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Still dizzy, she sed and took a deep breath "Gavin"

"I just made your body boil, sweets," he pointed out with a raised brow and a smirk "Would it be safe to say I’ll achieve the same results once I have your naked body pinned beneathat her was nothing short of enthralling, exhilarating, powerful, and all-consu His words wiped her clear of her own He grinned that sexy grin that’d caught her off guard from day one and made his way into the kitchen

He opened a box of pasta and tossed the noodles into the pot of water Stea around him He flipped on another burner, drizzled a touch of olive oil into a pan, and layered a few pieces of chicken breast coated with flour into it After washing his hands, he grabbed two plates fro back, Emily took in the way he maneuvered around the space with ease He had this shit down A real life Emeril, but one as co he sat behind a desk all day, there was no other way his body stayed ing perfectly over his trim waist She watched soberly as his muscles flexed with every movement underneath a black T-shirt He was so casual, yet so powerful She wondered if he knew it

Since her extent of cooking knowledge went no further than ramen noodles or a box ofup to do in the cooking depart Gavin had a private chef preparehe even knehat he was doing However, this wouldn’t be the first ti of coh her Dillon had never cooked for theone out to dinner Not that she didn’t enjoy being spoiled to sos Gavin did Somehow, as she watched Gavin pull out a bottle of white wine frolass, she kneas going to fill her life with countless s any other ive her For a brief second, she s would consist of attacked her nerves again She cringed, regretting that she’d lied to hi, she took a deep breath and rose to her feet

She moved into the kitchen and came up behind Gavin at the stove She circled her arms around his waist, stood on her tiptoes, and perched her chin on his shoulder "I didn’t know you cooked You keep getting sexier and sexier"

At that, he chuckled "Wait I thought I was shmexy?" He forked a piece of pasta out of the pot and reached back to feed it to Emily

She took it into herand clearly confused "Is that your take on the word?"

Turning, Gavin lifted a brow, amusement in his eyes "No, doll It’s yours after you’ve had too much to drink" He placed a kiss on the crown of her head "And I think it’s very shmexy"

She stared up at hi about, but I’o with it"

"Smart woman," he said, the corner of hisshould be ready in a hed "Well, what can I help you with, Mr Sh this to the table" Gavin plucked a basket of garlic bread fro away, she set it on the table "There’s nothing else I can do for you?"

Grinning, Gavin leaned against the counter and crossed his arms "How can you make such a si a grin of her own, Eift?"