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

"Alright, let's go."

stunned: "That

look natural? I'll have you 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

every word was a jab at

the Gibson

until she finally saw her son's car.

Leda got out of the car,

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

"WTF?" What about me? Am I not

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

had barely stepped

he heard Leda playing the sweet girl in front

voice dripping with sugar, a stark contrast to how she spoke

en

was doing

Hmph!

Katrina heard, she immediately looked at Leda with concern, "Oh, dear, that's no trouble at all. You must be exhausted from

Ma'am, what can

ove

for us? We'll need an aromatherapy SPA session, hmm... with an anti-aging treatment. Have them come over

work

no problem with

course, she wouldn't. It had been ages since her last