Too Cute

‘Too cute’ is a term she refrains from using for anyone she likes.

Years ago, she had looked at someone and thought

“Gawd, give me this guy. He is just too cute.”

He was more than just being cute – intelligent, successful and manipulative. He had been a friend, mentor and guide for years, till …

There is a knife in her back, and it still hurts. She often wonders how a mature person like her had failed to look beyond the exterior.

Prompt #4045 at The Writing Reader