The Bound Between Us

Chapter 14

Anastasia headed down to the local grocery store, while Herman had been bumming around the whole day. His assistant had called him several times, there were documents waiting for his review and approval. Herman hit the study to get down to business and called a video meeting with some of the top dogs.

An hour flew by before Herman knew it. He walked out of his study, two dishes were already on the table, and Anastasia was bustling around the kitchen. Seeing Anastasia’s busy figure and the piping hot food on the table, Herman felt a hint of homey warmth. That was life for the average couple. The wife took care of the house chores, cooked, kept everything shipshape at home, while the hubby brought home the bacon, each fulfilling their roles.

“You’re finally done “Anastasia came out with soup, smiling. “Everything is ready now. You must be starving.”

Anastasia had just gotten back from grocery shopping when she heard Herman holding an online video meeting in his study. She didn’t want to bother him. Working at a company like that must have had him swamped. He had spent the whole day with her, thinking of this, she felt a bit quilty.

Anastasia served the food, and they sat down to have dinner. Herman looked at the meat dish, veggie dish, and soup on the table, and complimented, “Not bad.”

“You must be busy with work, I’ll take care of the meals at home. Do you need a packed lunch for tomorrow? I’ll make it in the morning, then you can take it to work,” Anastasia said. 7 see many people bring their own lunch. It’s clean and saves money”

Herman didn’t want Anastasia to work so hard. He said, “No need, we have a cafeteria at work, we don’t pay for meals.”

“Oh, I see.” Anastasia nodded, took out the bank card Herman gave her earlier and said, “Here, you should keep this. It’s your money”

avoid hurting Herman’s feelings. This was the money Herman had earned through hard work. They had only

future. You just bought a car, you probably don’t have much money left. A husband providing for his family is a given. Keep it, you need money to buy groceries

of others. “Then I’ll keep a record of our expenditures every day. I have a budgeting app, so we can see what every penny is spent on. We agreed on splitting costs 50/50 before, whatever we spend each month, I’ll pay half, and I’ll deduct the other half from this

“Whatever

by splitting costs could Anastasia alleviate some of the pressure

it’s settled. By the way, how much is the rent here

quite sure, he estimated. “About 8500

over 8500 a month, that’s not too bad.

3000 for the rent in the future.” If she paid half, she

frowned, looking at Anastasia he said, “Anastasia, when I married you, it wasn’t so you could share the burden. I also don’t want you to feel financial pressure

about small things, always wanting to share everything. If she paid the rent and the living expenses, what would be

nitpicking. There’s no fair line when it comes to responsibilities. For example, when we

“having a baby” Anastasia was at

Herman was getting annoyed, so she didn’t say anything more. “Let’s

was pretty good. The two of them finished both dishes. Seeing the empty plates, Anastasia quietly said, should