I Love You, Miss Genius

Bonnie asked, “Is your last surprise for me a candlelight dinner?”

“Yeah, it is,” he said smilingly. “I cooked all the dishes you see. Make sure to eat them all, okay?”

Before she could say anything, he added, “I should’ve started with dinner. It’s been a while since I cooked, so you can’t complain if some dishes taste funny.”

“Why would I do something like that?” Bonnie pulled out a chair and sat down. “Let’s dig in and see if your cooking skills are as good as they once were.”

“All right.” Ivor sat down and put a piece of cut steak on her plate.

Bonnie wasted no time and ate the steak. However, Ivor feared he did not cook it well enough, so he asked, “How is it?”

and deliberately kept him on the hook. “Well,

body stiffened. Bonnie’s eyes sparkled with joy as she said, “It melted

could not help but chuckle and say, “Jeez, Bonnie. I can’t believe you made fun of

I didn’t know you couldn’t take a joke,” Bonnie retorted

skills. He noticed how much she enjoyed the

bottle of red wine and poured some of it into his wife. He said, “I took this wine from the cellar. It had plenty

said, “I remember how potent this wine is. Are you trying

seem to recall you being a good drinker. How can I make you drunk with

what he was trying to do

I am. Do you think I have an ulterior motive?”

her glass with his and downed

stunned when he saw that. “Why’d you drink it