After dinner, Yasmine and Serana tidied up the dining area.

“Cleaning up” was a generous term, considering Serana was doing most of the

work.

Yasmine, who had grown up in an orphanage, may not have had the easiest

childhood, but she was never required to do chores like cooking, laundering, or

chopping wood. Once she left the orphanage, such tasks were even further from

her reality. Her hands were soft and beautiful, with slender, pale fingers.

Standing beside Serana at the sink, the most Yasmine would do was to wipe

down the already clean dishes. And she had this air about her, as if she had

done some monumental task that deserved high praise.

Enter title…

Serana wasn’t much of a talker. It seemed ever since Yasmine started dating

Boyd, Serana had become even quieter. The time they spent washing dishes

was particularly tough for her. The moment the last plate was dried, she let out a

sigh of relief and quickly said, “There’s nothing left to do now, Yasmine. You

should get on with your evening.”

Yasmine rinsed her hands under the faucet and watched Serana put away the

dishes. “I’ve always meant to say, you have a real knack for cooking and

cleaning,” she said.d2

Serana paused for a moment, then smiled at her. “I’m just curious about these

things, so I tend to pay more attention. Boyd isn’t too keen on eating out. If you

have the time, I could teach you a few of his favorite dishes.”

Yasmine chuckled and shook her head. “No time for that.”

After putting away the utensils, Serana turned and gave her a strained smile.

“They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. I’m sure Boyd would

be delighted if you cooked for him.”

“The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach?” Yasmine smirked, looking at

her. “Is that what you thought back then?”

Serana’s smile froze instantly. Her eyes locked with Yasmine’s for a few

seconds before she forced herself to look away, her grip tightening on the edge

of the countertop. “It seems like you’ve misunderstood something about us,”

Serana said softly.

Yasmine observed her for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter. “Why so

tense? Who did I misunderstand you with?” she teased.

Serana bit her lip, replying quietly, “Nothing…”

Noticing Serana’s trembling hand on the counter, Yasmine’s eyes sharpened.

for the meal,” she

didn’t reply, only managing a

Serana’s

comforting.

lounging on the sofa, perusing the

struck a

Puzzled, he took her

“I

smells nice,”

dishes. So you like the scent of

down beside him, his brow furrowing with suspicion.

Washing dishes?”

lips together tighter, withdrawing her hand. “I

work.”

chuckled and reached into the drawer under the coffee table,

squeezed a generous

began to massage

scent of flowers filled the air. Once

kissed them again,

do that again,” he

arched an eyebrow, admiring

asked so nicely, I won’t

shaking his head as he gently tugged at

tonight?”

look. “Not going back until

Boyd paused, hand still on her

away.

things you’re thinking about are off the

frown deepened

shoulder. “No room for

at the books on the coffee table. “What about

cut him

“Five days from now.”

“No.”

“Three days.”

“No.”

frustration, Boyd swept the books off the table, scooped

and headed for the

tomorrow night,

bed and leaned over her, Yasmine

“Serana’s still here. Have

hand.

out of his embrace. “Then we’ll talk after she leaves.

to doing it under the

wasn’t joking, Boyd

of bed. “I’m going to

Yasmine found that Boyd wasn’t

intending to get a

Boyd was speaking with a detached tone

before graduation. You’re thinking about this

he said.

sounded anxious. “I think

before conceding, “If you’ve really

it’s up to you.”

a sigh of

the beginning of their conversation, but

about what it entailed.

Yasmine emerged from the bedroom, Serana stood up from the

a moment. “I’ve got homework. I

glass of water. “It’s at

temperature.”

glass, watching Serana pick

and toss it in the trash.

wife, Aliza, would play

home. She would cook a table of

tidy the house until it was spotless, and always speak

she prepared the meal.

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