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“I thought you said you were fine”

“Now I am”

Had an answer for everything, didn’t she?”

He leaned against the table as she opened the et you is a red bottoht?”

“Ouch!” She placed the hot dish quickly on the counter, waving her fingers in the air to cool them

He stepped over and grabbed her hand, gently guiding her over to the sink

“They’re fine, it was just a little hot” She tugged at her hand He ignored her, pulling her sore fingers under the cold water

“They’re red and painful,” he snapped at her “Must everything be a fight with you, Aspen?”

“Maybe I wouldn’t fight you if you askedinto a command”

“Most people just do as I tell them”

“I’m not most people”

“You will be”

She just gaped up at him, her mouth open He smiled “Finally turned you speechless, have I? Good Now stay there while I heat some more food up”

He put the other container in thehe had at least thirty seconds before she rallied

He grabbed some plates out of the cupboard She turned off the tap and wiped her hands on a towel “You have no right to coht around I don’t need any help Especially not from you”