The Chosen Bride
“You will never leave this house hungry, Aristide Moretti. I will never be the kind of wife who lets her husband march into war with nothing in his stomach. Eat first. Then move.”
The silence stretched before Aristide finally exhaled, a reluctant smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. “You’re impossible.”
“And I’m right.” I leaned up and kissed his cheek. “Sit. I’ll get Mabel.”
Before I could step away, the door opened again, and Mabel bustled in as though summoned by fate itself. Her apron was dusted with flour, and her hair had escaped its bun.
“Don’t tell me you’ve all been plotting on empty stomachs,” she said, hands on her hips. “That’s no way to win a war.”