21 - Legally married

"Love? are you insane? This is purely business okay?" Monica was blushing at her own words. She remembered vividly the first time they met. He told her she was plain and there was no way he would be attracted to her. Coupled with her parents' advice, she had blocked the slightest chance of entertaining the fact that Sly would ever love her.

"Oh is it? Don't you feel your stomach giddy when he comes around or your heart racing when he comes close to you?" Gertrude would not relent.

Monica felt she was going to have a heart attack with Gertrude's ceaseless questions and decided to find a way of escape."Come on, my heart races whenever I am around strangers so it isn't strange to feel that way around him. Anyway, your big mouth tells me that you are fine. I should call him to come and take me home."

"Hold on, he came to drop you off?" Gertrude's voice was laced with shock, her eyes almost popping out of their socket. Monica was smart academically but completely naive