After finishing their spaghetti, Stuart hadn't left the house. He sat on the couch, eyes closed, appearing mentally drained.

Morwenna felt uncomfortably dirty when still covered in dirt and sweat from a fever.

Yet, she hesitated to take a cold shower.

It wasn't the illness she feared but the inconvenience it might cause others.

Tentatively, Morwenna approached Stuart and whispered, "Stuart, can you please... show me how to get the hot water running?"

Stuart wasn't asleep, but he reclined on the couch with his eyes shut, clearly not in the mood to interact.

Morwenna couldn't continue.

Usually bright and cheerful, she felt awkward and constrained, alone with a man for the first time in many years.

Ignored by Stuart, she quietly retreated to her room.

Zoe for help

full of cold water and blushed with embarrassment. She felt foolish for not learning even after calling Zoe, who would have to come over and

Morwenna waited for Zoe.

Stuart strode into her

in the bathroom, Stuart walked straight

Morwenna seemed calmer after planting flowers the previous night, only to find a bathtub filled with cold water. His gaze turned icy. Sarcastically, Stuart sneered, "Oh, playing the sick and pitiful card in front of me by taking cold showers? You know how to play your

but being wrongly accused was

protested, puffing up her face. "I just don't know how to

shower, drenching Morwenna from head to toe. Caught off-guard, she shielded her eyes and

"You like cold

into her clothes, uncomfortably

was like

Morwenna wasn't one to take

to snatch

too tall,

causing them to tumble into the bathtub, which

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