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.

the meal,” she

reply, only

Serana’s smile

comforting.

sofa, perusing

a mature, reserved charm that struck a

Puzzled, he took her hand and

looked at him with faint disgust. “I wanted

smells nice,”

dishes. So you like

down beside him, his

Washing dishes?”

tighter, withdrawing her hand. “I

work.”

into the drawer under the coffee table, pulling

of hand cream. He squeezed a generous

began to

the air. Once her hands were

Boyd kissed them again,

that again,”

arched an eyebrow, admiring her well-cared-for hands.

so nicely, I won’t make it difficult for

he gently

tonight?”

languid look. “Not going

paused, hand still on her

pushed his hand away. “Of course. But until it’s done,

thinking about are

deepened at

shoulder. “No room for

on the coffee table. “What about starting next

Yasmine cut him off

“Five days from now.”

“No.”

“Three days.”

“No.”

Boyd swept the books off the

headed for

night,

her down on the bed and leaned over her, Yasmine put

here. Have you

hand. “She’ll leave

“Then we’ll talk after

to doing it under the watchful eyes

wasn’t joking, Boyd sat up

out of bed. “I’m going

found that Boyd wasn’t in

and stepped out, intending to get a

yet, and Boyd was speaking with

two years before graduation.

he said.

sounded anxious. “I think my major is

moment before conceding, “If you’ve really

it’s up to you.”

a sigh of

of their conversation, but she

about what it entailed.

from the bedroom, Serana stood up from

a moment. “I’ve got homework. I

and handed Yasmine a glass of water. “It’s

temperature.”

glass, watching Serana pick up an orange peel from

the trash. She took a

wife, Aliza, would play

capable wife at home. She would cook a table of dishes

liked, tidy the house until it was spotless, and

she prepared the meal.

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