Debra yelped as the hot pot burned her hand. The sharp pain made her gasp, and she quickly grabbed her earlobes to cool down. "What happened?"

Juan rushed into the kitchen, immediately noticing her hand. Without hesitation, he took hold of it and pulled her over to the sink to run it under cold water. She glanced at Juan and then down at his hand.

Realizing how forward he'd been, Juan awkwardly let go.

"Uh, you can take care of it."

Debra continued rinsing her hand, unfazed by his sudden withdrawal.

Juan, still flustered, said, "I'll get you some ointment."

He hurried out of the kitchen, heading to the living room in search of a first aid kit.

From the kitchen, Debra called out, "If you can't find it, don't worry about it."

As expected, there wasn't any burn cream in the kit. Juan frowned, but Debra wasn't bothered.

She walked back into the kitchen, grabbed a tube of toothpaste, and began applying it to the burn. Juan reentered the room just in time to see it.

"What are you doing?"

works for burns too.

the tube in disbelief. He had never heard

wasn't exactly the type to deal with minor household issues. Debra had probably expected as much and mentally prepared herself for playing the full-time housekeeper role during this

"Sure."

keeping an eye on her burned hand. The

the crew get some ointment delivered.

"Right away, sir."

to hurry up. It must be delivered within 20 minutes."

and asked, "What are you doing?"

found his behavior odd but didn't dwell on it. Her sole focus was to finish her tasks quickly and end her duties as a caretaker for

swr

minutes later, she heard the doorbell ring. She walked to the door and opened it to find a delivery person

call out, but the delivery person was

was busy tidying up

island seemed

couldn't be this efficient. It had only been

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