Branch Two Hundred and Eighty

Jessica had the best time cooking with Xavier. She barely cooked with others and this was a great opportunity for her to bond with him.

"I am putting this into the oven now" Xavier announced as he held the tray. "Aren't you going to open up the oven door?" he asked.

"Ohh," she said as she rushed to open it up for him. "When you said you were putting it in I thought you would do it to the end"

"Oh my hands were filled up," he said as he slid the tray in. She let go of the door and it closed.

"I will have to clean up now. Thank you for helping me. You can rest now" she said as she turned to the sink.

"I helped you make the brownies. I must help clean up too" he said as he followed her.

"I guess the CEO does not do a lot in companies these days," she said. She wanted to tease him so bad and she wanted to know why he had not been going to work.

When they were newly married he barely made it home. She went days without seeing him. But recently she saw him more times in a day than sh