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I get that now

And I’m ready

CHAPTER 26

Trista

I lean back inmy head as I look at Jerico “I still can’t believe you can cook like that”

He smiles and takes a sip of his wine

And by that, I us and a homemade hollandaise sauce, all finished with a crème brûlée that was the best I’ve ever tasted

“Seriously, how did you learn to cook like that?” I ask, still in amazement

Jerico leans toward the table, crossing his forear, he says, “I don’t know I guess you can say it’s how I exercise my creative side”

“Well, you should feel free to exercise it at any tilance at ”

Jerico stands up frorab iddy when he’d sentif I’d come early and have dinner with him in his apartment It hat I would consider our first real date, and to find he actually s with Jerico have changed quickly and drastically, and yet tonight… sitting at his table and having enjoyable conversation as we ate seemed perfectly natural as well

But I do still have a job to do for at least the next three days, and while Jerico told ation, I insisted on fulfilling it I always pay my debts

He’s a

“Leave the plates,” he says and when I don’t immediately drop it, he rounds the table to take it from my hand “I’ll clean up”

“But you cooked,” I point out