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.

water convolvulus, angiosperm, known to have hollow

the leaves, or you could also

mumbled, "So what's

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

it. His eyes lit up. He

briefly but didn't say

you like. We have work for you to

Francis didn't hear her. He was totally immersed

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

Are you going to do something to repay

replied immediately, "I'm

dishes on the dinner table and flashed an irresistible

dishes, while Ashley and Ellie sat on the couch comfortably and started watching TV. Ashley stroked her stomach and said, "I think

the dinner table?" Nevertheless, she started rummaging through the drawer trying to find medicine

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

the direction of the kitchen from time to time.

her eyes at Ashley and said, "Why would I worry about him? I'm just worried about

He's just washing the dishes. He

she say this than there was a loud crash from the

sentence, there was another loud

was almost a slap in

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

"Ashley, your dishes are poor in quality. They break as soon as

head. Francis was a genius

was not good enough? They broke when they were dropped to the floor? What the hell kind of excuse