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 meal,” she

didn’t reply, only

the kitchen, thinking Serana’s smile

comforting.

sofa, perusing the stack of

a mature, reserved charm that struck a chord with

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

“I wanted you to

nice,” he

dishes. So you

beside him, his brow furrowing

Washing dishes?”

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

work.”

the drawer under the coffee

He squeezed a generous amount onto Yasmine’s

began to

the air. Once her hands

kissed them

do that

arched an eyebrow, admiring her

won’t make

he gently tugged at her ear.

tonight?”

gave him a languid look. “Not going back

paused, hand

away. “Of course. But until it’s

things you’re thinking about are off

deepened at

patted his shoulder. “No room for

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

Yasmine cut him off

“Five days from now.”

“No.”

“Three days.”

“No.”

books off the

headed

tomorrow night, no

laid her down on the bed and

still here. Have you no

removed her hand. “She’ll leave

of his embrace. “Then

the

wasn’t joking,

bed. “I’m going to

found that Boyd wasn’t in the bedroom. She

stepped out, intending to

left yet, and Boyd was speaking with a detached tone on the

years before graduation.

he said.

“I think my major is totally

for a moment before conceding, “If

it’s up to you.”

a sigh

of their conversation,

about what it entailed.

Yasmine emerged from the bedroom, Serana stood up from the sofa,

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

Yasmine a glass

temperature.”

pick

and toss it in the trash. She took

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

would cook a table of dishes that her

the house until it

she prepared the meal.

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