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

reply, only managing

Serana’s smile was more

comforting.

perusing the stack of

struck a chord

Puzzled, he took her hand and kissed

faint disgust. “I wanted you

smells nice,” he

So you like the

down beside him, his brow furrowing with

Washing dishes?”

her lips together tighter, withdrawing her hand.

work.”

chuckled and reached into the drawer under the

cream. He squeezed a generous amount onto Yasmine’s

began to

flowers filled the air. Once her hands were soft

kissed them again,

that again,” he

an eyebrow, admiring her well-cared-for

won’t make it difficult for

laughed, shaking his head as he

tonight?”

languid look. “Not

paused, hand

pushed his hand away. “Of course. But

about

frown deepened at

patted his shoulder. “No room

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

cut him off

“Five days from now.”

“No.”

“Three days.”

“No.”

books off the table, scooped Yasmine into

headed for the

night,

laid her down on the bed and leaned over

“Serana’s still here. Have you no

her hand. “She’ll

his embrace. “Then we’ll

to doing it under the watchful eyes of a third

joking, Boyd

out of bed. “I’m going to

shower, Yasmine found that Boyd wasn’t in the bedroom. She

stepped out, intending to

Boyd was speaking

graduation. You’re thinking

he said.

“I think

a moment before conceding,

it’s up to you.”

sigh of

their

about what it entailed.

the bedroom, Serana stood up

lingering on her for a moment. “I’ve got homework.

Yasmine a glass of water. “It’s at

temperature.”

accepted the glass, watching Serana pick up an orange

in the trash. She took

the way Bryson’s wife, Aliza, would play the

home. She would cook a table of dishes

the house until it was spotless,

she prepared the meal.

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