Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Aisha's life hadn't been a walk in the park, losing her dad when she was just a kid, and then having all her inheritance snatched by her aunt and uncle.

She decided to lend her a hand.

Pulling her laptop onto her lap, Flora's fingers flew over the keyboard like a pro. The little program she was working on morphed into something totally different. Once she was done, Flora smiled with satisfaction and put the laptop back.

"Dinner's ready!"

A knock on the door was followed by Connor's voice.

"Coming!" Flora called back, waiting for Aisha to come out of the bathroom before heading downstairs together.

Downstairs, the table was already set with dinner.

There were five dishes and two soups, including a special nourishing soup just for Aisha.

Connor pulled out a chair for Flora, who gave him a quick peck on the cheek as she sat down. Connor chuckled, ruffling her hair before sitting beside her.

"Try this." He dropped a piece of braised pork into Flora's bowl.

blinked innocently at him.

disgust. He glanced at Aisha,

looked at

pork," Ray said, nodding

how Ray had been there for her, helping

a bit. She picked up Ray's spoon and

her to actually serve

with his chopsticks and put it in Aisha's

didn't touch the

don't like it?" Ray's

Flora mimicked his earlier tone, dragging out her words

own business," Ray shot back,

dinner, Flora and Connor headed

care of Aisha. Flora had given Ray a recipe for a medicinal dish, asking him to prepare it daily to help Aisha get her strength back. Ray accepted the recipe with a string

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where he lived. With the weekend ahead, she didn't need to return to school and could stay with

Grove close to eleven at night. After showers, they stayed up late before finally