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.

coughed loudly, reminding them she was still

the women's section on the second floor, visited several stores but found nothing satisfactory. Some dresses she dismissed at a glance, not even having the

quite niche, so much so that even its store location wasn't prominent, tucked away

the dresses were indeed beautiful. The moment Madge stepped in, her

Roseanne's help picking, having her own taste and

orange and one blue, different styles

featured lace

embroidery, exuding a classical

the

like lace

and tassels at the

Something was still missing.

her tracks, her gaze fixed on a black dress in the display

dress' design was less bold than the others,

but the waist was cinched with

and romantic, very

...

leisure to go