A Love Trap

Francis looked down at the vegetable in his hands. 'Did I do something wrong?'

"What's wrong?" he asked innocently.

Looking at his handsome face, Ellie couldn't find the words.

"Ellie, what's the matter?" Ashley came in from the living room. When her eyes fell on the vegetable in Francis's hands, her mouth twisted. She had been away to fetch something just for less than a minute. How could he mess up a simple job of washing vegetable?

Only the stems remained in his hands and the leaves were torn into pieces and scattered all around.

"Can you tell me what kind of vegetable you are washing?" Ashley came over and looked at the stems in the basket. She stared at his innocent face resisting the urge to punch it.

"Isn't this how you're supposed to wash it?"

"Then what is it?"

Francis looked at the pile of leaves in another basket and said, "Oh, you meant these? These can't be eaten, right? I have removed all the leaves. I will throw them away."

"Who told you those can't be eaten?" asked Ashley.

"But I have never eaten those. Can they really be eaten?"

Judging from Ashley's and Ellie's expressions, Francis could tell that he must have goofed up.

Ashley slapped her forehead. "Okay, I will take it from here. You go rest in the living room," she said in resignation.

And this time she didn't listen to Francis' explanations. She just pushed him out of the kitchen. If she allowed him to stay in the kitchen any longer, there wouldn't be any dinner today.

Francis was puzzled at being pushed out of the kitchen. He asked Ashley for the name of the vegetable and searched it online.

called water convolvulus, angiosperm,

Internet. You could cook the leaves, or you could also remove

mumbled, "So what's the

delicious. Francis got a whiff of the aroma, and he took a deep breath. As it

His eyes lit up. He turned to Ellie and

briefly but

"Eat more if you like. We have work for you to

was

the couch in the living room feeling lazy and satisfied. He had tasted all kinds of delicacies but for some reason, he still felt that the food he

have eaten so much for free. Are you going to do something to repay us?" asked Ashley.

and replied immediately,

dinner table and flashed an

into the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Ashley and Ellie sat on the couch comfortably and started

lips and said, "You deserve it. Why did you compete with him at the dinner table?"

Francis eating so much and so fast, she, too, was infected by his zest. She ended up eating more than she usually would and it became

Ellie kept looking in the direction of the kitchen from time to time. She was amused. "Why? Are

"Why would I worry about him?

could happen? He's just washing the dishes.

she say this than there was a loud crash from the kitchen. Ashley said, "Maybe

she could finish her sentence, there was another loud smash in the

almost a slap in her

to the kitchen and found Francis standing in front of the sink with a pile of broken dishes

said, "Ashley, your dishes are poor in quality.

her head. Francis was a genius in coming

broke when they were dropped to