Chapter 66 A Warm Vibe
and and took her arm
Inis stepped back touching her forehead. She apologize, a litle shy. “Sorry about that
Julian’s face stayed calm, but his eyes dimmed a little. Walk ahead of me.”
“Oh, day
There are cooking videos online. I’ll learn as I go. What do you wanna cat?”
It was rare for him to skip work and laze around at home all day, so if he was offering to cook for her, why should she be polite?
She said. I wanna eat savory waffles
Julian frowned, confused Aren’t waffles supposed to be sweet?”
“I want them savory?
“Waffles are sweet. They’re always made sweet”
“If you make them from scratch, you can make them savory.” Iris explained patiently.
Julian’s OCD acted up. “Waffles can only be sweet.”
Iris looked down, her voice soft and lifeless, like a wilted flower. “Never mind the waffles. Just make pasta instead
She turned and walked on.
Julian took long strides, grabbing her arm again. He pulled out his phone. I’ll look it up. What ingredients do we need for savory waffles?”
Iris smiled brightly, her eyes crinkling as she looked at him. “Waffle batter’s the main thing. Add some milk, mix it up, then cook it in the waffle iron and add whatever toppings you want. I like baby corn, bacon, cheddar, and mushrooms. What about you? What do you like to add?”
Julian put his phone down. His deep eyes fixed on her sweet smile, the corner of his mouth inching up. “Whatever you eat, I’ll eat”
“Let’s go…” Iris headed for the food section.
Iris picked out the ingredients. Julian went to the fruit section and grabbed two big bags of mangoes and
oranges.
When Iris came back with the ingredients, she spotted her favorite fruits in the cart. Her heart warmed up a little
But the warmth faded fast, replaced by a faint sadness and bitterness.
He was only being nice to get her to drop the divorce talk.
Nothing would change.
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d go back to bend ving their own lives, not bothering each
denly felt tight it right.
them in the can, and bent down down to look at her bowed
ways did.
and headed out.
ling tight, and kept walkept walking.
her whole body bodyingly,
n took the bag from her with the other.
s are too soft. Don’t carry heavy stuff.”
touched them.
Chapter 56 A Ware & War
They were walking sad by so She wished every day could n
It wasn’t super loving bang b
When they got home, Ins char away. “Don’t carry them Consi
Iris wasn’t used to him being this
She did what he said, went inside
When she came out, she passed f
The sheets and quilt she’d slept on
Isn’t he a clean freak?
Before, he’d said he was gonna thro he’d looked so grossed out back ther
Iris frowned, confused, and headed
Julian was putting away the groceries
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