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.

you for the meal,” she

only managing a stiff

thinking Serana’s

comforting.

perusing the stack

that struck a chord with her. She

out her hand. Puzzled, he took her hand and

“I wanted

smells nice,”

dishes. So you

beside him, his brow furrowing with suspicion.

Washing dishes?”

her lips together tighter, withdrawing her

work.”

and reached into the drawer

cream. He squeezed a generous

began to massage

the air. Once

Boyd kissed them

do that again,” he

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

asked so nicely, I won’t make

shaking his head as he gently tugged

tonight?”

look. “Not

Boyd paused, hand

his hand away. “Of

thinking about are off

deepened at her

shoulder.

on the coffee

Yasmine cut him

“Five days from now.”

“No.”

“Three days.”

“No.”

books off the

and headed

night,

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

“Serana’s still here. Have you no

removed her hand. “She’ll leave

out of his embrace. “Then

the

wasn’t joking,

got out of bed. “I’m going to

her shower, Yasmine found that Boyd wasn’t

stepped out, intending

hadn’t left yet, and Boyd was speaking with a detached tone on

have two years before graduation. You’re thinking about

he said.

think my major

for a moment before conceding, “If

it’s up to you.”

sigh of

their conversation, but she had

about what it entailed.

Yasmine emerged from the bedroom, Serana

moment. “I’ve

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

temperature.”

glass, watching Serana pick

toss it in the

way Bryson’s wife, Aliza,

She would cook a table of dishes

tidy the house until it was spotless, and always

she prepared the meal.

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