hers, but it was the closest to hers, he could deceive himself that she was there, laying next to him.

He frowned at that last thought. Why did he have to play pretend and imagine some girl in his room... but he shook his head to clear that thought.

Anything, if it could get him to fall asleep.

He waited for that feeling of drowsiness to engulf him, making sure he took in deep breaths of that scent to sleep faster, but time slowly ticked away. He was still fully awake; he might as well just open his eyes.

He tossed to another side, trying to get more comfortable, then to the other side, but still to no avail. After tossing and turning a few times, he sat up hurriedly, a trace of annoyance on his face.

His gaze landed on the couch in his room, which was far more comfortable than the one in that office that night.

Leaving the bed, he transferred to the couch but still couldn’t manage to fall asleep.

He got on his feet, the annoyance rising even more now.

Was it not her scent?

Then what was it?

About an hour after he had delivered the perfumes to the master’s room, the butler was suddenly called once again.

As Butler Jones listened to the master’s next instructions, his eyes widened in shock.

It was so astonishing that he took the phone away from his ear to make sure it was his master making this demand.

It was obviously his voice, but it was just hard to believe.

What was wrong with Master tonight?

This was definitely something he’d never done before.

"Master... are you sure I should let them in?" the butler asked again to be sure.

"Yes."

Butler Jones’ eyes widened again for the second time.