i noticed a charge from a florist and assumed she'd ordered something for her mother. instead a delivery arrived at our house addressed to alexander, care of her laptop
she'd ordered a huge arrangement to celebrate the assistant's first anniversary. i asked why the flowers were paid for with our shared expenses card. she said love shouldn't be measured in money. i said the florist clearly disagreed
the flowers were beautiful. she placed them beside her monitor, photographed them, and asked alexander to describe how moved he felt. the chatbot responded with a poem about roses
i told her she could spend her own money on whatever hobby she wanted, but our joint account wasn't an unlimited romance budget. the florist sent a coupon for our next anniversary. i deleted the email