Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Norris asked Madge, "Honey, which one do you think looks better?"

Roseanne instinctively glanced at her mother.

Madge pondered for a moment, "They're both lovely."

"How do we choose then?"

Madge replied, "No need to choose. Let's get them all."

"What?!"

"That's too much, how much will that cost? I only need one, we have plenty at home."

But Madge had already pulled out her credit card and handed it to the salesperson, "These three, we'll take them all. Could you please wrap them up? Thank you." "Of course! Of course!"

The salesperson cheerfully went to process the payment.

Norris, like a bashful spouse, tugged at Madge's sleeve, "Babe, this is really expensive, each one costs thousands..."

"It's alright, I'll buy them for you," Madge said gently. "I just received a royalty check yesterday, it's quite a sum."

Norris was dumbfounded, "That much?"

"Yeah-"

"Honey, you're amazing!"

Madge blushed slightly.

still there. Could you two tone it down a

visited several stores but found nothing satisfactory. Some dresses she dismissed at a glance, not even having the desire to

that even its store location wasn't prominent, tucked away in a corner far

dresses were indeed beautiful. The moment Madge stepped in,

didn't need Roseanne's help picking, having her

and one blue, different styles

featured

embroidery, exuding a classical

and the accessories

lace around

and tassels at the

Something was still missing.

then stopped in her tracks, her gaze fixed on a black dress in the display window, unable to

bold than the others, with fewer

black seemed somewhat stiff at first glance, but the waist was cinched with a white chiffon scarf, softly cascading and

romantic,

...

had the rare leisure to go