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

only managing a

kitchen, thinking Serana’s

comforting.

the sofa, perusing the stack of

struck a

out her hand. Puzzled, he took her hand and kissed it

looked at him with faint disgust. “I wanted you to smell

smells nice,” he

dishes. So you like the scent of

her down beside him, his brow furrowing

Washing dishes?”

lips together tighter, withdrawing her hand. “I

work.”

chuckled and reached into the drawer

of hand cream. He squeezed

began to massage it

of flowers filled the air. Once

kissed them

do that again,” he

admiring

nicely, I won’t

his head as he gently tugged at

tonight?”

a languid look. “Not going back until you finish my

Boyd paused, hand still on

his hand away.

about are

deepened at

his shoulder. “No room for

at the books on the coffee table. “What about starting next

cut him

“Five days from now.”

“No.”

“Three days.”

“No.”

the books off the

and headed for

tomorrow night, no

down on the bed and leaned over her, Yasmine

here. Have

her hand. “She’ll

embrace. “Then we’ll

under the watchful eyes of a third

joking, Boyd sat up

got out of bed. “I’m

that Boyd wasn’t in the bedroom. She dried

and stepped out, intending to

speaking with a detached tone on the

before graduation. You’re thinking

he said.

“I think my

moment before conceding, “If you’ve

it’s up to you.”

breathed a sigh of

caught the beginning of their conversation, but she had a

about what it entailed.

bedroom, Serana stood up from the sofa,

moment.

stood and handed Yasmine a glass of

temperature.”

watching Serana pick up an orange peel

toss it in the trash. She took a sip of

of the way Bryson’s wife,

would cook a table of dishes that her

son liked, tidy the house until it

she prepared the meal.

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