Why did you have to lie?

A MONTH had already passed since we got married. After a week in LA, we already went back here to New York. Of course, we brought Pluto here with us.

"What do you want for dinner?" I asked Gideon when he called me on the phone that afternoon. "I'm going to cook."

I only work three days a week now.

"Hmm…" I heard from him on the other line. "Fillet mignon?"

I pursed my lips. "Wow, you wanted to test my cooking skills, huh?"

He chuckled. "Just cook whatever you want, sweetheart. I'll eat anything you prepared. What do you want me to bring home?"

I pursed my lips. "Yourself, of course."

I heard his chuckle. "Aside from myself, baby?"

"Just go home, safely."

I just finished cooking pan-seared fillet mignon when the doorbell rang.

"That must be your daddy!" I said to Pluto who was sitting beside me. "Stay here. I'll get him."

I left Pluto in the kitchen and went to the door. But my eyes widened when I found out it wasn't Gideon who was waiting for me outside.

It was Cha