Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Hey, what's with the daydreaming? Hand me the water glass."

All was well until Leda spoke, and just like that-crash! The perfect harmony shattered.

York's mouth twitched, "Can I make a suggestion?"

"...Go ahead." Leda took a sip of her ice water, instantly feeling refreshed.

"Could you maybe soften your tone when talking to me? We're a couple, not enemies. You know, my mom would worry." "Worry about what?"

"Worry about her son being bullied by you!"

Leda was speechless.

"Should I speak like this then, honey? ~Do you think your mom would like this dress I picked out? It took me forever to choose~"

York felt numb all over: "Actually... maybe keep the edge. It's better that way."

The edge felt more normal.

Whenever Leda's voice went soft, he felt like he was a second away from being choked to death.

"Say 'edge' one more time, I dare you?"

York: "Not edgy, not at all."

But the word 'edge' was still there, wasn't it?!

quickly applied a light

"Alright, let's go."

stunned:

It's designed to fool guys like you into thinking I'm not wearing any. Pretty clever,

felt like every word was a jab

at the Gibson

doorway, peering out until she finally saw her

as Leda got out of the car, Katrina took her

in, come in. It's too hot out here." She

"WTF?" What about

to work late last night, overslept this morning, then took forever choosing an outfit and

barely stepped through

playing the sweet girl

dripping with sugar, a stark contrast to how

en

was doing this

Hmph!

at Leda with concern, "Oh, dear, that's no trouble at all. You must be exhausted from staying up late. You need to rest

can I do

ove

and could you also call the spa for us? We'll need an aromatherapy SPA session, hmm... with an

that work for you,

no problem with

had been ages since her last spa day,