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

reply, only

kitchen, thinking Serana’s smile was more

comforting.

perusing the stack of books she’d

struck a

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

“I wanted you to smell it, not kiss

smells nice,” he

dishes. So you like the scent of

pulled her down beside him,

Washing dishes?”

her lips together tighter, withdrawing her hand. “I did

work.”

chuckled and reached into the drawer under the coffee table, pulling out

squeezed a

began to

of flowers filled the air.

Boyd kissed

do that

an eyebrow, admiring her well-cared-for hands. “Fine,

so nicely, I won’t make it difficult for

laughed, shaking his head as he gently tugged at her

tonight?”

gave him a languid look. “Not

paused, hand

hand away. “Of

about are off

frown deepened at

his shoulder. “No room

the books on the coffee table. “What about starting

cut

“Five days from now.”

“No.”

“Three days.”

“No.”

books off the

headed for the

night, no

her down on the bed and leaned over her,

here. Have

hand.

squirmed out of his embrace. “Then we’ll talk

doing it under the watchful eyes of

she wasn’t joking, Boyd sat

bed. “I’m going

found that Boyd wasn’t in the bedroom. She

out, intending to get

speaking with a detached tone

before graduation. You’re thinking about this too

he said.

think my major is

for a moment before

it’s up to you.”

breathed a sigh of

of their conversation, but

about what it entailed.

from the bedroom, Serana stood up from

on her for a moment. “I’ve

Yasmine a glass of water. “It’s at the

temperature.”

pick up

the trash. She took a

reminded her of the way Bryson’s wife, Aliza, would play

capable wife at home. She would cook a table

it was spotless,

she prepared the meal.

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