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?!

applied

"Alright, let's go."

was stunned:

know, this is called the no-makeup makeup look. It's designed to fool guys like you into thinking I'm not wearing any. Pretty clever, huh?" York, who had been fooled more times than he could count, was

felt like every word

at the Gibson Mansion, it was

she finally saw her son's car. She hurried over

Leda got out of the

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

What about me? Am I not

I had to work late last night, overslept this morning, then took forever choosing an outfit and doing my makeup. We're so late, my

barely stepped

heard Leda playing the sweet girl in front of

sugar, a stark contrast to

en

she was doing this

Hmph!

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

can I do for

ove

warm soup? Oh, and could you also call the spa for us? We'll need an aromatherapy SPA session, hmm... with an anti-aging treatment. Have

work for you,

no problem

It had been ages since her last spa day, and she hadn't expected a