"Thank you honey, I appreciate," she said, meeting his gaze.

"You're welcome," he replied, keeping the remaining shopping bags aside.

"That reminds me, don't you have enough clothes to wear, I'm always seeing you in one particular dress. Not that I don't like the dress though but don't you have something else to wear?" John asked her.

"I do, it's just that almost all my clothes are already worn out and I can't keep on wearing them," Maria responded, testing out the necklace.

"In that case, I will take you out to shopping for more clothes for you," John said.

"Really?" Maria shot her eyes up at him excitedly. "Are...