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 look natural? I'll have you know, this is called the no-makeup makeup look. It's designed to fool guys like you into

like every word was a jab

the time they arrived at the Gibson Mansion,

at the doorway, peering out until she finally saw her son's car. She hurried over

got out of the car, Katrina

dear, come in, come in. It's too

like, "WTF?" What about

so sorry. I had to work late last night, overslept this morning, then took forever choosing an outfit

barely stepped

heard Leda playing the

stark contrast

en

she 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 up. We've

Ma'am, what can

ove

please serve Leda some 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 them come

that work

have no problem

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