Watching the brash Jayden Maguire, Nana Monty worried he might command troops to raze her tiny apartment to the ground.
Reluctantly, she went to the kitchen to cook, the first time in her life cooking for a man; internally, she was cursing him out mercilessly.
No sooner had she finished chopping the vegetables when a sudden pain, sharp as a knife's twist, struck her belly, a too familiar sensation that visited for a few days each month.
Nana Monty put down the kitchen knife and sped into the bathroom, only to discover a significant red stain.
The box where she kept her sanitary pads was empty, but there seemed to be a pack in the drawer in the bedroom.
After putting on her pants, she went out with a grimace to fetch them.
As she passed through the living room, Jayden Maguire, who was playing with his mobile on the couch, looked up at her curiously, "What's wrong? Is cooking really that painful?"
She shot him a chilly glance, her stomach hurting too much to speak.