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I side-eyed Sebastian “This is your box, isn’t it?”

“I told you It’s my mom’s”

“The flour is open, baller”

“Fine It’s mine” He turned around with his hands on his hips “I bake Is that a problem?”

I stared at him for a moment

Then I burst out laughing

“This was a terrible idea,” he muttered

“Are you kidding? This is the best thing ever!” I laughed, leaning on the huge island where he was dicing garlic

“I shouldn’t have told you that”

“What do you ht that’s entered my head all day”

He paused in his dicing and peered up at ets you?”

“Do you have a little apron?”

“Holley”

“Well? Do you? If not, can I buy you one for Christmas?”

“I regret this wholeheartedly”

“Me co that you bake cookies?”

“It’s not soarlic “I used to bake with randma, and she passed some recipes down I usually only do it for fa I don’t have a lot of time for it”

I put rinned “How did I never know that?”

“It’s not so I broadcast”

“Should I be doing the lasagna while you do the brownies, or…?”

He tossed the garlic in the pan with the ground beef “Go and bake your brownies, Holley, before I changeyou as my dinner date”

“Dinner date, eh? I knew you had ulterior motives here”

“Me? Surely not”

“Mh stuff to the island and set out what I needed “Where are your scales?”

He pointed to the cabinet behind me Thankfully, these were easier to find than the actual box had been I pulled theh all his other cabinets forbowls

“Weren’t you just telling et out of your cabinets?”

“Yes, but you were being nosy,” I said with my head stuck halfway into one corner cabinet “I actually need things”

“What could you possibly need that means half your body is inside a cabinet and your ass is in the air?”

“Is it a problem?”

“Is what a problem? The fact your ass is in the air in the middle of my kitchen?”